ITAA Software Program Committees

Finance Committee

This committee provides oversight of and guidance on a range of issues, including FASB activity, accounting standards and benchmarks, financial standards, and capital markets.

SaaS Program

The Software as a Service (SaaS) Committee focuses its efforts on defining the marketplace for the technology, identifying and advocating on relevant policy issues, exploring the needs for industry best practices and hosting networking and business intelligence events.

Much of the committee’s activities are conducted through its three subcommittees -- Public Policy, Customer Education and Standards of Conduct.

To participate or for more detail, please contact Madeleine Rial at mrial@itaa.org (703-284-5356) or Jeff Lande at jlande@itaa.org (703-284-5353).

Software Policy/IP Committee

Discusses key intellectual property rights and related issues of concern to the IT community, both in the U.S. and throughout the world. This committee sets and advises on ITAA IP policy positions at the state, federal and international level.

Tax Committee

Offers International, Federal and State Tax initiatives, activities and services to help members track developments in the area of taxation of IT goods and services, and to represent the IT industry in tax policy debates. Many government bodies looking for opportunities to increase revenue have been expanding existing taxation definitions to include the new services and transactions generated by the IT industry. At other times, elected officials seek to spur the growth of the IT industry through a moratorium on new taxes or the introduction of tax incentives. The committees also coordinate numerous lobbying efforts.