ACCOUNTANT as FEC employer text: $12.7 million

A title word, not a Big Four census

FEC forms store ACCOUNTANT when that is what the filer typed. They do not apply NAICS 5412. The $12,687,400 total is itemized individual gifts whose grouped employer text matches the title. It is not audit-fee revenue, not a state-board licensee file, and not every staffer who typed a partnership legal name instead.

People who typed CPA, ERNST & YOUNG, KPMG LLP, DELOITTE & TOUCHE, or SELF-EMPLOYED sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into ACCOUNTANT.

1,319 donors and 46,259 lines

1,319 unique donors produced 46,259 ACCOUNTANT contribution lines totaling $12,687,400. That is on the order of 35 itemized receipts per person — a repeat-heavy pattern. The packet does not publish a mean gift or a split among public accounting, industry, and government jobs.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Unitemized gifts never appear. Firm PAC filings are other documents unless an individual receipt itself carries this title string.

CPA and partnership siblings

CPA is a credential-style row with a larger dollar total in the earlier industry ranking. ERNST & YOUNG, KPMG LLP, and DELOITTE & TOUCHE are firm-name rows. Combining them with ACCOUNTANT would mix a generic title, a credential, and partnership names. This page stays at $12,687,400 for ACCOUNTANT only.

Occupation pages show titles stored beside ACCOUNTANT. Some donors pair it with SELF; those pairs are stored as typed and are not merged into CPA.

Donor table

The ACCOUNTANT donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not infer a CPA license, a PCAOB inspection, or a motive from the job word. The FEC field is not a state accountancy-board roster.

Repeat names among 46,259 lines from 1,319 people are expected. Partnership staff who typed the firm name are not in these 1,319 unless a receipt also carried ACCOUNTANT.

ACCOUNTANT’s 46,259 lines from 1,319 donors totaling $12,687,400 are the generic title, not CPA, ERNST & YOUNG, KPMG LLP, or DELOITTE & TOUCHE. Partnership staff who typed a firm name are in those firm rows. Unitemized gifts and firm PAC filings that lack this title stay out. Occupation pages show titles beside ACCOUNTANT. The donor table does not certify accountancy-board licenses. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not NAICS 5412.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $12,687,400, 46,259 contributions, 1,319 donors, top employer ACCOUNTANT. The ranking uses FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS.

Compare CPA, ERNST & YOUNG, KPMG LLP, and DELOITTE & TOUCHE on the industry index. Use occupation pages for titles next to this word. Follow committees on the donor table for party and office.

Keep ACCOUNTANT’s $12,687,400, 46,259 contributions, and 1,319 donors on this title word. CPA, ERNST & YOUNG, KPMG LLP, and DELOITTE & TOUCHE stay on their own pages. Unitemized gifts remain omitted. Occupation breakdowns show titles stored beside ACCOUNTANT. The donor table lists disclosed recipients; this guide does not assign party percentages. FEC.gov via LobbyVault is the source, not a license roster and not NAICS 5412.

Generic title versus CPA and the Big Four strings

ACCOUNTANT’s $12,687,400 from 1,319 donors and 46,259 lines is the job-title word, not NAICS 5412 and not a state-board licensee file. CPA is a credential-style row with a larger dollar total earlier in the ranking. ERNST & YOUNG (4,224 donors, $16,267,786), KPMG LLP (2,292 donors, $10,749,834), and DELOITTE & TOUCHE (1,273 donors, $10,533,517) are firm-name rows in this batch. LobbyVault does not merge title, credential, and partnership keys.

The 46,259 lines imply on the order of 35 itemized receipts per unique donor. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and firm PAC documents that lack this title string are outside the $12,687,400. Partnership staff who typed the firm name are in those firm rows, not necessarily in the 1,319.

The donor table lists disclosed names and committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution, not a CPA-license inference. Occupation pages show titles beside ACCOUNTANT. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault, $12,687,400, 46,259 contributions, 1,319 donors. Labels are FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS.

Questions

How much have ACCOUNTANT-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $12,687,400 to the ACCOUNTANT employer string, from 46,259 contributions and 1,319 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a NAICS accounting-services total and not a firm PAC. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Is ACCOUNTANT the same as CPA or Ernst & Young?

No. CPA is a separate credential-style string. ERNST & YOUNG is a firm-name row. A receipt stamped ACCOUNTANT is counted only in the $12,687,400 here. LobbyVault does not merge titles, credentials, and partnership names into one accounting industry. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Does this include every accountant who donated?

No. Only receipts whose grouped employer text is ACCOUNTANT are in the total. People who wrote CPA or a firm legal name are elsewhere. The 1,319 donor count is unique contributors in this string, not a licensed-accountant census. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Why are there 46,259 contributions from 1,319 donors?

Each itemized gift is a line. Repeat donations from the same 1,319 people produce the 46,259 receipt count — on the order of 35 lines per donor. Recurring itemized programs raise that ratio. The FEC field is transactional, not a once-per-person census.