SB70: Bill Text

SB70,924,15 71.47 (3w) (a) 6. b. For a claimant whose contract is executed after December 31, 2023, “zone payroll" does not include the amount of wages paid to any full-time employees that exceeds $141,300.

SB70,1500 Section 1500. 71.47 (3w) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,924,20 71.47 (3w) (b) Filing claims under pre-2024 contracts; payroll. (intro.) Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 238.399 or s. 560.799, 2009 stats., a claimant whose contract is executed prior to January 1, 2024, may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.43 an amount calculated as follows:

SB70,1501 Section 1501. 71.47 (3w) (bd) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,924,25 71.47 (3w) (bd) Filing claims under post-2023 contracts; payroll. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 238.399, a claimant whose contract is executed after December 31, 2023, may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.43 an amount calculated as follows:

SB70,925,1 1. Determine the amount that is the lesser of:

SB70,925,8 a. The number of full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than $32,000 in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $42,390 in a tier II county or municipality and who the claimant employed in the enterprise zone in the taxable year, minus the number of full-time employees whose annual wages were greater than $32,000 in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $42,390 in a tier II county or municipality and who the claimant employed in the area that comprises the enterprise zone in the base year.

SB70,925,14 b. The number of full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than $32,000 in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $42,390 in a tier II county or municipality and who the claimant employed in the state in the taxable year, minus the number of full-time employees whose annual wages were greater than $32,000 in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $42,390 in a tier II county or municipality and who the claimant employed in the state in the base year.

SB70,925,21 2. Determine the claimant's average zone payroll by dividing total wages for full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than $32,000 in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $42,390 in a tier II county or municipality and who the claimant employed in the enterprise zone in the taxable year by the number of full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than $32,000 or greater than $42,390 in a tier II county or municipality and who the claimant employed in the enterprise zone in the taxable year.

SB70,925,24 3. For employees in a tier I county or municipality, subtract $32,000 from the amount determined under subd. 2. and for employees in a tier II county or municipality, subtract $42,390 from the amount determined under subd. 2.

SB70,926,2 4. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 3. by the amount determined under subd. 1.

SB70,926,4 5. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 4. by the percentage determined under s. 238.399, not to exceed 7 percent.

SB70,1502 Section 1502. 71.47 (3w) (bm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,926,16 71.47 (3w) (bm) 1. In addition to the credits under par. pars. (b) and (bd) and subds. 2., 3., and 4., and subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 238.399 or s. 560.799, 2009 stats., a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.43 an amount equal to a percentage, as determined under s. 238.399 or s. 560.799, 2009 stats., not to exceed 100 percent, of the amount the claimant paid in the taxable year to upgrade or improve the job-related skills of any of the claimant's full-time employees, to train any of the claimant's full-time employees on the use of job-related new technologies, or to provide job-related training to any full-time employee whose employment with the claimant represents the employee's first full-time job. This subdivision does not apply to employees who do not work in an enterprise zone.

SB70,1503 Section 1503. 71.47 (3w) (bm) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 71.47 (3w) (bm) 2. (intro.) and amended to read:

SB70,926,22 71.47 (3w) (bm) 2. (intro.) In addition to the credits under par. pars. (b) and (bd) and subds. 1., 3., and 4., and subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 238.399 or s. 560.799, 2009 stats., a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.43 one of the following amounts:

SB70,927,9 a. For a claimant whose contract is executed prior to January 1, 2024, an amount equal to the percentage, as determined under s. 238.399 or s. 560.799, 2009 stats., not to exceed 7 percent, of the claimant's zone payroll paid in the taxable year to all of the claimant's full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage in a tier I county or municipality, not including the wages paid to the employees determined under par. (b) 1., or greater than $30,000 in a tier II county or municipality, not including the wages paid to the employees determined under par. (b) 1., and who the claimant employed in the enterprise zone in the taxable year, if the total number of such employees is equal to or greater than the total number of such employees in the base year. A claimant may claim a credit under this subdivision for no more than 5 consecutive taxable years.

