Governing Board Annual Meeting - Oct 04, 2022

Date

October 04, 2022 at 08:00 AM - October 06, 2022 at 09:00 AM

Location

Contact

Bobbie Stellner

608-634-6060

bobbie.stellner@sstgb.org

streamlinedsalestax.org

Details

STREAMLINED SALES TAX
GOVERNING BOARD, SLAC, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE and BAC MEETINGS
Holiday Inn Downtown, Nashville, TN
October 4 - 6, 2022

The Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board (SSTGB), the State and Local Advisory Council (SLAC), Executive Committee and Business Advisory Council (BAC) will meet on October 4 - 6, 2022 at the Holiday Inn and Suites in Nashville, TN.  Member state and non-member state officials, legislators and the business community are invited to attend and provide input.  The Governing Board strongly encourages the attendance of each member state’s appointed Governing Board Delegates (legislative and administrative) to represent their individual states and vote on various changes being considered.  

AGENDA
If you would like to have specific items on the Governing Board, SLAC or Executive Committee meeting agenda(s), including proposed amendments to the SSUTA or Rules, presentations on specific topics, etc., please email craig.johnson@sstgb.org no later than September 2, 2022.  The final agenda will be published and noticed to the email ListServs 30-days prior to the meeting. 

At this time, the Governing Board anticipates discussions related to the continued implementation status of remote sales tax collection in the member states, short and long-term goals of the Governing Board, improving educational outreach to remote sellers and member states, possible amendments to the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (SSUTA) including additional disclosed practices, state compliance with the SSUTA as well as the status of and working with the Multistate Tax Commission on their project related to digital goods.  We will also be discussing the Certified Service Provider contract and receiving reports from the various committees and their activities. 

This meeting will also be a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the initial passage of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.  We will be hearing from some of the original participants from both the state and business community that were heavily involved in the development of the original Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.

PUBLICATION
The final documents for the meetings must be emailed to Craig Johnson no later than September 15, 2022.  All meeting documents will be posted to the SST Governing Board’s website and linked to the applicable meeting agenda 10 days prior to the meeting.  A paper publication will not be distributed, so please print out copies of any of the documents you want a hard copy of prior to the meeting.

SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS
Central Time Zone

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

• State and Local Advisory Council (SLAC) – All day

Breakfast, Lunch and Breaks Provided

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

• Business Advisory Council (BAC) - Morning
• Executive Committee - Morning
• Governing Board Meeting - Afternoon

• Dinner Reception and 20 year Anniversary Celebration– 6:00 to 10:00 PM

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Breaks Provided

Thursday, October 6, 2022

• Governing Board Meeting - Morning

Breakfast and Morning Break Provided

WEBINAR/TELECONFERENCE
The open segments of the meetings will be available by teleconference/webinar.  The invitations will be emailed to the ListServs at a later date.  Please remember to mute your phone/computer until speaking to obtain the best audio quality.  Please do not place the call on hold due to the possible disruption of hold music.  Business Advisory Council (BAC) members will receive the teleconference call-in number and pass code from the Business Advisory Council (BAC) prior to their meeting.

DINNER RECEPTION
Governing Board meeting attendees (and 1 paid guest per registered attendee due to space limitations) are invited to enjoy the evening reception and dinner from 5:30 - 10:00pm on Wednesday, October 5^th at Acme Feed and Seed (3^rd Floor- Hatchery meeting space).

LOCATION
Holiday Inn and Suites, Nashville Downtown
4th Ave S
Nashville, TN 37201

ROOM RESERVATIONS
You may reserve guest rooms with the online Reservations Link at:  SSTGB Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN.  Reservations must be cancelled 48 hours prior to arrival in order to avoid a fee equal to one night’s room rate plus tax. (Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have reserved a smaller than usual number of rooms in our block at the rate below.  Therefore, if you are planning to attend in-person, please make sure you reserve your room as early as possible.)

Room Rate - $234.00, the gsa per diem lodging rate + tax.  Our negotiated rate includes complimentary guest room Wi-Fi.  Use Group Code: SST when making your reservations.  Rate valid for stay 10/3, 10/4 and 10/5 only.

Room block release deadline, is September 3, 2022.  It is important to reserve a guest room before the September 3rd room block release deadline.  Rooms reserved after that date will not be credited to the contractual room block and may be subject to a higher rate.  Please consider reserving the guest room before travel approval is obtained.

Reservations must be made on an individual basis.  Your credit card must be provided to guarantee the reservation.  In order to meet the SST room block requirements, please do not make reservations on Expedia.com, Orbitz.com, Hotel.com, other websites or through a travel agent. 

WI-FI
We have negotiated complimentary guest room wireless Internet when booking through our block. 

AIRPORT
Nashville International Airport (BNA) 
1 Terminal Dr
Nashville, TN 37214

HOTEL AIRPORT SHUTTLE
The Hotel does not provide complimentary shuttle service from and to the airport.  Consider Uber, Lyft or taxi service.

DINING
There are several restaurants within walking distance of the hotel.

EMAIL LISTSERV
Please forward this announcement to others within your organization. They may subscribe in this link to the “General Public” ListServ to receive meeting notifications and information going forward: http://www.streamlinedsalestax.org/index.php?page=JoinOurEmailList. 

They may also subscribe to the SLAC list serv if they participate in the SLAC meetings.  The Governing Board list serv is intended for appointed delegates only.

QUESTIONS
Contact Bobbie Stellner at (608) 634-6060 or email bobbie.stellner@sstgb.org.