"Governor Manchin's Special Session Tax Plan"

The 2006 Report of the WV Tax Modernization Project

Public Hearings

Speaking Engagements

Informational Questionnaire
Must be submitted by Monday, October 2, 2006
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Informational Questionnaire
Must be submitted by Monday, October 2, 2006
(Printable PDF Version)

WV Economy, Budget & Tax Structure Presentation

WVU/Marshall Presentation

Meet the Team

Summit Transcript
July 6, 2006

Related Tax Documents

Meet the Team:

The following internal team has been assembled for the purpose of obtaining suggestions for modernizing the current tax structure from all West Virginias, analyzing all of the data collected, and reporting the information and recommendation to Governor Manchin:

Department of Revenue

1. John Musgrave - Acting Cabinet Secretary, Office of the Secretary
2. Rob Alsop - General Counsel, Office of the Secretary
3. Michele Duncan Bishop - Deputy General Counsel, Office of the Secretary
4. Audrey Pennington - Executive Assistant, Office of the Secretary

1. Virgil Helton - Tax Commissioner, State Tax Department
2. Chris Morris - Deputy Tax Commissioner, State Tax Department
3. Roger Cox – Director of Research & Development, State Tax Department
4. Mark Morton – General Counsel & Director of Legal Division, State Tax Department
5. Mark Muchow – Director of the Office of Fiscal Policy, State Tax Department
6. Wade Thompson – Director of Property Tax Division, State Tax Department

1. Roger Smith – Director, State Budget Office

Office of the Governor

1. Brian Kastick – Director of Public Policy & Federal Affairs
2. Joe Martin – Deputy Chief of Staff
3. Jim Pitrolo – Legislative Director

Marshall University

1. Calvin Kent, Ph. D. – VP of Business & Economic Research, Center for Business & Economic Research
2. Kent Sowards – Director, Data & Survey Services, Center for Business & Economic Research
3. Jennifer Price – Research Associate, Center for Business & Economic Research
   

West Virginia University

1. Tom Witt, Ph. D – Director, Bureau of Business & Economic Research
2. Amy Higginbotham – Economist/Bureau of Business and Economic Research
3. Pavel Yakovlev, Ph. D.  - Research Assistant Professor, College of Business & Economics