SB70,1504 Section 1504. 71.47 (3w) (bm) 2. b. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,927,20 71.47 (3w) (bm) 2. b. For a claimant whose contract is executed after December 31, 2023, an amount equal to the percentage, as determined under s. 238.399, not to exceed 7 percent, of the claimant's zone payroll paid in the taxable year to all of the claimant's full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than $32,000 in a tier I county or municipality, not including the wages paid to the employees determined under par. (bd) 1., or greater than $42,390 in a tier II county or municipality, not including the wages paid to the employees determined under par. (bd) 1., and who the claimant employed in the enterprise zone in the taxable year, if the total number of such employees is equal to or greater than the total number of such employees in the base year.

SB70,1505 Section 1505. 71.47 (3w) (bm) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,928,2 71.47 (3w) (bm) 3. In addition to the credits under par. pars. (b) and (bd) and subds. 1., 2., and 4., and subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 238.399 or s. 560.799, 2009 stats., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.43 up to 10 percent of the claimant's significant capital expenditures, as determined under s. 238.399 (5m) or s. 560.799 (5m), 2009 stats.

SB70,1506 Section 1506. 71.47 (3w) (bm) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,928,12 71.47 (3w) (bm) 4. In addition to the credits under par. pars. (b) and (bd) and subds. 1., 2., and 3., and subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 238.399 or s. 560.799, 2009 stats., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.43, up to 1 percent of the amount that the claimant paid in the taxable year to purchase tangible personal property, items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or services from Wisconsin vendors, as determined under s. 238.399 (5) (e) or s. 560.799 (5) (e), 2009 stats., except that the claimant may not claim the credit under this subdivision and subd. 3. for the same expenditures.

SB70,1507 Section 1507. 71.47 (3w) (c) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,928,15 71.47 (3w) (c) 5. A claimant may claim a credit under par. (bm) 2. for no more than 5 consecutive taxable years.

SB70,1508 Section 1508. 71.47 (3w) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,929,2 71.47 (3w) (cm) Inflation adjustments. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, the dollar amounts in pars. (a) 6. b., (bd) 1. a. and b., 2., and 3., and (bm) 2. b. shall be increased each year by a percentage equal to the percentage change between the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the previous year and the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the year before the previous year, as determined by the federal department of labor. Each amount that is revised under this paragraph shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $10 if the revised amount is not a multiple of $10 or, if the revised amount is a multiple of $5, such an amount shall be increased to the next higher multiple of $10.

SB70,1509 Section 1509. 71.47 (3y) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,929,11 71.47 (3y) (b) 5. An For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2023, an amount, as determined by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation under s. 238.308 (4) (a) 5., equal to a percentage of the amount of wages that the claimant paid to an eligible employee in the taxable year if the position in which the eligible employee was employed was created or retained in connection with the claimant's location or retention of the claimant's corporate headquarters in Wisconsin and the job duties associated with the eligible employee's position involve the performance of corporate headquarters functions.

SB70,1510 Section 1510. 71.47 (3y) (b) 5m. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,929,18 71.47 (3y) (b) 5m. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022, an amount, as determined by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation under s. 238.308 (4) (a) 5., equal to a percentage of the amount of wages that the claimant paid to an eligible employee in the taxable year if the position in which the eligible employee was employed was created or retained in connection with the claimant's location or retention of the claimant's corporate headquarters in Wisconsin.

SB70,1511 Section 1511. 71.47 (3y) (b) 6. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,929,24 71.47 (3y) (b) 6. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023, an amount, as determined by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation under s. 238.308 (4) (a) 6., equal to a percentage, not to exceed 25 percent, of the claimant's energy efficiency or renewable energy project expenditures on real or personal property located in this state.

SB70,1512 Section 1512. 71.47 (4) (k) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,930,6 71.47 (4) (k) 1. b. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020 and before January 1, 2024, the amount of the claim not used to offset the tax due, up to 15 percent of the allowable amount of the claim under par. (ad) 4., 5., or 6., shall be certified by the department of revenue to the department of administration for payment by check, share draft, or other draft drawn from the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (2) (d).

