FTA Electronic Filing Symposium
May
4 - 7, 2003 •
Hyatt Regency Indianapolis •
Indianapolis, Indiana
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Preliminary
Program Available
Updated April 3, 2003
Rollout
of the New Federal-State Employment Tax Program
2-D Barcode Standards Group to Meet May 7
TIGERS Group to Meet May 8-9
To State Tax Administrators:
SUMMARY The 2003 Electronic Filing Symposium will take place May 4-7 at the Hyatt Regency in Indianapolis, Indiana. Any individual interested in electronic filing for individual income taxes is encouraged to attend. In addition, there will be breakout sessions devoted to the electronic filing of business taxes and 2-D Bar Code Standards. A preliminary daily program is attached. FTA is in the process of gathering speaker names and will update this program as the information is received. Program updates and modifications will be posted to www.taxadmin.org. Please check regularly for any updates. Registration is also available online at www.taxadmin.org. The FTA/NACTP-sponsored 2-D Bar Code standards group will meet the morning of May 7, and the TIGERS EC standards group will meet May 8-9, primarily focusing on technical work relating to the new Federal-State Employment Tax program. Forms coordinators and others with an involvement in new technologies used in paper processing will be interested in the former, and those interested in employing XML to develop new tax filing EC applications are welcomed to the latter. Information on the TIGERS and 2-D Standards meetings will be available separately on the FTA Web site. Note: Most areas in Indiana do not recognize Daylight Savings Time and will be on Central Daylight Time during the conference. Please make travel arrangements accordingly. |
FTA, in cooperation with the IRS, is sponsoring the 2003 Electronic Filing
Symposium May 4-7 in Indianapolis, Indiana, at the Hyatt
Regency Indianapolis.
All individuals interested in individual income tax electronic filing
are encouraged to attend. The meeting will also feature a special half-day
breakout session on Tuesday afternoon that will outline IRS and state
development of the Federal-State Employment Tax program, including
how a single Fed-State standard will promote growth of business E-file
and how this may benefit your own e-file strategy. On Wednesday morning
there will also be a working session on updating 2-D Bar Code Standards.
Registration for the Symposium will begin on Sunday afternoon, May 4, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The program begins Monday at 8:30 a.m. and will conclude by 12:00 Noon on Wednesday.
There will be a reception with light snacks on Monday evening from 5:30–7:00 p.m., and a continental breakfast will be available on all three mornings. Attendees will be treated to a "table topic" lunch that will provide additional networking opportunities. While no evening activities are planned, there will be area maps, restaurant lists and activity guides available at the registration desk. Dress for the symposium will be “business casual.”
A
preliminary program is attached to this bulletin. All program changes/updates
will be posted to the FTA Web site as they occur (www.taxadmin.org).
For meeting details, please contact Darrell Reeves at FTA at (202) 624-5892
or darrell.reeves@taxadmin.org.
Related Meetings
XML Standards – Tax Information Group for EC Requirements Standardization (TIGERS). In addition to the normally scheduled sessions, there will be a meeting of the FTA-sponsored TIGERS Group beginning the afternoon of May 8, and ending at noon on May 9. This group develops voluntary electronic standards, and is now working on those for the use of XML in tax filing, with sub-groups addressing payroll, corporate, sales, and motor fuel tax filing. This meeting will principally feature discussions relating to the state standards available for development of Employment and Unemployment Insurance Tax E-file to enable participation in the Federal-State Employment Tax Program.
See www.taxadmin.org/fta/edi/1205ann.html for more information (and in early April for more specific agenda information). There is a minimal registration fee of $35 for the TIGERS meeting. Please check off the registration form in the appropriate place if you plan to attend.
2-D
Barcode Standards – FTA/NACTP. There will also be a meeting of
the FTA/NACTP sponsored 2-D Barcode Standards group on the morning of May
7. This
group develops voluntary 2-D standards, and is now working on 2003-04 revisions.
See www.taxadmin.org/fta/edi/2-dcurrent.html for more information (and again
in early April for more specific agenda information). There is no registration
fee to attend this meeting, but we ask that you check off the registration
form in the appropriate place if you plan to attend.
Symposium Registration
Enclosed is the registration form for this meeting. Please
submit your registration by April 11, 2003. On-line registration
is
available at
http://www.taxadmin.org. The symposium registration fee
is:
| $250 | government and industry (includes opening reception, Tuesday lunch and continental breakfast each morning) |
| $35 | TIGERS Session (Thursday - Friday) |
On-site NEW registrations must add a $35 fee. Cancellations will be accepted without penalty if received by April 21; after that date (except for emergencies) there will be a $35 processing fee. We do not require that the payment accompany the registration form itself; it may be sent under separate cover.
Hotel
Registration
The symposium will be held at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis,
One South Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46204.
Rates are $129
single
or $149 double plus
taxes. The hotel deadline for reservations is April
3, 2003. For reservations call 1-800-233-1234 or 317-632-1234.
More
information is available
at http://indianapolis.hyatt.com. Please make sure
you tell the hotel that
you are with the Federation of
Tax Administrators.
Sincerely,
Harley T. Duncan
Executive Director
Attachments: as stated