Tax 2.48(4)(c)(c) Management fee situs. The situs of management or service fees described in sub. (2) (a) 3. is in Wisconsin to the extent the related corporation’s employees performing the services meet one of the requirements in par. (b). Tax 2.48(4)(d)(d) Services. An individual shall be considered to be performing a service in Wisconsin during the year if the individual performs services for at least 5 days during the year. The compensation of any one employee may not be split between 2 or more states during the year; however, this does not apply if the employee is transferred or changes positions during the year. Tax 2.48(4)(e)(e) Excluded compensation. Compensation related to the operation, maintenance, protection or supervision of real or tangible and intangible personal property used in the production of nonapportionable income, and amounts paid to retired employees shall be excluded from both the numerator and the denominator of the payroll factor. Except for management or service fees paid to a related corporation, payments made to an independent contractor or any other person not properly classifiable as an employee are also excluded. Tax 2.48(4)(f)(f) Elimination of factor. In any case in which the company has no employees nor pays management or service fees to a related corporation, or in which the department determines that employees are not a substantial income producing factor, the department may order or permit the elimination of the payroll factor and the use of the arithmetical average of the other 2 factors to arrive at the Wisconsin apportionment percentage. Tax 2.48(5)(5) Traffic unit factor. The numerator shall be the total number of traffic units in Wisconsin during the tax period. The denominator shall be the total number of traffic units everywhere during the tax period. Tax 2.48 NoteNote: Pipeline companies that are in combined groups must adjust the numerator and denominator of each of these factors and then convert the arithmetical average of these factors to the modified sales factor. The modified sales factor then determines the company’s Wisconsin share of the combined group’s apportionable income. See s. 71.255 (5), Stats., and s. Tax 2.61 (7) for details. Tax 2.48 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, November, 1969, No. 167, eff. 12-1-69; am. (intro.), Register, August, 1973, No. 212, eff. 9-1-73; am. (1) (intro.), r. (1) (a), (b) and (c), r. and recr. (2), cr. (3), (4) and (5), Register, June, 1991, No. 426, eff. 7-1-91; reprinted to restore dropped copy in (3) (e), Register, March, 1999, No. 519; EmR0943: eff. 12-31-09 and CR 10-001: am. (title) and (1), cr. (2) (am) Register June 2010 No. 654, eff. 7-1-10. Tax 2.49Tax 2.49 Apportionment of apportionable income of interstate financial institutions. Tax 2.49(1)(1) Scope. A financial institution that is engaged in business both in and outside this state shall apportion its apportionable income as provided in this section, except if the financial institution is in a combined group, its Wisconsin share of the combined group’s apportionable income is computed as provided in s. 71.255 (5), Stats., and further detailed in s. Tax 2.61 (7). Nonapportionable income shall be allocated as provided in s. 71.25 (5) (b), Stats. Tax 2.49 NoteNote: A financial institution that is a corporation may be in a combined group for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2009. See s. Tax 2.61 (2) for a description of corporations required to use combined reporting. Tax 2.49(2)(a)(a) “Billing address” means the address indicated in the taxpayer’s books and records on the first day of the taxable year, or on a later date in the taxable year when the customer relationship began, to which a taxpayer under this section regularly sends any notice, statement, or bill to the taxpayer’s customer. The billing address of a customer who is a natural person means the address of that person’s domicile. Tax 2.49(2)(b)(b) “Borrower located in this state” means either of the following: Tax 2.49(2)(b)1.1. A borrower that is engaged in a trade or business and uses the loan proceeds in trade or business activities in this state. If it cannot be determined where the funds are used, “borrower located in this state” means a borrower whose billing address is in this state. Tax 2.49(2)(b)2.2. A borrower whose billing address is in this state, but is not engaged in a trade or business. Tax 2.49(2)(c)(c) “Commercial domicile” means the location from which a trade or business is principally managed and directed. If the taxpayer is organized under the laws of a foreign country, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession of the United States, “commercial domicile” shall be deemed for the purposes of this section to be the state of the United States or the District of Columbia from which the taxpayer’s trade or business in the United States is principally managed and directed. It shall be rebuttably presumed that the location from which a trade or business is principally managed and directed is the state of the United States or the District of Columbia at which the greatest number of the taxpayer’s employees work, have their office or base of operations, or are directed or controlled, as of the last day of the taxable year. Tax 2.49(2)(d)(d) “Credit card” includes