2016 Utah Taxes Now Conference Agenda
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Thursday, May 16th, 2016
Grand America Hotel
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7:30 Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:00 Welcome
Mike Edmonds, Chairman, Utah Taxpayers Association
8:05 View from the House: Taxes and Spending AUDIO
House Speaker Greg Hughes
Senator Stuart Adams PRESENTATION
Representative Timothy Hawkes
8:40 Addressing the Remote Sales Tax Challenge (HB 235)
Dave Davis, Utah Retail Merchants Association AUDIO
9:00 Report from the Tax Commission AUDIO
Commissioner John Valentine
9:20 Utah 2.0 – Ensuring Utah’s Economic Viability Through Tax Reform and Workforce Alignment (HB 61, HB 180, SB 103, SB 131)
Senator Ann Millner AUDIO
9:50 Education Funding Equalization: Can Utah Achieve Equal Funding for Every Student? (SB 38, HB 272)
Representative Joel Briscoe AUDIO
Representative Steve Eliason AUDIO
10:10 Impacts of SB 38 to the Property Tax Notice AUDIO
Jennifer Condie, Utah State Tax Commission’s Property Tax Division PRESENTATION
10:20 Break – Sponsored by Autoliv
Representative Jim Dunnigan PRESENTATION
10:40 Removing the 1/2 Cent Sales Tax Option for the City Receiving the New State Prison (SB 180) AUDIO
Senator Lyle Hillyard
10:50 Should the Federal Government be Allowed to Tax Interest on Municipal Bonds? AUDIO
Gary Hansen, Zions Bank
11:05 Should Special Service Districts be able to Tax Without Representation? (SB 235)
Senator Lincoln Fillmore AUDIO
LeGrand Bitter, Utah Association of Special Districts AUDIO
11:20 Removing Tax Earmarks from the State Budget
Representative Brian King AUDIO
Curtis Trader, Chair, Utah Tax Review Commission AUDIO
Representative Dan McCay
11:45 View from the Senate: Taxes and Spending AUDIO
Senate President Wanye Niederhauser
12:00 p.m. Luncheon: Awards in the Grand Ballroom
Taxpayer Advocate of the Year
Salt Lake County Councilmember Richard Snelgrove
Representative Dan McCay
Luncheon Speakers: Candidates for Utah Governor – Responses to Utah 2.0 and Streamlined Sales Tax Proposal
Jonathan Johnson AUDIO
Mike Weinholtz AUDIO
Gary Herbert AUDIO