2009 Conference
"ECONOMIC/BUDGET SHOCKS AND FAIR/REASONABLE TAX POLICY"
BOISE CENTRE ON THE GROVE
SUMMIT AUDITORIUM
9th and Front Street, Boise, Idaho
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. REGISTRATION
8:45 - 10:15 a.m. TAX POLICY AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Federal Tax Policy Update
Eileen Sheer, CPA , Senior Technical Manager - Taxation
American Institute of CPA's, Washington D.C.
Multi-State Tax Policy
Joseph Crosby, COO & Senior Director, Policy
Council on State Taxation, Washington, D.C.
Fiscal/Economic Policy and Idaho Prosperity
Russell Fulcher, Senate Majority Caucus Chair
Idaho State Legislature, District 21, Meridian
James Ruchti, House Assistant Minority Leader
Idaho State Legislature, District 29, Pocatello
10:15 - 10:30 a.m. BREAK
10:30 - 12:00 STATE/LOCAL BUDGET OUTLOOK
State Budget Update (Revenues, Services, Priorities and After the "Stimulus" Budget)
Wayne Hammon, Administrator
Division of Financial Management
Executive Office of the Governor, Boise
Cathy Holland-Smith, Division Manager, Budget and Policy Analysis
Legislative Services Office, Boise
Local Budget Update (Revenues, Services, Priorities and the Public "More for Less" Threshold)
Steve Hadley
Bannock County Commissioner, Pocatello
Mike Kennedy
City Councilmember, Coeur d'Alene
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. LUNCHEON
Idaho's Priorities as the 2010 Legislative Session and New Budget Year Approaches
Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter
1:45 - 3:30 p.m. ECONOMIC INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE AND STATE TAX REFORM
"Project 60" - "How Do We Get There?"
Brad Little, Idaho Lieutenant Governor
Lessons from Other States
Helen Hecht, Tax Counsel
Federation of Tax Administrators, Albuquerque, NM
Utah Income Tax Reform
Curtis Bramble, Senator
Utah State Legislature, District 16, Provo
Freshman Legislative Perspectives
Chuck Winder, Senator
Idaho State Legislature, District 14, Boise
Marc Gibbs, Representative
Idaho State Legislature, District 31, Grace
CONFERENCE POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS
Eileen Sheer
Joseph Crosby
Wayne Hammon
Cathy Holland-Smith
Steve Hadley
Mike Kennedy
Helen Hecht
Chuck Winder
BOISE CENTRE ON THE GROVE
SUMMIT AUDITORIUM
9th and Front Street, Boise, Idaho
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. REGISTRATION
8:45 - 10:15 a.m. TAX POLICY AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Federal Tax Policy Update
Eileen Sheer, CPA , Senior Technical Manager - Taxation
American Institute of CPA's, Washington D.C.
Multi-State Tax Policy
Joseph Crosby, COO & Senior Director, Policy
Council on State Taxation, Washington, D.C.
Fiscal/Economic Policy and Idaho Prosperity
Russell Fulcher, Senate Majority Caucus Chair
Idaho State Legislature, District 21, Meridian
James Ruchti, House Assistant Minority Leader
Idaho State Legislature, District 29, Pocatello
10:15 - 10:30 a.m. BREAK
10:30 - 12:00 STATE/LOCAL BUDGET OUTLOOK
State Budget Update (Revenues, Services, Priorities and After the "Stimulus" Budget)
Wayne Hammon, Administrator
Division of Financial Management
Executive Office of the Governor, Boise
Cathy Holland-Smith, Division Manager, Budget and Policy Analysis
Legislative Services Office, Boise
Local Budget Update (Revenues, Services, Priorities and the Public "More for Less" Threshold)
Steve Hadley
Bannock County Commissioner, Pocatello
Mike Kennedy
City Councilmember, Coeur d'Alene
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. LUNCHEON
Idaho's Priorities as the 2010 Legislative Session and New Budget Year Approaches
Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter
1:45 - 3:30 p.m. ECONOMIC INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE AND STATE TAX REFORM
"Project 60" - "How Do We Get There?"
Brad Little, Idaho Lieutenant Governor
Lessons from Other States
Helen Hecht, Tax Counsel
Federation of Tax Administrators, Albuquerque, NM
Utah Income Tax Reform
Curtis Bramble, Senator
Utah State Legislature, District 16, Provo
Freshman Legislative Perspectives
Chuck Winder, Senator
Idaho State Legislature, District 14, Boise
Marc Gibbs, Representative
Idaho State Legislature, District 31, Grace
CONFERENCE POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS
Eileen Sheer
Joseph Crosby
Wayne Hammon
Cathy Holland-Smith
Steve Hadley
Mike Kennedy
Helen Hecht
Chuck Winder
