Lobbying Relationship

Client

Motion Picture Association

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Lobbying firm

CAPITOL TAX PARTNERS, LLP

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  • Tax Issues related to film industry, including international tax and Inflation Reduction Act.

Duration: to

General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $4,020,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Treasury - Dept of, Senate, House of Representatives, Treasury, Dept of, Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.1393: Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017

Sponsor: Mike Bishop (R-Mich.)

H.R.2450: FILM Act of 2017

Sponsor: Doug Collins (R-Ga.)

S.1469: LIFTT Act

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

S.386: Judgment Fund Transparency and Terrorism Financing Prevention Act of 2017

Sponsor: James Lankford (R-Okla.)

H.R.2315: Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015

Sponsor: Mike Bishop (R-Mich.)

S.386: Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

H.R.2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)

S.364: STAGE Act

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.2405: FILM Act

Sponsor: Doug Collins (R-Ga.)

S.1946: Tax Relief Extension Act of 2015

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.1: Tax Reform Act of 2014

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.4878: FILM Act

Sponsor: Doug Collins (R-Ga.)

H.R.5771: Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

S.2260: EXPIRE Act of 2014

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.1859: Tax Extenders Act of 2013

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

S.3521: Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.5793: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the election to...

Sponsor: David Dreier (R-Calif.)

H.R.8: American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.3630: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

S.1549: American Jobs Act of 2011

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

H.R.12: American Jobs Act of 2011

Sponsor: John B. Larson (D-Conn.)

S.3793: Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act of 2010

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.4853: Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act...

Sponsor: James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.)

H.R.4213: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.5297: Small Business Jobs Act of 2010

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

S.722: Taxpayer Certainty and Relief Act of 2009

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.598: To provide for a portion of the economic recovery package relating to...

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

S.350: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.6049: Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

S.2886: Alternative Minimum Tax and Extenders Tax Relief Act of 2008

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

S.3125: Energy Independence and Tax Relief Act of 2008

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.1424: A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and...

Sponsor: Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.)

H.R.7060: Renewable Energy and Job Creation Tax Act of 2008

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.5450: Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act of 2008

Sponsor: Sam Johnson (R-Texas)

H.R.1: An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the...

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

H.R.1892: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

Sponsor: John B. Larson (D-Conn.)

H.R.3301: Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

S.617: Tax Extender and Disaster Relief Act of 2019

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

H.R.6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.8056: Remote Worker Relief Act of 2020

Sponsor: Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.CON.RES.14: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the...

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Jonathan Talisman Assistant Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy
Lawrence Willcox Staff Dir., Senate Republican Policy Committee Staff Director, Senate Republican Policy Committee Staff Dir., Senate Republican Policy Committee; Tax Counsel/Legislative Director, Sen. Jon Kyl; Tax Counsel, Rep. Sam Johnson.
Melissa Mueller Ways/Means Subc. Staff Director/Tax Counsel Staff Director/Tax Counsel, Ways & Means Subc.
Lawrence Willcox (COP Cont.) Tax Counsel/Legislative Director, Sen. Jon Kyl Tax Counsel, Rep. Sam Johnson
Melissa Mueller (COP Cont.) leg. Dir., Rep. Richard Neal Tax Counsel, Sen. Finance Comm. Counsel, Rep. Doggett; Leg Counsel Sen. Reid
Richard Grafmeyer Deputy Chief of Staff, JCT
Joseph Mikrut Tax Legislative Counsel - US Treasury
William McKenney Staff Director, Ways & Means Over Sub
Christopher Javens Tax Counsel, Sen. Grassley, Sen. Finance Comm.
James Dennis Tax Counsel, Sen Robb - Counsel, Sen Bingaman
Randolph Karl Herndon Jr. Tax Counsel, Sen. Pat Toomey; Policy Director/Tax Counsel, Rep. Jim Renacci
Patrick Heck Senate Finance Comm:Chief Democratic Tax Counsel; Sen. Finance Comm.: Tax Counsel/Chief Investigative Counsel; House Committee on Ways and Means:Assistant Counsel.
Sarah Shive Senior Counsel, Sen. Debbie Stabenow Senior Counsel, Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV Legislative Correspondent, Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV
Katherine Monge Senior Counsel, Leader/Speaker Pelosi; Senior Policy Adviser, Leader Pelosi; Tax Counsel, Senator Cardin.
Annabelle Canning n/a
Lindsay Hooper n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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