SB720: Bill Text

SB720,33,14 76.39 (4) (d) All refunds shall be certified by the department to the department of administration which shall audit the amount of the refunds and the secretary of administration shall pay the amount, together with interest at the rate of 9 3 percent per year from the date payment was made. All additional taxes shall bear interest at the rate of 12 percent per year from the time they should have been paid to the date upon which the additional taxes shall become delinquent if unpaid.

SB720,59 Section 59. 76.48 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB720,34,2 76.48 (5) Additional assessments may be made, if notice of such assessment is given, within 4 years of the date the annual return was filed, but if no return was filed, or if the return filed was incorrect and was filed with intent to defeat or evade the tax, an additional assessment may be made at any time upon the discovery of gross revenues by the department. Refunds may be made if a claim for the refund is filed in writing with the department within 4 years of the date the annual return was filed. Refunds shall bear interest at the rate of 9 3 percent per year and shall be certified by the department to the secretary of administration who shall audit the amounts of such overpayments and pay the amount audited. Additional assessments shall bear interest at the rate of 12 percent per year from the time they should have been paid to the date upon which they shall become delinquent if unpaid.

SB720,60 Section 60. 77.51 (13gm) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 77.51 (13gm) (a) and amended to read:

SB720,34,9 77.51 (13gm) (a) “Retailer engaged in business in this state” does not include a retailer who has no activities as described in sub. (13g), except for activities described in sub. (13g) (c), unless the retailer meets either of the following criteria retailer's annual gross sales into this state exceed $100,000 in the previous year or current calendar year:.

SB720,61 Section 61. 77.51 (13gm) (a) 1. and 2. of the statutes are repealed.

SB720,62 Section 62. 77.51 (13gm) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB720,34,17 77.51 (13gm) (b) If an out-of-state retailer's annual gross sales into this state exceed $100,000 in the previous calendar year or the retailer's annual number of separate sales transactions into this state is 200 or more in the previous year, the retailer shall register with the department and collect the taxes administered under s. 77.52 or 77.53 on sales sourced to this state under s. 77.522 for the entire current calendar year.

SB720,63 Section 63. 77.51 (13gm) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB720,35,2 77.51 (13gm) (c) If an out-of-state retailer's annual gross sales into this state are $100,000 or less in the previous calendar year and the retailer's annual number of separate sales transactions into this state is less than 200 in the previous year, the retailer is not required to register with the department and collect the taxes administered under s. 77.52 or 77.53 on sales sourced to this state under s. 77.522 until the retailer's gross sales or transactions meet the criteria in par. (a) 1. or 2. exceed $100,000 for the current calendar year, at which time the retailer shall register with the department and collect the tax for the remainder of the current calendar year.

SB720,64 Section 64. 77.51 (13gm) (d) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

SB720,65 Section 65. 77.51 (13gm) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB720,35,6 77.51 (13gm) (d) 2. The annual amounts described in this subsection include “Gross sales” includes both taxable and nontaxable sales.

SB720,66 Section 66. 77.51 (13gm) (d) 3. and 4. of the statutes are repealed.

SB720,67 Section 67. 77.51 (13gm) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB720,35,11 77.51 (13gm) (d) 5. An out-of-state retailer's annual amounts gross sales include all sales into this state by the retailer on behalf of other persons and all sales into this state by another person on the retailer's behalf.

SB720,68 Section 68 . 77.52 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB720,35,21 77.52 (2m) (b) With respect to the type of services subject to tax under sub. (2) (a) 7., 10., 11., and 20. and except as provided in s. 77.54 (60) (b) and (bm) 2., all tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 sub. (1) (b), (c), or (d) physically transferred, or transferred electronically, to the customer in conjunction with the selling, performing, or furnishing of the service is a sale of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 sub. (1) (b), (c), or (d) separate from the selling, performing, or furnishing of the service, regardless of whether the purchaser claims an exemption on its purchase of the service. This paragraph does not apply to services provided by veterinarians.

SB720,69 Section 69 . 77.54 (6) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB720,36,6 77.54 (6) (am) 2. Containers, labels, sacks, cans, boxes, drums, bags or other packaging and shipping materials for use in packing, packaging or shipping tangible personal property or items or property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) or (c), if the containers, labels, sacks, cans, boxes, drums, bags, or other packaging and shipping materials are used by the purchaser to transfer merchandise to customers or physically transferred to the customer in conjunction with the selling, performing, or furnishing of the type of services under s. 77.52 (2) (a) 7., 10, 11., or 20. that are exempt from or not subject to taxation under this subchapter. This subdivision does not apply to services provided by veterinarians.

