AB50: Bill Text

AB50,706,7 71.28 (4) (ad) 7. a. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, an individual, a partner of a partnership, a shareholder of a tax-option corporation, or a member of a limited liability company may claim a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.23, as allocated under par. (d), an amount equal to 11.5 percent of the amount by which the individual’s, partnership’s, tax-option corporation’s, or limited liability company’s qualified research expenses for the taxable year exceed 50 percent of the average qualified research expenses for the 3 taxable years immediately preceding the taxable year for which the claimant claims the credit. If the individual, partnership, tax-option corporation, or limited liability company had no qualified research expenses in any of the 3 taxable years immediately preceding the taxable year for which the claimant claims the credit, the claimant may claim an amount equal to 5.75 percent of the individual’s, partnership’s, tax-option corporation’s, or limited liability company’s qualified research expenses for the taxable year for which the claimant claims the credit.

AB50,706,15 b. For purposes of subd. 7. a., “qualified research expenses” means qualified research expenses as defined in section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code, except that “qualified research expenses” includes only expenses incurred by the individual, partnership, tax-option corporation, or limited liability company for research related to nuclear power, incurred for research conducted in this state, for the taxable year and does not include compensation used in computing the credit under sub. (1dx). Section 41 (f) (1), (2), (5), and (6) and (h) of the Internal Revenue Code does not apply to the credit under this subdivision.

AB50,1342 Section 1342. 71.28 (4) (k) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,706,20 71.28 (4) (k) Refunds. (intro.) Notwithstanding par. (f), for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, if the allowable amount of the claim under par. (ad) 4., 5., or 6., or 7. exceeds the tax otherwise due under s. 71.23, all of the following apply:

AB50,1343 Section 1343. 71.28 (4) (k) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,707,3 71.28 (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 25 percent of the allowable amount of the claim under par. (ad) 4., 5., or 6., or 7., 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).

AB50,1344 Section 1344. 71.28 (5f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,707,6 71.28 (5f) Film production services credit. (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

AB50,707,13 1. “Accredited production” means a film, video, broadcast advertisement, or television production, as approved by the department of tourism, for which the aggregate salary and wages included in the cost of the production for the period ending 12 months after the month in which the principal filming or taping of the production begins exceeds $100,000 for a production that is 30 minutes or longer or $50,000 for a production that is less than 30 minutes. “Accredited production” does not include any of the following, regardless of the production costs:

AB50,707,15 a. News, current events, or public programming or a program that includes weather or market reports.

AB50,707,16 b. A talk show.

AB50,707,17 c. A production with respect to a questionnaire or contest.

AB50,707,18 d. A sports event or sports activity.

AB50,707,19 e. A gala presentation or awards show.

AB50,707,20 f. A finished production that solicits funds.

AB50,707,23 g. A production for which the production company is required under 18 USC 2257 to maintain records with respect to a performer portrayed in a single media or multimedia program.

AB50,708,2 h. A production produced primarily for industrial, corporate, or institutional purposes.

AB50,708,8 2. “Claimant” means a film production company, as defined in sub. (5h) (a) 2., that operates an accredited production in this state, if the company owns the copyright in the accredited production or has contracted directly with the copyright owner or a person acting on the owner’s behalf and if the company has a viable plan, as determined by the department of tourism, for the commercial distribution of the finished production.

AB50,708,13 3. “Commercial domicile” means the location from which a trade or business is principally managed and directed, based on any factors the department of tourism determines are appropriate, including the location where the greatest number of employees of the trade or business work, the trade or business has its office or base of operations, or from which the employees are directed or controlled.

AB50,709,6 4. “Production expenditures” means any expenditure that is incurred in this state and directly used to produce an accredited production, including expenditures for writing, budgeting, casting, location scouts, set construction and operation, wardrobes, makeup, clothing accessories, photography, sound recording, sound synchronization, sound mixing, lighting, editing, film processing, film transferring, special effects, visual effects, renting or leasing facilities or equipment, renting or leasing motor vehicles, food, lodging, and any other similar pre-production, production, and post-production expenditure as determined by the department of tourism. “Production expenditures” includes expenditures for music that is performed, composed, or recorded by a musician who is a resident of this state or published or distributed by an entity that has its commercial domicile in this state; air travel that is purchased from a travel agency or company that has its commercial domicile in this state; and insurance that is purchased from an insurance agency or company that has its commercial domicile in this state. “Production expenditures” does not include salary or wages or expenditures for the marketing and distribution of an accredited production.

AB50,709,9 (b) Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.23 any of the following amounts:

AB50,709,13 1. An amount equal to 25 percent of the salary or wages paid by the claimant to the claimant’s employees in the taxable year for services rendered in this state to produce an accredited production and paid to employees who were residents of this state at the time that they were paid.

