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Under current law, the inflation factor used to compute a municipality's
expenditure restraint payment is a percentage equal to the average annual
percentage change in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S.
city average, as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor, for the 12 months
ending on September 30. The bill modifies the consumer price index provision so that
it is for the 12 months ending on August 31.
property
Omitted property
Current law requires a taxation district clerk to annually submit to DOR a
listing of the taxes on property omitted from assessment in any of the previous two
years that are to be included in the next assessment. However, the clerk reports the
omitted taxes only if those taxes exceed $5,000. The bill modifies that $5,000
threshold so that the clerk reports the omitted taxes that are $250 or more for any
single description of property. The bill also provides that the clerk may not list an
omitted tax that was levied on property within a tax incremental district unless the
current value of the district is lower than the tax incremental base.
Objections
Current law requires a person who files an objection to the assessment of the
person's manufacturing property to pay a $45 fee. The bill increases the filing fee to
$200.
License fees
Current law imposes license fees instead of property taxes on certain public
utilities. The fees are based, generally, on the value of a utility's property. Utilities
that are subject to the fees include light, heat, and power companies, pipeline
companies, and railroad companies. Each such company, other than a railroad
company, must file a report with DOR on or before May 1 of each year. DOR
determines the value of the company's property on or before September 15. A
railroad company must file its report on or before April 15 and its value is determined
on or before August 1. The bill changes the filing and determination dates for a
railroad company so that those dates are the same as those for other public utilities.
The bill also decreases the interest rate paid on refunds of license fees paid by
public utilities from 9 percent to 3 percent.
Board of review
Current law requires that at least one member of the board of review attend
DOR training within the two-year period beginning on the date of the board's first
meeting. The bill requires all members of the board of review to complete the

training each year, except that only one member needs to attend training in-person
each year.
Assessor certification
Current law requires a person applying for an assessor certification
examination to submit a $20 fee with the application. A person applying for a
renewal of an assessor certification pays a $20 recertification fee with the
application. The bill allows DOR to determine the amount of the fee for an assessor
certification examination on the basis of DOR's estimate of the actual cost to
administer and grade the examination, but the fee may not exceed $75. The bill also
allows DOR to determine the recertification fee.
Levy limit; joint fire departments
The property tax levy limit under current law does not apply to the amount that
a city, village, or town levies to pay for charges assessed by a joint fire department
if the current year increase in such charges is equal to or less than the percentage
change in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average,
as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor, for the 12 months ending on
September 30 of the year of the levy, plus 2 percent. The bill modifies the consumer
price index provision so that it is for the 12 months ending on August 31 of the year
of the levy.
INCOME tax
Disability income subtraction
Current law allows an individual with less than $20,200 of federal adjusted
gross income to claim a disability income subtraction on the individual's state tax
return, if the individual is under 65 years of age and retired on disability, and, when
the individual retired, was permanently and totally disabled. For a married couple
filing a joint return, each spouse may claim the credit if they meet the criteria and
their combined income is less than $25,400. The bill replaces an obsolete reference
to the federal Internal Revenue Code with the language used to determine the
claimant's eligibility that existed under the obsolete reference.
Homestead credit
Under current law, an individual who is under the age of 62 and who does not
have a disability must have earned income in order to claim the homestead credit.
However, current law does not define earned income for purposes of claiming the
credit. The bill defines “earned income” for purposes of claiming the homestead
credit as wages, salaries, tips, and other employee compensation that may be
included in federal adjusted gross income for the taxable year, plus the amount of net
earnings from self-employment.
Current law also requires individuals who wish to claim the homestead credit
to add certain disqualified losses to homestead income in order to determine
eligibility to claim the credit. However, the requirement does not apply to an
individual whose primary income is from farming and whose farming operation
generates less than $250,000 in the year to which the claim relates. The bill clarifies
that an individual's primary income is from farming if the individual's gross income

from farming for the year in which the claim relates is greater than 50 percent of the
individual's total gross income from all sources for that year.
Final audit determinations
Under current law, a taxpayer who receives a final audit determination from
DOR has 90 days to report to DOR any changes or corrections related to that
determination. The bill increases the time for providing that report to 180 days.
