AB50: Bill Text

AB50,662,19 71.06 (1r) Fiduciaries, single individuals, and heads of households; after 2024. The tax to be assessed, levied, and collected upon the taxable incomes of all fiduciaries, except fiduciaries of nuclear decommissioning trust or reserve funds, and single individuals and heads of households shall be computed at the following rates for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024:

AB50,662,20 (a) On all taxable income from $0 to $7,500, 3.5 percent.

AB50,662,22 (b) On all taxable income exceeding $7,500 but not exceeding $15,000, 4.40 percent.

AB50,662,24 (c) On all taxable income exceeding $15,000 but not exceeding $225,000, 5.3 percent.

AB50,663,2 (d) On all taxable income exceeding $225,000 but not exceeding $1,000,000, 7.65 percent.

AB50,663,3 (e) On all taxable income exceeding $1,000,000, 9.80 percent.

AB50,1255 Section 1255. 71.06 (2) (i) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,663,6 71.06 (2) (i) (intro.) For joint returns, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, and before January 1, 2025:

AB50,1256 Section 1256. 71.06 (2) (j) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,663,9 71.06 (2) (j) (intro.) For married persons filing separately, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, and before January 1, 2025:

AB50,1257 Section 1257. 71.06 (2) (k) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,663,12 71.06 (2) (k) For joint returns, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024:

AB50,663,13 1. On all taxable income from $0 to $10,000, 3.5 percent.

AB50,663,15 2. On all taxable income exceeding $10,000 but not exceeding $20,000, 4.40 percent.

AB50,663,17 3. On all taxable income exceeding $20,000 but not exceeding $300,000, 5.3 percent.

AB50,663,19 4. On all taxable income exceeding $300,000 but not exceeding $1,000,000, 7.65 percent.

AB50,663,20 5. On all taxable income exceeding $1,000,000, 9.80 percent.

AB50,1258 Section 1258. 71.06 (2) (L) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,663,23 71.06 (2) (L) For married persons filing separately, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024:

AB50,664,1 1. On all taxable income from $0 to $5,000, 3.5 percent.

AB50,664,3 2. On all taxable income exceeding $5,000 but not exceeding $10,000, 4.40 percent.

AB50,664,5 3. On all taxable income exceeding $10,000 but not exceeding $150,000, 5.3 percent.

AB50,664,7 4. On all taxable income exceeding $150,000 but not exceeding $500,000, 7.65 percent.

AB50,664,8 5. On all taxable income exceeding $500,000, 9.80 percent.

AB50,1259 Section 1259. 71.06 (2e) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,665,7 71.06 (2e) (a) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 1998, and before January 1, 2000, the maximum dollar amount in each tax bracket, and the corresponding minimum dollar amount in the next bracket, under subs. (1m) and (2) (c) and (d), and for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999, and before January 1, 2025, the maximum dollar amount in each tax bracket, and the corresponding minimum dollar amount in the next bracket, under subs. (1n), (1p) (a) to (c), (1q) (a) and (b), and (2) (e), (f), (g) 1. to 3., (h) 1. to 3., (i) 1. and 2., and (j) 1. and 2., shall be increased each year by a percentage equal to the percentage change between the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the previous year and the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August 1997, as determined by the federal department of labor, except that for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000, and before January 1, 2002, the dollar amount in the top bracket under subs. (1p) (c) and (d), (2) (g) 3. and 4. and (h) 3. and 4. shall be increased by a percentage equal to the percentage change between the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the previous year and the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August 1999, as determined by the federal department of labor, except that for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011, the adjustment may occur only if the resulting amount is greater than the corresponding amount that was calculated for the previous year.

AB50,1260 Section 1260. 71.06 (2e) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,665,20 71.06 (2e) (b) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2025, the maximum dollar amount in each tax bracket, and the corresponding minimum dollar amount in the next bracket, under subs. (1p) (d), (1q) (c), and (2) (g) 4., (h) 4., (i) 3., and (j) 3., and the dollar amount in the top bracket under subs. (1p) (e), (1q) (d), and (2) (g) 5., (h) 5., (i) 4., and (j) 4., shall be increased each year by a percentage equal to the percentage change between the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the previous year and the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August 2008, as determined by the federal department of labor, except that for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011, the adjustment may occur only if the resulting amount is greater than the corresponding amount that was calculated for the previous year.

AB50,1261 Section 1261. 71.06 (2e) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,666,10 71.06 (2e) (bg) 1. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, the maximum dollar amount in each tax bracket under subs. (1r) (a) and (b) and (2) (k) 1. and 2. and (L) 1. and 2., and the corresponding minimum dollar amount in the next tax bracket under subs. (1r) (b) and (c) and (2) (k) 2. and 3. and (L) 2. and 3. shall be increased each year by a percentage equal to the percentage change between the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the previous year and the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August 1997, as determined by the federal department of labor, except that for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, the adjustment may occur only if the resulting amount is greater than the corresponding amount that was calculated for the previous year.