AB50,709,15 2. An amount equal to 25 percent of the production expenditures paid by the claimant in the taxable year to produce an accredited production.

AB50,709,20 3. An amount equal to the taxes imposed under ss. 77.52 and 77.53 that the claimant paid in the taxable year on the purchase of tangible personal property and taxable services that are used directly in producing an accredited production in this state, including all stages from the final script stage to the distribution of the finished production.

AB50,710,2 (c) Limitations. 1. No amount of the salary or wages paid under par. (b) 1. may be the basis for a credit under this subsection unless the salary or wages are paid for services rendered after December 31, 2025, and directly incurred to produce the accredited production.

AB50,710,8 2. The total amount of the credits that may be claimed by a claimant under par. (b) 1. shall not exceed an amount equal to the first $250,000 of salary or wages paid to each of the claimant’s employees, as described in par. (b) 1., in the taxable year, not including the salary or wages paid to the claimant’s 2 highest-paid employees, as described in par. (b) 1., in the taxable year, if the claimant’s budgeted production expenditures are $1,000,000 or more.

AB50,710,12 3. No credit may be allowed under this subsection unless the claimant files an application with the department of tourism, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the office, and the office approves the application. The claimant shall submit a copy of the approved application with the claimant’s return.

AB50,710,20 4. 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 their payment of amounts under par. (b). 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 of limited liability companies, and shareholders of tax-option corporations may claim the credit in proportion to their ownership interest.

AB50,710,23 (d) Administration. 1. Subsection (4) (e), (g), and (h), as it applies to the credit under sub. (4), applies to the credits under this subsection. Subsection (4) (f), as it applies to the credit under sub. (4), applies to the credits under par. (b) 1. and 3.

AB50,711,5 2. If the allowable amount of the claim under par. (b) 2. exceeds the tax otherwise due under s. 71.23 or no tax is due under s. 71.23, the amount of the claim not used to offset the tax due 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) (bm).

AB50,711,14 3. Any person, including a nonprofit entity described in section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, may sell or otherwise transfer a credit under this subsection, in whole or in part, to another person who is subject to the taxes imposed under s. 71.02, 71.23, or 71.43, if the person notifies the department of the transfer, and submits with the notification a copy of the transfer documents, and the department certifies ownership of the credit. The transferee may first use the credit to offset tax of the transferor in the taxable year in which the transfer occurs and may use the credit only to offset tax in taxable years in which the credit is otherwise allowed to be claimed and carried forward by the original claimant.

AB50,1345 Section 1345. 71.28 (5h) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,711,17 71.28 (5h) Film production company investment credit. (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

AB50,711,19 1. “Claimant” means a person who files a claim under this subsection and who does business in this state as a film production company.

AB50,711,22 2. “Film production company” means an entity that creates films, videos, broadcast advertisement, or television productions, not including the productions described under sub. (5f) (a) 1. a. to h.

AB50,712,2 3. “Physical work” does not include preliminary activities such as planning, designing, securing financing, researching, developing specifications, or stabilizing property to prevent deterioration.

AB50,712,7 4. “Previously owned property” means real property that the claimant or a related person owned during the 2 years prior to doing business in this state as a film production company and for which the claimant may not deduct a loss from the sale of the property to, or an exchange of the property with, the related person under section 267 of the Internal Revenue Code.

AB50,712,9 5. “Used exclusively” means used to the exclusion of all other uses except for other use not exceeding 5 percent of total use.

AB50,712,15 (b) Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.23, up to the amount of the taxes, for the first 3 taxable years that the claimant is doing business in this state as a film production company, an amount that is equal to 25 percent of the following that the claimant paid in the taxable year to establish a film production company in this state:

AB50,712,16 1. The purchase price of depreciable, tangible personal property.

AB50,712,18 2. The amount expended to acquire, construct, rehabilitate, remodel, or repair real property.

AB50,712,22 (c) Limitations. 1. A claimant may claim the credit under par. (b) 1., if the tangible personal property is purchased after December 31, 2025, and the personal property is used exclusively in the claimant’s business as a film production company.

AB50,713,4 2. A claimant may claim the credit under par. (b) 2. for an amount expended to construct, rehabilitate, remodel, or repair real property, if the claimant began the physical work of construction, rehabilitation, remodeling, or repair, or any demolition or destruction in preparation for the physical work, after December 31, 2025, or if the completed project is placed in service after December 31, 2025.

AB50,713,8 3. A claimant may claim the credit under par. (b) 2. for an amount expended to acquire real property, if the property is not previously owned property and if the claimant acquires the property after December 31, 2025, or if the completed project is placed in service after December 31, 2025

AB50,713,12 4. No claim may be allowed under this subsection unless the department of tourism certifies, in writing, that the credits claimed under this subsection are for expenses related to establishing a film production company in this state and the claimant submits a copy of the certification with the claimant’s return.