a credit card, debit card, purchase card, charge card, and a travel or entertainment card. Tax 2.49(2)(dm)(dm) “Credit card bank” means an institution that is primarily engaged in credit card operations, which does not accept demand deposits or deposits that the depositor may withdraw by check or similar means for payment to third parties or others, and which does not engage in the business of making commercial loans. Tax 2.49(2)(e)(e) “Credit card issuer’s reimbursement fee” means the fee that a taxpayer receives from a merchant’s bank because a person to whom the taxpayer has issued a credit card has paid for merchandise or services sold by the merchant with the credit card. Tax 2.49(2)(f)(f) “Domicile” means a natural person’s true, fixed, and permanent home where that person intends to remain permanently and indefinitely and to which, whenever absent, that person intends to return. A natural person may have only one domicile at any time. Tax 2.49(2)(g)(g) “Financial institution” means any financial organization whether incorporated or organized under federal law or under the laws of any state or foreign country that is one of the following: Tax 2.49(2)(g)1.1. A bank holding company as defined in s. 221.0901 (2) (c), Stats., including a federal bank holding company, an in-state bank holding company, an out-of-state bank holding company, and a foreign bank holding company. Tax 2.49(2)(g)2.2. A bank as defined under 12 USC 1841 (c), including a national bank organized and existing as a national bank association pursuant to the provisions of 12 USC ch. 2 and a state bank organized and operating under ch. 221, Stats. Tax 2.49(2)(g)5.5. A savings association or federal savings bank as defined in 12 USC 1813 (b), including a savings and loan association, building and loan association, or cooperative bank, and an association as defined in s. 215.01 (1), Stats., and a savings bank as defined in s. 214.01 (1) (t), Stats. Tax 2.49(2)(g)6.6. A trust company operating as a fiduciary under ch. 223, Stats., or a corporation, limited liability company, association, partnership, business trust, or other legal entity authorized to act as a trustee, personal representative, executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, assignee, or agent or in any other fiduciary capacity for individuals and businesses in the administration of trust funds, estates, and custodial arrangements, in stock and bond transfer and registration, in fiduciary investment and estate planning, and other related services. Tax 2.49(2)(g)8.8. A safe deposit company that maintains vaults for the deposit and safe-keeping of valuables and rents compartments or boxes to customers who have exclusive access to these compartments or boxes, subject to the oversight and under the rules and regulations of the company. Tax 2.49(2)(g)9.9. A private banker including an unincorporated entity operated as a partnership that specializes in investing and managing the money of private clients. Tax 2.49(2)(g)14.14. A consumer finance company, small loan company, or a sales finance company licensed under ch. 218, Stats. Tax 2.49(2)(g)17.17. Any subsidiary of an entity described in subds. 1. to 16., if a significant purpose for the subsidiary is to hold investments or if the subsidiary primarily functions to hold investments, as provided in s. 71.25 (10) (a) 2., Stats. Tax 2.49(2)(h)(h) “Guarantor of a loan located in this state” means a guarantor whose billing address is in this state. Tax 2.49(2)(i)(i) “Investment banking services” include assisting business customers in obtaining new financing by underwriting and selling new securities issued by the customer to the public. Tax 2.49(2)(j)(j) “Loan” means any extension of credit resulting from direct negotiations between the taxpayer and its customer, or the purchase, in whole or in part, of an extension of credit from another. “Loans” include participations, syndications, and leases treated as loans for federal income tax purposes. “Loans” do not include properties treated as loans under section 595 of the Internal Revenue Code prior to its repeal by P.L. 104-188; futures or forward contracts; options; notional principal contracts such as swaps; credit card receivables, including purchased credit card relationships; non-interest bearing balances due from depository institutions; cash items in the process of collection; federal funds sold; securities purchased under agreements to resell; assets held in a trading account; securities; interests in a real estate mortgage investment conduit, or other mortgage-backed or asset-backed security; and other similar items. Tax 2.49(2)(k)(k) “Loan secured by real property” means that any of the collateral used to secure a loan or other obligation at the time the original loan or obligation was incurred or during the current taxable year is real property. A loan secured by real property includes an installment sales contract for real property. An “agricultural lien” as defined in s. 409.102 (1) (b), Stats., or a “fixture filing” as defined in s. 409.102 (1) (js), Stats., does not by itself constitute a loan secured by real property. Tax 2.49(2)(L)(L) “Loan secured by tangible personal property” means that any of the collateral used to secure a loan or other obligation, other than a loan secured by