8:30 Welcome
Moderator Mike Jerman, Vice President, Utah Taxpayers Association

8:40 - Economic Outlook
Is the current surplus sustainable?
Douglas Macdonald, Chief Economist, Utah State Tax Commission’s
Richard Ellis, Budget Director, Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget
John Massey, Economist, Legislative Fiscal Analyst

9:00 - Leaderships Comments
Senate Leadership,
Greg Curtis, Speaker of the House
Neil Ashdown, Governor’s Chief of Staff

9:30 - Single Sales Factor Corporate Income Tax, and Expansion of Sales Tax Exemption on Business Inputs (telecom, mining, manufacturing, oil&gas, IT)
How will this help Utah’s Economy?
Senator Curtis Bramble, Co-Chair Tax Reform Task Force
Representative Wayne Harper, Co-Chair Tax Reform Task Force
Senator Howard Stephenson
Doug Hurst, Qwest
Utah Information Technology Association

10:15 - Removing the Sales Tax from Food
Is it the right time to remove it? How should it be done?
Representative Merlyn Newbold
Jim Olsen, President Retail Merchants Association

10:40 - RDAs/ Redistribution of Sales Tax
Senator Curtis Bramble

11:00 - Flat Tax
What does the proposal look like, and how will it help the economy?
Representative John Dougall
Keith Prescott, Governor’s Tax Reform Working Group

11:20 - Privatization of Government Services and Public Education
Why is Utah so far behind the privatization curve?
Means Tested Education Vouchers, Representative Stuart Adams
Private Prison Industry, Carl Nink, Management Training Corporation
Hospitality Industry, Melva Sine, Utah Restaurant Association

11:50 - Utah Taxpayers Association Legislative Agenda for 2006
Mike Jerman, Vice President, Utah Taxpayers Association

When: January 12, 2006, 8:30 am- 12:00
Where: State Capitol West Annex Building Room 135

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