AB50,713,20 5. 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 their payment of amounts under par. (b). 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 of limited liability companies, and shareholders of tax-option corporations may claim the credit in proportion to their ownership interests.

AB50,713,22 (d) Administration. 1. Subsection (4) (e) to (h), as it applies to the credit under sub. (4), applies to the credits under this subsection.

AB50,714,8 2. Any person, including a nonprofit entity described in section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, may sell or otherwise transfer a credit under this subsection, in whole or in part, to another person who is subject to the taxes imposed under s. 71.02, 71.23, or 71.43, if the person notifies the department of the transfer, and submits with the notification a copy of the transfer documents, and the department certifies ownership of the credit. The transferee may first use the credit to offset tax of the transferor in the taxable year in which the transfer occurs and may use the credit only to offset tax in taxable years in which the credit is otherwise allowed to be claimed and carried forward by the original claimant.

AB50,1346 Section 1346. 71.28 (5n) (d) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 71.28 (5n) (d) 2. a. and amended to read:

AB50,714,17 71.28 (5n) (d) 2. a. Except as provided in subd. subds. 2. b., c., and d. and 3., for purposes of determining a claimant’s eligible qualified production activities income under this subsection, the claimant shall multiply the claimant’s qualified production activities income from property manufactured by the claimant by the manufacturing property factor and qualified production activities income from property produced, grown, or extracted by the claimant by the agriculture property factor. This subdivision does not apply if

AB50,714,22 b. Except as provided in subds. 2. d. and 3., if the claimant’s entire qualified production activities income results from the sale of tangible personal property that was manufactured, produced, grown, or extracted wholly in this state by the claimant, the claimant’s eligible qualified production activities income shall equal the amount of the claimant’s qualified production activities income.

AB50,1347 Section 1347. 71.28 (5n) (d) 2. c. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,715,5 71.28 (5n) (d) 2. c. Except as provided in subds. 2. d. and 3., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, for purposes of determining a claimant’s eligible qualified production activities income from manufacturing under this subsection, the claimant shall multiply the claimant’s qualified production activities income, not exceeding $300,000, from property manufactured by the claimant by the manufacturing property factor.

AB50,1348 Section 1348. 71.28 (5n) (d) 2. d. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,715,13 71.28 (5n) (d) 2. d. Except as provided in subd. 3., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, if a claimant’s entire qualified production activities income results from the sale of tangible personal property that was manufactured, produced, grown, or extracted wholly in this state by the claimant, the claimant’s eligible qualified production activities income from manufacturing under this subsection shall equal the amount of the claimant’s qualified production activities income from property manufactured by the claimant, not exceeding $300,000.

AB50,1349 Section 1349. 71.28 (6) (a) 1m. of the statutes is repealed.

AB50,1350 Section 1350. 71.28 (6) (a) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,715,23 71.28 (6) (a) 2m. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013, and before January 1, 2026, any person may claim as a credit against taxes otherwise due under s. 71.23, up to the amount of those taxes, an amount equal to 20 percent of the costs of qualified rehabilitation expenditures, as defined in section 47 (c) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code, for certified historic structures on property located in this state, if the cost of the person’s qualified rehabilitation expenditures is at least $50,000 and the rehabilitated property is placed in service after December 31, 2013.

AB50,1351 Section 1351. 71.28 (6) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,716,14 71.28 (6) (a) 3. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013, and before January 1, 2026, any person may claim as a credit against taxes otherwise due under s. 71.23, up to the amount of those taxes, an amount equal to 20 percent of the costs of qualified rehabilitation expenditures, as defined in section 47 (c) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code, for qualified rehabilitated buildings, as defined in section 47 (c) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code, on property located in this state, if the cost of the person’s qualified rehabilitation expenditures is at least $50,000 and the rehabilitated property is placed in service after December 31, 2013, and regardless of whether the rehabilitated property is used for multiple or revenue- producing purposes. No credit may be claimed under this subdivision for property listed as a contributing building in the state register of historic places or in the national register of historic places and no credit may be claimed under this subdivision for nonhistoric, nonresidential property converted into housing if the property has been previously used for housing.

AB50,1352 Section 1352. 71.28 (6) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,716,21 71.28 (6) (a) 4. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025, any person may claim as a credit against taxes otherwise due under s. 71.23, up to the amount of those taxes, an amount equal to 20 percent of the costs of qualified rehabilitation expenditures, as defined in section 47 (c) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code, for property located in this state, if the rehabilitated property is placed in service after December 31, 2025.

