Papers & Presentations
GENERAL SESSION – MONDAY MORNING
FHWA
Annual Update
Sheri Alston, Director, Office of
Transportation Policy Studies, Federal Highway Administration
Annual
Industry Update
David Retz, Senior Tax Counsel from
Chevron
FTA Motor Fuel Uniformity Update
George Higdon, Director Petroleum Tax,
Mississippi Tax Commission and Bob Donnellan, Sr. Tax Manager, Global
Companies LLC
Fuel Tax Council Update 2008
Charles Greenough, Manager, Canadian
Fuel Tax Council and Mal Bruce,
Canadian Fuel Tax Council
MONDAY AFTERNOON
Quantifying State Motor Fuel Tax Evasion
Mark Weimar, Battelle Chief
Economist and Patrick Balducci, Battelle Senior Economist
Ethanol and Bio Diesel "Hello"
Iowa Ethanol
and Biodiesel
Dale Thede, Program Manager, State of Iowa;
Ethanol and Biodiesel
George Higdon, Petroleum Tax Director, State of Mississippi;
Ethanol/Biodiesel Overview
Herman Wisneski, Revenue Tax Specialist, State of Minnesota and FTA Motor
Fuel Tax Section National Vice Chair
Wisconsin
Taxation of Ethanol and Biodiesel
Charles Zwettler, Chief, Excise Tax Section, State of Wisconsin.
GENERAL SESSION –TUESDAY
Motor Fuel Refunds
Edie Martin
Iowa
Dial-A-Refund Program
Dale Thede
Industry Issues
Robert Donnellan, Sr. Tax Manager,
Global Companies LLC
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
What Are We
Going To Do When The Money Runs Out !!!
Trent Knoles, Public Service Administrator, Illinois
Department of Revenue;
What Can We Do?
Highway Funding Problems and Solutions
Wilda Ice, Auditor III, West Virginia State Tax Departmentets and how
it is affected by supply and demand.
GENERAL SESSION – WEDNESDAY
API –Audit
Training
Dan Farish
Accounting & Tax Systems
Audits / Audit Quality and Efficiency Standards
Peter Steffens