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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
August 4, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives Riemer, Hebl, Brostoff, S.
Rodriguez, Doyle, Cabrera, Neubauer, Billings, Spreitzer, Snodgrass,
Conley, Ohnstad, Baldeh, Sinicki, Shankland, Anderson, Considine, Hong,
Stubbs, Goyke, Vining, Hesselbein, McGuire, Subeck, Hintz and Bowen,
cosponsored by Senators Roys, Johnson, Carpenter, Larson, Wirch, L.
Taylor and Agard. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
AB494,1,3
1An Act to amend 71.07 (9e) (aj) (intro.); and
to create 71.07 (9e) (ak) of the
2statutes;
relating to: increasing the earned income tax credit for families with
3fewer than three children.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill increases the amount that an individual with fewer than three
qualifying children may claim as the Wisconsin earned income tax credit.
Under current law, the Wisconsin EITC is equal to a percentage of the federal
EITC. The percentage is 4 percent of the federal EITC if the claimant has one
qualifying child, 11 percent if the claimant has two qualifying children, and 34
percent if the claimant has three or more qualifying children. The credit is
refundable, which means that if the credit exceeds the claimant's tax liability, he or
she will receive the difference as a refund check.
Under the bill, the percentage of the federal EITC that an eligible individual
may claim for Wisconsin purposes is 34 percent, regardless of the number of
qualifying children. The bill applies to taxable years beginning after 2020.
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:
AB494,1
1Section
1. 71.07 (9e) (aj) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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71.07
(9e) (aj) (intro.) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010,
3and before January 1, 2021, an individual may credit against the tax imposed under
4s. 71.02 an amount equal to one of the following percentages of the federal basic
5earned income credit for which the person is eligible for the taxable year under
6section 32 (b) (1)
(A) to (C) of the Internal Revenue Code:
AB494,2
7Section 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, 2020, an
9individual may credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.02 an amount equal to 34
10percent of the federal basic earned income credit for which the person is eligible for
11the taxable year under section
32 (b) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code.