AB50,1353 Section 1353. 71.28 (6) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,717,3 71.28 (6) (c) (intro.) No person may claim the credit under par. (a) 2m. or 4. unless the claimant includes with the claimant’s return a copy of the claimant’s certification under s. 238.17. For certification purposes under s. 238.17, the claimant shall provide to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation all of the following:

AB50,1354 Section 1354. 71.28 (6) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,717,6 71.28 (6) (cm) Any credit claimed under this subsection par. (a) 2m. and 3. for Wisconsin purposes shall be claimed at the same time as for federal purposes.

AB50,1355 Section 1355. 71.28 (6) (cn) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,717,10 71.28 (6) (cn) (intro.) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014, and before January 1, 2026, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall certify a person to claim a credit under par. (a) 3. if all of the following apply:

AB50,1356 Section 1356. 71.28 (6) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 71.28 (6) (f) 1. and amended to read:

AB50,718,13 71.28 (6) (f) 1. A partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation may not claim the credit under this subsection par. (a) 2m. and 3. The partners of a partnership, members of a limited liability company, or shareholders in a tax-option corporation may claim the credit under this subsection par. (a) 2m. and 3. based on eligible costs incurred by the partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation. The partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation shall calculate the amount of the credit which may be claimed by each partner, member, or shareholder and shall provide that information to the partner, member, or shareholder. For shareholders of a tax-option corporation, the credit may be allocated in proportion to the ownership interest of each shareholder. Credits computed by a partnership or limited liability company may be claimed in proportion to the ownership interests of the partners or members or allocated to partners or members as provided in a written agreement among the partners or members that is entered into no later than the last day of the taxable year of the partnership or limited liability company, for which the credit is claimed. For a partnership or limited liability company that places property in service after June 29, 2008, and before January 1, 2009, the credit attributable to such property may be allocated, at the election of the partnership or limited liability company, to partners or members for a taxable year of the partnership or limited liability company that ends after June 29, 2008, and before January 1, 2010. Any partner or member who claims the credit as provided under this paragraph shall attach a copy of the agreement, if applicable, to the tax return on which the credit is claimed. A person claiming the credit as provided under this paragraph is solely responsible for any tax liability arising from a dispute with the department of revenue related to claiming the credit.

AB50,1357 Section 1357. 71.28 (6) (f) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,718,18 71.28 (6) (f) 2. a. A partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation may make an election under s. 71.21 (6) (a) or 71.365 (4m) (a) to claim the credit under par. (a) 4. against the net income or franchise tax otherwise payable to this state on income of the same year.

AB50,718,20 b. A partnership’s partners, limited liability company’s members, and tax- option corporation’s shareholders may not claim the credit under par. (a) 4.

AB50,1358 Section 1358. 71.28 (6) (g) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,719,2 71.28 (6) (g) 1. If Except as provided in subd. 1m., if a person who claims the credit under this subsection elects to claim the credit based on claiming amounts for expenditures as the expenditures are paid, rather than when the rehabilitation work is completed, the person shall file an election form with the department, in the manner prescribed by the department.

AB50,1359 Section 1359. 71.28 (6) (g) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,719,6 71.28 (6) (g) 1m. No person may claim the credit under par. (a) 4. unless the person claims the credit for the taxable year in which the rehabilitation work is completed.

AB50,1360 Section 1360. 71.28 (6) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,719,19 71.28 (6) (h) Any person, including a nonprofit entity described in section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, may sell or otherwise transfer the credit under par. (a) 2m. or, 3., or 4., in whole or in part, to another person who is subject to the taxes imposed under s. 71.02, 71.23, or 71.43, if the person notifies the department of the transfer, and submits with the notification a copy of the transfer documents, and the department certifies ownership of the credit with each transfer. The transferor may file a claim for more than one taxable year on a form prescribed by the department to compute all years of the credit under par. (a) 2m. or, 3., or 4., at the time of the transfer request. The transferee may first use the credit to offset tax in the taxable year of the transferor in which the transfer occurs, and may use the credit only to offset tax in taxable years otherwise allowed to be claimed and carried forward by the original claimant.

AB50,1361 Section 1361. 71.28 (8b) (a) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,720,6 71.28 (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.

AB50,1362 Section 1362. 71.28 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,720,9 71.28 (8m) Universal changing station credit. (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

AB50,720,11 1. “Claimant” means a person who files a claim under this subsection and meets either of the following conditions during the preceding taxable year:

AB50,720,12 a. Had gross receipts that did not exceed $1,000,000.

AB50,720,13 b. Employed no more than 30 full-time employees.

AB50,720,15 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.

AB50,720,16 3. “Universal changing station” has the meaning given in s. 71.07 (8m) (a) 3.

AB50,720,21 (b) Filing claims. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.23, 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.