AB50,666,20 2. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, the maximum dollar amount in each tax bracket under subs. (1r) (c) and (2) (k) 3. and (L) 3., and the corresponding minimum dollar amount in the next tax bracket under subs. (1r) (d) and (2) (k) 4. and (L) 4. shall be increased each year by a percentage equal to the percentage change between the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the previous year and the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August 2008, as determined by the federal department of labor, except that the adjustment may occur only if the resulting amount is greater than the corresponding amount that was calculated for the previous year.

AB50,667,7 3. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025, the maximum dollar amount in the tax bracket under subs. (1r) (d) and (2) (k) 4. and (L) 4. and the corresponding dollar amount in the top bracket under subs. (1r) (e) and (2) (k) 5. and (L) 5. shall be increased each year by a percentage equal to the percentage change between the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the previous year and the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August 2024, as determined by the federal department of labor, except that the adjustment may occur only if the resulting amount is greater than the corresponding amount that was calculated for the previous year.

AB50,1262 Section 1262. 71.06 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,667,12 71.06 (2m) Rate changes. If a rate under sub. (1), (1m), (1n), (1p), (1q), (1r), or (2) changes during a taxable year, the taxpayer shall compute the tax for that taxable year by the methods applicable to the federal income tax under section 15 of the Internal Revenue Code.

AB50,1263 Section 1263. 71.06 (2s) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,668,4 71.06 (2s) (d) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000, with respect to nonresident individuals, including individuals changing their domicile into or from this state, the tax brackets under subs. (1p), (1q), (1r), and (2) (g), (h), (i), and (j), (k), and (L) shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is Wisconsin adjusted gross income and the denominator of which is federal adjusted gross income. In this paragraph, for married persons filing separately “adjusted gross income” means the separate adjusted gross income of each spouse, and for married persons filing jointly “adjusted gross income” means the total adjusted gross income of both spouses. If an individual and that individual’s spouse are not both domiciled in this state during the entire taxable year, the tax brackets under subs. (1p), (1q), (1r), and (2) (g), (h), (i), and (j), (k), and (L) on a joint return shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is their joint Wisconsin adjusted gross income and the denominator of which is their joint federal adjusted gross income.

AB50,1264 Section 1264. 71.07 (3w) (a) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,668,7 71.07 (3w) (a) 2m. “Contract” means the contract between the claimant and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation under s. 238.399.

AB50,1265 Section 1265. 71.07 (3w) (a) 6. of the statutes is renumbered 71.07 (3w) (a) 6. a. and amended to read:

AB50,668,13 71.07 (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.

AB50,1266 Section 1266. 71.07 (3w) (a) 6. b. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,668,17 71.07 (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.

AB50,1267 Section 1267. 71.07 (3w) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,668,23 71.07 (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. 71.02 or 71.08 an amount calculated as follows:

AB50,1268 Section 1268. 71.07 (3w) (bd) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,669,5 71.07 (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. 71.02 an amount calculated as follows:

AB50,669,6 1. Determine the amount that is the lesser of:

AB50,669,13 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.

AB50,669,19 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.

AB50,670,4 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.

AB50,670,7 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.

AB50,670,9 4. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 3. by the amount determined under subd. 1.

AB50,670,11 5. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 4. by the percentage determined under s. 238.399, not to exceed 7 percent.

AB50,1269 Section 1269. 71.07 (3w) (bm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,670,23 71.07 (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. 71.02 or 71.08 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.

AB50,1270 Section 1270. 71.07 (3w) (bm) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 71.07 (3w) (bm) 2. (intro.) and amended to read:

AB50,671,6 71.07 (3w) (bm) 2. (intro.) In addition to the credits under par. pars. (b) and (bd) and subds. 1., 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. 71.02 or 71.08 one of the following amounts:

AB50,671,18 a. For a claimant whose contract is executed prior to January 1, 2026, an amount equal to the percentage, as determined under s. 238.399 or s. 560.799, 2009 stats., not to exceed 7 percent, of the claimant’s zone payroll paid in the taxable year to all of the claimant’s full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage in a tier I county or municipality, not including the wages paid to the employees determined under par. (b) 1., or greater than $30,000 in a tier II county or municipality, not including the wages paid to the employees determined under par. (b) 1., and who the claimant employed in the enterprise zone in the taxable year, if the total number of such employees is equal to or greater than the total number of such employees in the base year. A claimant may claim a credit under this subdivision for no more than 5 consecutive taxable years.

