73.03(56)(a)(a) Promotes volunteering among the state’s financial and legal professionals in the volunteer income tax assistance program. 73.03(56)(c)(c) Assists individuals who are eligible to participate in the volunteer income tax assistance program and who reside in rural and underserved areas. 73.03(57)(57) To create, and update, a manual on the tax incremental finance program under s. 66.1105. The manual shall contain the rules relating to the program, common problems faced by cities and villages under the program, possible side effects of the use of tax incremental financing, and any other information the department determines is appropriate. The department may consult with, and solicit the views of, any interested person while preparing or updating the manual. 73.03(58)(a)(a) Notwithstanding any provision of ss. 178.1141 to 178.1145, 179.1141 to 179.1145, 180.1161, 181.1161, and 183.1041 to 183.1045, to treat, for state tax purposes, the conversion of a business entity to another form of business entity under s. 178.1141, 179.1141, 180.1161, 181.1161, or 183.1041 in the same manner as the conversion is treated for federal tax purposes. 73.03(58)(b)(b) Notwithstanding any provision of ss. 178.1121 to 178.1125, 179.1121 to 179.1125, 180.1101, 180.11012, 180.11031 to 180.1106, 181.1101 to 181.11055, and 183.1021 to 183.1025, to treat, for state tax purposes, the merger of a business entity with one or more business entities under s. 178.1121, 179.1121, 180.1101, 181.1101, or 183.1021 in the same manner as the merger is treated for federal tax purposes. 73.03(58)(c)(c) Notwithstanding any provision of ss. 178.1131 to 178.1135, 179.1131 to 179.1135, 180.1102, 180.11021, 180.11032, 180.1105, 180.1106, 181.1131 to 181.1135, and 183.1031 to 183.1035, to treat, for state tax purposes, an interest exchange under s. 178.1131, 179.1131, 180.1102, 181.1131, or 183.1031 in the same manner as the interest exchange is treated for federal tax purposes. 73.03(58)(d)(d) Notwithstanding any provision of ss. 178.1151 to 178.1155, 179.1151 to 179.1155, 180.1171 to 180.1175, 181.1171 to 181.1175, and 183.1051 to 183.1055, to treat, for state tax purposes, a domestication under s. 178.1151, 179.1151, 180.1171, 181.1171, or 183.1051 in the same manner as the domestication is treated for federal tax purposes. 73.03(60)(60) To enforce s. 945.05 (1m), in cases in which the department determines that the video gambling machine involved is likely to be used in connection with a violation of s. 945.03 (2m) or 945.04 (2m). 73.03(61)(61) To do all of the following related to the Uniform Sales and Use Tax Administration Act: 73.03(61)(c)(c) Consistent with the agreement, as defined in s. 77.65 (2) (a), establish performance standards and eligibility criteria for a seller that sells tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or taxable services in at least 5 states that are signatories to the agreement, as defined in s. 77.65 (2) (a); that has total annual sales revenue of at least $500,000,000; that has a proprietary system that calculates the amount of tax owed to each taxing jurisdiction in which the seller sells tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) or taxable services; and that has entered into a performance agreement with the states that are signatories to the agreement, as defined in s. 77.65 (2) (a). For purposes of this paragraph, “seller” includes an affiliated group of sellers using the same proprietary system to calculate the amount of tax owed in each taxing jurisdiction in which the sellers sell tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or taxable services. 73.03(61)(d)(d) Issue a tax identification number to a person who claims an exemption under subch. III or V of ch. 77 and who is not required to register with the department for the purposes of subch. III or V of ch. 77 and establish procedures for the registration of such a person. 73.03(61)(e)(e) Maintain a database that is accessible to sellers and certified service providers, as defined in s. 77.51 (1g), that indicates whether items defined in accordance with the agreement, as defined in s. 77.65 (2) (a), are taxable or nontaxable. 73.03(61)(f)(f) Maintain a database that is accessible to sellers and certified service providers, as defined in s. 77.51 (1g), and available in a downloadable format approved by the governing board of the agreement, as defined in s. 77.65 (2) (a), that indicates tax rates, taxing jurisdiction boundaries, and zip code or address assignments related to the administration of taxes imposed under subchs. III and V of ch. 77. The database shall be provided at no cost and be available to sellers and certified service providers, as defined in s. 77.51 (1g), no later than the first day of the month prior to the first day of the calendar quarter. 73.03(61)(g)(g) Set forth the information that the seller shall provide to the department for tax exemptions claimed by purchasers and establish the manner in which a seller shall provide such information to the department. 73.03(61)(h)(h) Provide monetary allowances, in addition to the retailer’s discount provided under s. 77.61 (4) (c), to certified service providers, as defined in s. 77.51 (1g), and sellers that use certified automated systems, as defined in s. 77.524 (1) (am), or proprietary systems, pursuant to the agreement, as defined in s. 77.65 (2) (a). 