lobbying_activities: 289549

Individual lobbying activities reported in quarterly filings. Each row is one issue area for one client — includes the specific issues lobbied on, government entities contacted, and income/expense amounts.

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id	filing_uuid	filing_type	registrant_name	registrant_id	client_name	filing_year	filing_period	issue_code	specific_issues	government_entities	income_amount	expense_amount	is_no_activity	is_termination	received_date
289549	e9599fc5-2376-49da-a251-878fdc4abe2e	MM	RADIOSHACK CORP	37595	RADIOSHACK CORP	2004	mid_year	TAX	Lobbied for renewal of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit ("WOTC") and Welfare to Work Tax Credit ("WWTC"). Lobbied in favor of reduction of depreciable life of leasehold improvements from 39 to 15 years in H.R. 4520, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004; also lobbied in favor of H.R. 3561 which would extend that concept to all retail improvements, whether leased or owned. Lobbied against H.R. 25, the so-called "Fair Tax Act" that would slap a 23% federal tax on all retail sales likely causing economic disruption and significant tax cheating. Lobbied in favor of H.R. 3184, the "Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Act" and its Senate companion bill S.1736,Congressional action to convert the voluntary streamlined sales and use tax agreement into a mandatory system for all retailers, and generally for tax policy equity between remote and in-state retailers. Lobbied against proposed punitive tariffs and actions on imports from China.	Commerce, Dept of (DOC),Federal Communications Commission (FCC),Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Labor, Dept of (DOL),Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),SENATE	160000		0	0	2004-07-19T00:00:00-04:00