Monday, October 9, 2006

 

General Session   (8:00am – noon)

 

Presentation of the Colors

 

Singing of the Anthems

Kay Storr

 

Presiding

Carol Player, Tax Auditor, State of South Carolina and National Chair of the FTA Motor Fuel Tax Section

Federal Highway Administration Update

Sheri Alston, Director, Transportation – Fuel Tax Evasion Program, FHwA/Office of Transportation Policy Studies           

 

Internal Revenue Update

Rich Little, Sr., Program Analyst, Internal Revenue Service

 

Update on the Motor Fuel Tax Evasion Studies

FHwA         Sheri Alston, Director, Transportation – Fuel Tax Evasion Program, FHwA/Office of Transportation Policy Studies

AASHTO    Bob Turner or Joe O’Gorman, Chief Audit Services, State of New Jersey Division of Taxation and Past National Chair of the Motor Fuel Tax Section

Uniformity Update

         Canadian Fuel Tax Council

Charles Greenough, Project Manager, Canadian Fuel Tax Council

         United States Uniformity Project

Donna Alderman, North Carolina Department of Revenue and Uniformity Committee State Co-Chair

Bob Donnellan, Global Companies LLC and Uniformity Committee Industry Co-Chair

American Petroleum Institute (API) Update

Anne Price Warhola, Tax Counsel, American Petroleum Institute

 

 

1:00PM – 4:15PM Concurrent Sessions (repeating sessions)

 

Underground Economy

 

 

Moderator:          Charles Greenough, Project Manager, Canadian Fuel Tax Council

 

Topics:                Tax Evasion

 

Presenters:          Charles Greenough, Project Manager, Canadian Fuel Tax Council

                                    Darren Wiener, Canada Revenue Agency

 

        

Movement of Fuel

 

Moderator:          Bob Crawford, Assistant Director, Maryland Comptroller of the Treasury

 

Topic:                 Movement by Railroads

                       Movement by Waterways

                       Movement by Pipeline

 

Panel:                 Bob Crawford, Assistant Director, MD Comptroller of the Treasury

                           David Retz, Senior Tax Counsel, Chevron

                       Greg Anderson, Excise Tax Specialist, ConocoPhillips

 

4:30PM – 5:00PM          Regional Meetings

        

Midwestern Region                Marcia Leichner, State of NE

Northeastern Region              Joe O’Gorman, State of NJ

Pacific Region                       Paul Johnson, State of WA

Southern Region                    Julian Fitzgerald, State of NC

 

 

         Tuesday, October 10, 2006

 

General Session   (8:00am – noon)

 

Presiding

Carol Player, Tax Auditor, State of South Carolina and National Chair of the FTA Motor Fuel Tax Section

 

Fuels of the future

Win Gardner, Fuels Quality Manager

 

Welcome

Jan Goodwin, Cabinet Secretary, NM Taxation & Revenue Department

 

Industry perspective on renewal fuel

Tim Turgeon, CHS

 

National Diversion Registry

Carol Player, Tax Auditor, State of SC and National Chair of the FTA Motor Fuel Tax Section

Scott Martin, TRAC III Systems

 

Invitation to the 2007 Annual Meeting

Shirley Bonaccorso, Revenue Tax Director, State of Louisiana

Cinde Fontenot, Revenue Audit Supervisor, State of Louisiana

 

Robert Beck Award

Peter Steffens, Florida Department of Revenue and Past National Chair of the FTA Motor Fuel Tax Section

 

National Chairs Report

Carol Player, Tax Auditor, State of South Carolina and National Chair of the FTA Motor Fuel Tax Section

 

11:30AM – 1:00PM        Lunch (on your own)

 

1:00PM – 4:15PM Concurrent Sessions (repeating sessions)

 

Credit/Refunds on Clean Burning Fuels

 

Moderator:          Christy Dixon, State of Oklahoma and Past National Chair of the Motor Fuel Tax Section 

 

Topic:                 State's Perspective on tax credits, refunds and incentives for alternative fuels.

                          

Presenters:          Edie Martin, Public Service Executive, KS Department of Revenue

                           David Reed, Tax Policy Division, State of Texas

                           Dar Walters,Fuel Tax Manager, ID State Tax Commission

 

Bio Diesel

                                                              

Moderator:          Linda Dollens, Administrator, Returns Processing Center, Indiana Department of Revenue  

 

Topic:                 State, Federal and Industry Perspective

 

Panel:                 Senator Tom Weatherwax, Indiana State Senate and a member of the Senate Finance Committee

                           Mike Ackerman, President, Ackerman Oil Company Inc

                           Dale Thede, Administrator Fuel Tax, Iowa Department of Revenue

                                    Rich Little, Sr. Program Analyst, Internal Revenue Service

                                    Michel Monconduit, Revenue Agent, Internal Revenue Service

 

4:30PM – 5:00PM          Annual Business Meeting

 

 

 

General Session   (8:00am – 11:00am)

 

Presiding

Carol Player, Tax Auditor, State of South Carolina and National Chair of the FTA Motor Fuel Tax Section

 

Product Code Revision/FTA’s Website

Bill Gray, Sinclair Oil

 

Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel

Tim Crowe, Manager, Commercial Sales, Citgo

 

The Florida Audit Quality and Efficiency project

Peter Steffens, Florida Department of Revenue and Past National Chair of the FTA Motor Fuel Tax