Sunday, September 21, 2008

8:00 am – 2:00 pm                   Golf Outing
                                                Newport National Golf Club, Newport, RI

1:00 pm – 6:00 pm                   Registration

6:30 pm – 9:30 pm                   Opening Reception
                                                Beechwood Mansion

Monday, September 22, 2008

7:30 am – 5:00 pm                   Registration

7:30 am – 8:30 am                    Commissioner’s Breakfast

7:30 am – 8:30 am                    Continental Breakfast

8:30 am – 12:00 pm                 GENERAL SESSION

Welcome to Rhode Island
Governor Donald Carcieri (invited)

Federation of Tax Administrators Update
Executive Director, FTA

Multistate Tax Commission Update
Joe Huddleston, Executive Director MTC

Economic Outlook
Gus Faucher, Director of Macroeconomics Moody’s Economy.com

10:00 am – 1:00 pm                 Guest Tour of Newport and Historic Mansion

12:00 am – 1:30 pm                 Lunch

1:30 pm – 4:30 pm                   CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Tax Administration/Technology

Refund Fraud Issues

IRS/FTA Tactical Advisory Group Update

Technology Initiatives – Integrated Tax Systems, Data Warehouses and more….

Tax Policy/Legal

Tax Credits and Incentives

Taxation Issues of Pass-through Entities

                                                            Solutions Series

6:30 pm – 9:00 pm                   Dinner Cruise on Narragansett Bay

8:00 pm – 12:00 am                 Monday Night Football Event
                                                Brick Alley Pub

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

 

7:30 am – 5:00 pm                   Registration

7:30 am – 8:30 am                    Commissioner’s Breakfast

7:30 am – 8:30 am                    Continental Breakfast

8:30 am – 12:00 pm                 GENERAL SESSION

State Tax Legal Update
Richard Pomp, University of Connecticut School of Law
Paul Frankel, Morrison & Foerster

Tax Policy Issues
Robert Cline, Ernst & Young
Stan Arnold, Rath, Young and Pignatelli
Gary Sasse, Rhode Island Department of Revenue

10:00 am – 2:00 pm                 Guest Tour of Rough Point & Newport Vineyard

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm                 Lunch (on your own)

1:30 pm – 4:30 pm                   CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Tax Administration/Technology

Management Issues – Surviving Downsizing

Collection Tools

Audit Roundtable (State Only) 

Tax Policy/Legal

Audit and Discovery Initiatives

Recent State and Local Tax Cases

                                                            Solutions Series

            To Be Determined…

 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm                   Closing Reception and Dinner
                                                Marriott Newport

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

7:30 am – 8:30 am                    Commissioner’s Breakfast

7:30 am – 8:30 am                    Continental Breakfast

8:30 am – 12:00 pm                 GENERAL SESSION

Streamline Sales Tax Update
Scott Peterson, Streamline Sales Tax

Corporate Tax Issues
Todd Lard, COST
Others invited

Commissioner’s Round Table