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AB683,4,1411 66.0615 (1m) (g) Sections 77.51 (10), (12m), (13), (13g), (14), (14g), (15a), (15b),
12and (17),
77.52 (3), (3m) and , (13), (14), (18), and (19), 77.522, 77.523, 77.53 (7), 77.54,
1377.58 (6m), and 77.585,
as they apply to the taxes under subch. III of ch. 77, shall
14apply to the tax imposed under par. (a) by a municipality.
AB683,10 15Section 10 . 66.0615 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB683,4,2016 66.0615 (1r) Persons who are subject to the tax imposed by a municipality
17under sub. (1m) shall file returns in the manner and form, and within the time,
18prescribed by the municipality. The municipality may also require such persons to
19include with the person's return the following information about the property subject
20to the room tax:
AB683,4,2121 (a) The address of each property.
AB683,4,2222 (b) The total sales for each property.
AB683,4,2323 (c) The total tax collected for each property.
AB683,4,2424 (d) The number of nights each short-term rental was rented.
AB683,11 25Section 11. 66.0615 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB683,5,4
166.0615 (2) (intro.) As a means of enforcing the collection of any room tax
2imposed by a municipality or a district under sub. (1m), the municipality or district
3may exchange audit and other information with the department of revenue and may
4do any of the following:
AB683,12 5Section 12. 66.0615 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB683,5,126 66.0615 (2) (a) If a A municipality or district has probable cause to believe that
7the correct amount of room tax has not been assessed or that the tax return is not
8correct,
may inspect and audit the financial records of any person subject to sub. (1m)
9pertaining to the furnishing or selling of accommodations to determine whether the
10correct amount of room tax is assessed and whether any room tax return is correct
11due. A determination under this subsection shall be provided in writing within 4
12years after the due date of the return, unless no return has been filed
.
AB683,13 13Section 13 . 66.0615 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB683,5,1714 66.0615 (2) (b) Enact a schedule of forfeitures, not to exceed 5 percent of the
15tax under sub. (1m) or par. (c), to be imposed on any person subject to sub. (1m) who
16fails to comply with a request to inspect and audit the person's financial records
17under par. (a).
AB683,14 18Section 14. 66.0615 (2) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB683,6,219 66.0615 (2) (f) A marketplace provider that is required to collect and remit
20taxes imposed by a municipality under sub. (1m) (a), but fails to file a return as
21required in sub. (1r) or pay the required tax, may be subject to a forfeiture of $500
22for each day a return is not filed or the tax is not paid. The total amount of forfeitures
23that may be imposed by a municipality may not exceed $45,000 for any year in which
24a required return is not filed or required tax is not remitted. A forfeiture imposed

1under this paragraph may be appealed to the municipality, which may waive the
2forfeiture.
AB683,15 3Section 15. 66.0615 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB683,6,64 66.0615 (2m) (a) To enforce the collection of a room tax imposed by a district
5under sub. (1m), the district may exchange audit and other information relating to
6the room tax with the department of revenue.
AB683,6,127 (b) To enforce the collection of a room tax imposed by a municipality under sub.
8(1m), the municipality may jointly inspect and audit the room tax records of a person
9subject to sub. (1m) with other municipalities only for the purpose of conducting a
10joint room tax audit. A municipality may provide audit and other information to the
11department of revenue, and may exchange audit and other room tax related
12information with any municipality that took part in conducting the joint audit.
AB683,16 13Section 16 . 66.0615 (4) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB683,6,1714 66.0615 (4) (a) (intro.) Annually Except as provided in par. (d), annually, on or
15before May 1, on a form created and provided by the department of revenue, every
16municipality that imposes a tax under sub. (1m) shall certify and report to the
17department, beginning in 2017, all of the following:
AB683,17 18Section 17 . 66.0615 (4) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB683,6,2119 66.0615 (4) (a) 4. For a municipality subject to sub. (1m) (dm), the amount of
20the room tax retained by the municipality in each of the following fiscal years: 2010,
212011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.
AB683,18 22Section 18 . 66.0615 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB683,7,223 66.0615 (4) (d) Notwithstanding the requirement in par. (a) (intro.), the
24information specified in par. (a) 4. may be certified and reported to the department
25only once if the municipality submits the information not later than May 1, 2021.

1The department shall make such information available to the public annually in the
2report described in par. (a) (intro.).
AB683,19 3Section 19. 66.0615 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB683,20 4Section 20. 66.1014 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB683,7,65 66.1014 (1) (c) “Short-term rental” means a residential dwelling that is offered
6for rent for a fee and for fewer than 30 consecutive days.
AB683,21 7Section 21 . 66.1014 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB683,7,168 66.1014 (2) (d) 1. If a residential dwelling is rented for periods of more than 6
9but fewer than 29 30 consecutive days, a political subdivision may limit the total
10number of days within any consecutive 365-day period that the dwelling may be
11rented to no fewer than 180 days. The political subdivision may not specify the period
12of time during which the residential dwelling may be rented, but the political
13subdivision may require that the maximum number of allowable rental days within
14a 365-day period must run consecutively. A person who rents the person's
15residential dwelling shall notify the clerk of the political subdivision in writing when
16the first rental within a 365-day period begins.
AB683,22 17Section 22. Effective date.
AB683,7,1918 (1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 3rd month beginning after
19publication.
AB683,7,2020 (End)
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