Program

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Saturday, October 20, 2012
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Research Roundtable [executive agency personnel only] - Symphony A
Sunday, October 21, 2012
9:00 am - 12:00 pm	Research Roundtable continued - Symphony A
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Opening Reception - State House
Monday, October 22, 2012
8:30 am - 12:00 pm	General Session - Symphony A Presiding: Romina Soria, Wisconsin Dept. of Revenue and Chair FTA Research Section Welcome to the State of Rhode Island Lincoln D. Chafee, Governor Welcome to the City of Providence Angel Taveras, Mayor Checking in on Financial Crises Recoveries Joshua Lehner, Oregon Office of Economic Analysis [presentation] [audio podcast] Education, Demand, and Unemployment in Metropolitan America Jonathan Rothwell, Brookings Institute [presentation] [audio podcast] Macro Economic Outlook Mark Zandi, Moodys Analytics [no presentation] [audio podcast] Regional Economic Outlook James Diffley, IHS Global Insights [audio begins at slide 4] [presentation] [audio podcast] Question/Answers Zandi and Diffley [audio podcast]
12:00 pm - 1:45 pm	Luncheon (with speaker) - Symphony B Crystal Ball Gazing for Taxpayers and Stockholders . . Same or Different Arun Raha, Eaton Corporation [audio podcast]
1:45 pm - 3:30 pm	Concurrent Sessions Session: Sectorial Outlook - Symphony A Moderator: Romina Soria, Wisconsin Dept. of Revenue Automobile Outlook Kim Hill, Center for Automotive Research] [presentation] [audio podcast] Housing/Construction Outlook Kenneth Simonson, Associated General Contractors of America [presentation] [audio podcast] Session II: Innovative Data Analysis - Mozart Room Moderator: Karen Schlain, New York City Dept. of Finance Who Pays Use Tax-Charateristics of Use Taxpayers David Gunter, Maine Revenue Bureau [presentation] The Distributional Effect of a Recession on Household Tax Burdens: The Case of the District of Columbia 2007 - 2009 Betty Alleyne, Daniel Muhammad, Kelly Dinkins, Daren Conrad, DIstrict of Columbia [presentation]
3:45 pm - 5:30 pm	Regional Breakout Sessions [government only] Northeastern Region - Symphony A Southeastern Region - Mozart Room Midwestern Region - Beethoven Room Western Region - Symphony B
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
8:30 am - 10:30 am	Joint FTA/NTA Session: Issues and Perspectives in Tax Expendiutres moderator - Ranjana Madhusudhan - Symphony A Evaluating State Tax Incentives for Jobs and Economic Growth Robert Zahradnik, Pew Trust [presentation] [audio podcast] Tax Expenditure: Methodology and Measurement Karl Russo, Joint Committee on Taxation [presentation] [audio podcast] Pitfalls with the Construction and Use of Tax Expenditures James Mackie, US Treasury [presentation] [audio podcast] Discussant: Eric Toder, Tax Policy Center [audio podcast] Questions/Answers/Discussion [audio podcast] Organized by Ranjana Madhusudhan, New Jersey Department of Treasury
10:45 am - 12:30 pm	Concurrent Sessions Session I: State Tax Expenditure Analysis - Symphony A Moderator: Rod Hoheisel, Minnesota Dept. of Revenue How States Fund Education Through the Tax Code Angela Gullickson, Iowa Dept. of Revenue [presentation] [audio podcast] Tax Expenditure Budgets as a Tool for State Tax Reform Paul Wilson, Minnesota Dept. of Revenue [presentation] [audio podcast] Tax Expenditures in Paradise Donald Rousslang [presented by Titin Sakata], Hawaii Department of Taxation [presentation] [audio podcast] [papers] Session II: Modeling Tax Changes - Symphony B Moderator: Michael Kaufmann, Oklahoma Tax Commission Illinois IIT Micro-simulation Model: Modeling the Illinois Individual Income Tax Increase Hector Vielma, Illinois Dept. of Revenue [presentation] [audio podcast] Modeling Illinois Corporate Income Tax Natalie Davila, Illinois Dept. of Revenue [presentation] [audio podcast] What if We Eliminate the Individual Income Tax? David Hoppenstedt, Louisiana Department of Revenue [presentation] [audio podcast]
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm	Lunch (on your own)
2:00 pm - 3:45 pm	Concurrent Sessions Session: Intra-Fiscal Year Forecasting: Issues and Options - Symphony B Moderator: Ranjana Madhusudhan, New Jersey Dept. of Treasury Intra-Fiscal Year Forecasting Issues and Options: The Connecticut Experience Thomas Fiore, Connecticut Budget and Financial Management Division [presentation] [audio podcast] Issues with Setting Intra-Fiscal Year Targets for the BIG3 Taxes: The New Jersey Experience Ranjana Madhusudhan and Roger Cohen, New Jersey Department of Treasury [presentation] [audio podcast] Monthly Revenue Targets - - A Budgetary Tool or A Forecast Hangover? Randhir Jha, Indiana State Budget Agency [presentation] [audio podcast] Tracking Revenues with Daily Targets in Massachusetts Allan Clayton-Mathews, Northeastern University [presentation] [audio podcast] Question/Answers/Discussion [audio podcast]
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm	Banquet - Symphony A
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
9:00 am - 12:00 pm	Wednesday Morning General Session - Symphony A Presiding: Romina Soria, Wisconsin Dept. of Revenue and Chair FTA Research Section Dodd-Frank and Financial Regulation Michael Masters, Better Markets, Inc. [presentation] [audio podcast] Long-Term Fiscal Sustainability of State and Local Governments Bo Zhao, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston [presentation] [audio podcast] Pyramiding, Productive Efficiency, and Revenue under a Gross Receipts Tax Andre Barbe, Rice University [presentation] [audio podcast] [papers] Update on Research Roundtable Activities Invitation on Springfield in 2013 [presentation]