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Agenda for NTA Steering Comm

Agenda For July 22-23 NTA Steering Committee Meeting
At Bally's Hotel, Las Vegas, NV

Wednesday 7/22/98

8:00 Overall comments by Gary & Kendall re progress of the NTA Tax Project, and intro to the agenda for this meeting. Administrative matters.
A. FOCUS ON HOW THE PROJECT PROCEEDS
8:30 Open discussion regarding how the Steering Committee should continue to function:  
  1. What mechanisms are needed to come to resolution on the issues before the Steering Committee? 
  2. Consider possibility of issuing reports that reflect both a "majority" viewpoint and a "dissent" viewpoint.
B. FOCUS ON THE PROJECT'S TWO MOST DIFFICULT ISSUES
9:15 Report by the Tax Rate Subcommittee, to cover the following: 
  1. Summary of the positions taken so far on the issue of "One Rate Per State," attributed to the extent possible to various Steering Committee members, all delivered by a reporter.  
  2. What process is underway now to resolve the differences? 
  3. Open discussion.
10:15 Coffee break
10:45 Report by the Scope Subcommittee, to cover the following: 
  1. Summary of the positions taken so far on the issue of "All Commerce/All Electronic Commerce/All Remote Commerce" attributed to the extent possible to various Steering Committee members, all delivered by a reporter.  
  2. What process is underway now to resolve the differences? 
  3. Open discussion.
11:45 Update on the Internet Tax Freedom Act
12:15 Break for lunch.
C. FOCUS ON THE ROLE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURES
12:45 Lunch speakers (with Q&A time) – Principals from the National Conference of State Legislators speak on:  
  1. How they foresee their interaction with Congress if: 
    1. the Internet Tax Freedom Act passes; or  
    2. legislation like the International Fuel Tax Agreement accompanies this effort. 
  2. Their views on how to best resolve the issue of "One Rate Per State." 
  3. Anything else they think is relevant.
1:30 Roundtable discussion & reaction to comments of the state legislators.
2:00

D. FOCUS ON THE NECESSARY COMPONENTS FOR OPERATING A DESTINATION – BASED SOURCING REGIME

Report by the Sourcing Subcommittee on where they are, and

  1. summarize what we have learned from the various meetings during June and July regarding technology and cost issues; 
  2. report regarding SET technology.
3:00 Coffee break.
3:30 Break down into small groups to discuss specific sourcing issues.
4:45 Reconvene as a large group to deliver the reports of the small groups. Look for creative and unique ideas that may have been raised in small groups.
5:30 Adjourn. Announce locations and confirm attendance for working dinner groups.
E. WORKING DINNER GROUPS
6:30 Working dinner groups convene as desired.

Thursday 7/23/98

8:00 Brief reports of each working dinner group.
F. FOCUS ON PROGRESS OF OTHER WORKING GROUPS
9:00 Presentation by Telecommunications Group of their status report. Open discussion.
10:00 Presentation by Tax Base Group of the CPC System. Open discussion.
10:45 Coffee break
11:15 Presentation by the Administrative Simplification Group of their status report. Open discussion.
12:00 Presentation by International Group of their status report. Open discussion.
12:40 Discuss dates and locations for next meetings.
1:00 Adjourn.

 

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