Senate LDA data Updated quarterly Lobbying disclosures

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code Lobbying

Lobbying activity reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act on this issue: registrants, expenditures, and specific bills lobbied, drawn from the Senate Office of Public Records quarterly LD-2 filings.

The verdict

PlainInfluence tracks $829.3M in itemized Taxation/Internal Revenue Code lobbying disclosures across 2,688 filers, among them CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A., NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA.

$829.3M
tracked Taxation/Internal Revenue Code lobbying
2,688
organizations lobbying
$309K
average per filer

Issue code: TAX · 2688 organizations lobbying on this issue

Total Lobbying Spend
$829.3M
Organizations
2,688

What the Taxation/Internal Revenue Code Lobbying Data Shows

Under Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act code TAX, 2,688 organizations reported federal lobbying activity on Taxation/Internal Revenue Code across the 2023-2024 reporting period, with combined expenditures of $829.3M. That volume of filings places Taxation/Internal Revenue Code among the issues where corporate, trade-association, and advocacy lobbying is actively shaping the legislative and regulatory agenda, with each registrant required to disclose specific bills, agencies contacted, and in-house lobbyists engaged.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. leads all filers on this issue with $142.2M in tracked lobbying expenditures, and the top 10 reporting organizations - including CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A., NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA - typically account for a disproportionate share of total outlays, a concentration pattern that repeats across most LDA issue codes. Each of these organizations files quarterly LD-2 disclosures naming the lobbyists deployed and the chambers of Congress or executive agencies contacted.

The 2,688 filers tracked here represent a structured picture of who is paying to be heard on Taxation/Internal Revenue Code - useful context when evaluating hearings, committee markups, and rulemaking on related topics. Because LDA filings are a public-record trailing indicator, spending in the 2023-2024 window reflects priorities that will continue to ripple through the 118th and 119th Congresses before any policy outcomes register in the data.

Top Spenders

Rank Organization Total Lobbying
#1 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $142.2M
#2 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS $140.3M
#3 PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA $65.1M
#4 AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION $49.3M
#5 BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE $47.2M
#6 AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION $42.7M
#7 AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC $38.9M
#8 META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES $36.3M
#9 AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL $33.3M
#10 NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION $32.0M
#11 CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION $31.3M
#12 GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY $31.3M
#13 GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION $30.7M
#14 GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES L.L.C. $30.6M
#15 COMCAST CORPORATION $30.5M
#16 ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES $29.8M
#17 AARP $28.3M
#18 PFIZER INC. $28.2M
#19 AMGEN INC. $27.8M
#20 BOEING $27.7M
#21 AMERICAN FUEL & PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS $27.5M
#22 FEDEX CORPORATION $26.4M
#23 VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES $26.1M
#24 RTX CORPORATION AND AFFILIATES $26.0M
#25 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS $25.9M
#26 T-MOBILE USA, INC. $25.9M
#27 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION $25.8M
#28 ORACLE CORPORATION $25.3M
#29 EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE $24.9M
#30 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED $24.6M
#31 CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. $24.3M
#32 AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS (AHIP) $24.0M
#33 OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION $23.6M
#34 MICROSOFT CORPORATION $23.2M
#35 GENENTECH INC. $22.3M
#36 SOUTHERN COMPANY $21.6M
#37 GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. $21.2M
#38 APPLE, INC. $20.5M
#39 MERCK & CO., INC. $20.1M
#40 NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION $19.8M
#41 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL $19.5M
#42 WALMART INC. $19.2M
#43 VISA INC $19.0M
#44 AT&T SERVICES, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES $18.5M
#45 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS $18.3M
#46 CVS HEALTH (AND SUBSIDIARIES) $18.2M
#47 BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION $17.9M
#48 KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS $17.8M
#49 JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES INC $17.5M
#50 CONOCOPHILLIPS $17.5M

Who spends the most on Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Top organizations by reported lobbying spend on this issue code, from Senate LDA filings.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.$142.2MNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS$140.3MPHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA$65.1MAMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION$49.3MBUSINESS ROUNDTABLE$47.2MAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION$42.7MAMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC$38.9MMETA PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES$36.3M
Lobbying spend on Taxation/Internal Revenue Code · U.S. Senate Office of Public Records (LDA)

Source: U.S. Senate Office of Public Records, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings LD-2 quarterly lobbying disclosure filings (issue codes, registrants, expenditures) · 2024 Aggregated from quarterly LD-2 filings for issue code TAX; covers 2,688 registered organizations across the 2023-2024 reporting period.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much is spent lobbying on Taxation/Internal Revenue Code?

A total of $829.3M has been spent lobbying on Taxation/Internal Revenue Code by 2688 organizations, according to Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) filings for 2023-2024. The top spender is CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A., with $142.2M in total lobbying expenditures.

Who are the biggest spenders on Taxation/Internal Revenue Code lobbying?

The top organizations lobbying on Taxation/Internal Revenue Code include CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A., NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA. These organizations file lobbying disclosures with the Senate Office of Public Records, which are publicly available under the Lobbying Disclosure Act.

What is the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA)?

The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 requires lobbyists and lobbying firms to register and file quarterly reports with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House. These filings disclose the issues lobbied on, the amount spent, and the government entities contacted. PlainInfluence uses these filings to track lobbying activity by issue area.

How many organizations lobby on Taxation/Internal Revenue Code?

2,688 organizations have filed lobbying disclosures listing Taxation/Internal Revenue Code as a lobbying issue during the 2023-2024 reporting period. Each organization may file multiple times per year as lobbying activities continue across quarters.

Where does lobbying issue data come from?

All lobbying data is sourced from the Senate Office of Public Records, which collects filings under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. Organizations must disclose their lobbying expenditures, the specific issues they lobby on (using standardized issue codes), and the government bodies they contact. Data shown covers 2023-2024 filings.

Data: Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) filings, 2023-2024. Verify filings at lda.senate.gov.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainInfluence Editorial

Every figure on PlainInfluence is rendered directly from official FEC, Senate LDA and USAspending records, no number is typed in by an editor. Lobbying-issue disclosure totals are aggregated directly from Senate LDA bulk data, no figure is hand-entered. Disclosed contributions, lobbying, and contracts are lawful, regulated activities, appearing on this page is not an allegation of wrongdoing. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, our disclaimer, or report a data error. Data current as of 2023-2024.