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BLOCK, INC
CA · US
Square Inc. is a financial services and online payments company.
Tracked direct giving
$0
LDA reported lobbying spend
$5,430,000
Connections
9
Lobbying Activity Detail
Disclosed lobbying expenditures from LDA filings where this entity is the client. Dollar amounts represent what was reported to the Senate Office of Public Records.
Top Lobbying Issues
TAXTaxation/Internal Revenue Code
$7.8MFINFinancial Institutions/Investments
$7.5MCPIComputer Industry
$7.2MSCIScience
$6.8MBANBAN
$5.9MSMBSmall Business
$2.7MCPTCopyright/Patent/Trademark
$2.3MLobbying Firms Retained
In-house lobbyists (filed as its own registrant)$6.3M
CAPITOL TAX PARTNERS, LLP$1.0M
AVOQ, LLC$840K
CROSSROADS STRATEGIES, LLC$380K
ZERO ONE STRATEGIES$130K
9TH STREET STRATEGIES$120K
FORBES-TATE$120K
RESONANT TAX STRATEGIES, LLP$50K
Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings
S. 1582
Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings and the LobbyView dataset (MIT/NSF, CC-BY-4.0). Dollar figures represent disclosed expenditures only and may not capture all influence activity. Issue codes follow the LDA general issue classification.
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| Type | Connected To | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retained | AVOQ, LLC | Hired AVOQ, LLC to lobby on GENIUS Act | Source |
| Retained | FORBES-TATE | Hired FORBES-TATE to lobby on Crypto / Digital Assets | Source |
| Lobbied on | GENIUS Act, Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (S.394) | LDA filing: lobbied on GENIUS Act, period 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30), reported amount $510,000 | Source |
| Retained | ZERO ONE STRATEGIES | Hired ZERO ONE STRATEGIES to lobby on Crypto / Digital Assets | Source |
| Retained | RESONANT TAX STRATEGIES, LLP | Hired RESONANT TAX STRATEGIES, LLP to lobby (2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026) | Source |
| Retained | CAPITOL TAX PARTNERS, LLP | Hired CAPITOL TAX PARTNERS, LLP to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023) | Source |
| Retained | 9TH STREET STRATEGIES | Hired 9TH STREET STRATEGIES to lobby (2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2024) | Source |
| Retained | CROSSROADS STRATEGIES, LLC | Hired CROSSROADS STRATEGIES, LLC to lobby (4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2024) | Source |
| Rebranded from | BLOCK, INC. (FORMERLY REPORTED AS SQUARE, INC.) | Square, Inc. rebranded to Block, Inc. on December 10, 2021. | Source |