Historic rehabilitation credit
The bill modifies the procedure for transferring the historic rehabilitation tax
credit so that the person transferring the credit may file a claim for more than one
taxable year.
Internal Revenue Code
The bill adopts for state income and franchise tax purposes various provisions
of the federal Internal Revenue Code.
Medical care insurance subtraction
The bill eliminates obsolete provisions related to the medical care insurance
subtraction for self-employed persons.
Payments from a retirement plan
Under current law, payments or distributions of $5,000 or less received each
year by an individual from a qualified retirement plan is exempt from income tax if
the individual is at least 65 years of age and has income of less than $15,000 if single
or filing a tax return as head of household or less than $30,000 if married. The bill
changes the exemption to a subtraction that the taxpayer can choose not to claim if
not claiming the subtraction would result in the taxpayer receiving a greater
homestead credit.
Sales tax
Property transferred with services
Current law provides that persons providing landscaping, printing,
fabricating, processing, or photographic services or performing services to tangible
personal property may purchase for resale, without paying the sales tax, items that
the person will transfer to a customer in conjunction with providing a service that
is subject to the sales tax. The bill provides that the exemption applies regardless
of whether the service is taxable.
Nonprofit organizations
The bill modifies the sales and use tax exemption for churches, religious
organizations, and certain nonprofit organizations to conform with DOR's current
practice with regard to the administration of the exemption. The bill provides that
the exemption applies to organizations that are exempt from federal taxation under
section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and have received a determination
letter for the Internal Revenue Service. The bill also provides that the exemption
applies to churches and religious organizations that meet the requirements of
section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, but are not required to apply for or
obtain tax-exempt status from the IRS.

Out-of-state retailer
Under current law, an out-of-state retailer that has annual gross sales into this
state in excess of $100,000 or 200 or more annual separate sales transactions into
this state must register with DOR and collect the sales tax on those sales and
transactions. The determination of the annual gross sales and transactions is based
on the retailer's taxable year for federal income tax purposes.
Under the bill, an out-of-state retailer that has annual gross sales into this
state in excess of $100,000 in the previous or current calendar year must register
with DOR and collect the sales tax on those sales.
Disclosure to state auditor
The bill allows the state auditor and Legislative Audit Bureau to examine sales
and use tax returns and related documents to the extent necessary for the bureau
to carry out its duties.
Other
Payments from counties to towns
Under current law, during the period beginning on the third Monday of March
and ending ten days after the annual town meeting, a county treasurer may not pay
to a town treasurer any money that belongs to the town and that is in the hands of
the county treasurer except upon a written order of the town board. The bill
eliminates this restriction.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB720-SSA1,1 1Section 1. 48.561 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB720-SSA1,6,32 48.561 (3) (a) 3. Through a deduction of $20,101,300 from any state payment
3due that county under s. 79.035, 79.04, or 79.08 79.02 (1), as provided in par. (b).
SB720-SSA1,2 4Section 2. 48.561 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB720-SSA1,7,55 48.561 (3) (b) The department of administration shall collect the amount
6specified in par. (a) 3. from a county having a population of 750,000 or more by
7deducting all or part of that amount from any state payment due that county under
8s. 79.035, 79.04, or 79.08 79.02 (1). The department of administration shall notify
9the department of revenue, by September 15 of each year, of the amount to be
10deducted from the state payments due under s. 79.035, 79.04, or 79.08 79.02 (1). The
11department of administration shall credit all amounts collected under this

1paragraph to the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (kw) and shall notify the
2county from which those amounts are collected of that collection. The department
3may not expend any moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (cx)
4for providing services to children and families under s. 48.48 (17) until the amounts
5in the appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (kw) are exhausted.
SB720-SSA1,3 6Section 3 . 59.25 (3) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB720-SSA1,7,157 59.25 (3) (i) Make annually, on the 3rd Monday of March, a certified statement,
8and forward the statement to each municipal clerk in the county, showing the
9amount of money paid from the county treasury during the year next preceding to
10each municipal treasurer in the county. The statement shall specify the date of each
11payment, the amount thereof and the account upon which the payment was made.
