.:: FTA Annual Meeting Site 2007 - Conference Schedule ::.

June 10 - 13, 2007

Hyatt Regency McCormick Place
2233 South Martin L. King Drive,
Chicago, Illinois 60616-9985

General Information

312.814.3190

Fax

312.814.1402

E-mail

FTA2007@Illinois.gov

» 2007 FTA Annual Meeting Preliminary Program

Sunday, June 10
1 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.	Registration
5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.	Opening Reception Tax Administration Blues, Hyatt McCormick Place
Monday, June 11
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Registration
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.	Commissioners Only Breakfast An executive briefing for the senior tax administrator in each state on tax issues important to the states, as well as an update on FTA activities. Proposed resolutions will also be reviewed.
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - Noon	GENERAL SESSION Presiding: Cynthia Bridges, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Revenue, and President, Federation of Tax Administrators
Welcome to Chicago and Illinois Brian Hamer, Director, Illinois Department Of Revenue Federal Tax and Budget Outlook: Train Wreck Ahead? Leonard E. Burman, Director, Brookings-Urban Tax Policy Center, Wash, DC U.S. Economic Outlook: Whither Goest Thou? Mark McMullen, Moody’s Economy.com Panel Discussion: What is the Appropriate State Business Tax? Moderators: Doug Lindholm, Executive Director, Council on State Taxation Harley Duncan, Executive Director, FTA Participants: Richard Pomp, University of Connecticut Law School Robert Cline, Ernst and Young Robert Kleine, Michigan State Treasurer Brian Hamer, Illinois Department of Revenue Awards Presentation Compliance Award Management Award Leadership and Service Award Wade Anderson Memorial Medal Presented by Susan Combs, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Noon - 1:45 p.m.	FTA President’s Awards Luncheon Speaker: Kevin Brown, Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service
1:45 p.m. – 5 p.m.	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
» Technology Fed-State Data Exchange Encryption Initiative Janet Miner, Governmental Liaison & Disclosure, IRS IRS Modernized E-File Programs Paul Mamo, Electronic Tax Administration, IRS State Progress on FedState Modernized E-File Tim Blevins, Kansas Department of Revenue Jamie Woodward, New York Department of Taxation and Finance Software Developer Perspective on Modernized E-File and Mandates Rick Campbell, CorpTax FTA-IRS Tactical Advisory Group: Update on Activities & Security Work Tim Blevins, Kansas Department of Revenue » Legal and Tax Policy Recent Developments in State Tax Case Law Marilyn Wethekam, Horwood, Marcus & Berk, Chicago Marshall Stranburg, Florida Department of Revenue State Taxation of Stock Options Paul Comeau, Hodgson Russ Panel: The Practical Considerations in Implementing Combined Reporting Moderator: Shirley Sicilian, Multistate Tax Commission Diann Smith, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan Michael Fatale, Massachusetts Department of Revenue Brian McCann, New York Department of Taxation and Finance George Phillips, Vermont Department of Taxes » Compliance Compliance Award Winner: Leveraging a Data Warehouse Across Divisions and Bureaus Amy Bomkamp, Susan Dukes and Janna Baganz, Wisconsin Department of Revenue Compliance Award Winner: Enterprise-Wide Data Warehouse Project - Building a Comprehensive Picture of Taxpayers Vincent Piccinni, and Laurie McGrath, Massachusetts Department of Revenue Say Aloha to Improved Collections Kurt Kawafuchi, Hawaii Department of Revenue Kentucky’s Electronic Levy and Data Match Project Diane Hogan, Tier Technologies Representative, Kentucky Department of Revenue (invited) Using External Data to Authenticate Tax Return Data to Reduce Fraud and Increase Compliance John Chavez, Financial Management Systems » Sponsor Solution Series This breakout is a unique opportunity for attendees to get the inside scoop on private sector thinking on tax administration challenges. Whether your challenge relates to policy, personnel, compliance or budget, creative minds have been at work on a solution. Presentations on products and services from FTA Sponsors. Scheduled topics and times will be available soon. Click on the link above for more detail.
Tuesday, June 12
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Registration
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.	Commissioners Only Breakfast
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – Noon	GENERAL SESSION Presiding: Jerry Johnson, Vice Chairman, Oklahoma Tax Commission, and First Vice President, Federation of Tax Administrators
Next Wave in Information Technology Karla J. Pierce, Accenture Convergence of Data and Analytics in the Corporate World: Lessons Learned for Government Jack Noonan, Chief Executive Officer, SPSS, Inc. Where Does Innovation Come From? Bringing New Ideas to Revenue Agencies Will Rice, Fast Enterprises Tax Administrators as Communicators Phil Brand, CGI-AMS FTA 2008: Philadelphia – June 8-11, 2008 Thomas W. Wolf, Secretary of Revenue, Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
Noon – 1:30 p.m.	Lunch on your own
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
» Technology Determining Entity Relationships in Combating Refund Fraud Penny Feneis and Stacy Kardell-Lessard, Minnesota Department of Revenue Using Tablet PCs for Field Collections Steve Wilson and Lynn Chenoweth, Idaho State tax Commission Delivering Customer Service Over the Web Vincent Piccinni, Massachusetts Department of Revenue Tax Compliance Infrastructure - Data Warehouse Project Phillip Salazar, New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department » Legal and Tax Policy Developments in Sales and Use Tax Loren Chumley, KPMG Scott Peterson, SST Governing Board Issues Presented by Real Estate Investment Trusts Joe Garrett, Alabama Department of Revenue Michael Fatale, Massachusetts Department of Revenue Panel: Reducing Tensions Between Taxpayers and Tax Agencies Moderators: Doug Lindholm, Council on State Taxation and Matt Tomalis, FTA John Pydyszewski, Johnson & Johnson Tremaine Smith, Washington State Department of Revenue Joseph Thomas, Connecticut Department of Revenue Services Frank Yanover, General Electric » Management Managing and Governing Your IT Resources Jim McAndrew, Ohio Department of Taxation Management Award Winner- User-Friendly Website for Unclaimed Property Patti Wilson, Washington State Department of Revenue Addressing the challenges of an aging workforce: the North Carolina Leadership Development Program Alan Felton, North Carolina Department of Revenue The Future is Coming. Do you know where your agency is? Jerry Goldberg, Independent Consultant John Vranna, Executive Consultant, CGI » Sponsor Solution Series This breakout is a unique opportunity for attendees to get the inside scoop on private sector thinking on tax administration challenges. Whether your challenge relates to policy, personnel, compliance or budget, creative minds have been at work on a solution. Presentations on products and services from FTA Sponsors. Click on the link above for more detail.
7:00 p.m.	Reception and Closing Banquet Shedd Aquarium
Wednesday, June 13
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.	FTA Annual Business Meeting
9:00 a.m. – Noon	GENERAL SESSION Presiding: Cynthia Bridges, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Revenue, and President, Federation of Tax Administrators
State Budgets: What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is Going On? Scott Pattison, Executive Director, National Association of State Budget Officers On the Outside Trying to Look In: Thoughts from Former Tax Administrators Loren Chumley, KPMG Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Deloitte State Tax Compliance Initiatives: Around the World in 90 Minutes The Multistate ATAT Voluntary Compliance Program Thomas Shimkin, Multistate Tax Commission License Review: How to Make It Work Jeff Scott, Kansas Department of Revenue