SB70,1513 Section 1513. 71.47 (4) (k) 1. c. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,930,13 71.47 (4) (k) 1. c. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023, the amount of the claim not used to offset the tax due, not to exceed 50 percent of the allowable amount of the claim under par. (ad) 4., 5., or 6., shall be certified by the department of revenue to the department of administration for payment by check, share draft, or other draft drawn from the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (2) (d).

SB70,1514 Section 1514. 71.47 (8b) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,930,19 71.47 (8b) (a) 5. “Credit period” means the period of 6 10 taxable years beginning with the taxable year in which a qualified development is placed in service. For purposes of this subdivision, if a qualified development consists of more than one building, the qualified development is placed in service in the taxable year in which the last building of the qualified development is placed in service.

SB70,1515 Section 1515. 71.47 (8b) (a) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,931,5 71.47 (8b) (a) 7. “Qualified development” means a qualified low-income housing project under section 42 (g) of the Internal Revenue Code that is financed with tax-exempt bonds, pursuant to section 42 (i) (2) described in section 42 (h) (4) (A) of the Internal Revenue Code, allocated the credit under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code, and located in this state; except that the authority may waive, in the qualified allocation plan under section 42 (m) (1) (B) of the Internal Revenue Code, the requirements of tax-exempt bond financing and federal credit allocation to the extent the authority anticipates that sufficient volume cap under section 146 of the Internal Revenue Code will not be available to finance low-income housing projects in any year.

SB70,1516 Section 1516 . 71.47 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,931,8 71.47 (8m) Universal changing station credit. (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

SB70,931,10 1. “Claimant" means a person who files a claim under this subsection and meets either of the following conditions during the preceding taxable year:

SB70,931,11 a. Had gross receipts that did not exceed $1,000,000.

SB70,931,12 b. Employed no more than 30 full-time employees.

SB70,931,14 2. “Full-time employee” means an individual who is employed for at least 30 hours per week for 20 or more calendar weeks during a taxable year.

SB70,931,15 3. “Universal changing station” has the meaning given in s. 71.07 (8m) (a) 3.

SB70,931,20 (b) Filing claims. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022, subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.43, up to the amount of those taxes, an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount the claimant paid during the taxable year to install a universal changing station.

SB70,932,2 (c) Limitations. 1. No credit may be claimed under this subsection unless the universal changing station is installed in a single-occupant restroom that measures at least 8 feet by 10 feet, with adequate space for a wheelchair and a care provider to maneuver; that is equipped with a waste receptacle, a toilet, a lavatory, a soap dispenser, and a paper towel dispenser; and that complies with accessibility standards under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.

SB70,932,3 2. The credit claimed under this subsection may not exceed $5,125.

SB70,932,10 3. Partnerships, limited liability companies, and tax-option corporations may not claim the credit under this subsection, but the eligibility for, and the amount of, the credit are based on the amounts paid by the entity. A partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation shall compute the amount of credit that each of its partners, members, or shareholders may claim and shall provide that information to each of them. Partners, members, and shareholders may claim the credit in proportion to their ownership interests.

SB70,932,12 (d) Administration. Section 71.28 (4) (e) to (h), as it applies to the credit under s. 71.28 (4), applies to the credit under this subsection.

SB70,1517 Section 1517 . 71.49 (1) (cu) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,932,14 71.49 (1) (cu) Universal changing station credit under s. 71.47 (8m).

SB70,1518 Section 1518 . 71.52 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,932,17 71.52 (4) “Household" means a claimant and an individual related to the claimant as husband or wife his or her spouse.

