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Monday,
June 7
8:30
a.m. – Noon GENERAL
SESSION
Presiding:
Stephen M. Cordi, Deputy Comptroller, Maryland Comptroller of the
Treasury, and President, Federation of Tax Administrators
Welcome
to Providence
The Honorable Lieutenant Governor Charles J. Fogarty
California's Efforts to Combat Abusive
Tax Avoidance Transactions
Debbie Langsea, California Franchise Tax Board
New York's Efforts to Combat Abusive
Tax Avoidance Transactions
Andrew Eristoff, Commissioner, New York State Department of Taxation
and Finance
Tax
Compliance: Practitioner's Viewpoint
Bruce Daigh, PricewaterhouseCoopers
What's
Ahead for the U.S. Economy
Mark Zandi, Economy.com, Westchester, Pennsylvania
Noon – 1:45
p.m. FTA
President’s Awards Luncheon
Presentation: Compliance
Award
Management
Award
Leadership and Service Award
Keynote
Speaker: The Honorable Mark W. Everson, Commissioner,
Internal Revenue Service
2:00
p.m. – 5:15 p.m. CONCURRENT
SESSIONS
Technology
Panel:
Experience with State Digital Filing Mandates
Loren Chumley, Tennessee
Department of Revenue
Cheryl Sullivan,
Wisconsin Department of Revenue
King Woolf, Trustfile
Alan LeBovidge, Massachusetts Department of Revenue
Floyd Schmitzer, Michigan Department
of Treasury
Predictive
Modeling and Earned Income Tax Credit
Tom Heinz, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance
Recent
Developments in State Tax Case Law
Marilyn
Wethekam, Horwood, Marcus & Berk, Chicago, Illinois
California's
Treatment of Tax Shelters
Debbie Langsea, California Franchise Tax Board
Panel: Emerging Online Sales and Use Tax Issues
Moderator: Marshall Stranburg, Florida Department of Revenue
John Allan, Jones Day, Atlanta, Georgia
Panel:
SSTP Intrastate Sourcing Issues
Moderator: Loren Chumley, Tennessee Department
of Revenue
Will Rice, State of Washington Department of Revenue
Joan Wagnon, Kansas Department of Revenue
Compliance
Panel:
Compliance Roundup
North Carolina’s Project
Compliance
John Sadoff, North Carolina Department of Revenue
Plain and Doable
James Stewart, Delaware Division of Revenue
Tax Compliance Checks
Bob Geruso, Rhode Island Division of Taxation
FTA Compliance Award Co-Winner
Pennsylvania’s Pass-through Unit
Bob Coyne and Kevin Milligan, Pennsylvania
Department of Revenue
FTA Compliance Award Co-Winner
Data-Driven Decisions
Ralph
Osgood, Washington State Department of Revenue
National
Overview of State Use Tax Activities
Delena Bratton, ACS
Management
Where
to Look for Savings
Billy Hamilton, Texas Office of the Comptroller
Simplified Withholding Initiative
Dan John, Idaho Tax Commission
Don Hoffman, Montana Department of Revenue
Providing Online and Self-Service to Employees
Deborah Dammer and Kiaran Johnson, New York State Department of
Taxation and Finance
Management Award Winner
Organizatin Development Initiative:
Integration, Innovation and Involvement
Wendy Fraser, Washington State Department of Revenue
Tuesday,
June 8
7:30
a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration
7:30
a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
Commissioners
Only Breakfast
8:30
a.m. – Noon GENERAL
SESSION
Presiding: Mary
Jane Egr, Commissioner, Nebraska Department of Revenue and First
Vice President, Federation of Tax Administrators
Technology
and the Future of Tax Administration
Karla
Pierce, Microsoft Corporation, Washington, D.C.
Boosting
E-Government Adoption
William Eggers, Deloitte Research — Public Sector
VoIP:
What Is It and What Do You Need to Know?
James B. Ramsay, National Association of Regulatory Utility
Commissioners, Washington, D.C.
Streamlined
Sales Tax Update
Diane
Hardt, Wisconsin Department of Revenue
Loren Chumley, Tennessee Department of Revenue
Multistate Tax Commission
Compliance Project
Bruce Johnson, Utah Tax Commission
Invitation
to FTA 2005, San Antonio, Texas (June 12-15, 2005)
Billy
Hamilton, Texas Office of the Comptroller
Noon – 1:30
p.m. Lunch
- on your own
1:30
p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Technology
New
Integrated Tax System
Lynette Nowlan, Arizona Department of Revenue
New
Era in Benefits Funding
Karla Pierce, Microsoft
Paul Raciopo, IBM
Alternative
Method for Implementing 2-D Bar Code Filing
Stan Farmer,
Missouri Department of Revenue
GPS/Route
Management Enhancements for Wireless-Based Compliance
Albert
Perez, Texas Office of the Comptroller
Tips
on Implementing Tax Jurisdiction Sourcing Databases
Tim Blevins, Kansas Department of
Revenue
Stan Farmer, Missouri Department
of Revenue
Legal
and Tax Policy
States'
Problems with the Internet Tax Freedom Act
Matt
Tomalis, Federation of Tax Administrators, Washington, D.C.
Issues
Presented by the Federal BAT Nexus Bill
Frank
Katz, Multistate Tax Commission, Santa Fe, New Mexico (Invited)
Panel:
Reducing Tensions Between Taxpayers and Tax Agencies
Moderator: Doug Lindholm, Council on State Taxation,
Washington, D.C.
Compliance and Management
10
Things I Hate About You: Or How to Destroy Relationships With Local
Governments and Then Rebuild Them
Lewis Easterly, Alabama Department of Revenue
Multiple
Uses for a UPC Matrix Database
Richard Schrader, New Jersey Division of Taxation
Improving
Tax Administration Through Stakeholder Survey Data Analysis
David Mader, Sirota Consulting, Washington, D.C.
Tax Compliance Automation
Diana DiBello and Dick Eppleman, Vertex
Wednesday,
June 9
9:00
a.m. – Noon GENERAL
SESSION
Presiding:
Stephen M. Cordi, Deputy Comptroller, Maryland Comptroller of the
Treasury, and President, Federation of Tax Administrators
Federal Tax Policy and the
States
Leonard E. Burman, Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.
The
Fiscal Long Term: Many Challenges for States
Scott
Pattison, National Association of State Budget Officers, Washington,
D.C.
Virginia
Tax Reform: How in Blazes Did That Happen?
Kenneth W. Thorson, Commissioner, Virginia Department of Taxation
Federal
Legislation Affecting the States
Harley
Duncan, Federation of Tax Administrators, Washington, D.C.
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