12It shall be unlawful for any county treasurer to pay to the treasurer of any town any
13money in the hands of the county treasurer belonging to the town from the 3rd
14Monday of March until 10 days after the annual town meeting except upon the
15written order of the town board.
SB720-SSA1,4 16Section 4 . 66.0602 (3) (h) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB720-SSA1,7,2217 66.0602 (3) (h) 2. a. The total charges assessed by the joint fire department for
18the current year increase, relative to the total charges assessed by the joint fire
19department for the previous year, by a percentage that is less than or equal to the
20percentage change in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S.
21city average, as determined by the U.S. department of labor, for the 12 months
22ending on September 30 August 31 of the year of the levy, plus 2 percent.
SB720-SSA1,5 23Section 5. 66.0602 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB720-SSA1,8,3
166.0602 (6) (a) Reduce the amount of county and municipal aid payments the
2payment
to the political subdivision under s. 79.035 79.02 (1) in the following year
3by an amount equal to the amount of the penalized excess.
SB720-SSA1,6 4Section 6. 66.0602 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB720-SSA1,8,65 66.0602 (6) (b) Ensure that the amount of any reductions in county and
6municipal aid
payments under par. (a) lapses to the general fund.
SB720-SSA1,7 7Section 7. 66.1105 (6m) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB720-SSA1,8,158 66.1105 (6m) (d) 4. If an annual report is not timely filed under par. (c), the
9department of revenue shall notify the city that the report is past due. If the city does
10not file the report within 60 days of the date on the notice, except as provided in this
11subdivision, the department shall charge the city a fee of $100 per day for each day
12that the report is past due, up to a maximum penalty of $6,000 per report. If the city
13does not pay within 30 days of issuance, the department of revenue shall reduce and
14withhold the amount of the shared revenue payments to the city under subch. I of
15ch. 79
s. 79.02 (1), in the following year, by an amount equal to the unpaid penalty.
SB720-SSA1,8 16Section 8. 70.46 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB720-SSA1,8,2517 70.46 (4) No board of review may be constituted unless it includes at least one
18voting member who, within 2 years of the board's first meeting, has attended
all
19members complete in each year
a training session under s. 73.03 (55) and unless that
20member is the municipality's chief executive officer or that officer's designee
. All but
21one member of the board may satisfy the training requirement under this subsection
22by participating in the training electronically. At least one member shall attend
23training in-person each year
. The municipal clerk shall provide an affidavit to the
24department of revenue stating whether the requirement under this subsection has
25been fulfilled.
SB720-SSA1,9
1Section 9. 70.855 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB720-SSA1,9,62 70.855 (4) (b) If the department of revenue does not receive the fee imposed on
3a municipality under par. (a) by March 31 of the year following the department's
4determination under sub. (2) (b), the department shall reduce the distribution made
5to the municipality under s. 79.02 (2) (b) (1) by the amount of the fee and shall
6transfer that amount to the appropriation under s. 20.566 (2) (ga).
SB720-SSA1,10 7Section 10. 70.995 (8) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB720-SSA1,9,228 70.995 (8) (c) 1. All objections to the amount, valuation, taxability, or change
9from assessment under this section to assessment under s. 70.32 (1) of property shall
10be first made in writing on a form prescribed by the department of revenue that
11specifies that the objector shall set forth the reasons for the objection, the objector's
12estimate of the correct assessment, and the basis under s. 70.32 (1) for the objector's
13estimate of the correct assessment. An objection shall be filed with the state board
14of assessors within the time prescribed in par. (b) 1. A $45 $200 fee shall be paid when
15the objection is filed unless a fee has been paid in respect to the same piece of property
16and that appeal has not been finally adjudicated. The objection is not filed until the
17fee is paid. Neither the state board of assessors nor the tax appeals commission may
18waive the requirement that objections be in writing. Persons who own land and
19improvements to that land may object to the aggregate value of that land and
20improvements to that land, but no person who owns land and improvements to that
21land may object only to the valuation of that land or only to the valuation of
22improvements to that land.
