WSATA 2008

Program

Sunday, September 14

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7:30 AM/2:00 PM	Golf Tournament
2:00 PM/7:00 PM	Conference Registration
6:00 PM/8:00 PM	Welcoming Reception

Monday, September 15

7:30 AM/5:00 PM		Conference Registration
7:30 AM/8:45 AM		Executive Breakfast
		Vendor Exhibits
7:30 AM/8:45 AM		Breakfast
9:00 AM/10:45 AM		General Session
		Presiding: Dan Bucks, WSATA 2008 President
		Welcome Ceremony - Vernon Finley of the Kootenai Culture Committee
		Topic: Prospective Changes to Federal Tax Law Speaker: Russell Sullivan - Staff Director Senate Finance Committee
10:45 AM/11:00 AM		Break
11:00 AM/Noon		General Session Continued
		Topic: Challenges for Tax Administrators to Make Tax Administration More Fair and Just Speaker: Nina Olson - National Taxpayer Advocate
Noon/1:00 PM		Lunch - Provided Speaker: John Bohlinger -Lieutenant Governor of Montana
1:30 PM/2:45 PM	Room	Breakout Sessions
	East Divide	Streamlined Sales Tax Topic: Update on Streamlined Sales Tax Speaker: Christine Comanita - Arizona Dept of Revenue Topic: Vendor's View of Streamlined Sales Tax Speaker: Warren Townsend - Wal-Mart
	West Divide	State and Tribal Tax Administration Topic: Montana's Revenue Sharing of Oil and Gas Revenue with the Fort Peck Tribe Speaker: Andy Huff - Montana's Governor's Office of Indian Affairs Topic: How the Navajo Tax Commission Works with States Speaker: Amy Alderman - Office of the Navajo Tax Commission
	Glacier	Data Matching / Data Mining Topic: Using Imaging Technology for Data Matching Speaker: Steve Miller - Idaho State Tax
2:45 PM/3:00 PM		Break
3:00 PM/4:30 PM	Room	Breakout Sessions
	East Divide	Current Issues in Centrally Assessing Property Topic: Taxing Authority's Perspective on Centrally Assessing Property Speaker: Peter Crossett - Hiscock & Barclay Topic: Industry's Perspective on Centrally Assessing Property Speaker: Rick Smith - Hawley, Troxell, Ennis & Hawley
	West Divide	Non-Resident / Non-Filer Tax Compliance Topic: Using Real Estate Transfer Certificates to Identify Non-filers Speaker: Gene Walborn - Montana Dept of Revenue Topic: Tax Discovery Process - Sales Tax Gets Business to Register Speaker: Nicole Ross - Washington Dept of Revenue
	Glacier	Ready Return / Self-Service Topic: Self-Service Technology Used to Administer Montana's $400 Tax Rebate Speaker: Margaret Kauska - Montana Dept of Revenue Topic: Self-Service Technology Used to Administer Utah's One Stop Registration Speaker: Rod Marrelli - Utah Tax Commission
4:30 PM/5:30 PM		WSATR Business Meeting
5:30 PM/8:00 PM		Dinner and Entertainment on the Pavilion

Tuesday, September 16

7:30 AM/8:30 AM		Executive Breakfast
		Breakfast
8:00 AM/4:00 PM		Conference Registration
8:30 AM/10:00 AM		General Session
		Topic: IRS Speaker: John Davis
		Topic: FTA Speaker: Linda Tanton / Jim Eads
		Topic: MTC Speaker: Joe Huddleston - Executive Director
		Invite to Next WSATA Meeting in Hawaii - Kurt Kawafuchi
10:00 AM/10:20 AM		Break
10:20 AM/12:00 PM		General Session (continued)
		Topic: Income Tax Compliance Speaker: Joseph Bankman - Stanford School of Law Topic: Impact of Demographic Change on Tax Collection Speaker: Larry Swanson - Center for the Rocky Mountain West
Noon/1:00 PM		Lunch - Provided
1:30 PM/2:30 PM	Room	Breakout Sessions
	West Divide	Managing Our Work Force for Tomorrow Topic: Managing Multiple Generations in the Workplace Speaker: Jenny Weigand - Montana Dept of Revenue
	Glacier	Compliance Topic: Automated Under Reporter System Speaker: Dennis Parizek - IRS Topic: Policing - Administering Tax Incentives to Improve Tax Compliance Speaker: Kurt Kawafuchi & Jobe Tichy - Hawaii Dept of Revenue
2:30 PM/2:45 PM		Break
2:45 PM/3:30 PM	Room	Breakout Sessions
	East Divide	Property Tax Topic: Reappraising Residential Property on a Statewide Basis Speaker: Scott Williams - Montana Dept of Revenue Topic: Managing Agricultural and Forest Land Reappraisal Speaker: Dallas Reese - Montana Dept of Revenue
	West Divide	FTA/IRS Tactical Advisory Group Topic: TAG Update Speaker: Kevin Van Ausdal - Utah State Tax
	Glacier	Plain Talk: Creating User Friendly Documents Topic: Using Plain Talk to Improve Communications with Taxpayers Speaker: Jenny Weigand - Montana Dept of Revenue
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM		Bus Departs for Lift to Summit House - last departure 4:30 PM
5:30 PM/8:30 PM		President's Banquet

Wednesday, September 17

7:30 AM/8:30 AM	Executive Breakfast
	Breakfast
8:30 AM/10:15 AM	Closing General Session Topic: Money Laundering and Offshore Tax Evasion Speaker: Jack Blum - Baker & Hostetler
10:15 AM/10:30 AM	Break
10:30 AM/11:30 PM	Commissioners' Round Table

Wednesday Departure Box Lunch Available/Request at Check-in