2011 FTA Motor Fuel Tax Section Annual Meeting

September 18-21 2011 • Embassy Suites Hotel • Charleston, WV 25301

Presentations

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[Summary of Conference]

Monday, September 19, 2011

General Session

AASHTO Update
Joung H. Lee, Associate Director for Finance & Business Development, Deputy Director, AASHTO Center for Excellence in Project Finance

West Virginia Oil Marketers
Jan Vineyard, President of the West Virginia Oil Marketers Association

American Petroleum Institute (API) Update
Brenda Hansen, ConocoPhillips and Past Chair of the API Excise Tax Section

Electric Cars
Tracy Woodard, Director Government Affairs, Nissan North America Inc

Future of Natural Gas in Motor Fuels
Phillip Pfister, Community Development Coordinator, Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC

 

Afternoon Breakout Sessions

MOTOR FUELS “101” - Understand the Movement of Motor Fuels
Panel:
Robert Donnellan, Director of Excise Tax Compliance, Global Companies LLC and Uniformity Industry Chair
Wilda Ice, Auditor, WV Tax and Revenue and Past National Chair
 
ALTERNATIVE FUEL “101” - Understand what is Alternative Fuels
Panel:
Amy Drewry, Transactional Tax Manager, Louis Dreyfus Commodities
Jeremy Neeck, Sr. Revenue Tax Specialist, State of Minnesota
 
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

General Session
 
Federal Highway Administration Update
Michael Dougherty, Program Analyst, Federal Highway Administration

Internal Revenue Update
Richard Little, Fuel Policy Manager, Internal Revenue Service

G Diesel
Chris Weide, Advanced Refining Concepts, LLC

Uniformity Update
Canadian Fuel Tax Council
 Rick Callaway (AB), Project Manager
US Uniformity Project
 Sharon Gostovich, State of Wyoming
 Robert Donnellan, Global Companies LLC

Robert Beck Award
Carol Player, State of South Carolina, Past National Chair
 
National Chair’s Address and Awards
Rosemary Cleary, Tax Division Chief, CT Dept of Revenue Service and the FTA Motor Fuel Tax Section National Chair

Afternoon Breakout Sessions

MOVEMENT OF FUEL - Rail and Barge Movement of Fuel
Panel:
Tim Turgeon, Excise Tax Manager, CHS, Inc
Dean Reinauer, Manager, Reinauer Transportation Companies LLC

STATE/INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS ON ALTERNATIVE FUELS
How Do We Handle The Reporting Of Alternative Fuels  
  Panel:
Sharon Gostovich, Fuel Tax Program Manager, Wyoming Department of Transportation and Uniformity State Chair
Dawn Lietz, Supervising Auditor II, Nevada DMV Motor Carrier Division and National Vice Chair
Amy Drewry, Transactional Tax Manager, Louis Dreyfus Commodities


Wednesday, September 21, 2011
General Session

Governmental Liaison role with the IRS
Michael Oser, Senior Program Analyst, Internal Revenue Service

Gasoline Blendstocks – Where are we now?
Oscar L. Garza, Director, Deloitte Tax LLP

Current Evasion Schemes
Jim Harris, Deputy Chief, Criminal Investigation Division – HG
Bruce Johnson, Tax and Revenue Supervisor II, Excise Tax Unit, WV Tax and Revenue

Minnesota VMT Study
Ben Pierce, Battelle