FTA Electronic Filing Symposium

Registration for the Symposium will begin on Sunday afternoon, May 14, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.  The program begins Monday at 8:30 a.m. and will conclude by Noon on Wednesday. There will be a reception with light snacks on Monday evening from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., and a continental breakfast will be available on all three mornings.  Attendees will be treated to a "table topic" lunch on Tuesday 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 agenda is attached to this bulletin and is available online at http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/meet/agend_fs_06.html.  Please contact Ryan Burruss for agenda details.

For meeting details, please contact Darrell Reeves at FTA.

Related Meetings
State Coordinator Meeting.  State Efile Coordinators will meet Sunday, May 14, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.  This meeting will provide states an opportunity to discuss filing season events, updates to the fed/state acknowledgement program, future planning, etc.

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 17.  This group develops voluntary 2-D standards, and will soon begin working on any necessary 2005-06 revisions.  See www.taxadmin.org/fta/edi/2-dcurrent.html for more information (and again in 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. 

FTA-IRS Tactical Advisory Group (TAG).  The FTA-IRS Tactical Advisory Group, or TAG, is intended to provide advice and input on state-related issues related to electronic initiatives and issues for all IRS Business Operating Divisions and functional areas.   The group meets on a quarterly basis.  Recent areas of work include overseeing and monitoring cooperative development of Modernized Fed-State EF programs for 1120, 1065, and 1040, joint electronic payments, and security standards.  States and IRS personnel are invited to come to this government-only meeting May 17-18 to observe and learn more about TAG work.  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.  Further information on TAG is available on TaxExchange at: http://www.taxexchange.org/member/projects/projects.html.

Symposium Registration
Please complete the enclosed registration form or use the online registration for this meeting.  Please submit your registration by April 21, 2006.

The symposium registration fee is: $325

government and industry (includes Monday evening reception, Tuesday lunch and continental breakfast each morning).

On-site NEW registrations must add a $35 fee.  Cancellations will be accepted without penalty if received by April 28; 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 Salt Lake City Marriot Downtown, 75 South West Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah  84101.  The room rate is $119 per night plus tax, which is currently 11.2 percent.  The hotel deadline for reservations is Monday, April 24, 2006.  For reservations call (801) 531-0800.  More information is available at http://www.marriott.com/SLCUT.  You may also make your reservations from the hotel Web site by using the Group Code [FTAFTAA] [without the brackets].  Please make sure you tell the hotel that you are with the Federation of Tax Administrators.