CPA on FEC schedules: $78.0M itemized

Three letters used as an industry key

Many accountants type CPA in occupation and repeat it in employer. Others type Deloitte, a local firm, or 'self.' Those named employers are other industry keys. The $78.0M total is the CPA string only.

NAICS 5412 is not applied by the FEC. LobbyVault does not recode CPA into that sector. The ranking is literal text among other literal texts.

2,212 donors and $78.0M

2,212 donors produced 67,400 CPA contribution lines. That is a modest unique-donor list relative to ATTORNEY, with a still-large dollar total. Repeat giving explains receipts above unique donors. This page does not invent a mean gift.

Party share is not on this industry headline. Firm PACs, if they exist, are committees — not this individual-label rollup.

Firm names and the word ACCOUNTANT

If a donor typed a partnership name, those receipts will not sit in $78.0M unless the grouped label is still CPA. ACCOUNTANT, if it appears as its own string, would be a separate key. This harvest row is CPA.

Occupation pages show mixed pairs: employer a corporation, occupation CPA. Those lines may harvest to the corporation. State accountancy boards publish licensee search. This FEC row does not. The $78.0M total is 2,212 donors and 67,400 lines tagged CPA. An enrolled agent or bookkeeper who typed ACCOUNTANT is elsewhere. A CPA who typed a firm name is elsewhere.

Donor table

The CPA donor table lists disclosed names and amounts. A large gift is a public contribution. It is not evidence about an audit client or a tax position. LobbyVault does not infer motive from the credential.

Short professional acronyms collide across states. Match on committee and date. Tax-season small-dollar gifts and large itemized gifts share the same industry key. The packet does not split them. Repeat giving still explains why lines outnumber unique donors. Do not invent an average from $78.0M divided by 2,212 unless you label it as your own arithmetic.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $78.0M, 67,400 contributions, 2,212 donors, top employer CPA. Unitemized and non-federal activity are omitted.

Follow recipient committees from the table. Corporate controllers who typed the company as employer usually leave this title row. Occupation pages recover some of those people when occupation is CPA. Harvest grouping may still prefer the company key.

Firm names, the word accountant, and license boards

Big Four and local-firm employer names pull many CPAs out of this row. The $78.0M total, 67,400 contribution lines, and 2,212 donors are the three-letter string. ACCOUNTANT, if stored as a different word, is another key. Unitemized gifts, state races, and firm PACs are omitted. LobbyVault does not match this label to a state board of accountancy.

Occupation pages show CPA as occupation with a corporate employer — harvest may send the line to the corporation. Open the CPA donor table for names and committees. SELF-EMPLOYED accountants who typed SELF-EMPLOYED instead of CPA are in that other row. CPA is self-reported FEC text, not NAICS 5412, from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Firm PACs are committees. Individual CPA-string receipts can support those committees without being PAC spending. Cite $78.0M as the individual-label total from FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not as a NAICS 5412 sector. A controller who typed the company name is missing from the 2,212 CPA donors even if they hold the credential. That is the main coverage gap on this page. The $78.0M total and 67,400 lines describe people whose grouped label was the three letters CPA. Big Four letterheads, ACCOUNTANT as a different word, and SELF-EMPLOYED are other exits. Firm PACs are committees, not this individual-label rollup. State boards remain the licensee search. Occupation pages show CPA as occupation with a corporate employer; harvest may prefer the company. Unitemized gifts and state races are omitted. Cite $78.0M as the CPA string from FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not NAICS 5412 and not a partnership political budget. Peer-review and firm-registration files will not match the 2,212 CPA donors one-for-one. People type Deloitte or a local partnership instead of the three letters. The $78.0M total and 67,400 lines describe the leftover title cluster. ACCOUNTANT as a different English word is another leftover. Corporate controllers who typed the company are on company keys. Occupation pages are the bridge when occupation is CPA and employer is not. Unitemized gifts stay out. Cite the three-letter string from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Questions

How much have CPA donors given in federal elections?

LobbyVault attributes $78.0M to the CPA FEC string, from 67,400 contributions and 2,212 donors. Named accounting firms are separate employer keys. The label is not a NAICS accounting sector. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Does this include all accountants?

No. Only receipts grouped under CPA. People who typed ACCOUNTANT, a firm name, or SELF-EMPLOYED are in other rows. The $78.0M figure is the three-letter string. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Are Big Four employees in this total?

Only if the grouped label is CPA. Staff who typed a firm name as employer typically harvest to that firm instead. Check occupation pages for title-versus-employer splits. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

How many unique CPA donors are listed?

The rollup counts 2,212 donors and 67,400 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not a state-board licensee census. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.