2000 Conference
54TH ANNUAL TAXPAYERS CONFERENCE
BOISE CENTRE ON THE GROVE, SUMMIT AUDITORIUM
9th and Front, Boise, Idaho
December 6, 2000
8:00 - 8:45 am
REGISTRATION
8:45 - 8:55
OPENING REMARKS
8:55 - 10:35
IDAHO DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES AND THE STATE / LOCAL THREE-LEGGED TAX SYSTEM
>>> ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE
Idaho's Short/Long Term Condition? What Is Idaho Doing To Improve Economic Conditions? What Is Being Considered?
PETER O'NEILL, O'Neill Enterprises, Boise (Chairman, Governor's Rural Task Force)
What Are Other States Doing?
BOB POTTER, Jobs Plus, Coeur d'Alene
>>> TAX SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE
Income Tax, Sales Tax And Property Tax (Recap Of Tax History, Tax Burdens, Tax Progressivity And Public School Funding) Recap Of Tax Exemptions, Exclusions, Deductions, Credits
RANDY NELSON, Associated Taxpayers of Idaho, Boise
Cybertaxation Update (Streamlining The Sales/Use Tax System In An E-Commerce, Remote Sales Environment) Other Idaho Tax Simplification Priorities?
DAN JOHN, Idaho State Tax Commission, Boise
10:35 - 10:40
STRETCH BREAK / SPEAKER PANEL CHANGE
10:40 - 11:35
>>> PUBLIC SERVICE PERSPECTIVE
(REACTION TO DEMOCRAPHIC CHANGES, ECONOMIC INCENTIVES AND TAX SYSTEM PERSPECTIVES)
Idaho Department Of Education
MARILYN HOWARD, Superintendent Of Public Instruction, State of Idaho
Idaho Cities
LINDA MILAM, Mayor, City Of Idaho Falls
Idaho Counties
TODD LAKEY, Commissioner, Canyon County
11:40 - 12:30
TAX REVENUE SURPLUS
Potential Amount Of Surplus Available, Budget Stabilization Fund and Idaho Millennium Fund Balance
JEFF YOUTZ, Idaho Legislative Budget Office, Boise
Management of The Surplus (Spending, Saving And Taxation Proposals) How Long Is The List
REPRESENTATIVE BRUCE NEWCOMB, Idaho House Speaker, Burley
SENATOR CLINT STENNETT, Senate Minority Leader, Ketchum
SENATOR BOB GEDDES, Idaho Senate Pro Tem, Soda Springs
12:30 - 2:00 pm
LUNCHEON (LUNCH/AWARD/SPEAKER)
Regional, National and International Business Location/Expansion Decisions -- Important Criteria and Considerations, including Incentives, Fees and Taxation
MIKE EDWARDS, Intel Corp, Chandler, AZ
BOISE CENTRE ON THE GROVE, SUMMIT AUDITORIUM
9th and Front, Boise, Idaho
December 6, 2000
8:00 - 8:45 am
REGISTRATION
8:45 - 8:55
OPENING REMARKS
8:55 - 10:35
IDAHO DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES AND THE STATE / LOCAL THREE-LEGGED TAX SYSTEM
>>> ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE
Idaho's Short/Long Term Condition? What Is Idaho Doing To Improve Economic Conditions? What Is Being Considered?
PETER O'NEILL, O'Neill Enterprises, Boise (Chairman, Governor's Rural Task Force)
What Are Other States Doing?
BOB POTTER, Jobs Plus, Coeur d'Alene
>>> TAX SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE
Income Tax, Sales Tax And Property Tax (Recap Of Tax History, Tax Burdens, Tax Progressivity And Public School Funding) Recap Of Tax Exemptions, Exclusions, Deductions, Credits
RANDY NELSON, Associated Taxpayers of Idaho, Boise
Cybertaxation Update (Streamlining The Sales/Use Tax System In An E-Commerce, Remote Sales Environment) Other Idaho Tax Simplification Priorities?
DAN JOHN, Idaho State Tax Commission, Boise
10:35 - 10:40
STRETCH BREAK / SPEAKER PANEL CHANGE
10:40 - 11:35
>>> PUBLIC SERVICE PERSPECTIVE
(REACTION TO DEMOCRAPHIC CHANGES, ECONOMIC INCENTIVES AND TAX SYSTEM PERSPECTIVES)
Idaho Department Of Education
MARILYN HOWARD, Superintendent Of Public Instruction, State of Idaho
Idaho Cities
LINDA MILAM, Mayor, City Of Idaho Falls
Idaho Counties
TODD LAKEY, Commissioner, Canyon County
11:40 - 12:30
TAX REVENUE SURPLUS
Potential Amount Of Surplus Available, Budget Stabilization Fund and Idaho Millennium Fund Balance
JEFF YOUTZ, Idaho Legislative Budget Office, Boise
Management of The Surplus (Spending, Saving And Taxation Proposals) How Long Is The List
REPRESENTATIVE BRUCE NEWCOMB, Idaho House Speaker, Burley
SENATOR CLINT STENNETT, Senate Minority Leader, Ketchum
SENATOR BOB GEDDES, Idaho Senate Pro Tem, Soda Springs
12:30 - 2:00 pm
LUNCHEON (LUNCH/AWARD/SPEAKER)
Regional, National and International Business Location/Expansion Decisions -- Important Criteria and Considerations, including Incentives, Fees and Taxation
MIKE EDWARDS, Intel Corp, Chandler, AZ