73.03(62)(62) To prepare and maintain a list of all persons who owe delinquent taxes, including interest, penalties, fees, and costs, to the department, in excess of $5,000, which are unpaid for more than 90 days after all appeal rights have expired; to post the names of persons from this list on the Internet at a site that is created and maintained by the department for this purpose; and to distribute the posted information to Internet search engines so the information is searchable. The Internet site shall list the name, address, type of tax due, and amount of tax due, including interest, penalties, fees, and costs for each person who has one of the delinquent taxpayer accounts, and the Internet site shall contain a special page for the persons who have the 100 largest delinquent taxpayer accounts. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the department shall update the Internet site on a quarterly basis, and shall send the updates to the Internet search engines. The department may not post on the Internet or distribute to Internet search engines the name of any person who has reached an agreement or compromise with the department, or the department of justice, under s. 71.92 and is in compliance with that agreement, regarding the payment of delinquent taxes, or the name of any person who is protected by a stay that is in effect under the Federal Bankruptcy Code; the Internet posting and Internet search engines shall be updated each business day, as defined in s. 562.01 (3m), to comply with these prohibitions. 73.03(64)(64) To post on the Internet a list of every person who has had a seller’s permit revoked under s. 77.52 (11). The Internet site shall list the real name, business name, address, revocation date, type of tax due, and amount due, including interests, penalties, fees, and costs, for each person who has had a seller’s permit revoked under s. 77.52 (11). The department shall update the Internet site periodically to add revoked permits and to remove permits that are no longer revoked or for which the permit holder has made sufficient arrangements with the department so that the permit holder may be issued a monthly seller’s permit. The department shall update the Internet site quarterly to remove revoked permits for entities that have been out of business for at least one year. 73.03(65)(a)(a) To enter into agreements with federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands in this state to collect, remit, and provide refunds of the following taxes for activities that occur on tribal lands or are undertaken by tribal members outside of tribal lands: 73.03(65)(b)(b) For purposes of this subsection, all tax and financial information disclosed during negotiations, or exchanged pursuant to a final agreement, between the department and a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state is subject to the confidentiality provisions under ss. 71.78 and 77.61 (5). 73.03(65)(c)(c) The department shall submit a copy of each agreement negotiated under this subsection to the joint committee on finance no later than 30 days after the agreement is signed by the department and the tribe or band. 73.03(67)(67) To submit a request for a supplement under s. 16.515 for administering the debt collection program under s. 71.93 (8) (b) that includes a detailed plan for implementing the program, a listing of agencies and other entities that would participate in the program, an estimate of the amount of debt collections under the program, and the fees that the debtors would pay under the program. 73.03(68)(68) At the request of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, as provided under s. 111.91 (3q), to determine the average annual percentage change in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined by the federal department of labor, for the 12 months immediately preceding the request from the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission. 73.03(69)(a)(a) To, effective on January 1, 2014, implement a program to register businesses for purposes of s. 71.05 (25) and (26). A business shall register electronically with the department each year for which the business desires registration. 73.03(69)(b)(b) A business may register under this subsection if, in the business’s taxable year ending immediately before the date of the businesses registration, all of the following apply: 73.03(69)(b)1.1. The business has at least 2 full-time employees and the amount of payroll compensation paid by the business in this state is equal to at least 50 percent of the amount of all payroll compensation paid by the business. An employee of a professional employer organization, as defined in s. 202.21 (5), or a professional employer group, as defined in s. 202.21 (4), who is performing services for a client is considered an employee solely of the client for purposes of this subdivision. 73.03(69)(b)2.2. The value of real and tangible personal property owned or rented and used by the business in this state is equal to at least 50 percent of the value of all real and tangible personal property owned or rented and used by the business. 73.03(69)(c)(c) The department may adopt rules for the administration of this subsection. 73.03(69)(d)(d) For each year beginning after December 31, 2013, the department shall compile a list of businesses registered under this subsection and shall make the list available to the public at the department’s Internet site. 73.03(71)(a)(a) To estimate the amount of additional revenue reported to the department from the taxes imposed under subch. III of ch. 77 as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision that expands the state’s authority to require out-of-state retailers and marketplace providers, as defined in s. 77.51 (7i), to collect and remit the taxes imposed under subch. III of ch. 77 on purchases by Wisconsin residents during the following periods: 73.03(71)(a)1.1. Beginning on October 1, 2018, and ending on September 30, 2019. 