SB720-SSA1,11 23Section 11. 70.995 (8) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB720-SSA1,9,2524 70.995 (8) (d) A municipality may file an objection with the state board of
25assessors to the amount, valuation, or taxability under this section or to the change

1from assessment under this section to assessment under s. 70.32 (1) of a specific
2property having a situs in the municipality, whether or not the owner of the specific
3property in question has filed an objection. Objection shall be made on a form
4prescribed by the department and filed with the board within the time prescribed in
5par. (b) 1. If the person assessed files an objection and the municipality affected does
6not file an objection, the municipality affected may file an appeal to that objection
7within 15 days after the person's objection is filed. A $45 $200 filing fee shall be paid
8when the objection is filed unless a fee has been paid in respect to the same piece of
9property and that appeal has not been finally adjudicated. The objection is not filed
10until the fee is paid. The board shall forthwith notify the person assessed of the
11objection filed by the municipality.
SB720-SSA1,12 12Section 12 . 70.995 (14) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB720-SSA1,10,1613 70.995 (14) (b) If the department of revenue does not receive the fee imposed
14on a municipality under par. (a) by March 31 of each year, the department shall
15reduce the distribution made to the municipality under s. 79.02 (2) (b) (1) by the
16amount of the fee.
SB720-SSA1,13 17Section 13 . 71.01 (6) (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of the statutes are repealed.
SB720-SSA1,14 18Section 14 . 71.01 (6) (j) 3. m. of the statutes is created to read:
SB720-SSA1,10,2019 71.01 (6) (j) 3. m. Sections 101 (m), (n), (o), (p), and (q) and 104 (a) of division
20U of P.L. 115-141.
SB720-SSA1,15 21Section 15 . 71.01 (6) (j) 3. n. of the statutes is created to read:
SB720-SSA1,10,2322 71.01 (6) (j) 3. n. Section 102 of division M and sections 110, 111, and 116 (b)
23of division O of P.L. 116-94.
SB720-SSA1,16 24Section 16 . 71.01 (6) (k) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB720-SSA1,11,6
171.01 (6) (k) 3. For purposes of this paragraph, “ Internal Revenue Code" does
2not include amendments to the federal Internal Revenue Code enacted after
3December 31, 2016, except that “Internal Revenue Code” includes sections 11024,
411025, and 13543 of P.L. 115-97, sections 40307 and 40413 of P.L. 115-123, and
5section 102 of division M and sections 110, 111, and 116 (b) of division O of P.L.
6116-94
.
SB720-SSA1,17 7Section 17 . 71.01 (6) (L) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB720-SSA1,11,128 71.01 (6) (L) 1. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, and
9before January 1, 2020,
for individuals and fiduciaries, except fiduciaries of nuclear
10decommissioning trust or reserve funds, “Internal Revenue Code" means the federal
11Internal Revenue Code as amended to December 31, 2017, except as provided in
12subds. 2. and 3. and s. 71.98 and subject to subd. 4.
SB720-SSA1,18 13Section 18 . 71.01 (6) (L) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB720-SSA1,11,2014 71.01 (6) (L) 3. For purposes of this paragraph, “Internal Revenue Code" does
15not include amendments to the federal Internal Revenue Code enacted after
16December 31, 2017, except that “Internal Revenue Code” includes sections 40307
17and 40413 of P.L. 115-123; section 1203 of P.L. 116-25; section 102 of division M,
18sections 108, 110, 111, 115, 116 (a) and (b), 204, 206, 302, and 601 of division O, section
191302 of division P, and sections 131, 202 (d), 204 (c), 205, and 301 of division Q of P.L.
20116-94, and section 2 (b) of P.L. 116-98
.
SB720-SSA1,19 21Section 19 . 71.01 (6) (L) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB720-SSA1,12,222 71.01 (6) (L) 4. For purposes of this paragraph, the provisions of federal public
23laws that directly or indirectly affect the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in this
24paragraph, apply for Wisconsin purposes at the same time as for federal purposes,
25except that changes made by P.L. 115-63 and sections 11026, 11027, 11028, 13207,

113306, 13307, 13308, 13311, 13312, 13501, 13705, 13821, and 13823 of P.L. 115-97
2first apply for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017
.
