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Last updated: April 27, 2005

About saltref.com!

saltref.com is an electronic reference center (library) and future enewsletter (electronic newsletter) devoted to corporate state and local tax issues: news, policy, education, research and people. For more information on what is planned for saltref.com check out What?.

saltref.com is under development, areas marked as "under development", or with the programmer at work sign, or with the graph paper background (as this text) are not final work product. For more information on the progress of saltref.com check out Development.

saltref.com does not provide tax or legal advise. The information and links contained in this website and related links are provided as a public service. Information contained in saltref.com should not be relied upon for tax or legal purposes without verification. For more information on the limitations of saltref.com check out Disclaimer.

saltref.com is a project of Fred Ferguson. For more information on The Ferguson Group check out Ferguson.

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Current Project

Programming for saltref.com just completed Phase 3 - Functionality Design and is now working to complete the programming of the content pages.

Phase 4 - Content Pages

Phase 4 is really a continuation of Phase 2. In Phase 2 the content design started with the the State Pages to list information by state and Firm Pages to list SALT providers and recognize those firms that contribute SALT information to the knowledge base. Phase 4 needs to complete the design and programming of content pages (excl. Tax Pages). Phase 4 should address the remaining Level 1 content pages: the Links Page which links to other sites; the All States Page which is a compilation of state information or information from organizations that represent all states; and the single topic Training Page. Finally Phase 4 needs to address the interface of content pages and how information will be presented and linked and "searching by topic".

For a listing of the design and development plan see the Development Plan.

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The stack is a region of memory on which variables are created and functions are passed. On modern operating systems a typical stack configuration is sufficient for most purposes. Loading certain pages of saltref.com may exceed the stack limits set for your computer. You may get an error message such as:

Stack overflow at line: 294.

I am working to resolve this issue ... in the meantime just click OK and you should be able to continue with the web site.

Information 2.4

What's New

Completed Functionality Design on pages that make saltref.com run. 4/14/05

Added saltref.com logo.

The logo represents the first four selectable buttons in an index table. The first position button is enlarged and highlighted to signify the button selected. (see Logo for additional information) 4/8/05

Added Development Plan page to track projects and keep visitors entertained. 3/30/05

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About The Ferguson Group

saltref.com is a project of Fred Ferguson and The Ferguson Group. In his SALT career, Mr. Ferguson was ...

Public Affairs Manager for the General Electric Company,

Director of Legislative Affairs for the Council on State Taxation (COST),

National Director of State Tax Policy for Price Waterhouse,

Southeast Regional SALT Partner for Arthur Andersen and

Northeast Regional SALT Partner for Grant Thornton LLP.

Mr. Ferguson now lives on Hilton Head Island, SC and plays way too much bridge, helps people find jobs in the SALT industry and works on saltref.com to keep him off the streets and out of trouble.

for additional information contact ....

Fred E. Ferguson

The Ferguson Group

50 Palmetto Bay Rd

PMB 172

Hilton Head Island, SC 29928

843.363.6416

fred@saltref.com

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