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§1612 Sense of Senate that lobbying expenses should remain nondeductible

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Title 2, §1612

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(a)The Senate finds that ordinary Americans generally are not allowed to deduct the costs of communicating with their elected representatives.
(b)It is the sense of the Senate that lobbying expenses should not be tax deductible.

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Section effective Jan. 1, 1996, see section 24 of Pub. L. 104–65, set out as a note under section 1601 of this title.

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2 U.S.C. § 1612

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Apr 6, 2026

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