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
10:40 - 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