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IPT/NTA Joint Sales
Tax Seminar
INSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONALS
IN TAXATION
NATIONAL TAX ASSOCIATION
January 24-25, 2000
Hyatt Sarasota - Sarasota, Florida
Program
SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 2000
| 1:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. |
Registration
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| 6:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M |
Reception
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MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2000
8:00
a.m. - 9:00 a.m. |
Welcome and Introduction
David N. Finnman, CMI, IPT President
Manager, Property Taxes
Global Crossing
Rochester, New York
Robert D. Ebel, Executive
Director
National Tax Association
District of Columbia
Seminar Overview
John Mikesell
Indiana University
Bloomington,
Indiana
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| 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon |
Distant Sales Tax Transactions via Electronic
Commerce: Identification of the Issues
Presenter:
Gary
C. Cornia
Marriott School of Management
Bringham Young University
Provo, Utah
Fiscal Significance of the Issues
Presenters:
Robert
Cline
National Director State & Local Tax Policy Economics
Ernst & Young LLP
Washington, DC
William F. Fox
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Thomas S. Neubig
National Director Policy Economics Quantitative Analysis
Ernst & Young LLP
Washington, DC
A Single Tax Rate: The Gordian Knot of Simplicity?
Presenters:
Kelly
Edmiston
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia
David L. Sjoquist
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia
Commentators:
James
R. Eads, Jr., Esq.
SALT Partner
Ernst & Young, LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
Eric Johnson
Finance Director
Hillsborough County, Florida
Perspective and Discussion
Matthew Kishber -
Co-Chair, E-Commerce Committee, NCSL
Chair, House Finance
Committee
Tennessee House of Representatives
Nashville, Tennessee
Joe Brooks
Member, City Council
Richmond, Virginia
Terrell E. Schroeder
Senior Vice President
Marvin Poer & Co.
Atlanta, Georgia
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| 12 Noon - 1:00 p.m |
Luncheon Address Jim
Senn
Professor of Strategy & Information Technology
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia
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1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. |
Financial Services
Presenter:
Thomas
S. Neubig
National Director Policy Economics Quantitative Analysis
Ernst & Young LLP
Washington, DC
Response:
David
Wentworth
Chief Economist
The American Council of Life Insurance
Washington, DC
Charles Wooding (Invited)
Vice President, Corporate Tax Manager
BancOne
Chicago, Illinois
Ranjana Madhusudhan
Office of Revenue & Economic Analysis
New Jersey Department of Treasury
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2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Telecommunications Presenter:
Kurt Zorn
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
Response:
Robert S. Goldman, Esq., CMI
Partner
Vickers Madsen and Goldman, LLP
Tallahassee, Florida
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| 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m |
Taxation of Transactions Under Electric
Deregulation
Presenter:
Bruce Seaman
Department of Economics
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia
Response:
Donald Boehn
Manager of Liabilities
Basin Electric Power
Bismarck, North Dakota
Robin Capehart
Secretary of Tax and Revenue
West Virginia, and
President
Southeastern Association of Tax Administrators |
TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2000
8:30
a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
Achieving Compliance
from Multistate Taxpayers through Regional Information Exchange and Referral Processes by
State Tax Departments
Moderator:
Harley T. Duncan
Executive Director
Federation of Tax Administrators
Washington, DC
Panelists:
Elizabeth Carpentier
Director
South Carolina Department of Revenue
Colombia, South Carolina
John J. Chavez
secretary
New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Mary Jane Egr
Commissioner
Nebraska Department of Revenue
Lincoln, Nebraska
Gene Gavin
Commissioner
Connecticut Department of Revenue Services
Hartford, Connecticut
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10:30 a.m. - 12:00 Noon |
Achieving Sales Tax Simplification in the Present
Millennium: States' Actions and Future Prospects
Moderator:
Gerald D. Bair
Director
Iowa Department of Revenue
Des Moines, Iowa
Panelists (Showing Representation):
Wayne Eggert, CMI (Multi-State Tax Commission)
Assistant Tax Director,
Luncent Technologies, Inc.
Morristown, New Jersey
Diane Hardt (Upper Midwest Region)
Administrator
Wisconsin Department of Revenue
Madison, Wisconsin
R.. Bruce Johnson (Northwest Region)
Commissioner
Utah State Tax Commission
Salt Lake City, Utah
Muriel Offerman (North Carolina Efforts & Accomplishments)
Secretary
North Carolina Department of Revenue
Ralelgh, North Carolina
Robert K. Thompson (Northeast Region)
Director
New Jersey Department of Treasury
Trenton, New Jersey |
12 Noon - 1:00 p.m.
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Lunch
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1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. |
Managed Compliance and Audit
Programs: Perspectives from Government Tax Administrators, Taxpayers and Tax Practitioners Moderator:
Gene
Gavin
Commissioner
Department of Revenue Services
Hartford, Connecticut
Panelists:
Kevin
Berry
Manager - Sales, Use & Excise Taxes
General Electric Company
Fort Myers, Florida
Bernard E. Johnson
Managing Director
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Columbus, Ohio
Jeremiah Lynch
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP
New York, New York
William D. Marshall
Administrator, Sales and Use Tax Division
Ohio Department of Taxation
Columbus, Ohio
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3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
Seminar Wrap Up
Charles
E. McLure, Jr.
Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
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| 4:30 p.m |
Formal Conclusion of Seminar |
IPT
Program Co-Chair:
Dale H. Durley, CMI
President
American Tax Associates, Inc.
Columbus, Ohio |
NTA Program Co-Chair:
Ranjana
Madhusudhan
Senior
Economist
New
Jersey Treasury Department
Trenton,
New Jersey |
Institute for Professionals in Taxation
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Atlanta GA 30326
TEL 404/240-2300
FAX 404/240-2315
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725 15th Street NW Suite 600
Washington DC 20005-2109
TEL 202/737-3325
FAX 202/737-7308
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