real property, at the time the original loan or obligation was incurred or during the current taxable year is tangible personal property. A loan secured by tangible personal property includes an installment sales contract for tangible personal property. Tax 2.49(2)(m)(m) “Loan servicing fees” include fees or charges for originating and processing loan applications, such as prepaid interest and loan discounts, and for collecting, tracking, and accounting for loan payments received. “Loan servicing fees” also include gross receipts from the sale of loan servicing rights. Tax 2.49(2)(n)(n) “Merchant discount” means the fee or negotiated discount that is charged to a merchant for accepting a credit card as payment for merchandise or services that are sold to the credit card holder. Tax 2.49(2)(o)(o) “Participation” means an extension of credit in which an undivided ownership interest is held on a pro rata basis in a single loan or pool of loans and related collateral. Tax 2.49 NoteNote: In a loan participation, the credit originator initially makes the loan and subsequently resells all or a portion of it to other lenders. The participation may or may not be known to the borrower.
Tax 2.49(2)(p)(p) “Person” means a natural person, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or any other business entity. Tax 2.49(2)(q)(q) “Regular place of business” means an office at which the taxpayer carries on its business in a regular and systematic manner and which is regularly maintained, occupied, or used by employees of the taxpayer. Tax 2.49(2)(r)(r) “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession of the United States. Tax 2.49(2)(s)(s) “Syndication” means an extension of credit in which 2 or more persons fund and each person is at risk only up to a specified percentage of the total extension of credit or up to a specified dollar amount. Tax 2.49(2)(t)(t) “Taxpayer” means a financial organization that is subject to apportionment under this section. Tax 2.49(3)(3) Apportionment formula computation. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005, a financial institution that is engaged in business in and outside this state shall determine its net income for state franchise or income tax purposes as provided in this section. The financial institution shall first deduct from its total net income its nonapportionable income, less related expenses. Nonapportionable income shall be allocated as provided in s. 71.25 (5) (b), Stats. The financial institution shall apportion its remaining net income to this state as follows: Tax 2.49(3)(a)(a) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005, and before January 1, 2007, apportionable income shall be apportioned using an apportionment fraction composed of a receipts factor under sub. (4) representing 60% of the fraction and a payroll factor under sub. (5) representing 40% of the fraction. Tax 2.49(3)(b)(b) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006, and before January 1, 2008, apportionable income shall be apportioned using an apportionment fraction composed of a receipts factor under sub. (4) representing 80% of the fraction and a payroll factor under sub. (5) representing 20% of the fraction. Tax 2.49(3)(c)(c) For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2008, in any case in which the financial institution has no employees nor pays management or service fees to a related entity, or in which the department determines that employees are not a substantial income producing factor, the department may order or permit the elimination of the payroll factor. Tax 2.49(3)(d)(d) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007, apportionable income shall be apportioned using an apportionment fraction composed of the receipts factor under sub. (4). Tax 2.49 NoteNote: Financial institutions that are in combined groups use the receipts factor numerator and denominator to compute the modified sales factor, which then determines the financial institution’s Wisconsin share of the combined group’s apportionable income. See s. 71.255 (5), Stats., and s. Tax 2.61 (7) for details. Tax 2.49(4)(4) Receipts factor. The receipts factor is the ratio of the taxpayer’s receipts in this state to the taxpayer’s total receipts everywhere during the taxable year. Interest, dividends, gross receipts or net gains from sales of securities held for investment purposes, and other income from investment assets may not be included in the receipts factor. The receipts factor shall include all of the following items: Tax 2.49 NoteNote: A financial institution that is a combined group member must adjust its receipts factor numerator and denominator as described in s. Tax 2.61 (7). Tax 2.49(4)(a)(a) Gross receipts from the lease of real property. The numerator of the receipts factor includes gross receipts from the lease, rental, or licensing of real property owned by the taxpayer if the real property is located in this state and gross receipts from the sublease of real property if the real property is located in this state. Tax 2.49(4)(b)(b) Gross receipts from the lease of tangible personal property. Tax 2.49(4)(b)1.1. Except as described in subd. 2., the numerator of the receipts factor includes gross receipts from the lease, rental, or licensing of tangible personal property owned