2018 FTA Annual Meeting
The Federation of Tax Administrators Annual Meeting is one-stop shopping for discovering the must-know trends in tax policy and law, for learning how to run operations more efficiently, for tips on how to deliver better tax administration services and for sharing ideas on improving compliance and management programs.
The event is geared toward senior management state tax administrators and private sector representatives with an interest in the policy, program or technology aspects of state tax administration.
Official Conference Agenda
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2018 Presentations and Materials
Presentations will be posted on a rolling basis as they are available. If you are looking for a specific presentation and don't see it here, send an email to [email protected].
General Sessions:
- Enabling the Flywheel: Managing State Government Toward Better Outcomes and Improved Service Delivery - Greg Adams, Tennessee Governor’s Office, and Dr. Trish Holliday, Tennessee Department of Human Resources
- National Economic Outlook - Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics
- Identifying Insider Threats in Cyber Security - Randy Trzeciak, Carnegie Mellon
- News You Can Use from the Security Summit Working Groups - Doreen Warren, Idaho Tax Commission; Jonathan Lyon and Terri Steenblock, FTA
- The Evolution of the ISAC (Information Sharing and Analysis Center) - Courtney Kay-Decker, Director, Iowa Department of Revenue, Lynne Riley, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Revenue, Nonie Manion, Executive Deputy Commissioner, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Sharonne Bonardi, Deputy Comptroller, Maryland Comptroller
Breakout Sessions
- Legal
- Updates on Key State Tax Cases - Panel: Helen Hecht, Multistate Tax Commission, Marilyn Wethekam, Horwood Marcus & Berk
- Managing the Appeals Process - Jim Arbogast, Texas Office of the Comptroller; Patrick Price, Indiana Department of Revenue; Daniel Riley, Maryland Office of the Comptroller
- Wrestling with Retroactivity - Michael Fatale, Massachusetts Department of Revenue
- 60 Minutes: CPE/CLE Training on Ethics - Trainer: Glenn C. McCoy, Jr., J.D., KPMG
- From Quill to Wayfair (and back?) - Panel: Karl Frieden, COST, Andy Gerlach, Secretary, South Dakota Department of Revenue, Kelley Gillikin, Alabama Department of Revenue, Michael Fatale, Massachusetts Department of Revenue
- Partnership Audit Regulations: The Great Unknown -Panel: Helen Hecht, Multistate Tax Commission, Nikki Dobay, COST, Alysse McLoughlin, McDermott, Will and Emery
- Technology
- IRS Safeguards - Pub. 1075 and the Cloud - Steve Matteson, IRS
- FTA E-Standards and its role in E-file: What executives should know - Terry Garber, FTA staff
- FTA Award Winner: Alabama's eID Program - Kathleen Abrams, Alabama Department of Revenue
- Optimizing Income Tax Return Identity Fraud Prevention - Chris Ryan, Experian
- How to Start your Insider Threat Program - Patrick Alcorn and Deborah Pianko, SAS Insititute
- Mobile Technology — Are You Meeting the Demand? - Jagjit Chawla, General Manager, Credit Karma Tax
- Practical Fraud Analysis Tips from the ISAC Analyst Community of Practice - Courtney Kay-Decker, Director, Iowa Department of Revenue, Andy Dziewulski, MITRE Corporation
- Management
- Compliance and Management
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