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Hotel Reservations Deadline is August 15

June 30, 2000

You are cordially invited to attend the 49^th Annual Western States Association of Tax Administrators (WSATA) Conference. The conference will be held at The Grove Hotel (www.westcoasthotels.com) in Boise, Idaho, one of America’s most livable cities, where the hospitality of Idahoans will make you feel right at home. The average weather this time of year is 77 degrees during the day, cooling down to 48 degrees in the evening.

This year’s conference will be exciting and informative. Topics include: valuations and communication issues; American Indians - property and severence tax; new technology; new services and organizational needs; nexus; and reducing taxpayer burden. WSATR will be coordinating several insightful breakout sessions. Topics include broadbased issues for property, sales, and income tax.

Idaho is renowned for its great outdoors. You might want to start Sunday off by participating in the WSATA 2000 Golf Tournament at Ridgecrest Golf Course. (If needed, transportation can be arranged to the golf course.) Other activities can be organized if there is enough interest, such as a fly fishing trip for the experienced fisherman. If you are interested in participating in this event, contact Jake Hoffman at 208-334-7544. (Space is limited.) Contact Dan John at 208-334-7530 to arrange a white-water rafting trip on the Payette River. Or just stay close to the hotel to enjoy the many fine restaurants and shops that Boise has to offer (www.boise.org).

Our guest program on Monday includes a four-hour tour of the MK Nature Center, the Basque Museum and Culture Center, and shopping in historic Hyde Park with lunch at a downtown restaurant.

We hope you will be joining us in Boise on September 17 -- 20, 2000!

Sincerely,

Coleen Grant
WSATA 2000 President

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SUNDAY, September 17

Open Recreational activities depending on your schedule

1:00 -- 6:00 p.m. Registration

6:30 -- 8:30 p.m. Opening Reception

MONDAY, September 18

7:30 a.m. Executive Committee Breakfast

7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast (for conference attendees)

8:30 a.m. Guest Program

8:30 a.m. -- 12:00 p.m. General Session

12:00 -- 1:30 p.m. Lunch with Pat McManus

1:45 -- 4:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions

4:30 - 7:30 p.m. Dinner

TUESDAY, September 19

7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:30 -- 11:30 a.m. Breakout Sessions

11:30 a.m. -- 1:00 p.m. Lunch -- Solo

1:15 -- 1:45 p.m. Dan Bucks, MTC

1:45 -- 4:30 p.m. General Session -- Commissioners Round Table

A brief report by each state on legislation, technology, and other significant issues.

6:00 -- 7:00 p.m. Reception

7:00 p.m. President’s Banquet

WEDNESDAY, September 20

7:30 a.m. Executive Committee Breakfast

7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:30 -- 11:30 a.m. IRS Breakout Sessions

11:30 a.m. -- 12:00 p.m. WSATA Business Meeting

7:30 a.m. Executive Committee Breakfast

7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast (for conference attendees)

8:30 -- 9:00 a.m. Flag Ceremony

Invocation
Roll Call
Introduction of all attendees by state (industry/government)

9:00 -- 9:30 a.m. Welcome by Idaho Lt. Governor Butch Otter

9:30 -- 10:15 a.m. Val Oveson- IRS

10:15 -- 10:35 a.m. Break

10:35 a.m. -- 12:00 p.m. E-Commerce -- "Preparing For Our Future"

Industry Perspective

State Perspective

12:00 -- 1:30 p.m. Lunch with Pat McMannus

1:45 -- 4:00 p.m. Breakout Session

• Broadbased issues for Property, Sales, and Income Tax. This panel is being coordinated by WSATR.
• Sourcing Communications Services for Sales and Use Taxation, Speaker: Richard N. Wiley, Esq., Law Office of Richard N. Wiley
• Taxation of a Changing Electronic Environment
• Speaker: Donald J. Boehm, Manager of Liabilities, Basin Electric Power Cooperative
• The Need for New State Income Tax Structures as "Traditional" Business Changes
• Speaker: Mark V. Beshears, AVP State and Local Tax, Sprint

4:30 - 7:30 p.m. Dinner at the Idaho Botanical Garden

7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:30 -- 10:00 a.m. Breakout Sessions

Session 1:Valuations and Communication Industry Issues Coordinated by the state of Oregon

Session 2: American Indians: Property and Severence Tax Issues Coordinated by the states of Arizona and Montana

10:00 -- 10:20 a.m. Break

10:20 -- 11:30 a.m. Breakout Sessions

Session 3: New Technology: New Technology/Organizational Issues Coordinated by the state of Montana

Session 4: Nexus: How Electronic Commerce and the Internet are Affecting Traditional Concepts of Nexus in Both the Sales and Income Areas. A mock oral argument by Sheldon Laskin and Maryanne Gall addressing the question "Is the physical presence test still viable in the context of the Internet economy?" Coordinated by the states of Colorado and Texas

Session 5: Reducing Taxpayer Burden of Tax Compliance Coordinated by the state of Utah

11:30 a.m. -- 1:00 p.m. Lunch -- Solo

1:15 -- 1:45 p.m. Dan Bucks, MTC

1:45 -- 4:30 p.m. Commissioners Round Table -- Harley Duncan

6:00 -- 7:00 p.m. Reception at the Historical Museum

7:00 p.m. President’s Banquet at the Historical Museum

8:15 p.m. Entertainment

7:30 a.m. Executive Committee Breakfast

7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:30 -- 9:30 a.m. IRS Breakout Session

• David Williams - IRS Fed/State Liaison

9:30 - 9:45 a.m. Break

9:45 -- 11:30 a.m. IRS Breakout Session

• Hammer Award, National Partnership for Reinventing Government
• Passive Activity Losses
• Panel discussion on reaching out to "new" taxpayers
• Web site designed to help new businesses get started
• Taxpayer education outreach to home health providers
• Taxpayer education targeting new U.S. citizens

9:45 -- 11:30 a.m. Commissioner Meeting

11:30 a.m. -- 12:00 p.m. WSATA Business Meeting