Saturday, September 30, 2023 | |
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | |
Research Roundtable [Executive Agency Government Only] - Arches Ballroom
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Sunday, October 1, 2023 | |
9:00 am - 12:00 pm | |
Research Roundtable [continued] - Arches Ballroom
Research Roundtable [Legislative Agency] - Deer Valley
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3:00 pm - 7:00 pm | |
Registration - Canyons Lobby
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6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | |
Opening Reception - Zion
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Monday, October 2, 2023 | |
7:30 am - 5:00 pm | |
Registration - Canyons Lobby
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7:30 am - 8:30 am | |
Continental Breakfast - Arches-Deer Valley
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8:30 am - 12:00 pm | |
presiding: Kazim Ozyurt, Massachusetts Dept. of Revenue and FTA Research Chair
Welcome to Salt Lake City
Commissioner John Valentine, Utah State Tax Commission
Macroeconomic Outlook
Chris Varvares, S&P Global Market Intelligence
What are NFTs, Blockchain, Bit Coin Mining and Cybercurrencies and Is Your State Looking at the Tax
Karey Barton, KPMG [presentation]
Using Cell Phone Data to Forecast State Revenue
Thomas Young, Ph.D., Econometric Studio [presentation] | |
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | |
Gary Cornia, Professor, Marriott School at BYU | |
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm | |
Concurrent Sessions moderator: Kazim Ozyurt, Massachusetts Dept. of Revenue and FTA Research Chair
How to Engage Elected Officials
Panel: Zachary Wyatt, Missouri Dept. of Revenue Luke Morris, Louisiana Dept. of Revenue | |
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm | |
Regional Breakout Sessions [government only]
Northeastern Region - Bryce Ballroom
Southeastern Region - Sundance-Solitude
Midwestern Region - Arches Ballroom
Western Region - Canyons Ballroom
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Tuesday, October 3, 2023 | |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | |
Continental Breakfast - Arches-Deer Valley
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8:30 am - 10:15 am | |
FTA-NTA Joint Session - Issues with State Business Taxes - Canyons Ballroom
Evaluate/Send Comments on this session moderator: Kazim Ozyurt, Massachusetts Dept. of Revenue and FTA Research Chair
Total State and Local Business Taxes - FY 2021
Andrew Phillips, Ernst & Young LLP [presentation] [papers] discussant: Michael Allen, Maine Revenue Services | |
10:45 am - 12:30 pm | |
Concurrent Sessions Forecasting in a Changing Economic Environment (Post-pandemic) - Canyon Ballroom
Evaluate/Send Comments on this session
Panel:
Making and Measuring Assumptions in South Carolina
Frank Rainwater, South Carolina Revenue & Fiscal Affairs office [presentation]
Kentucky Experience With Time Series and Structural Models
Greg Harkenrider, Kentucky Office of State Budget Director [presentation]
Short Run and Long Run Elasticity of Massachusetts Sales Tax: Cointegrating Error Correction Model
Sunil Pokharel, Massachusetts Dept. of Revenue [presentation]
Open Discussion
Conference participants will have the ability to discuss some of the economic/modeling techniques they use for their forecasts moderator: Jake Feldman, Vermont Dept. of Taxes
The Impact of Electric Vehicle Adoption on Road Funding in Michigan
Chris Douglas, The University of Michigan-Flint and the Mackinac Center [presentation] [papers] | |
10:45 am - 11:30 am | |
REMI Forecasting Dynamic Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Policy with REMI Tax-PI Peter Evangelakis and Julian Cook, REMI Description: REMI Tax-PI is a tool trusted by state and local governments for evaluating the dynamic economic and fiscal impacts of a wide variety of policies, ranging from changes in tax structure to economic development projects and their associated incentives. Join us for a live demonstration of Tax-PI by Peter Evangelakis, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of Economics and Consulting at REMI, and Julian Cook, Senior Associate at REMI. We encourage everyone who may be interested to attend, and we will be more than happy to answer any questions during or after the presentation. | |
11:45 am - 12:30 pm | |
Chainbridge Software LLC Estimating the State Revenue Effects of Expiring Provisions of the TCJA Jaime Copenhaver and Bibek Sharma, Chainbridge Software Description: During this presentation, Jaime Copenhaver and Bibek Sharma will discuss the expiring provisions of the TCJA and demonstrate how the PolicyLinks system may be used to estimate the state revenue effects of these provisions. | |
12:30 pm - 2:15 pm | |
Lunch [on your own]
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2:15 pm - 4:00 pm | |
Concurrent Sessions
Panel
Joshua Goldstein and Eden Mulate, New York City Office of Management and Budget Colby White, California Department of Finance and Allen Prohofsky, California Franchise Tax Board [presentation]
Economic and Revenue Impact from the End of the Student Loan Moratorium
Matthew Knittel, Pennsylvania Independent Fiscal Office [presentation] | |
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm | |
Moody's Analytics Modeling A Consumer Credit Crunch Haley Curtin, Moodys Analytics Description: Consumers have been a key firewall between recession and continued growth. But what if that barrier were to crumble? In this session, Haley Curtin from Moodys Analytics will present an outlook for consumers and highlight the potential downside risks to spending. Moodys Scenario Studio platform will be used to demonstrate a shock to consumer credit and its implications for the economy and tax revenues. | |
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | |
Avalara Simplification and Transparency Conan Royce, Avalara Description: Come hear a case study of what Avalara is doing to assist in bringing simplification and transparency to Indirect Tax. There will be a demonstration of the State Sales Tax Lookups in place for Alaska, Colorado, and Missouri. | |
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm | |
Banquet - Zion
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Wednesday, October 4, 2023 | |
8:00 am - 9:00 am | |
Continental Breakfast - Arches
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9:00 am - 12:00 pm | |
presiding: Kazim Ozyurt, Massachusetts Dept. of Revenue and FTA Research Chair
Stress-Testing the Budget in Utah
Phil Dean, University of Utah and Robbi Foxxe, Utah Governor's Office of Planning & Budget [presentation]
A Nationwide Review of Tax Burden and Tax Changes for 2021-2022
Susan Steward, the District of Columbia Office of Revenue Analysis [presentation]
See You in Norfolk, VA
October 5-9, 2024 |