FTB Notice 2000-7

September 25, 2000

FTB NOTICE 2000-7

SUBJECT: Request for Public Comment and Notice of Symposium on Discussion Draft Regulation 19504 - Auditing Practices and Procedures

At its meeting on September 19, 2000, the Franchise Tax Board directed its staff to solicit public comment, and to hold a symposium, on a preliminary discussion draft regulation concerning the department's auditing practices and procedures.  A copy of the discussion draft is included with this Notice or can be accessed at the Franchise Tax Board's website at www.ftb.ca.gov.

A symposium has been scheduled for December 1, 2000, in Room 1040, Phase 2, of the Franchise Tax Board's central offices at 9645 Butterfield Way, Sacramento, CA, beginning at 10:00 a.m. The central offices of the Franchise Tax Board are located near the Butterfield station of the Sacramento Light Rail System.

Interested parties are invited to submit written comments and suggestions regarding the discussion draft regulation by October 25, 2000.  For further information regarding this notice, or to submit comments, please contact Colleen Berwick at the Franchise Tax Board Legal Branch, P.O. Box 1720, Rancho Cordova, CA 95741-1720; Tel.: (916) 845-3306; Fax: (916) 845-3648; E-Mail: colleen_berwick@ftb.ca.gov.

The hearing officer for this symposium is Edwin Campion of the Franchise Tax Board's Audit Branch.Mr. Campion may be contacted at the Franchise Tax Board, Multistate Audit Program Bureau, P.O. Box 1779, Rancho Cordova, CA 95741-1779.