Presentations/Papers
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