| Tuesday,
May 13 |
12:30
- 5:00 p.m. |
Golf
Tournament
Saratoga Lake Golf Club
Sponsorship Available |
6:30 - 7:30 p.m. |
Welcome Reception
Sponsored by Ryan |
| Wednesday, May 14 |
| 7:45 - 8:45 a.m. |
Registration / Continental
Breakfast
Sponsorship Available |
| 8:45 - 9:00
a.m. |
Welcome Remarks |
| 9:00 - 9:45
a.m. |
Fiscal Year 08-09 Overview of Budget Tax Components
Ken Pokalsky, The Business Council
Deborah Liebman
|
| 9:45 - 10:45 a.m. |
New York State Corporate Franchise Taxes - Multi Topic Panel
- Reform/Restructure/Consolidation of
Articles 9A & 32
- Moving Toward Economic Corporate Nexus
- Disney
- Combined Reporting One Year Later
Russell Banigan, Deloitte & Touche LLC
Ronald Ginsberg
Marilyn Kaltenborn
|
| 10:45 - 11:15
a.m. |
Refreshment Break
Sponsored by The Schonbraun McCann
Group, LLP |
| 11:15 - 12:15 p.m. |
Future of Business Tax Credits & Incentives in an Uncertain Economic Climate
Brian McMahon, NYS Economic Development Council
Steven Plyedle, New York State Assembly
Darren Suarez, New York State Senate
Rob Plattner, NYS Department of Tax & Finance
|
| 12:15 - 1:45
p.m. |
Luncheon
Sponsored by Ernst & Young
LLP
Keynote
Heather Briccetti, The Business Council |
| 1:45 - 2:45 p.m. |
Perspectives on Real Property Tax Reform
Lee Kyriacou, NYS Office of Real Property Services
Trudi Renwick, Fiscal Policy Institute
Robert Ward, Rockefeller Institute
|
| 2:45 - 3:15
p.m. |
Ben & Jerry’s
Ice Cream Break
Sponsored by The Gelber Organization |
| 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. |
e-File Update and Future Innovative Technologies to Simplify Tax Compliance
Lynne Belokopitsky
Susan Powell
|
| 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. |
Addressing "Sales Tax Issues "
Paul Comeau, Hodgson Russ LLP
|
| 4:45 - 5:15 p.m. |
Congressional Update
Joesph Crosby, COST
Arthur Friedson
Ronald Ginsberg
Daniel Wood
|
| 5:30 - 7:00
p.m. |
Chairmen’s
Reception
Co-Sponsored by Hodgson Russ LLP & M&T Bank |
| 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. |
Dinner
Keynote
Honorable Robert Megna
Commissioner, New York State
Department of Tax and Finance |
| Thursday, May 15 |
| 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. |
Registration / Buffet Breakfast
Sponsored by Green & Seifter, PLLC |
| 8:30 - 9:15 a.m. |
"Where we go from here"
E. J. McMahon, Manhattan Institute
|
| 9:15 - 9:45 a.m. |
Key Judicial Decisions & Regulatory Developments
Jeff Gotlinger, Ernst & Young LLP
|
| 9:45 - 10:15 a.m. |
Tax Tribunal Decisions
Robert McDermontt, Charles Nesbitt
NYS Tax Appeals Tribunal
|
| 10:15 - 10:30 a.m. |
Refreshment Break
Sponsored by The Schonbraun McCann Group LLP |
| 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. |
Tax Compliance & Enforcement - Current Initiatives
William Comiskey
|
| 11:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon |
Tax Activity in the Other 49
Joseph Crosby, COST
|
| 12:00 noon |
Adjourn |
Unless otherwise noted, all speakers are from the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance.
As of 4/28/08 |
