Presentations & Papers
All papers & presentations are in Adobe Acrbat format. Podcasts are in mp3 format.
How Did We Do? - Fill in our Evaluation Form
| Monday, October 17, 2011 |
| General Session |
General Macro Economic Outlook Regional Economic Outlook State Fiscal Outlook Update on Federal Legislation [no presentation]
|
| Luncheon Speaker: Sales Taxes and Electronic Commerce: Are There Employment Impacts? [no presentation] [audio podcast] Donald Bruce, University of Tennessee |
| Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
Session I: Sectorial Outlook - moderator, Fitzroy Lee
Session II: Enforcement Revenues - moderator, Michael Kaufmann An Assessment of the North Carolina Tax Amnesty of 1989 CBT Enforcement Collection Trends Through Amnesty Cycles In New Jersey: A Comparison With Selected Neighboring States |
| Regional Breakout Sessions -Northeastern Region -Southeastern Region -Midwestern Region -Western Region |
| Tuesday, October 18, 2011 |
| General Session |
Joint FTA/NTA Session - Sensitivity of Wealthy/Businesses to State Tax Differences and Implications for Long-term State and Local Fiscal Sustainability Tax Rates and the Location Decision of the Wealthy State Tax Competition Long-term Fiscal Sustainability of State and Local Governments Discussant: Jim Landers, Indiana Legislative Services Agency *Organized by Ranjana Madhusudhan, New Jersey Dept. of Treasury |
| Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
Session I: Tax Credit Reporting - moderator, Rod Hoheisel Methodology in Tax Credit Evaluation Study Benefits of Tracking West Virginia Business Tax Credits Over 25 Years Income Tax Credits - Impact on Revenues
Session II: Revenue Forecasting, Why We Missed Our Targets and How to Fix It? - moderator, Romina Soria Using Cointegrating Relationships to Capture the Cyclical and Long-run Dynamics of Revenue Forecasts: A Simple Example from Massachusetts Revenue Recap: Comparing State Sales and Withheld Receipts to Retail Sales and Employment Statistics Revenue Forecast Errors and Business Cycles: The Case of Wisconsin
|
| Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
Session I: Corporate Income Tax Combined Reporting - moderator, Norton Francis FTA Award Winner Discussion - all participants. [states that have enacted or have considered combined reporting legislation are asked to be prepared to discuss how they estimated the revenue impact and possible problems they encountered] |
| Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
| General Session |
Presiding: Fitzroy Lee, District of Columbia and Chair FTA Research Section FTA Update States’ Revenue Estimating – Cracks in the Crystal Ball Taxation and Interstate Competition in Midwest Casinos Update on Research Roundtable Activities Invitation to Rhode Island in 2012 |