by the taxpayer and the sublease of tangible personal property if the property is located in this state during the entire period of lease, rental, licensing, sublease, or other use. If the property is used in and outside this state during the period of lease, rental, licensing, or sublease, gross receipts are included in the numerator of the receipts factor to the extent that the property is used in this state. The proportion of use in this state is determined by multiplying the gross receipts from the lease, rental, licensing, sublease, or other use of the property by a fraction having as a numerator the number of days the property is in this state while leased, rented, licensed, or subleased in the taxable year and having as a denominator the total number of days that the property is leased, rented, licensed, or subleased in all states having jurisdiction to impose an income tax or franchise tax measured by net income on the taxpayer in the taxable year. Tax 2.49(4)(b)2.2. Gross receipts from the lease, rental, or licensing of moving property, including motor vehicles, rolling stock, aircraft, vessels, or mobile equipment, owned by the taxpayer and the sublease of moving property are included in the numerator of the receipts factor to the extent that the property is used in this state. The proportion of use of moving property in this state is determined as follows: Tax 2.49(4)(b)2.a.a. The proportion of use of a motor vehicle or rolling stock in this state is determined by multiplying the gross receipts from the lease, rental, licensing, or sublease of the motor vehicle or rolling stock by a fraction having as a numerator the number of miles traveled within this state by the motor vehicle or rolling stock while leased, rented, licensed, or subleased in the taxable year and having as a denominator the total number of miles traveled by the motor vehicle or rolling stock while leased, rented, licensed, or subleased in the taxable year. Tax 2.49(4)(b)2.b.b. The proportion of use of an aircraft in this state is determined by multiplying the gross receipts from the lease, rental, licensing, or sublease of the aircraft by a fraction having as a numerator the number of takeoffs and landings of the aircraft in this state while leased, rented, licensed, or subleased in the taxable year and having as a denominator the total number of takeoffs and landings of the aircraft while leased, rented, licensed, or subleased in the taxable year. Tax 2.49(4)(b)2.c.c. The proportion of use of a vessel or mobile equipment in this state is determined by multiplying the gross receipts from the lease, rental, licensing, or sublease of the vessel or mobile equipment by a fraction having as a numerator the number of days that the vessel or mobile equipment is in this state while leased, rented, licensed, or subleased in the taxable year and having as a denominator the total number of days that the vessel or mobile equipment is leased, rented, licensed, or subleased in the taxable year. Tax 2.49(4)(b)2.d.d. If the taxpayer is unable to determine the use of moving property under subd. 2. a., b., or c. while the property is leased, rented, licensed, or subleased in the taxable year, the moving property is conclusively deemed to be used in the state in which the property is located at the time that the lessee, renter, licensee, or sublessee takes possession of the property. Tax 2.49(4)(c)(c) Gross interest and other fees from loans secured by real property. Tax 2.49(4)(c)1.1. The numerator of the receipts factor includes gross interest, fees, points, charges, and penalties from loans secured by real property if the real property securing the loan is located in this state. If the real property securing the loan is located in both this state and one or more other states or foreign countries, the gross interest, fees, points, charges, and penalties shall be divided among those states or foreign countries having jurisdiction to impose an income tax or franchise tax measured by net income on the taxpayer in proportion to the fair market value of the real property securing the loan located in each state or foreign country. Tax 2.49(4)(c)2.2. The determination of whether the real property securing a loan is located in this state shall be made at the time the original agreement was made and for each subsequent taxable year. Tax 2.49(4)(d)(d) Gross interest and other fees from loans secured by tangible personal property. Tax 2.49(4)(d)1.1. The numerator of the receipts factor includes gross interest, fees, points, charges, and penalties from loans secured by tangible personal property if the tangible personal property securing the loan is located in this state as described in par. (b). If the tangible personal property securing the loan is located in both this state and one or more other states or foreign countries, the gross interest, fees, points, charges, and penalties shall be divided among those states or foreign countries having jurisdiction to impose an income tax or franchise tax measured by net income on the taxpayer in proportion to the fair market value of the tangible personal property securing the loan located in each state or foreign country. Tax 2.49(4)(d)2.2. The determination of whether the tangible personal property securing a loan is located in this state