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Summary of Proceedings

2006 Final Resolutions

General Session   (8:00am – noon)

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)

Fuels of the future
Win Gardner, Fuels Quality Manager

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


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

 


Wednesday, October 11, 2006

 

General Session   (8:00am – 11:00am)

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

 



 



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