Papers & Presentations
| Schedule for Monday, August 11 |
| GENERAL SESSION - 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Keynote: Power Shift: The 8 Trends That Will Reshape the Technology Landscape Kishore Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, Accenture |
| CONCURRENT SESSIONS - 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
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| CONCURRENT SESSIONS - 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Session 1 Fed-State Modernized E-file Development Update Carol McLaughlin, IRS; Terry Garber, South Carolina and TIGERS State Co-Chair; Greg Martinez, Intuit and TIGERS Industry Co-Chair Session 3 Data Conversion: Wagons Ho! What to Bring and How to Pack Jake Hoffman Session 4 Automation of Use Tax Determination John Kennedy, Sabrix, Inc. Session 5 Solution Series Two: Presented by BearingPoint Using Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to Drive Revenue in Trying Times Billy Hamilton, Ryan McRonald and Jamie Sawchuk, BearingPoint |
| CONCURRENT SESSIONS - 2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. |
| CONCURRENT SESSIONS - 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 pm Session 2 Tracking Made Possible by XML Tapan Sarkar, Louisiana Session 3 A Unique PDF-Based Data Entry System for Tax Returns Ginger Hulsey, Oklahoma, and Carlos Gonzalez, Dataintro Software Session 4 Unifying Government: Drivers of Change Terry Lutes, IBM Global Session 5 Solution Series Four: Presented by Saber Government Solutions Automation Generation of Outgoing Correspondence Allen Russ, Saber Government Solutions |
| Schedule For Tuesday, August 12 |
| CONCURRENT SESSIONS - 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Session 1 FTA-IRS Tactical Advisory Group Security Subcommittee: Cooperative Security Practices Review Work State Co-Chair Tim Blevins, Kansas, and IRS Co-Chair Richard Therrien, IRS Session 3 Use of Decision Analytics in Sales and Use Tax Audit Selection Thomas Kaminski, Connecticut, and John McCalden, Revenue Solutions, Inc. Session 4 Solution Series Five: Presented by Oracle Using Web Services Technology to Integrate Key Tax Administration Processes Randy Covert, Oracle |
| CONCURRENT SESSIONS - 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Session 1 Implementation of Secure Data Transfer (SDT) and Other IRS-State Data Exchange Programs Rod Sterling, IRS Session 2 The Minnesota Experience Using Data Warehousing Techniques to Increase Tax Compliance Greg Tschida, Minnesota, and Eric Bjorklund, CSC Session 3 Using Today’s Technology in Field Auditing John Cox, Revenue Solutions, Inc. Session 4 Solution Series Six: Presented by SAP Public Services UCT in an ERP: Florida's Journey Louis Panebianco, Florida; Eli Castro, SUNTAX; and Lorrie Nugent, SAP AG |
| CONCURRENT SESSIONS - 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Session 1 Current and Future Issues in Security Richard Therrien, IRS Session 2 Effective Systems Design for Payroll-Related E-file Janice Krueger and Jeff King, NELCO; Wendy Carter, Thomson Reuters; Andrew McDevitt, Intuit; and Vicki Massey, Financial MicroSystems, Inc. representing the Payroll and Information Reporting Committee of the National Association of Computerized Tax Processors (NACTP); and Kevin Richards, Illinois Session 3 Text Mining and Predictive Text Analytics Subhasis Datta, Mitre Corporation Session 4 Cost-Reducing Initiatives and New Technologies in Electronic Tax Payments David Stephenson, Link2gov Session 5 Solution Series Seven: Presented by Revenue Solutions, Inc. Enhancing the Refund Fraud Detection Process John Bace, Revenue Solutions, Inc. |
| CONCURRENT SESSIONS - 2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Session 1 Web Based Vulnerability and Penetration Testing Timothy R. Blevins, Kansas Session 2 A Model E-file System for Payroll Tax Reporting Jo Ann Costa, California Employment Development Department and Peter Isberg, National Payroll Reporting Consortium Session 3 Building A Data Warehouse to Meet Your Needs Alison Torres, Teradata Session 4 SOA + BPM = Agile Integrated Tax Systems Hemant Sharma, CGI Session 5 Solution Series Eight: Presented by Accenture The Power of Web 2.0 Karla Hulett, Accenture |
| CONCURRENT SESSIONS - 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Session 1 Minnesota's Wireless Implementation Betty Burke, Minnesota Session 2 The Best of Both Worlds: A Revolutionary Approach to Data Entry Barbara Kotlyar, Virtual Solutions, and James Robinson, Paperfree Corporation Session 3 Leveraging Your Data Warehouse to Achieve Increases in Collector Productivity Kevin Frisoli, Revenue Solutions, Inc. Session 4 Adhering to IRS Publication 1075 Guidelines Chuck Adelman, Sabercorp Session 5 Solution Series Nine: Presented byTeradata Strengthen Your Audit and Discovery Lead Processing and Productivity with a Case Management Solution Within Your Compliance Data Warehouse Solution Pam Sartell, Sartell Group and Les Arnold, Teradata |
| Wednesday, August 13, 2008 |
| CONCURRENT SESSIONS - 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Session 1 Moving to a Paperless Processing Environment Mary Jo Alexander, Minnesota, and Sandy Thompson, Information Capture Solutions Session 2 Streamlined Sales Tax: Forward to the Future Gary Centlivre, Kansas, and David Thompson, SST Governing Board Session 3 Use of Tablet PCs for Compliance and Alcohol/Tobacco Enforcement in Georgia David Rogers, Georgia Session 4 Generate Automatic Documentation (GenDoc) for Impact Analysis Tapan Sarkar, Louisiana |
| CONCURRENT SESSIONS - 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Session 1 West Virginia’s Tax Remittance System: Intelligent Forms Processing (IFP) Tonja Oakes, West Virginia, and Santo Collura, IBM Session 2 Addressing the Challenges of Entering Into the Streamlined Sales Tax Agreement Debra Conn and Renee Alexander, Washington Session 3 Remote Lockboxing for State Government David Wright, Image Scan Session 4 Lessons Learned in the Complexity Reduction Program of the Dutch Tax Authority (Belastingdienst) Randy Covert, Oracle, and Peter Jongkind and Hans van Deuren, Belastingdienst (Dutch Tax Authority, Netherlands) |
| CONCURRENT SESSIONS - 11:00 a.m. – Noon Session 1 State Revenue Acting as Agents for Local Jurisdictions through Hosting Sandy Hansen, CGI Session 2 Tax Jurisdiction Sourcing – How Tax Technology Can Proactively Address the Changes Carla Yrjanson, Sabrix, Inc. Session 3 E-filing for Property Tax Refunds Margaret Kauska, Montana |
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