AB50,1271 Section 1271. 71.07 (3w) (bm) 2. b. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,672,6 71.07 (3w) (bm) 2. b. For a claimant whose contract is executed after December 31, 2025, an amount equal to the percentage, as determined under s. 238.399, not to exceed 7 percent, of the claimant’s zone payroll paid in the taxable year to all of the claimant’s full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than $34,220 in a tier I county or municipality, not including the wages paid to the employees determined under par. (bd) 1., or greater than $45,390 in a tier II county or municipality, not including the wages paid to the employees determined under par. (bd) 1., and who the claimant employed in the enterprise zone in the taxable year, if the total number of such employees is equal to or greater than the total number of such employees in the base year.

AB50,1272 Section 1272. 71.07 (3w) (bm) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,672,13 71.07 (3w) (bm) 3. In addition to the credits under par. pars. (b) and (bd) and subds. 1., 2., and 4., and subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 238.399 or s. 560.799, 2009 stats., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.02 or 71.08 up to 10 percent of the claimant’s significant capital expenditures, as determined under s. 238.399 (5m) or s. 560.799 (5m), 2009 stats.

AB50,1273 Section 1273. 71.07 (3w) (bm) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,672,23 71.07 (3w) (bm) 4. In addition to the credits under par. pars. (b) and (bd) and subds. 1., 2., and 3., and subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 238.399 or s. 560.799, 2009 stats., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.02 or 71.08, up to 1 percent of the amount that the claimant paid in the taxable year to purchase tangible personal property, items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or services from Wisconsin vendors, as determined under s. 238.399 (5) (e) or s. 560.799 (5) (e), 2009 stats., except that the claimant may not claim the credit under this subdivision and subd. 3. for the same expenditures.

AB50,1274 Section 1274. 71.07 (3w) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,673,12 71.07 (3w) (cm) Inflation adjustments. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026, the dollar amounts in pars. (a) 6. b., (bd) 1. a. and b., 2., and 3., and (bm) 2. b. shall be increased each year by a percentage equal to the percentage change between the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the previous year and the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the year before the previous year, as determined by the federal department of labor. Each amount that is revised under this paragraph shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $10 if the revised amount is not a multiple of $10 or, if the revised amount is a multiple of $5, such an amount shall be increased to the next higher multiple of $10.

AB50,1275 Section 1275. 71.07 (3y) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,673,20 71.07 (3y) (b) 6. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023, and before January 1, 2025, the amount of the investment in workforce housing, as defined in s. 234.66 (1) (i), for employees, not to exceed 15 percent of such investment, and, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023, the amount of the investment in establishing an employee child care program for employees, not to exceed 15 percent of such investment, as determined by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

AB50,1276 Section 1276. 71.07 (3y) (b) 7. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,674,2 71.07 (3y) (b) 7. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, the amount of the investment in workforce housing, as defined in s. 234.66 (1) (i), for employees, including contributions made by the person to a 3rd party responsible for building or rehabilitating workforce housing, including contributions made to a local revolving loan fund program, not to exceed 15 percent of such investment.

AB50,1277 Section 1277. 71.07 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,674,6 71.07 (4) Homestead credit Property tax and rent rebate. The homestead credit property tax and rent rebate under subch. VIII may be claimed by individuals against taxes otherwise due.

AB50,1278 Section 1278. 71.07 (4k) (b) 4. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,674,22 71.07 (4k) (b) 4. a. Except as provided in subds. 5. and, 6., and 7., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014, 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. 71.02, as allocated under par. (d), an amount equal to 5.75 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 2.875 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.

AB50,1279 Section 1279. 71.07 (4k) (b) 7. of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,675,13 71.07 (4k) (b) 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. 71.02, 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.

AB50,675,21 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. (2dx). Section 41 (f) (1), (2), (5), and (6) and (h) of the Internal Revenue Code does not apply to the credit under this subdivision.

AB50,1280 Section 1280. 71.07 (4k) (e) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,676,3 71.07 (4k) (e) 2. (intro.) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, s. 71.28 (4) (b) to (e), (g), and (h), as it applies to the credit under s. 71.28 (4), applies to the credits under this subsection. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, if the allowable amount of the claim under par. (b) 4., 5., or 6., or 7. exceeds the tax otherwise due under s. 71.02 or 71.08, all of the following apply:

AB50,1281 Section 1281. 71.07 (4k) (e) 2. ad. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB50,676,10 71.07 (4k) (e) 2. ad. 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. (b) 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).

AB50,1282 Section 1282. 71.07 (5f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB50,676,13 71.07 (5f) Film production services credit. (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

AB50,676,20 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:

AB50,676,22 a. News, current events, or public programming or a program that includes weather or market reports.

AB50,676,23 b. A talk show.

AB50,676,24 c. A production with respect to a questionnaire or contest.

AB50,677,1 d. A sports event or sports activity.

AB50,677,2 e. A gala presentation or awards show.