Program

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Saturday, September 23, 2017
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Research Roundtable [Executive Agency Government Only] - Midlands
Sunday, September 24, 2017
9:00 am - 12:00 pm	Research Roundtable [continued] - Midlands Research Roundtable [Legislative Agency] - Winnebago/Flanagan
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Registration
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Opening Reception - Grant/Ford [19th Floor]
Monday, September 25, 2017
7:30 am - 5:00 pm	Registration
8:30 am - 12:00 pm	Monday Morning General Session - Ballroom [Center/West] presiding: Aaron McNay, Montana Dept. of Revenue and FTA Research Chair Welcome to Omaha Tony Fulton, Tax Commissioner, Nebraska Dept. of Revenue Macroeconomic Outlook Patrick Newport, IHS Markit Economics [presentation] Regional Economic Outlook Dan White, Moodys Analytics [presentation] Recent State Revenue Trends Donald Boyd, Rockefeller Institute of Government [presentation] FTA Services Taxation Survey - 2017 Update Ronald Alt, FTA [presentation]
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch [with speaker] - Ballroom [East] Taxes in the Time of Truthiness Billy Hamilton, Tax Analysts and Billy Hamilton Consulting
1:45 pm - 3:30 pm	Concurrent Sessions SECTORIAL OUTLOOK - Ballroom [Center] moderator: Aaron McNay, Montana Dept. of Revenue Retail Outlook Patrick Newport, IHS Markit Economics [presentation] Automobile Outlook Kim Hill, HWA Analytics [presentation] Federal Tax Changes and the Impact on the States - Ballroom [West] moderator: Farhad Niami, DC Office of the Chief Financial Officer Impact of Federal Tax Reform on PIT in New York City Karen Schlain, New York City Dept. of Finance [presentation] How does Section 179 Expensing Impact State Individual Income Tax Revenue: a Case of Iowa Mandy Jia, Iowa Dept. of Revenue [presentation]
3:45 pm - 5:30 pm	Regional Breakout Sessions [government only] Northeastern Region - Lewis/Clark Southeastern Region - Capitol/Dodge Midwestern Region - Ballroom [Center] Western Region - Ballroom [West]
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
8:30 am - 10:30 am	*Joint FTA-NTA Session - State General Business Taxation: Obsolete? Hopeless? Or Prospective? - Ballroom [Center/West] Moderator:** Ranjana Madhusudhan, Office of Revenue & Economic Analysis, NJ Department of Treasury Long-Term Trends in State CIT: A Zombie Tax* Elliott Dubin, Multistate Tax Commission [presentation] State of General Business Tax Options: CIT, GRT or VAT? Robert Ebel, CT Tax Study Commission (2015) [papers] The State Tax and Budget Implications of Federal Tax Reform Karl Frieden, Council on State Taxation [presentation] Taxing Sales Twice? Coordination of a National and State VAT Harley Duncan, KPMG [presentation] [papers] Discussant: Mike Lipsman, Strategic Economics Group Discussant: Norton Francis, District of Columbia Office of Tax & Revenue * Organized by Dr. Ranjana Madhusudhan, New Jersey Dept. of Treasury
10:45 am - 12:30 pm	Concurrent Sessions State Tax Credit Analysis - Ballroom [Center] moderator: Emily Camfield, Wisconsin Dept. of Revenue Iowa's Award Winning CACTAS System Amy Harris, Iowa Dept. of Revenue [presentation] The Minnesota Student Loan Tax Credit Curtis Walker and Calvin Trombley, Minnesota Dept. of Revenue [presentation] The Maine Student Loan Tax Credits David Gunter, Maine Revenue Services [presentation] Corporate Tax Estimating Issues - Ballroom [West] moderator: Ralph Franklin, Montana Budget Office Ohio: Gross Receipts Tax in Operation Ken Frey, Ohio Dept. of Taxation [presentation] Oregon Tax Reform and the CAT Christopher Allanach, Oregon legislative Revenue Office [presentation] Market Based Sourcing Amy Gill, Pennsylvania Dept. of Revenue [presentation]
10:45 am - 11:30 am	SOLUTION SERIES I - Lewis/Clark REMI Estimating Dynamic Revenue Using REMI Tax-PI Peter Evangelakis, PhD, Associate Economist
11:45 am - 12:30 pm	SOLUTION SERIES II - Lewis/Clark Chainbridge Software Using the PolicyLinks System to Efficiently Evaluate the Effects of Tax Policy Changes James Copenhaver, VP Software Development and Kirk Copen, VP Software Development
12:30 pm - 2:15 pm	Lunch [on your own]
2:15 pm - 4:00 pm	Concurrent Sessions Issues in Sales Tax Analysis - Ballroom [Center] moderator: Joe Fitz, California Dept. of Taxes & Administration Iowa Sales Tax Incidence Model Aaron Barker, Iowa Dept. of Revenue [presentation] Local Sales Tax, Cross-Border Shopping and Traveling Cost Iksoo Cho, Nebraska Dept. of Revenue [presentation] Recent Trends in NYCs Sales Tax Joshua Goldstein, New York City Office of Management of Budget [presentation] Database Analysis - Ballroom [West] moderator: Ron Alt, FTA Washington State's Data Visualization Tools Kim Davis, Washington State Dept. of Revenue [presentation]
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Banquet - Winnebago/Flanagan
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
9:00 am - 12:00 pm	Wednesday Morning General Session - Ballroom [Center/West] presiding: Aaron McNay, Montana Dept. of Revenue and FTA Research Chair The Case For Consumer-Focused Use Tax Enforcement and Experimentation Adam Thimmesch, University of Nebraska College of Law [presentation] The Impact of Age Demographics on Marylands Economic and Tax Revenue Outlook David Farkas, Comptroller of Maryland [presentation] The Puzzling Decline in State Sales Tax Collections Mike Lipsman and Natalie Davila, Strategic Economics Group [presentation] [papers]