2000 Conference Agenda      

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ASSOCIATED TAXPAYERS OF IDAHO
ANNUAL CONFERENCE

December 6, 2000
Boise Centre on the Grove - Summit Auditorium
9th and Front Street, Boise, Idaho

8:00 - 8:45 amREGISTRATION
8:45 - 8:55OPENING REMARKS
8:55 - 10:45

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

What Considerations (Including Taxation) Are Important In Business Location/Expansion Decisions?
     MIKE EDWARDS, Intel Corp, Portland, OR

>>> 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

10:45 - 10:50STRETCH BREAK / SPEAKER PANEL CHANGE
10:50 - 11:40>>> 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      SENATOR BOB GEDDES, Idaho Senate Pro Tem, Soda Springs
     REPRESENTATIVE BRUCE NEWCOMB, Idaho House Speaker, Burley
     SENATOR CLINT STENNETT, Senate Minority Leader, Ketchum

12:30 - 2:00 pm

LUNCHEON (LUNCH/AWARD/SPEAKER)

FEDERAL PERSPECTIVE ON IDAHO'S CHANGING ECONOMY AND NATIONAL PROPOSALS
     SENATOR LARRY CRAIG, US Senator, Idaho (INVITED)





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