FTA Electronic Filing Symposium

May 14-18, 200 Salt Lake City Marriott Downtown Salt Lake City, UT

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Preliminary Agenda

Sunday, May 14

2:30 PM to 6 PM Registration (Salon F Foyer)
3 PM to 5 PM         E-File Coordinators Meeting (Salons A-C)
   
Monday, May 15
(Unless otherwise noted, all sessions take place in Salon F)
7:30 AM to 5 PM Registration (Salon F Foyer)
7:30 AM Continental Breakfast (Salons E-F Foyer)
8:30 AM Welcome to Utah
Rod Marrelli, Utah State Tax Commission
8:45 AM

IRS E-File:  The Status of Current Initiatives and Those on the Horizon
Kim McDonald, Acting Director, Stategic Services Division, Electronic Tax Administration

9:30 AM Q & A Session
10:00 AM

NACTP:  Where We Are and Where We Want To Go
Jamie Stiles, Drake Software
Billie Herman, Orrtax Software
Industry Representative, TBA

11:00 AM

Trends in State Electronic Filing
Harley Duncan, Executive Director, FTA

Noon – 1:30 PM

Lunch (on your own)

1:30 PM

E-Filing Mandates: Lessons Learned
Lynne Passerelli, New York
Annette Olivier-Wolfe, Michigan
William Grewe, Minnesota
Sean McDaniel, California Franchise Tax Board

2:30 PM

The Free Open-Source Tax Software Project
Richard L. Braman Jr., CPA, Executive Director, Tax Code Software Foundation, Inc.

3:15 PM BREAK
3:30 PM

Filing Season Review & What’s New for 2006 and Beyond
State Updates
Each State will speak briefly on the 2006 filing season and outline changes for the 2007 filing season and beyond

5:00 PM CLOSE
6:00 PM Opening Reception with light hors d’oeuvres (Salon D)
   
Tuesday, May 16
(Unless otherwise noted, all sessions take place in Salon F)
7:30 AM - 5 PM Registration (Salon F Foyer)
7:30 AM Continental Breakfast (Salon E-F Foyer)
8:30 AM

Free File Alliance: In the Wake of a New Contract
Atilla Taluy, FileYourTaxes.com

9:30 AM

State Free File Issues
Panel:
Donna Jean Muccilli, Arizona
Annette Olivier-Wolfe, Michigan
Lynne Passerelli, New York
Jerry Wingate, Missouri

10:45 AM BREAK
11:00 AM

EMS/SRS Updates for 2007
Carolyn Davis, IRS

12:00-1:30 PM

Luncheon with Table Topics (Salons G-I)

1:30 PM

E-file Marketing
Marquetta White, Arizona
Leann Boswell, Iowa
Carole Wald, Minnesota

2:15 PM

EFTPS Update
Walter Eccard, Federal Management Service

2:30 PM

TAG Update
Tim Blevins, TAG Co-Chair
Peter Maser, TAG Co-Chair

2:45 PM BREAK
3:00 PM

Everything You Ever Needed to Know about Modernized E-File but were Afraid to Ask

  • IRS plans - Budget and timetable
  • State plans
  • Timeline and Logistics

Terry Garber, South Carolina
Joan Barr, IRS

 

Industry Viewpoint:  Modernized E-File
Jack Lamb, Intuit
Rebecca McCaulley, CCH, Inc.
Mark Castro, Orrtax Software

5:00 PM CLOSE
   

Wednesday, May 17
(Unless otherwise noted, all sessions take place in Salon F)

7:30 AM Continental Breakfast (Salon E-F Foyer)
8:30 AM

E-Services, E-Business and Payment Options
Sean McDaniel, California Franchise Tax Board
Jonetta Baughan, North Carolina
Peter Johann, Iowa

9:30 AM

Identifying and Addressing Fraud
Jeff Anderson, West Virginia

10:00 AM BREAK
10:15 AM

Industry Standards
Mark Castro, Orrtax Software
Mimi Nolan, H&R Block
Rebecca McCaulley, CCH, Inc.                

11:00 AM

Multilingual Initiative
Carolyn Schafer, IRS

Noon ADJOURN

 

FTA Tactical Advisory Group (TAG) Meeting
May 17 & 18, 2006

May 17, 2006
(Salons A-B)
1:00 PM Welcome FTA TAG
Tim Blevins
Jonathan Lyon
Peter Maser
1:10 TAG SS Update
Tim Blevins
Ellen Pieklo
2:10 Personnel Security
Julia Reasoner
2:55 Authentication Solutions for Application
Matthew McCormack

Application Transmission MeF
Jim Molini
3:15 BREAK
3:30 Tax Professional’s Security for Safeguarding Taxpayer Data
Carolyn Davis/Shirley Cannady
4:30 Fed/State MeF Update
Joan Barr
Lee Lawrence
Terry Garber
5:15 Recap
Tim Blevins
Peter Maser
May 18, 2006
(Salons A-B)
8:30 Filing Season Update
Sandy Clifton
9:00 State Extract Update
Joyce Colbert
9:30 XML & XBRL Standards Update
John Triplett
10:00 New ETA Modernization Projects (FIRE)
Thomas Parisi
10:45 BREAK
11:00 Fed/State Compliance Projects
Mike Birdsong
Peter Maser
12:00 LUNCH
1:30 EFTPS State Pilot Update
Walt Eccard/Larry Faulkner
Kevin Richards
2:00 State e-Authentication Survey
Jonathan Lyon
Peter Maser
3:00 BREAK
3:15 IRS Summitt Meeting
Debbie Kubiet
Peter Maser
3:30 Recap
Tim Blevins
Peter Maser