shall be made at the time the original agreement was made and for each subsequent taxable year. Tax 2.49(4)(e)(e) Gross interest and other fees from loans not secured by real or tangible personal property. The numerator of the receipts factor includes interest, fees, points, charges, and penalties from loans that are not secured by real or tangible personal property if the loan borrower is located in this state. Tax 2.49(4)(f)(f) Net gains from the sale of loans. The numerator of the receipts factor includes net gains from the sale of loans, determined as follows: Tax 2.49(4)(f)1.1. The amount of net gains, but not less than zero, from the sale of loans secured by real property located in this state. If the real property securing the loan is located in both this state and one or more other states or foreign countries, the net gain shall be divided among those states or foreign countries having jurisdiction to impose an income tax or franchise tax measured by net income on the taxpayer in proportion to the fair market value of the real property securing the loan located in each state or foreign country. Tax 2.49(4)(f)2.2. The amount of net gains, but not less than zero, from the sale of loans secured by tangible personal property located in this state as described in par. (b). If the tangible personal property securing the loan is located in both this state and one or more other states or foreign countries, the net gain shall be divided among those states or foreign countries having jurisdiction to impose an income tax or franchise tax measured by net income on the taxpayer in proportion to the fair market value of the tangible personal property securing the loan located in each state or foreign country. Tax 2.49(4)(f)3.3. The amount of net gains, but not less than zero, from the sale of loans not secured by real or tangible personal property if the loan borrower is located in this state. Tax 2.49(4)(g)(g) Gross receipts from credit card receivables. The numerator of the receipts factor includes gross interest, fees, points, charges, and penalties from credit card receivables and gross receipts from annual fees and other fees charged to credit card holders if the billing address of the credit card holder is in this state. Tax 2.49(4)(h)(h) Net gains from the sale of credit card receivables. The numerator of the receipts factor includes net gains, but not less than zero, from the sale of credit card receivables if the billing address of the credit card holder is in this state. Tax 2.49(4)(i)(i) Credit card issuer’s reimbursement fees. The numerator of the receipts factor includes the taxpayer’s credit card issuer’s reimbursement fees if the billing address of the credit card holder is in this state. Tax 2.49(4)(j)(j) Gross receipts from merchant discount. The numerator of the receipts factor includes gross receipts from merchant discount if the merchant’s trade or business is located in this state. If the merchant’s trade or business is located in and outside this state, the numerator includes only receipts from merchant discounts on sales made in this state. If the location of a sale cannot be determined, the numerator includes the merchant discount on the sale if the merchant’s commercial domicile is in this state. The receipts shall be computed net of any credit card holder charge backs but may not be reduced by any interchange transaction fees or by any issuer’s reimbursement fees paid to another for charges made by its credit card holders. Tax 2.49(4)(k)1.1. The numerator of the receipts factor includes loan servicing fees derived from loans owned by the taxpayer or another person, including servicing participations, and secured by real property located in this state. If the real property securing the loan is located in both this state and one or more other states or foreign countries, the loan servicing fees shall be divided among those states or foreign countries having jurisdiction to impose an income tax or franchise tax measured by net income on the taxpayer in proportion to the fair market value of the real property securing the loan located in each state or foreign country. If the location of the real property securing the loan cannot be determined, the numerator includes the loan servicing fees if the loan borrower or guarantor of the loan is located in this state. Tax 2.49(4)(k)2.2. The numerator of the receipts factor includes loan servicing fees derived from loans owned by the taxpayer or another person, including servicing participations, and secured by tangible personal property located in this state as described in par. (b). If the tangible personal property securing the loan is located in both this state and one or more other states or foreign countries, the loan servicing fees shall be divided among those states or foreign countries having jurisdiction to impose an income tax or franchise tax measured by net income on the taxpayer in proportion to the fair market value of the tangible personal property securing the loan located in each state or foreign country. If the location of the tangible personal property securing the loan cannot be determined, the numerator includes the loan servicing fees if the loan borrower or guarantor of the loan is located in this state.
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