SB720-SSA1,20 3Section 20 . 71.01 (6) (m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB720-SSA1,12,84 71.01 (6) (m) 1. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019, for
5individuals and fiduciaries, except fiduciaries of nuclear decommissioning trust or
6reserve funds, “Internal Revenue Code” means the federal Internal Revenue Code
7as amended to December 31, 2019, except as provided in subds. 2. and 3. and s. 71.98
8and subject to subd. 4.
SB720-SSA1,13,69 2. For purposes of this paragraph, “Internal Revenue Code” does not include
10the following provisions of federal public laws for taxable years beginning after
11December 31, 2019: section 13113 of P.L. 103-66; sections 1, 3, 4, and 5 of P.L.
12106-519; sections 101, 102, and 422 of P.L. 108-357; sections 1310 and 1351 of P.L.
13109-58; section 11146 of P.L. 109-59; section 403 (q) of P.L. 109-135; section 513 of
14P.L. 109-222; sections 104 and 307 of P.L. 109-432; sections 8233 and 8235 of P.L.
15110-28; section 11 (e) and (g) of P.L. 110-172; section 301 of P.L. 110-245; section
1615351 of P.L. 110-246; section 302 of division A, section 401 of division B, and sections
17312, 322, 502 (c), 707, and 801 of division C of P.L. 110-343; sections 1232, 1241, 1251,
181501, and 1502 of division B of P.L. 111-5; sections 211, 212, 213, 214, and 216 of P.L.
19111-226; sections 2011 and 2122 of P.L. 111-240; sections 753, 754, and 760 of P.L.
20111-312; section 1106 of P.L. 112-95; sections 104, 318, 322, 323, 324, 326, 327, and
21411 of P.L. 112-240; P.L. 114-7; section 1101 of P.L. 114-74; section 305 of division
22P of P.L. 114-113; sections 123, 125 to 128, 143, 144, 151 to 153, 165 to 167, 169 to
23171, 189, 191, 307, 326, and 411 of division Q of P.L. 114-113; sections 11011, 11012,
2413201 (a) to (e) and (g), 13206, 13221, 13301, 13304 (a), (b), and (d), 13531, 13601,
2513801, 14101, 14102, 14103, 14201, 14202, 14211, 14212, 14213, 14214, 14215,

114221, 14222, 14301, 14302, 14304, and 14401 of P.L. 115-97; sections 40304, 40305,
240306, and 40412 of P.L. 115-123; section 101 (c) of division T of P.L. 115-141;
3sections 101 (d) and (e), 102, 201 to 207, 301, 302, and 401 (a) (47) and (195), (b) (13),
4(17), (22) and (30), and (d) (1) (D) (v), (vi), and (xiii) and (xvii) (II) of division U of P.L.
5115-141; and section 301 of division O and sections 101, 102, 103, 104, 114, 115, 116,
6117, 118, 130, 132, and 145 of division Q of P.L. 116-94.
SB720-SSA1,13,87 3. For purposes of this paragraph, “Internal Revenue Code” does not include
8amendments to the federal Internal Revenue Code enacted after December 31, 2019.
SB720-SSA1,13,169 4. For purposes of this paragraph, the provisions of federal public laws that
10directly or indirectly affect the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in this paragraph,
11apply for Wisconsin purposes at the same time as for federal purposes, except that
12changes made by section 13516 of P.L. 115-97, sections 20101, 20102, 20104, 20201,
1340201, 40202, 40203, 40308, 40309, 40311, 40414, 41101, 41107, 41115, and 41116
14of P.L. 115-123, section 101 (a), (b), and (h) of division U of P.L. 115-141, section 1122
15of P.L. 116-92, sections 201, 202, and 204 (a) and (b) of division Q of P.L. 116-94, and
16section 2 of P.L. 116-98 apply for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019.
SB720-SSA1,21 17Section 21 . 71.01 (7g) of the statutes is created to read:
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