FTA Electronic Filing Symposium

May 16-19, 2004 Westin Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, OK

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2004 Electronic Filing Symposium
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Final Program Available

Monday, May 17

7:30 a.m.  Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome to Oklahoma City
Thomas E.  Kemp, Jr., Chairman, Oklahoma Tax Commission
9:00 a.m.  IRS/ETA Initiatives (overview of initiatives for individual and business tax electronic filing)
Darius Taylor, Director, Development Services Division
10:00 a.m. BREAK
10:30 a.m.    IRS Report: Filing Season in Review and Future Initiatives (individual income tax electronic filing)
Jimmy Smith, Director, Submission Processing
11:15 a.m.  NACTP Report on Filing Season
Andrea Bibb, Jackson Hewitt Tax Service
Mark Castro, Orrtax Software, Inc.
Cindi Gervais, H&R Block
Rebecca McCaulley, CCH Incorporated
Noon–1:30 p.m.  Lunch (on your own)
1:30 p.m. 

Review of Filing Season Plus State Intiatives for 2004 and Beyond
Each state will provide a recap of the 2004 filing season and speak briefly on changes for 2005 and beyond

2:15 p.m. Federal-State Acknowledgements for 2005
Darryl Giles, IRS
3:00 p.m. BREAK
3:30 p.m. State Planning and Uniformity Issues for Federal-State Acknowledgements
Fed/State Acknowledgement Processing
Jerry Wingate, Missouri Dept. of Revenue
Steve Thimsen, Idaho State Tax Commission
4:15 p.m. IRS Encryption Standards
Carolyn E. Davis, Senior Program Analyst, IRS
Frank Kist, Director, IRS Enterprise Networks
Paul Masucci, IT Specialist, IRS

Kevin Richards, Illinois and TAG Member
5:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Opening Reception with light hors d’oeuvres

Tuesday, May 18

7:30 a.m.  Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Review of Mandatory Electronic Filing for Individual Income Tax
Marcia Gray, Wisconsin Dept. of Revenue
Bill Grewe, Minnesota Department of Revenue
Michael Kaufmann, Oklahoma Tax Commission
Annette Olivier-Wolfe, Michigan Department of Treasury
Mark Castro, Orrtax Software, Inc.
Rebecca McCaulley, CCH Incorporated
9:45 a.m.  BREAK
10:10 a.m. Panel: State Free File--Report on 2004 Filing Season
Annette Olivier-Wolfe, Michigan Dept. of Treasury
Helen Pelersi, New York State Dept. of Taxation & Finance
Michael Guerin, Massachusetts Dept. of Revenue
Bill Grewe, Minnesota Dept. of Revenue
11:10 a.m.  State-Developed Electronic Filing Programs
Lee Mikelson, Virginia Dept. of Taxation
Meggan Swisher, Pennsylvania Dept. of Revenue
Noon–1:30 p.m.    Luncheon with Table Topics
1:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Concurrent Breakout Sessions
 

Breakout A

1:30 p.m. Federal/State 1120, 1065, 1041 and Employment Tax – Background
Dayna Sefcik, Supervisory Program Analyst
Joan Barr, Technical Requirements Manager
  BREAK
  Streamlined Sales, Federal/State 1120 and Federal/State Employment Tax XML Developments
Terry Garber, South Carolina Dept. of Revenue, TIGERS Chair
 
  Breakout B
1:30 p.m. FTA/NACTP-Sponsored 2-D Bar Code Standards Working Group Meeting
FTA, NACTP and State Representatives

 

Wednesday, May 19

7:30 a.m.    Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.   FTA Update on State Electronic Filing Initiatives
Harley Duncan, Executive Director, Federation of Tax Administrators
9:15 a.m. FTA E-Government Tactical Advisory Group Activities
Representatives, TAG
10:30 a.m. BREAK
11:00 a.m.–Noon IRS and State E-Service Initiatives
Tom Parisi, Supervisory Program Analyst, IRS
Joel Schensul, New York State Dept. of Revenue and Taxation