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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
October 14, 2019 - Introduced by Representatives Riemer, Hebl, Brostoff,
Anderson, Shankland, Pope, Milroy, Kolste, Doyle, Sinicki, Considine,
Ohnstad, Spreitzer, Sargent, Subeck, Neubauer, Hesselbein, C. Taylor and
Billings, cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Miller, Johnson, Wirch,
Larson
and Smith. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
AB537,1,2
1An Act to amend 71.07 (9e) (aj) (intro.); and
to create 71.07 (9e) (ak) of the
2statutes;
relating to: changing the rate of the earned income tax credit.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, for taxable years beginning after 2019, an individual who is
eligible to claim the federal Earned Income Tax Credit may claim as a credit against
Wisconsin taxes due 34 percent of the amount that the taxpayer may claim under the
federal credit, regardless of the number of children the individual has. Currently,
the percentage of the federal EITC that an individual may claim for Wisconsin
purposes is 4 percent of the EITC if the claimant has one qualifying child with the
same principal place of abode, 11 percent if the claimant has two such qualifying
children, and 34 percent if the claimant has three or more such qualifying children.
The credit is refundable, which means that, if the amount of credit due the claimant
exceeds his or her tax liability, the difference is refunded to the claimant by check.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB537,1
3Section
1. 71.07 (9e) (aj) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB537,2,34
71.07
(9e) (aj) (intro.) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010,
5and before January 1, 2020, an individual may credit against the tax imposed under
1s. 71.02 an amount equal to one of the following percentages of the federal basic
2earned income credit for which the person is eligible for the taxable year under
3section
32 (b) (1) (A) to (C) of the Internal Revenue Code:
AB537,2
4Section 2
. 71.07 (9e) (ak) of the statutes is created to read:
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71.07
(9e) (ak) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019, an
6individual may credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.02 an amount equal to 34
7percent of the federal basic earned income credit for which the person is eligible for
8the taxable year under section
32 (b) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code.
