Saturday, September
22nd
Research
Roundtable --
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
(Belfast/Dublin -- Jr. Ballroom)
(government
participants only)
Sunday,
September 23rd
Research
Roundtable (continued) -- 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
(Belfast/Dublin -- Jr. Ballroom)
(government
participants only)
Registration
-- 1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Coat
Room)
Opening
Reception -- 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Courtyard or Belfast/Dublin)
Monday,
September 24th
General
Session -- 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon (Grand Ballroom--Salons
A, B, &C)
Presiding: Tom Potiowsky, Oregon Office
of Economic Analysis and Chair of FTA Research Section
Welcome
to Minnesota
Matthew G. Smith, Commissioner, Minnesota Dept. of Revenue
Macro
Forecast
Cynthia
Latta, DRI-WEFA
Regional
Forecast
Charles
de Seve, American Economics Group
Streamlined
Sales Tax Project
Diane Hardt, Wisconsin Dept. of Revenue
Electric Utility Restructuring: What's Happening and What are the
Issues?
Mike Bull, Minnesota House Research Department
Lunch
-- 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. (Belfast/Dublin--Jr. Ballroom)
Speaker: The Minnesota Tax Reform Project
Governor Jesse Ventura, Governor, State of Minnesota
Breakout Sessions
--1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Economic
Outlook by Sector (Salon D)
Moderator: Tom Potiowsky
Automobile Outlook, Mark Haas, Michigan Dept.
of Treasury
Outlook for Retail Sector, Charles de Seve, American Economics
Group
Outlook for the Housing Sector, Cynthia Latta, DRI-WEFA
Issues
in Tax Reform (Salon C)
Moderator: Mark Muchow
Panel:
Michael Kaufmann ,Oklahoma Tax Commission
Dick Gebhart, Minnesota Department of Revenue
Phil Blatsos, New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration
Mark Muchow, West Virginia Dept. of Tax & Revenue
Break
-- 3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Regional
Breakout Sessions -- 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Northeast (Salon A)
Southeast (Salon C)
Midwest (Salon B)
West (Salon
D)
Tuesday,
September 25th
Concurrent
Breakout Session -- 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Estimating the Impact of
the Streamlined Sales Tax System (Salon D)
Moderator: Christian Weiss
The Fiscal Effect
on Wisconsin of Adopting the Proposed Definitions of the Streamlined
Sales Tax Agreement
Blair Kruger, Wisconsin Dept. of Revenue
Streamlining
One Industry: The Communications Industry in Florida
Christian Weiss, Florida Dept. of Revenue
The FY
2002 Personal Income Tax Forecast: Four Views on Where We Are, Where
We've Been, and Where We are Headed (Salon
C)
Moderator: Dick Kaluzny
Panel:
Tom Stinson, Minnesota Dept. of Finance
Qiang Xu, New York State Office of Management and Budget
John Layman, Virginia Dept. of Taxation
Break -- 9:30 a.m.
- 9:45 a.m.
Working
Sessions -- 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. (Government Participants
Only)
- Dynamic
Estimation & Modeling (Salon A)
- Data
Base/Blurring Techniques (Salon C)
- Tax Expenditure
Reporting/Estimation Techniques (Salon D)
- Revenue
Forecasting (Salon B)
- Legislative
Issues (Oxford)
- Utility
Deregulation Issues (Bristol)
- Issues
in Local Taxation (Cambridge)
- Issues
in Property Taxation (Calhoun)
(Note,
the Working sessions are informal groups with no leader. It is intended
to permit open discussion among participants interested in specialized
topics. Topics organized depend on the number of participants registering
for the groups. Sessions and Room assignments are subject to change.)
Break -- 10:45 a.m.
- 11:00 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
-- 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Issues with Taxing Deregulated
Industries (Salon C)
Moderator: Cora Parker
A Tax System that Makes
Sense for Minnesota: Utility Tax Reform
Jenny Engh, Minnesota Dept. of Revenue
Electricity Generation
Customer Choice and Competition
Brenda Stoner, Pennsylvania Dept. of Revenue
Single Sales Factor (Salon D)
Moderator: Tom Marks
Panel:
Michael Mazreov, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
C. Daniel Hassell, Pennsylvania Dept. of Revenue
David Roose, Maryland Comptroller of the Treasury
Pam Walgren, Wisconsin Dept. of Revenue
Forecasting for
an Economic Downturn (Salon B)
Moderator: Reece Womack
Using State-Calibrated
Economic Indicators to Predict Turning Points in State Revenues--The
Case of the Kentucky Leading Indicators and the Current Economic Slowdown
Greg Harkenrider, Kentucky Office of State Budget Director
Hunting for Leading
Indicators: The Iowa Experience
Michael Lipsman, Iowa Dept. of Revenue and Finance
A Survey on the
Use of Multivariate Time series Analysis in State Revenue Forecasting
Reece Womack, Oklahoma Tax Commission
Lunch
-- 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (On your own)
Concurrent Sessions
-- 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Data Base Techniques
(Salon C)
Moderator: David Boughtwood
Corporate
Tax Simulations--Modeling and Distributional Analysis
William Witzleben, New York Dept. of Taxation and Finance
Capital Gains
Data from the Wisconsin Tax Model
Yeang-Eng Braun, Wisconsin Dept. of Revenue
Estate Tax Forecasting Issues (Salon D)
Moderator: TBD
Panel:
David Zin, Michigan Dept. of Treasury
Tom Williams, Utah State Tax Commission
Ronald Mucha, Ohio Dept. of Taxation
Representative from Wisconsin Dept. of Revenue
Buses Depart for Evening
Activities 4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. (Hotel Lobby)
Wednesday,
September 26th
Business Meeting
-- Future of the Research Section 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. (Belfast/Dublin)
Presiding: Tom Potiowsky, Oregon Office of Economic
Analysis and Chair of FTA Research Section
Break 10:00
a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
General Session
10:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon (Grand Ballroom--Salons A, B, &C)
Presiding: Tom Potiowsky, Oregon Office of Economic
Analysis and Chair of FTA Research Section
The
View from Washington
Harley Duncan, FTA
Census Bureau Efforts to Improve E-Commerce Data
Dr. John Gates, U.S. Bureau of the Census
Update
on Research Roundtable Activities
TBD, Roundtable Chair and New York City Dept. Of Finance
Senior Delegates
Lunch 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. (Calhoun)
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