AB50: Bill Text

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.

AB50,721,4 (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.

AB50,721,5 2. The credit claimed under this subsection may not exceed $5,125.

AB50,721,12 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.

AB50,721,14 (d) Administration. Subsection (4) (e) to (h), as it applies to the credit under sub. (4), applies to the credit under this subsection.

AB50,1363 Section 1363. 71.30 (3) (cu) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,721,16 71.30 (3) (cu) Universal changing station credit under s. 71.28 (8m).

AB50,1364 Section 1364. 71.30 (3) (epr) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,721,19 71.30 (3) (epr) Film production company investment credit under s. 71.28 (5h).

AB50,1365 Section 1365. 71.30 (3) (eps) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,721,21 71.30 (3) (eps) Film production services credit under s. 71.28 (5f) (b) 1. and 3.

AB50,1366 Section 1366. 71.30 (3) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,722,5 71.30 (3) (f) The total of farmland preservation credit under subch. IX, jobs credit under s. 71.28 (3q), enterprise zone jobs credit under s. 71.28 (3w), electronics and information technology manufacturing zone credit under s. 71.28 (3wm), business development credit under s. 71.28 (3y), research credit under s. 71.28 (4) (k) 1., film production services credit under s. 71.28 (5f) (b) 2., and estimated tax payments under s. 71.29.

AB50,1367 Section 1367. 71.34 (1k) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,722,10 71.34 (1k) (g) An addition shall be made for credits computed by a tax-option corporation under s. 71.28 (1dm), (1dx), (1dy), (3), (3g), (3h), (3n), (3q), (3t), (3w), (3wm), (3y), (4), (5), (5f), (5g), (5h), (5i), (5j), (5k), (5r), (5rm), (6n), (8m), and (10) and passed through to shareholders.

AB50,1368 Section 1368. 71.365 (4m) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,722,13 71.365 (4m) (d) 2. Except as provided in s. 71.07 (7) (b) 3. and (9m) (f) 2. a., the tax credits under this chapter may not be claimed by the tax-option corporation.

AB50,1369 Section 1369. 71.45 (2) (a) 10. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,722,21 71.45 (2) (a) 10. By adding to federal taxable income the amount of credit computed under s. 71.47 (1dm) to (1dy), (3g), (3h), (3n), (3q), (3w), (3y), (5f), (5g), (5h), (5i), (5j), (5k), (5r), (5rm), (6n), (8m), and (10) and not passed through by a partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation that has added that amount to the partnership’s, limited liability company’s, or tax-option corporation’s income under s. 71.21 (4) or 71.34 (1k) (g) and the amount of credit computed under s. 71.47 (3), (3t), (4), (4m), and (5).

AB50,1370 Section 1370. 71.45 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,723,12 71.45 (4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and s. 71.80 (25), insurers computing tax under this subchapter may subtract from Wisconsin net income any Wisconsin net business loss incurred in any of the 20 immediately preceding taxable years, if the insurer was subject to taxation under this chapter in the taxable year in which the loss was incurred, to the extent not offset by Wisconsin net business income of any year between the loss year and the taxable year for which an offset is claimed and computed without regard to sub. (2) (a) 8. and 9. and this subsection and limited to the amount of net income, but no loss incurred for a taxable year before taxable year 1987 by a nonprofit service plan of sickness care under ch. 148, or dental care under s. 447.13 may be treated as a net business loss of the successor service insurer under ch. 613 operating by virtue of s. 148.03 or 447.13. For purposes of this paragraph, the dividends received deduction under s. 71.26 (3) (j) may not be used in the determination of a net business loss.

AB50,1371 Section 1371. 71.47 (3w) (a) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,723,15 71.47 (3w) (a) 2m. “Contract” means the contract between the claimant and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation under s. 238.399.

AB50,1372 Section 1372. 71.47 (3w) (a) 6. of the statutes is renumbered 71.47 (3w) (a) 6. a. and amended to read:

AB50,723,21 71.47 (3w) (a) 6. a. “Zone payroll” means the amount of state payroll that is attributable to wages paid to full-time employees based in an enterprise zone. “Zone Except as provided in subd. 6. b., “zone payroll” does not include the amount of wages paid to any full-time employees that exceeds $100,000.

AB50,1373 Section 1373. 71.47 (3w) (a) 6. b. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,724,2 71.47 (3w) (a) 6. b. For a claimant whose contract is executed after December 31, 2025, “zone payroll” does not include the amount of wages paid to any full-time employees that exceeds $151,300.

AB50,1374 Section 1374. 71.47 (3w) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,724,8 71.47 (3w) (b) Filing claims under pre-2026 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, 2026, may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.43 an amount calculated as follows:

AB50,1375 Section 1375. 71.47 (3w) (bd) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,724,13 71.47 (3w) (bd) Filing claims under post-2025 contracts; payroll. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 238.399, a claimant whose contract is executed after December 31, 2025, may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.43 an amount calculated as follows:

AB50,724,14 1. Determine the amount that is the lesser of:

AB50,724,21 a. The number of full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than $34,220 in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $45,390 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 $34,220 in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $45,390 in a tier II county or municipality and who the claimant employed in the area that comprises the enterprise zone in the base year.

AB50,725,4 b. The number of full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than $34,220 in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $45,390 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 $34,220 in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $45,390 in a tier II county or municipality and who the claimant employed in the state in the base year.

AB50,725,12 2. Determine the claimant’s average zone payroll by dividing the total wages for full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than $34,220 in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $45,390 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 $34,220 in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $45,390 in a tier II county or municipality and who the claimant employed in the enterprise zone in the taxable year.

AB50,725,15 3. For employees in a tier I county or municipality, subtract $34,220 from the amount determined under subd. 2. and for employees in a tier II county or municipality, subtract $45,390 from the amount determined under subd. 2.

AB50,725,17 4. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 3. by the amount determined under subd. 1.

AB50,725,19 5. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 4. by the percentage determined under s. 238.399, not to exceed 7 percent.

AB50,1376 Section 1376. 71.47 (3w) (bm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,726,8 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.