2000 FTA Technology Conference
August 13-16, San Antonio, Texas

Preliminary Program available here


Power Point Slide Shows:

Data Capture Strategies for Tax Agencies
Chuck Adelman, Andersen Consulting

Draft XML Schema for Use in Tax Filings - TaXML
Lesley Anderson, Microsoft

Sample XML Documents

Use of XML in Integrated Tax Systems
Barry Aucoin, Louisiana

What E-Tax Utility Does Your Customer Really Want?
Marc Beaumont, Nationtax Online

Electrifying Government: Building Tax Applications Through a Self-Funding State Portal
Robert Chandler, National Information Consortium

Cutover Management in Large Legacy System Conversion Projects
Daniel Darche, Sierra Systems Group (DanielDarche@SierraSystems.com)

Legacy Systems/New Integrated Tax System Development
Kathryn Dickerson, Illinois

Data Warehouse Presentation
Michelle Eldridge and Jean Gerstner, Wisconsin

Building an IT Architecture for Data Capture
Terry Garber, South Carolina

An EC Professional Certification Program
Lissa Henderson, Board Member, EC Institute

Why eXtensible Markup Language (XML) Is Important to Revenue Departments (Adobe Acrobat)
Scott Hinkelman, IBM Global

Single Point Electronic Filing
Donna Hockensmith, Simplified Tax and Wage Reporting, IRS

2-D Barcode Project: Individual Income Tax Return
Ken Kerber, Illinois

Provision of Secure Return Filing and Personal Information Services by the Irish Revenue
Sean Leake, Ireland

Workflow Enabled Tax Systems
Jim McMahon, Louisiana

The Use of Public Key Infrastructure in the Delivery of Secure Customer Services by the Irish Revenue
Kevin Mulkerrins, Ireland

How to Market One Million Plus Electronic Returns
Kevin Richards, Illinois; Deb Coombs, Pennsylvania; Ro Silva, Colorado; Pat Cotter, Michigan

State Development of Web Portals
Daniel Smith, Pennsylvania

Developing Web Transactional Capabilities at the ATF
Tom Stewart, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

Constructing Your eGovernment Strategy
Paul Turner, Chief Technology Officer, American Management Systems

Emergence of Tax Application Service Providers
Kennon Walthall, Nationtax Online

Uniformity for Electronic Signatures (html)
Benjamin Wright, Author, Law of Electronic Commerce

Available in Paper Form Only Through FTA:

Speakers who took part in the workshop may send electronic presentions to FTA through Ryan Burruss at ryan.burruss@taxadmin.org. FTA will post such presentations as they arrive.

The following workshop papers are available from FTA. Copies of all papers are free for FTA members. Non-members will be charged a nominal copy and shipping charge ( Non-members will be charged 10 cents/page plus postage). To receive copies of any papers, send e-mail message to pat.wehland@taxadmin.org.

iFile: Internet Business Tax Filing
Farley Beaton, Virginia (fbeaton@tax.state.va.us)

Results of Survey Update on State Automated Data Capture Efforts
Amna Cameron, North Carolina (amnacdor@ncdial.net)

Using Natural Language to Enhance Taxpayer Call Center Response
Lou Ciavarella, Unisys

Motor Fuel Tax Uniformity Project: North American Combined Reporting Methods EDI Implementation Guide
Ray Ivaska, Pennsylvania

Emergence of Tax Application Service Providers
Scott McDermott, Fleet Government Banking (scott_f_mcdermott@fleet.com)

The Perils and Pitfalls of an Image-Enabled Remittance Processing Implementation
Ann McLaughlin, Unisys

Tools and Techniques for the Recovery of Delinquent Obligations
Craig F. Nielson, Columbia Ultimate (craign@colubs.com)

Managing Your E-Mail for Improved Customer Service
Al Quaye, Quintus

One Stop Credentialing: New York State Motor Carrier Portal
Joel Schensul, New York State (Joel_Schensul@tax.state.ny.us)