73.03(71)(a)2.2. Beginning on October 1, 2019, and ending on September 30, 2020. 73.03(71)(b)1.1. After the department makes the estimation under par. (a) 1., the department shall determine how much the 1st and 2nd individual income tax rates listed in each bracket under s. 71.06 may be reduced for the taxable year beginning after December 31, 2018, and before January 1, 2020, in order to decrease individual income tax revenue by the amount estimated under par. (a) 1. For purposes of this paragraph, the tax rate reductions shall be calculated so that 50 percent of the estimation under par. (a) 1. is used to reduce the 1st individual income tax rate listed in each bracket and the remaining 50 percent is used to reduce the 2nd individual income tax rate listed in each bracket. 73.03(71)(b)2.2. After the department makes the estimation under par. (a) 2., the department shall determine how much the 1st and 2nd individual income tax rates listed in each bracket under s. 71.06 may be reduced for the taxable year beginning after December 31, 2019, and before January 1, 2021, in order to decrease individual income tax revenue by the amount estimated under par. (a) 2. For purposes of this paragraph, the tax rate reductions shall be calculated so that 50 percent of the estimation under par. (a) 2. is used to reduce the 1st individual income tax rate listed in each bracket and the remaining 50 percent is used to reduce the 2nd individual income tax rate listed in each bracket. 73.03(71)(c)1.1. No later than October 20, 2019, the secretary of revenue shall certify and report the determinations made under pars. (a) 1. and (b) 1. to the secretary of the department of administration, the governor, the joint committee on finance, and the legislative audit bureau and specify with that certification and report that the new tax rates take effect for the taxable year beginning after December 31, 2018, and before January 1, 2020, subject to par. (d) 1. 73.03(71)(c)2.2. No later than October 20, 2020, the secretary of revenue shall certify and report the determinations made under pars. (a) 2. and (b) 2. to the secretary of the department of administration, the governor, the joint committee on finance, and the legislative audit bureau and specify with that certification and report that the new tax rates take effect for the taxable year beginning after December 31, 2019, and before January 1, 2021, and for each taxable year thereafter, subject to par. (d) 2. 73.03(71)(d)1.1. The legislative audit bureau shall review the determinations reported under par. (c) 1. and report its findings to the joint legislative audit committee and the joint committee on finance no later than November 1, 2019. If the legislative audit bureau’s review of the determinations reported under par. (c) 1. results in a different calculation of the tax rates than that made under par. (b) 1., the joint committee on finance shall determine which tax rates to apply to the taxable year beginning after December 31, 2018, and before January 1, 2020, and report its determination to the governor, the secretary of administration, and the secretary of revenue no later than November 10, 2019. 73.03(71)(d)2.2. The legislative audit bureau shall review the determinations reported under par. (c) 2. and report its findings to the joint legislative audit committee and the joint committee on finance no later than November 1, 2020. If the legislative audit bureau’s review of the determinations reported under par. (c) 2. results in a different calculation of the tax rates than that made under par. (b) 2., the joint committee on finance shall determine which tax rates to apply to the taxable year beginning after December 31, 2019, and before January 1, 2021, and to each taxable year thereafter, and report its determination to the governor, the secretary of administration, and the secretary of revenue no later than November 10, 2020. 73.03(72)(72) To indicate in a fiscal estimate prepared by the department under s. 13.093 (2) for a bill that affects tax incremental districts or property tax assessments whether the bill will increase or decrease the increment collection for existing tax incremental districts or whether the bill’s effect on increment collection for existing tax incremental districts is indeterminate. 73.03(73)(73) To work with the Internal Revenue Service to undertake a pilot and a permanent program that accomplishes all of the following: 73.03(73)(a)(a) Assist the department in a 2-year pilot program to make monthly payments to eligible claimants of the amounts such claimants would otherwise be eligible to claim under the federal earned income tax credit under section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code. The pilot program shall be for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018, and before January 1, 2021. If the Internal Revenue Service agrees to assist with the pilot program, the Internal Revenue Service and the department shall enter into an agreement describing the responsibilities and duties of each party. If the Internal Revenue Service and the department are unable to reach an agreement on how the pilot program will operate, this subsection does not apply and may not be enforced. 