Our featured speaker will be Tim Cahill, Treasurer of the Commonweatlh of Massachusetts.  Treasurer Cahill will discuss several topics including:

Ø  The 2008 capital markets crisis, and its impact on the Commwealth.

Ø  What the 2008 election will mean for the Commonwealth.

Ø  The state's plan to keep Massachusetts a "business-friendly" environment.

Treasurer Cahill will be followed by Inez Mello, principal at CFO RoundTable partner CCR LLP, who will discuss the Streamlined Sales Tax Project (SSTP).  The STTP is an effort by state representatives to implement a national uniform, simplified system of sales and use tax compliance.  After more than five years of their efforts, the Simplified Sales and Use Tax Agreement came into effect on October 1, 2005.  

At this seminar you will learn the following key features of the SSTP:

Ø      Uniform definitions.

Ø      Rate Simplification.

Ø      State-Level Tax.

Ø      Uniform Sourcing Rules.

Ø      Simplified Exemption Administration.

Ø      Does the SSTP Have An Impact On Income/Franchise Taxes?

Ø      Nexus requirements for sales/use tax vs. for income/franchise tax.

We recently added Tim Graham, the Tax Director of Footstar.  Mr. Graham will discuss successful strategies for managin state and local taxes in a multi-state environment (more details will follow in the coming week).