2016 Taxes Now

Conference Agenda th 38 Annual Conference on Taxes & Spending Sponsored by: Utah Taxpayers Association, Chevron, and WCF Insurance Monday, May 16, 2016 – 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Grand America Hotel, 555 South Main Street, , Utah Moderated by Association President Howard Stephenson and Association Vice-President Billy Hesterman WiFi: GAET1 Password: 2016 Join our Survey by texting taxesnow to 37607

7:30 Registration/Continental Breakfast 10:30 Fiscally Responsible Medicaid Expansion

h (HB 437) 8:00 Welcome House Majority Leader Jim Dunnigan Mike Edmonds, Chairman, 10:40 Removing the 1/2 Cent Sales Tax for the City Utah Taxpayers Association Receiving the New State Prison (SB 180) Senator Lyle Hillyard 8:05 View from the House: Taxes and Spending House Speaker Greg Hughes 10:50 Should the Federal Government be Allowed

to Tax Interest on Municipal Bonds? 8:20 Planning and Funding for Utah’s Future Gary Hansen, Zions Bank Water Needs (SB 28, SB 80, SB 251)

Senator Stuart Adams 11:05 Should Special Service Districts Be Able to Representative Timothy Hawkes Tax without Representation? (SB 235)

Senator Lincoln Fillmore 8:40 Addressing the Remote Sales Tax Challenge LeGrand Bitter, Utah Association of Special (HB 235) Districts Natalie Martins, Twowheelingtots.com

Dave Davis, Utah Retail Merchants Assoc. 11:20 Removing Tax Earmarks from the State 9:00 Report from the Tax Commission Budget Chairman John Valentine Representative Curtis Trader, Chair, Tax Review Commission 9:20 Utah 2.0 – Ensuring Utah’s Economic Viability Through Tax Reform and Workforce 11:35 Halting Automatic Property Tax Hikes (HB 25) Alignment (HB 61, HB 180, SB 103, SB 131) Representative Dan McCay Representative Representative 11:45 View from the Senate: Taxes and Spending Senator Ann Millner Senate President Wayne Niederhauser

9:50 Education Funding Equalization: Can Utah 12:00 Luncheon: Grand Ballroom/Awards Achieve Equal Funding for Every Student? Taxpayer Advocate of the Year Awards (SB38, HB 272) Luncheon Speakers: Candidates for Senator Lincoln Fillmore Utah Governor: Responses to Utah 2.0 Representative and Streamlined Sales Tax Proposal Representative Jonathan Johnson Mike Weinholtz 10:10 Impacts of SB 38 to the Property Tax Notice Governor Gary Herbert Jennifer Condie, Utah State Tax Commission

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