In 2014, Apple has spent on lobbying their interests in the U.S. government about $4.5 million, $400 000 more than in last 2014. This follows from published documents, submitted to the House of representatives of the U.S. Congress.
Among the issues on which Apple promoted its interests in the us government structures, was to influence the decision making in the field of taxation and patent reform. The company has also allocated funds for lobbying on trade issues and the provision of services, protection of environment and consumers rights in the field of personal data storage. Until 2006 Apple spend on lobbying up to $1 million a year.
The leader for the costs of lobbying remains Google. In 2015, this expense amounted to $16,66 million in Addition to promoting interests in tax matters, cybercrime and personal data protection, Google during the reporting period, expressed interest in health.
By the end of 2015 the cost of Microsoft on lobbying totaled $8.49 million in fourth place. At the same time, social network Facebook has increased its costs from $9,34 $9.8 million This allowed her to place second. Among the issues on which social network they promoted their interests were the protection of privacy of user data, information security and protection of intellectual property rights, and tax issues and maintaining competition. Amazon spent on lobbying $9,07 million – the third place.
In the US companies have openly declared expenditure on lobbying their interests in state bodies and report quarterly how about the volume of such spending, and the issues they decided.
