CD of a Teleconference with an Q&A
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In at least 26 states, when your company sends an employee or outside attorney to a revenue agency to negotiate a tax refund or incentive, that person must now be registered as a lobbyist -- or your company risks being hit with substantial fines and/or suspensions.
Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, Ohio, Georgia, and Connecticut are among the jurisdictions that now define “lobbyist” to include anyone who approaches a state executive agency. A growing number of major counties and cities have enacted similar ordinances.
Listen as our authoritative panelists bring you up-to-date on state and local lobbying laws and the implications for the tax profession including:
- Which states now count any representatives approaching a state agency for something of value to a company as a lobbyist.
- How to comply with current requirements for lobbyist registration and reporting in those states and some local jurisdictions -- and what penalties can be imposed for violations.
- Whether your company can get in trouble if its outside tax counsel hasn’t registered as a lobbyist.
- Where your company cannot legally pay a contingency fee tied to the amount of the tax benefit -- and how you can restructure your fee arrangements so that they’re not contingency based.
- How to effectively police your outside advisors to make sure they understand the applicable lobbying laws and have met all of their responsibilities.
Our panel includes:
Michael Press is managing director of the business incentives advisory group at Duff & Phelps, the New York-based financial advisory firm that deals in a broad range of consulting and investment banking services. Mike previously headed up the business incentives practice at Ernst & Young for several years.
Kenneth A. Gross is a partner in the Washington office of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom. He is one of the nation’s leading authorities on lobbying registration rules, campaign law compliance, and gift and gratuity rules. Ken previously was associate general counsel with the Federal Election Commission’s enforcement division.
Joe Pilewski is a director at Duff & Phelps, based in Chicago, with more than 20 years of experience in business incentives. He previously was a principal and business incentives practice leader for the Great Lakes region at Ernst & Young. For seven years, Joe also was fiscal policy analyst and assistant controller for the city of Chicago.
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