When
Wednesday February 29, 2012 at 1:00 PM CST-to-
Friday March 2, 2012 at 4:30 PM CST
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Where
Pan American Conference and Media Center
601 Poydras Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Hotel rooms are available at the InterContinental New Orleans adjacent to the Pan American Conference and Media Center. Please call (800) 235-4670 or click here to make your reservations online.
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$300 Full Tuition
$275 Full Tuition Discount if Paid by February 10, 2012
$200 Government Employees/Legislators
$150 One Day Only
Please mail payment in the form of a check to:
LMTC PO Box 2144 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-2144
*There will be several options for parking which will be posted on our website closer to the conference date.
Contact
Kacy MonfreySt. Charles Parish Sales Tax
kmonfrey@stcharles.k12.la.us
985-785-3125
LMTC 2012 Annual Conference
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
1:00-5:00 pm Registration
1:00-4:30 pm Committee Meetings (Members Only) Audit Committee / Uniformity Committee Legislative Committee / Executive Committee / Litigation Committee
5:00-7:00 pm Opening Reception
Thursday, March 1, 2012
8:00-8:45 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45-9:00 am Welcome
9:00-9:50 am Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand (Topic to be determined)
9:50-10:10 am Break
10:10-11:00 am Reliance on Sales Taxes for Education - Jim Melohn, Controller, St. Charles Parish Public Schools; Louisiana MFP Committee Appointee, Luling, LA Llyod Dressel, Director of Business & Finance; Louisiana School Board Association Baton Rouge, LA
11:00-11:50 am Legislative Update- What to Expect in the Upcoming Legislative Session, Dan Garrett, Attorney; Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens and Cannada PPLC, Baton Rouge, LA
11:50-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-1:50pm Metropolitan Report - Janet F. Speyrer, P.h.D., Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Economics, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
1:50-2:40pm Fiscal Condition of the States - Elliot Dubin, Multistate Tax Commission, Washington DC
2:40-3:00pm Break
3:00-3:50pm Current Litigation and Controversies in Sales Tax Robert Rainer - Attorney: Rainer, Anding and McClindon, Baton Rouge, LA
3:50-4:40pm Internet Commerce and the Marketplace Fairness Act - Jay Adams, Attorney: Jones Walker
Friday, March 2, 2012
8:15-9:00am Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:40am What's new in Parish Tax Administration - Panel of Local Tax Administrators
10:40-11:00am Break
11:00-11:50am Audit Protest, Payment under Protest and Appeals, Rusty Stutes - Attorney: Stutes & Lavergne Law Firm, Lake Charles, LA
11:50-1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm-1:50pm Tax Zappers, Collecting The Sales Tax That Has Already Been Paid - Richard T. Ainsworth, Boston University School of Law
1:50-2:40pm Understanding Cloud Computing, Rick Mekdessie - e-Gov Systems, Baton Rouge, LA
2:40-3:00pm Break
3:00-3:50pm Ethics for State and Local Tax Professionals and Administrators, Professor Dane Ciolino, Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans, LA
3:50-4:30pm The Land of Lost Revenue - Paula Jeansonne, JD, CPA, Director of Tax Collections; St. Charles Parish School Board, Luling, LA Barbara Roe, LATA Liaison, Baton Rouge, LA