SB70,1519 Section 1519. 71.52 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,934,16 71.52 (7) “Property taxes accrued" means real or personal property taxes or monthly municipal permit fees under s. 66.0435 (3) (c), exclusive of special assessments, delinquent interest and charges for service, levied on a homestead owned by the claimant or a member of the claimant's household. “Real or personal property taxes" means those levied under ch. 70, less the tax credit, if any, afforded in respect of such property by s. 79.10. If a homestead is owned by 2 or more persons or entities as joint tenants or tenants in common or is owned as marital property or survivorship marital property and one or more such persons, entities or owners is not a member of the claimant's household, property taxes accrued is that part of property taxes accrued levied on such homestead, reduced by the tax credit under s. 79.10, that reflects the ownership percentage of the claimant and the claimant's household, except that if a homestead is owned by 2 or more natural persons or if 2 or more natural persons have an interest in a homestead, one or more of whom is not a member of the claimant's household, and the claimant has a present interest, as that term is used in s. 700.03 (1), in the homestead and is required by the terms of a will that transferred the homestead or interest in the homestead to the claimant to pay the entire amount of property taxes levied on the homestead, property taxes accrued is property taxes accrued levied on such homestead, reduced by the tax credit under s. 79.10. A marital property agreement or unilateral statement under ch. 766 has no effect in computing property taxes accrued for a person whose homestead is not the same as the homestead of that person's spouse. For purposes of this subsection, property taxes are “levied" when the tax roll is delivered to the local treasurer for collection. If a homestead is sold or purchased during the calendar year of the levy, the property taxes accrued for the seller and the buyer are the amount of the tax levy prorated to each in proportion to the periods of time each both owned and occupied the homestead during the year to which the claim relates. The seller may use the closing agreement pertaining to the sale of the homestead, the property tax bill for the year before the year to which the claim relates or the property tax bill for the year to which the claim relates as the basis for computing property taxes accrued, but those taxes are allowable only for the portion of the year during which the seller owned and occupied the sold homestead. If a household owns and occupies 2 or more homesteads in the same calendar year, property taxes accrued is the sum of the prorated property taxes accrued attributable to the household for each of such homesteads. If the household owns and occupies the homestead for part of the calendar year and rents a homestead for part of the calendar year, it may include both the proration of taxes on the homestead owned and rent constituting property taxes accrued with respect to the months the homestead is rented in computing the amount of the claim under s. 71.54 (1). If a homestead is an integral part of a multipurpose or multidwelling building, property taxes accrued are the percentage of the property taxes accrued on that part of the multipurpose or multidwelling building occupied by the household as a principal residence plus that same percentage of the property taxes accrued on the land surrounding it, not exceeding one acre, that is reasonably necessary for use of the multipurpose or multidwelling building as a principal residence, except as the limitations of s. 71.54 (2) (b) apply. If the homestead is part of a farm, property taxes accrued are the property taxes accrued on up to 120 acres of the land contiguous to the claimant's principal residence and include the property taxes accrued on all improvements to real property located on such land, except as the limitations of s. 71.54 (2) (b) apply.

SB70,1520 Section 1520. 71.54 (1) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,934,20 71.54 (1) (g) 2012 and thereafter to 2023. (intro.) The amount of any claim filed in 2012 and thereafter to 2023 and based on property taxes accrued or rent constituting property taxes accrued during the previous year is limited as follows:

SB70,1521 Section 1521. 71.54 (1) (g) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,935,3 71.54 (1) (g) 4. Except as provided in subds. 5. and 7., for For claims filed in 2018 and thereafter and based on property taxes accrued or rent constituting property taxes accrued during the previous year, no credit may be allowed under this paragraph if the claimant has no earned income in the taxable year to which the claim relates unless the claimant is disabled and provides the proof required under subd. 6. or the claimant or the claimant's spouse is over the age of 61 at the close of the year to which the claim relates.

SB70,1522 Section 1522. 71.54 (1) (g) 5. of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,1523 Section 1523. 71.54 (1) (g) 6. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,935,9 71.54 (1) (g) 6. (intro.) With regard to a claimant who is disabled, the A claimant who is disabled shall provide with his or her return proof that his or her disability is in effect for the taxable year to which the claim relates. Proof of disability may be demonstrated by any of the following:

SB70,1524 Section 1524. 71.54 (1) (g) 7. of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,1525 Section 1525 . 71.54 (1) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,935,14 71.54 (1) (h) 2024 and thereafter. Subject to sub. (2m), the amount of any claim filed in 2024 and thereafter and based on property taxes accrued or rent constituting property taxes accrued during the previous year is limited as follows:

SB70,935,17 1. If the household income was $8,060 or less in the year to which the claim relates, the claim is limited to 80 percent of the property taxes accrued or rent constituting property taxes accrued or both in that year on the claimant's homestead.