73.03(73)(b)(b) Under the pilot program, the Internal Revenue Service would determine the amount of earned income tax credit that could likely be claimed by 100 randomly selected residents of Wisconsin for taxable year 2019 and taxable year 2020, based on criteria selected by the Internal Revenue Service. The department and the Internal Revenue Service shall make every effort to ensure that each individual or married couple selected will be eligible to claim the credit for those taxable years, and that the credit amount for which he or she will likely be eligible will be in excess of $600 each year. At the beginning of each taxable year, the Internal Revenue Service would forward to the department the total amount of payments those 100 claimants would likely be eligible to claim for that taxable year, specifying the amounts allotted to each claimant. The department shall deposit such amounts in the general fund. 73.03(73)(c)1.1. The department would develop a method to disperse the federal credit amount to each claimant on a periodic basis. 73.03(73)(c)2.2. For the test group, based on the amount of federal and state earned income tax credit that each claimant would likely be eligible to receive based on his or her estimated taxable year 2019 and 2020 income tax returns, each claimant would receive one-eleventh of his or her likely federal credit amount each month except for the month following the month in which the claimant receives the credit claimed on his or her tax return, from the department, from the general fund, except that the maximum total amount that each claimant could receive under this subdivision, annually, would be two-thirds of his or her likely credit amount. Any excess amount of federal and state credit for which the claimant is eligible could be claimed for that taxable year on his or her federal income tax return, under s. 71.07 (9e), or under the terms of the agreement under par. (a). 73.03(73)(c)3.3. The department shall also establish a 2nd test group of 100 claimants who are likely to be eligible to claim the earned income tax credit for taxable years 2019 and 2020, who will receive their earned income tax credit after filing their individual income tax returns, and compare their financial stability to that of the other test group. 73.03(73)(d)(d) For taxable years 2019 and 2020, the participants in each of the 2 test groups shall remain the same, to the greatest extent possible. 73.03(73)(e)(e) The department shall develop policies and promulgate rules, if necessary, to ensure that members of each test group are able to continue to claim the credit under s. 71.07 (9e) to the extent that they are eligible to do so. 73.03(73)(f)1.1. Subject to subd. 2., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020, the department shall make the pilot program described under par. (b) permanent and applicable to all eligible claimants of the earned income tax credit under s. 71.07 (9e) (aj), based on the specifications described under pars. (b) and (c) 2. 73.03(73)(f)2.2. Subdivision 1. does not apply unless the Internal Revenue Service and the department enter into an agreement describing the responsibilities and duties of each party and an agreement on how the permanent program will operate. If the Internal Revenue Service and the department are unable to reach an agreement on how the permanent program will operate, subd. 1. does not apply and may not be enforced. 73.03(73m)(a)(a) To serve notice in any of the following ways, unless otherwise provided by law: 73.03(73m)(a)3.3. By regular mail, if the intended recipient admits receipt or there is satisfactory evidence of receipt. 73.03(73m)(a)4.4. By electronic transmission if, before the person receives the electronic transmission, the intended recipient consents to receiving such notices electronically. 73.03(73m)(b)(b) Any notice transmitted by the department under par. (a) 4. is considered to be received by the intended recipient on the date that the department electronically transmits the information to the person or electronically notifies the person that the information is available to be accessed by the person. Department records of electronic transmission shall constitute appropriate and sufficient proof of delivery and be admissible in any action or proceeding. 73.03(73m)(c)(c) For purposes of this subsection, if the intended recipient has appointed another person or entity to act on the intended recipient’s behalf as its agent under a power of attorney, then service upon the agent constitutes service upon the intended recipient. 73.03(74)(74) To provide a one-time reduction from the total tax due in a written notice by the department of an audit determination under s. 77.59 (2) equal to 10 percent of the additional sales tax imposed under s. 77.52 for each year of the audit period, if the annual gross sales of the person being audited are less than $5,000,000 for each year of the audit period and, at the time that the department sends notification of examination under s. 77.59 (2), the department has received all returns required under ch. 77 from the person being audited for the entire audit period. Each person eligible for a reduction under this subsection is entitled to only one such reduction. 