Speaker Biography: Nora Daly

Nora M. Daly, CPP, is the Senior Legislative Analyst for the Oracle Corporation.  In that capacity, she is responsible for the legislative accuracy of Oracle’s integrated HR-Payroll product.

Ms. Daly began her career in Payroll in 1980 as a Senior Analyst for payroll taxes at Pacific Bell.  She served as a project leader for several major changes to Pacific Bell’s payroll system and documentation.  Many of these changes were in the area of 401(k), flexible spending accounts, cafeteria plans and other complex tax-related issues.

Ms. Daly has been active in the American Payroll Association since 1985.  She received her Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) designation in 1986 and was recertified in 1991 and 1996.  For 3 years, Nora served as Chair of the Government Affairs Task Force, representing APA’s nearly 10,000 members in meetings with the IRS, Treasury and SSA.  She served two terms as government liaison officer for the San Francisco Chapter of the APA.  She is currently chair of the APA’s Tax Forms and Publications Subcommittee.

Nora was appointed to the IRS Commissioner’s Advisory Group for the 1993-94 term.  She worked with other tax professionals in examining issues in the areas of compliance and technology.  For 1994-95, Commissioner Richardson appointed Nora as Chair of the Commissioner’s Advisory Group.  Ms. Daly is the first person from the field of payroll management to chair the CAG.

Nora has been a member of the APA’s Hotline Committee since 1989, a Contributing Writer to PaytecH since 1990 and on the Payroll Advisory Board of Research Institute of America since 1992.  She served on the APA’s Board of Advisors during 1996-97.

A member of the APA’s National Speakers Bureau, Nora has spoken at local APA chapter meetings, many APA statewide conferences, several of the California Statewide payroll Conferences and each APA Annual Congress since 1988.  She also speaks at user group conferences across the United States.  A specialist in payroll tax law, Nora presents APA’s annual Payroll Tax Forum and Preparing for Year End workshops.  Nora has also been a featured speaker on Tax Talk Today, an IRS-sponsored webcast covering various tax issues. 

Ms. Daly was named the American Payroll Association’s Payroll Woman of the Year for 1991.  In recognition of her continued contributions and achievements in Washington, APA awarded her their Special Recognition Award in 1994.