SB70,935,22 2. If the household income was more than $8,060 in the year to which the claim relates, the claim is limited to 80 percent of the amount by which the property taxes accrued or rent constituting property taxes accrued or both in that year on the claimant's homestead exceeds 5.614 percent of the household income exceeding $8,060.

SB70,935,23 3. No credit may be allowed if the household income exceeds $35,000.

SB70,935,25 4. Notwithstanding the time limitations described in par. (g) (intro.), the provisions of par. (g) 4. apply to claims filed under this paragraph.

SB70,1526 Section 1526. 71.54 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,936,3 71.54 (2) (b) 4. In calendar years 2011 or any subsequent calendar year to 2022, $1,460.

SB70,1527 Section 1527 . 71.54 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,936,6 71.54 (2) (b) 5. Subject to sub. (2m), in calendar year 2023 or any subsequent calendar year, $1,460.

SB70,1528 Section 1528. 71.54 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,936,25 71.54 (2m) Indexing for inflation; 2010 2024 and thereafter. (a) For calendar years beginning after December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2011 2023, the dollar amounts of the threshold income under sub. (1) (f) (h) 1. and 2., the maximum household income under sub. (1) (f) (h) 3., and the maximum property taxes under sub. (2) (b) 3. 5. shall be increased each year by a percentage equal to the percentage change between the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the 12-month average of the U.S. consumer price index for the month of August of the year before the previous year through the month of July of the previous year and the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the 12-month average of the U.S. consumer price index for August 2007 2021 through July 2008 2022, as determined by the federal department of labor, except that the adjustment may occur only if the percentage is a positive number. Each amount that is revised under this paragraph shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $10 if the revised amount is not a multiple of $10 or, if the revised amount is a multiple of $5, such an amount shall be increased to the next higher multiple of $10. The department of revenue shall annually adjust the changes in dollar amounts required under this paragraph and incorporate the changes into the income tax forms and instructions.

SB70,937,6 (b) The department of revenue shall annually adjust the slope under sub. (1) (f) (h) 2. such so that, as a claimant's income increases from the threshold income as calculated adjusted under par. (a), to an amount that exceeds the maximum household income as calculated adjusted under par. (a), the credit that may be claimed is reduced to $0, and the department of revenue shall incorporate the changes into the income tax forms and instructions.

SB70,1529 Section 1529. 71.78 (4) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,937,11 71.78 (4) (m) The chief executive officer of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and employees of the corporation to the extent necessary to administer the development zone program economic development programs under subch. II of ch. 238.

SB70,1530 Section 1530. 71.78 (4) (v) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,937,14 71.78 (4) (v) The secretary of health services and employees of that department for the purpose of performing an evaluation under s. 71.03 (9).

SB70,1531 Section 1531. 71.78 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,937,20 71.78 (5) Agreement with department. Copies of returns and claims specified in sub. (1) and related schedules, exhibits, writings or audit reports shall not be furnished to the persons listed under sub. (4), except persons under sub. (4) (e), (k), (n), (o) and (q) or under an agreement between the department of revenue and another agency of government or the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

SB70,1532 Section 1532. 71.80 (25) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 71.80 (25) and amended to read:

SB70,938,2 71.80 (25) Net operating and business loss carry-forward and carry-back. No offset of Wisconsin income may be made under s. 71.05 (8) (b) 1., 71.26 (4) (a), or 71.45 (4) (a) unless the incurred loss was computed on a return that was filed within 4 years of the unextended due date for filing the original return for the taxable year in which the loss was incurred.

SB70,1533 Section 1533. 71.80 (25) (b) of the statutes is repealed.