BLOCK INC.

Lobbying for BLOCK INC.

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2025

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 21, 2025

Expenses

$580,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

California

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 1

ANDRES BASCUMBE

Previously held: Rep. Maxine Waters; House Committee on Financial Services; Rep. Gerald Connolly; Rep. Henry Waxman.

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 1

HR 1882
Saving Gig Economy Taxpayers Act

Lobbying activity 5

Computer Industry

Issues related to consumer privacy and data.

Science/Technology

Issues related to artificial intelligence and digital assets, including bitcoin.

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Issues related to financial services, fintech, merchant services, payments, including mobile payments and payment processing, industrial loan companies (ILCs), and small business lending (no bill). Issues related to cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, and digital assets (no bill).

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Issues related to artificial intelligence and digital assets, including bitcoin. Legislative services related to financial services tax issues. Legislation related to third party settlement organization information reporting requirements, and virtual currency taxation, and H.R. 1882, Saving Gig Economy Taxpayers Act.

Banking

Issues related to financial services and mobile payments (no bill). Issues related to artificial intelligence and digital assets, including bitcoin (no bill).

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.