73.03(75)(75) To create and maintain a web page on its Internet site to display information relating to general purpose revenues, as defined in s. 20.001 (2) (a). The information shall be presented in readily understandable formats that the department determines will provide taxpayers of this state with a useful overview of the amounts of general purpose revenue collected and the purposes for which the amounts are spent. The information shall include visual representations of data relating to the amounts of revenue collected by source and the general purposes for which the amounts are spent. The information shall also include a breakdown of the sources of general purpose revenue by year and other information the department determines is useful for taxpayers in understanding where and how the amounts collected are spent. The department may include information relating to other revenue types defined in s. 20.001 (2) if the department determines the information is useful in meeting the purpose of this subsection. The department may work with the department of administration to gather the information described in this subsection. 73.03(76)(76) To submit a report to the joint committee on finance no later than 6 months after the end of each fiscal year, beginning with the 2021-22 fiscal year and ending with the 2025-26 fiscal year, that contains information on the use of contract auditors in the unclaimed property program under ch. 177, including auditor performance results and comments and concerns from those audited regarding the contract auditors. The department shall survey those audited by contract auditors to receive comments and concerns. Before allowing any person to engage in an audit of another person’s documents or records, the administrator, as defined in s. 177.01 (1), shall post the contract or other agreement with the person on the department’s Internet site. The contract or other agreement shall remain posted on the department’s Internet site until the contract or other agreement is no longer in effect, is no longer valid, or is superseded or otherwise rescinded. The person may take no action to engage in the audit until the administrator certifies that the person will proceed, even if domiciled in another state, in accordance with Wisconsin statutes and department rules and guidance documents and the administrator concludes there is a reasonable justification for using the person to engage in the audit. The administrator shall actively monitor the person to ensure that the person, even if domiciled in another state, is acting in accordance with such statutes, rules, and guidance documents and shall immediately take corrective action, including rescinding the contract, if the administrator reasonably concludes the person is not acting in accordance with such statutes, rules, and guidance documents. 73.03(77)(77) To annually produce a comparative local government spending report from information received under s. 73.10 and to create and maintain a web page on its Internet site to display the information contained in the report. 73.03 HistoryHistory: 1971 c. 40, 215; 1973 c. 90; 1975 c. 39; 1977 c. 143; 1977 c. 196 s. 130 (7); 1977 c. 313; 1979 c. 34; 1979 c. 110 s. 60 (13); 1979 c. 221, 350; 1981 c. 20; 1981 c. 79 s. 18; 1983 a. 275 s. 15 (4); 1983 a. 524; 1983 a. 538 s. 269 (3); 1985 a. 12, 29, 273; 1987 a. 4, 27, 186; 1987 a. 312 s. 17; 1987 a. 328, 378, 399; 1989 a. 31; 1989 a. 56 s. 259; 1989 a. 74, 335; 1991 a. 39, 219, 313, 316; 1993 a. 16, 112, 205, 490; 1995 a. 27 ss. 3434g to 3440m, 9145 (1); 1995 a. 209, 233; 1997 a. 27, 35, 191, 237, 252; 1999 a. 9, 31, 185; 2001 a. 16, 44, 104, 107, 109; 2003 a. 33, 127; 2005 a. 25, 259; 2007 a. 20, 86; 2009 a. 2, 28, 180, 401; 2011 a. 10, 32, 257; 2013 a. 20, 54; 2015 a. 55, 216, 254, 295; 2017 a. 59, 270, 324, 358, 368; 2019 a. 10; 2021 a. 66, 87, 240, 258; 2023 a. 12, 73. 73.03 AnnotationThe Department of Revenue’s construction of a tax law in an official technical information memorandum estopped the department from collecting a tax. DOR v. Family Hospital, 105 Wis. 2d 250, 313 N.W.2d 828 (1982). 73.03 AnnotationThe Department of Revenue’s subpoena authority does not permit it to take possession of subpoenaed records for more than one business day; however, the department may repeatedly subpoena records until its investigation is completed. State v. Kielisch, 123 Wis. 2d 125, 365 N.W.2d 904 (Ct. App. 1985). 73.03 AnnotationThe statutory duties under subs. (3), (4), and (9) to (12) and s. 73.06 (1) to (3) are broad grants of investigative and prosecutorial authority and are not the types of activities that can be compelled by mandamus, as each of these duties requires the Department of Revenue to use discretion, even if the existence of a violation is clear. In the area of criminal and civil investigative and enforcement activities, government actors invariably employ discretion so as to make those activities not amenable to mandamus relief absent a statute compelling a specific action under a specific set of facts. Klein v. DOR, 2020 WI App 56, 394 Wis. 2d 66, 949 N.W.2d 608, 18-1133. 73.030173.0301 License denial, nonrenewal, discontinuation, suspension and revocation based on tax delinquency. 73.0301(1)(b)(b) “Credentialing board” means a board, examining board or affiliated credentialing board in the department of safety and professional services that grants a credential. 73.0301(1)(c)(c) “Liable for delinquent taxes” means that a person has exhausted all legal remedies to challenge the assertion that the person owes taxes, including penalties, interest, fees and costs, under ch. 71, 72, 76, 77, 78, 125 or 139 and sufficient time has elapsed so that the person is delinquent in the payment of those taxes.
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