Speaking Events
• September 2008 Electronic Frontier Forum at DragonCon Atlanta, GA, “IT Contractors vs. Contractors in the Post-Vizcaino Era and Licensing/Royalty Audits”
• September 2007 Electronic Frontier Forum at DragonCon Atlanta, GA, “E-Commerce and Due Process, Get a (Second Life) and If an Internet Sales Tax is Unconstitutional, Why Am I being charged it?”
• September 2006 Electronic Frontier Forum at DragonCon Atlanta, GA
• September 2005 River City Group Henderson, NV I-Gaming InDepth: Skill Games “Sales Tax and E-Commerce: States Fight Back”
• September 2005 Electronic Frontier Forum at DragonCon Atlanta, GA “E-Commerce, Taxes and SSTP revisited”
• September 2004 Electronic Frontier Forum at DragonCon Atlanta, GA “Tax Credits for Creating Online Games, Sales Tax for online Gaming Subscriptions”
• March 2004 Game Developers Conference San Jose, CA “Understanding the elements of Employee Compensation”
• October 2003 21st Annual Tax Forum Concord, NH “Limited Liability Corporation Multistate Update”
• August 2003 DragonCon Atlanta, GA “E-Commerce, Taxes and Online Gaming”, “Panel - Online Role Playing Games: Designer's Forum” and “Gaming and International Legislation”
• December 2002 Council on International Tax Puerto Rico “E-Commerce, Nexus and online Entertainment and Interactive Gaming Operations”
• October 2002 20th Annual Tax Forum Concord, NH “Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002" and "The Garbage of Nexus”
• October 2000 18th Annual Tax Forum Concord, NH “The Political Environment Involving the Internet”
• October 1999 17th Annual Tax Forum Concord, NH “E-Commerce and Multi-State Issues”
Publications
• 2007 Contributing Author to Business & Legal Primer For Game Development on taxation published by Charles River Media
• 2006 Contributing Author to the Independent Game Developers Association Online Game White Paper on legal, tax and financial issues of wireless gaming
• 2005 Contributing Author to the Independent Game Developers Association Online Game White Paper on legal, tax and financial issues of wireless gaming
• 2004 Contributing Author to the Independent Game Developers Association Online Game White Paper on legal, tax and financial issues of wireless gaming
• 2003 Contributing Author to the Independent Game Developers Association Online Game White Paper on legal, tax and financial issues of wireless gaming
• Interviewed by national magazine Business2.0 in regards to internet taxation/ecommerce in Feb 2000
Political
• March 2005 Expert witness to North Dakota Senate in regards to the economic and tax implications of legalizing Online-Poker.
• Participated in the New Hampshire Department of Revenue panel on redefining the audit appeal procedure. Co-authored the amendment to RSA 21-J:28-b, entitled “Appeal for
Redetermination or Reconsideration; Procedure (Effective 5/1/02)”
• Technical expert to the US Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce April 2000
• 1999 testified to the NH Senate Finance Committee on the Governor’s proposed changes to the business tax structure.
• 1998 Reviewed on behalf of the NH Department of Revenue Administration/NH State CPA Society for proposed Rule Rev 300
IRS and State Committee
• An alternative for the State of New Hampshire for the IRS Taxpayer Advisory Panel Northeast Region
• Director New Hampshire State Society of CPAs (1999-2002)
• Tax Chairman New Hampshire State Society of CPAs (1998-2003)
• NHSCPA representative to IRS liaison meeting held in Portsmith, NH August, September 2002 and June 2003
• NH Representative to Washington DC IRS liaison meeting for the years 2000-2003
• Participated for the years 2002 and 2003 in WKBK’s “Ask-a CPA” tax season program
• NHSCPA representative to FDIC liaison meeting held in Boston, Ma 2002
• Participated in the 2000 Office of Management and Budget on the IRS roundtable in regards to the easing of Small Businesses and Self-Employed Tax Burden.
• New Hampshire CPA Society Representative to the NESTOA 2000 conference