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Monday, September 29, 2014 |
Morning General Session
Presiding: Ed Caplis, Montana Dept. of Revenue and Chair FTA Research Section Welcome to Texas
Susan Combs, Comptroller of Public Accounts Question & Answers FTA Award Winner
Washington State Tax Alternative Model Don Gutmann and Valerie Torres, Washington Dept. of Revenue [presentation] |
Lunch with Speaker
The Revenue Estimator's Lament
Billy Hamilton, Tax Analyst |
Concurrent Sessions SECTORIAL OUTLOOK
Moderator: Ed Caplis, Montana Dept. of Revenue COMPLIANCE RESEARCH
Moderator: Rod Hoheisel, Minnesota Dept. of Revenue Data Intelligence for Audit and Enforcement
Karen Schlain, New York City Dept. of Finance [presentation] Enforcement Revenue Identification and Modeling
Jonathan Hart, Oregon Dept. of Revenue [presentation] |
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
Joint FTA-NTA Session: THE CHANGING DYNAMICS AND MAJOR STATE REVENUE TRENDS
Moderator: Ranjana Madhusudhan, New Jersey Department of Treasury Why is the Corporate Income Tax so Volatile Across States and Time?
Bill Fox, University of Tennessee [presentation] Forecasting Federal Actions: Unraveling the April Surprise
Norton Francis, Urban Institute [presentation] Projecting Revenues that Fund Transportation Infrastructure
Matthew Murray, University of Tennessee [presentation] * Organized by Ranjana Madhusudhan, New Jersey Department of Treasury |
Concurrent Sessions Session I - DYNAMIC MODELING
Moderator: Derek Santos, Idaho Div. of Financial Management Discussant: Matt Gardner, ITEP Session II - TAX POLICY: MODELING and ANALYSIS
Moderator: Victor Gauto, Vermont Dept. of Taxes Do Tax Incentive Programs Change Taxpayers' Behavior? A Case Study of the Iowa Biofuel Retailer's Tax Credits' Effectiveness
John Good and Mandy Jia, Iowa Dept. of Revneue [presentation] Evaluating Tax Expenditures Using JLARC Model
Jason Juffras, Dist. of Columbia Office of Revenue Analysis [presentation] Piggyback Historic Tax Credits: Are States Getting Their Money's Worth?
Ed McLenaghan, North Carolina Office of State Budget & Managment [presentation] SOLUTION SERIES
Chainbridge Software, LLC - 10:45am to 11:30am
Multi-tax Incidence Analysis in a Microsimulation Environment Eric Cook, Ph.D. - CEO Kirk Copen - Vice President, Software Development Jaime Copenhaver - Vice President, Software Development REMI - 11:45am to 12:30pm
Better Grasp Border Effects of Fiscal Policy Through Economic Impact Modeling Scott Nystrom and Chris Brown, Regional Economic Models, Inc [presentation] |
Session 1: APRIL REVENUE, TURBULENCE IN THE BLIND SPOT: SELECTED STATE EXPERIENCE
Joint FTA-NASBO Session Moderators: Brian Sigritz and Ranjana Madhusudhan Income Shifting under the Fiscal Cliff: Preliminary Evidence from Pennsylvania and the US
Mathew Knittel and Karen Maynard, Pennsylvania Independent Fiscal Office Andrew Bershadker, US Department of Treasury [presentation] Experiences from the New England States
Michael Allen, Maine Revenue Services Session II - IMPACT OF TAX CHANGES
Moderator: Ken Frey, Ohio Dept. of Taxation Do Higher State Income Tax Rates Reduce Employment and Slow Economic Growth? Analyzing the Illinois Tax Increase of 2011
Hector Vielma and Hans Zigmund, Illinois Dept. of Revenue [presentation] What Can State Income Tax Data Tell Us About Interstate Migration?
David Waldron and Curtis Walker, Minnesota Dept. of Revenue |
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 |
Morning General Session
Presiding: Ed Caplis, Montana Dept. of Revenue and Chair FTA Research Section The DC Annual Tax Rates and Tax Burdens Study
Lori Metcalf, Office of Revenue Analysis [presentation] Estimation of Washington State Retail Sales Across Taxing Jurisdictions
Steve Smith, Washington, Dept. of Revenue [presentation] Pew Modeling of State Impacts of Federal Tax Reform
Mark Robyn, Pew Charitable Trusts John OHare, Quantria Strategies |