SB720,70 Section 70. 77.54 (9a) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB720,36,18 77.54 (9a) (f) Any corporation, community chest fund, or foundation or association organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific or educational purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, except hospital service insurance corporations under s. 613.80 (2), no part of the net income of which inures to the benefit of any private stockholder, shareholder, member or corporation that is exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and has received a determination letter from the internal revenue service. The exemption under this paragraph applies to churches and religious organizations that meet the requirements of section 501 (c) (3) but are not required to apply for and obtain tax-exempt status from the internal revenue service.

SB720,71 Section 71. 77.61 (5) (b) 8m. of the statutes is created to read:

SB720,36,21 77.61 (5) (b) 8m. The state auditor and the employees of the legislative audit bureau to the extent necessary for the bureau to carry out its duties under 13.94.

SB720,72 Section 72. 79.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB720,37,2 79.02 (1) The Except as provided in sub. (2) (b), the department of administration, upon certification by the department of revenue, shall distribute shared revenue payments to each municipality and county on the 4th Monday in July and the 3rd Monday in November.

SB720,73 Section 73. 79.02 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB720,37,8 79.02 (2) (b) Subject to ss. 59.605 (4) and 70.995 (14) (b), payments in July shall equal 15 percent of the municipality's or county's estimated payments under ss. 79.035 and 79.04 and 100 percent of the municipality's estimated payments under s. 79.05. Upon certification by the department of revenue, the estimated payment under s. 79.05 may be distributed before the 4th Monday in July.

SB720,74 Section 74. 79.02 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB720,37,13 79.02 (3) (a) Subject to s. 59.605 (4), payments to each municipality and county in November shall equal that municipality's or county's entitlement under ss. 79.035, 79.04, and 79.05 for the current year, minus the amount distributed to the municipality or county in July under sub. (2) (b).

SB720,75 Section 75. 79.02 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB720,37,20 79.02 (3) (e) For the distribution in 2004 and subsequent years, the total amount of the November payments to each county and municipality under s. 79.035 sub. (1) shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of supplements paid from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (b) and (gm) that the county or municipality received for the fiscal year in which a payment is made under this section, as determined under s. 49.45 (51).

SB720,76 Section 76. 79.035 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB720,38,2 79.035 (6) Beginning with the distributions in 2016 and ending with the distributions in 2035, the annual payment under this section s. 79.02 (1) to a county in which a sports and entertainment arena, as defined in s. 229.41 (11e), is located shall be the amount otherwise determined for the county under this section, minus $4,000,000.

SB720,77 Section 77. 79.035 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB720,38,12 79.035 (7) (b) Beginning with the first payment due under this section s. 79.02 (1) after the county or municipality receives a grant under s. 16.047 (4m), the department of administration shall apply the reduction determined under par. (a) for each county and municipality by reducing 10 consecutive annual payments under this section s. 79.02 (1) to the county or municipality by equal amounts. If in any year the reduction under this paragraph for a county or municipality exceeds the payment under this section for the county or municipality, the department of administration shall apply the excess amount of the reduction to the payment to the county or municipality under s. 79.04.

SB720,78 Section 78 . 79.05 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB720,38,18 79.05 (1) (am) “Inflation factor" means 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 August 31 of the year before the statement under s. 79.015, except that the percentage under this paragraph shall not be less than zero.

SB720,79 Section 79 . 79.05 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB720,38,22 79.05 (2m) Annually, on November October 1, the department of revenue shall certify the appropriate percentage change in the consumer price index that is to be used in the requirement under sub. (1) (am) to the joint committee on finance.

SB720,80 Section 80. Initial applicability.

SB720,38,25 (1) Homestead credit. The treatment of ss. 71.52 (1g) and 71.55 (10) first applies to claims filed after December 31, 2019.

SB720,39,3 (2) Situs of income by nonresidents. The treatment of ss. 71.04 (1) (a), (b), and (c), (3) (b), (4) (intro.), (9), and (9m) and 71.25 (6) (intro.) first applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019.

SB720,39,6 (3) Reductions in shared revenue. The treatment of ss. 48.561 (3) (a) 3. and (b), 66.0602 (6) (a) and (b), 66.1105 (6m) (d) 4., 70.855 (4) (b), 70.995 (14) (b), 79.02 (3) (e), and 79.035 (6) and (7) (b) first applies to the distributions made in 2021.

SB720,81 Section 81. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

SB720,39,10 (1) Objections to manufacturing assessments. The treatment of s. 70.995 (8) (c) 1. and 2. and (d) takes effect on the first January 1 after publication.

SB720,39,12 (2) Board of review training. The treatment of s. 70.46 (4) takes effect on the first January 1 after publication.

SB720,39,14 (3) Omitted property. The treatment of s. 74.315 (1), (1m), (2), and (3) takes effect on January 1, 2021.

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