Variable pages · IRS 990 Master Concordance
SC_02_LOB_ACT_CONTACT_LEGIS_X
Lobbied through direct contact with legislators, their staffs, government officials, or a legislative body [x]
- Description
- Direct contact with legislators; their staffs; government officials; or a legislative body?
- Table
SC-P02-T00-LOBBY(one)- Part
- Part II - Lobbying Activities (II-A electing 501(h), II-B non-electing)
- Location
SCHED-C-PART-02-B-LINE-01G-COL-A- Type
- checkbox
- Scope
- PZ – 990 and 990-EZ
- Database
- F990
- Forms
- SZ
2 / 3
xpaths observed / mapped
116k
filings with a value
2009–2024
tax years observed
1
open flags
Checks
Value checks
| Result | Value check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| ✓ pass | Values are checkbox codes | 100.0% of values are X / true / false / 1 / 0 |
| ⓘ info | Meaning of a blank | 64% of values are explicit false/0, so a missing value is not the same as unchecked |
| ✓ pass | Element names agree in polarity | all element names have the same polarity |
Flags
| Flag | Severity | Xpath | Detail | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
INCIDENCE_BREAK | ▲ warn | (variable) | 990EZ fill rate changes up to 4.8x year-on-year (in 2012) | open |
Xpaths
| Xpath (under /Return/ReturnData or /Return/ReturnHeader) | Form | Years | Filings | % filers | Repeats in | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x1 | IRS990ScheduleC/DirectContactLegislators | SZ | 2009–2012 | 27,549 | 2.45% | |
| x2 | IRS990ScheduleC/DirectContactLegislatorsInd | SZ | 2013–2024 | 88,276 | 1.14% | |
| x3 | IRS990ScheduleC/Form990ScheduleCPartII/DirectContactLegislators | SZ | not observed | 0 |
% filers: percent of in-scope filers whose return has the xpath, in its latest year. Repeats in: share of filings where the element occurs more than once.
Coverage by tax year
| Filings | ’09 | ’10 | ’11 | ’12 | ’13 | ’14 | ’15 | ’16 | ’17 | ’18 | ’19 | ’20 | ’21 | ’22 | ’23 | ’24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x1 | 2.9k | 6.8k | 11k | 6.7k | ||||||||||||
| x2 | 6.9k | 7.0k | 7.2k | 7.1k | 7.6k | 7.5k | 7.5k | 7.8k | 8.0k | 8.2k | 8.3k | 5.2k | ||||
| Fill rate: % of all filings of the return type (largest xpath) | ||||||||||||||||
| 990 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 990-EZ | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
Filings with a value, by xpath (rows, numbered as in the xpath table) and tax year. A change of row from one year to the next is usually the IRS renaming the element (most were renamed in 2013). Hover a cell for the exact count.
Values
| Value | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
false | 42,465 | 36.7% |
0 | 31,190 | 26.9% |
1 | 25,949 | 22.4% |
true | 16,221 | 14.0% |