Presentations & Papers
All presentations are in pdf format.
Monday, October 17, 2016 |
Monday Morning General Session
Presiding: Rod Hoheisel, Minnesota Dept. of Revenue and Chair FTA Research Section Welcome to New Jersey Ford M. Scudder, Treasurer of the State of New Jersey Question & Answers [audio podcast] What Determines the Level of Business Property Taxes David Merriman, University of Illinois at Chicago [presentation] [audio podcast] |
Lunch [with speaker]
Speaker: State Coincident & Leading Indexes Paul Flora, Senior Economic Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia [presentation] [audio podcast] [papers] |
Concurrent Sessions SECTORIAL OUTLOOK
moderator: Rod Hoheisel, Minnesota Dept. of Revenue Property Taxes and Intergovernmental Issues
moderator: Eric Willette, Minnesota Dept. of Revenue Cities and State Fiscal Structures Christiana K. McFarland, National League of Cities [presentation] Local Government Fiscal Autonomy in Minnesota Eric Willette, Minnesota Dept. of Revenue [presentation] California: Governor Jerry Brown and Subsidiarity Jay Chamberlain, California Dept. of Finance [presentation] discussant: David Merriman, University of Illinois at Chicago |
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 |
Joint FTA-NTA Session - State Tax Reform*
moderator: Ranjana Madhusudhan, New Jersey Dept. of Treasury How Would Leading Federal Tax Reform Options Affect State and Local Governments? Alan Viard, American Enterprise Institute [presentation] What Can Tax Data Tell Us About the Characteristics of Contingent Workers? James Mackie, U.S. Dept. of Treasury [presentation] Examining State Tax Commissions: 2006-2016 Richard Auxier, Urban Institute - Tax Policy Center [presentation] discussant: Norton Francis, Urban Institute Tax Policy Center * Organized by Ranjana Madhusudhan, New Jersey Dept. of Treasury |
Concurrent Sessions State Tax Reform - Concurrent Session
moderator: David Gunter, Maine Revenue Services NYC Recent Business Tax Reform Karen Schlain and David Ho, New York City Dept. of Finance [presentation] Comprehensive Tax Reform: North Carolina's Recent Experience Ed McLenaghan, North Carolina Office of State Budget & Management and Robert Bowles, Dept. of Revenue [presentation] Kentucky Blue Ribbon Tax Study Greg Harkenrider, Kentucky Office of Economic Analysis [presentation] Revenue Forecasting Models in a Changing Data Environment - FTA/NASBO Session
moderator: Brian Sigritz, NASBO Forecasting Income Tax Withholding In Minnesota John Peloquin, Minnesota Management & Budget [presentation] Trends and Cycles in Montana Income Tax Data: Implications for Revenue Forecasting Daniel Dodds, Montana Dept. of Revenue [presentation] [papers] Limitations of Economic Data for Fine-Tuning Revenue Projections Charles Steindel, Ramapo College [presentation] SOLUTION SERIES
10:45-11:30 Chainbridge Pitfalls in Revenue Estimation: A Case Study in Microsimulation Extrapolation Eric Cook and Jaime Copenhaver, Chainbridge 11:45-12:30 REMI 2.0 - Your Bully Pulpit for Smart Modeling, Smart Analysis & Smart Policy Chris Brown and John Bennett, REMI |
Data Base Development and Tools
moderator: Ranjana Madhusudhan, New Jersey Dept. of Treasury Rapid Revenue Analysis with Modern Business Intelligence Roger Cohen, New Jersey Dept. of Treasury [presentation] Sales Tax Forecasting and Analysis by Industry Type the Florida Model Robert Mckee, Florida Dept. of Revenue [presentation] Sales Tax Data Tracking and Forecasting in Texas Tom Currah and Tetyana Melnyk, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts [presentation] Data and Information Gathering: Lessons Learned Thus Far in Developing DCs First Tax Expenditure Evaluation Report Charlotte Otabor, District of Columbia Office of Revenue Analysis [presentation] Tax Policy Analysis
moderator: Rebecca Sameroff, Vermont Dept. of Taxes Income and Inequality in Montana from 2001 Through 2014 Aaron McNay, Montana Dept. of Revenue [presentation] Impact of Raising the Minimum Hourly Rate Yi Geng, Fahad Fahimullah, Daniel Muhammad and Jeffrey Wilkins, District of Columbia and Bradley Hardy, American U. [presentation] Impact of Raising the Minimum Hourly Rate - Illinois Analysis Hector Vielma, Illinois Dept. of Revenue [presentation] Nationwide Tax Rates and Tax Burdens Study Lori Metcalf, District of Columbia Office of Revenue Analysis [presentation] |
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 |
Wednesday Morning General Session
Presiding: Rod Hoheisel, Minnesota Dept. of Revenue and Chair FTA Research Section Migration - An Analysis of California's Proposition 30 Allen Prohofsky, California Franchise Tax Board and Charles Varner, Stanford University [audio podcast] The Revenue Effects of Conformity to Federal Personal Tax Expenditures Mark Robyn, Pew Charitable Trusts [presentation] [audio podcast] |