SB45,700,2 71.28 (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. 71.23 an amount calculated as follows:

SB45,1331 Section 1331. 71.28 (3w) (bd) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,700,7 71.28 (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. 71.23 an amount calculated as follows:

SB45,700,8 1. Determine the amount that is the lesser of:

SB45,700,15 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.

SB45,700,21 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.

SB45,701,6 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.

SB45,701,9 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.

SB45,701,11 4. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 3. by the amount determined under subd. 1.

SB45,701,13 5. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 4. by the percentage determined under s. 238.399, not to exceed 7 percent.

SB45,1332 Section 1332. 71.28 (3w) (bm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,702,2 71.28 (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. 71.23 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.

SB45,1333 Section 1333. 71.28 (3w) (bm) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 71.28 (3w) (bm) 2. (intro.) and amended to read:

SB45,702,8 71.28 (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. 71.23 one of the following amounts:

SB45,702,20 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.

SB45,1334 Section 1334. 71.28 (3w) (bm) 2. b. of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,703,8 71.28 (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.

SB45,1335 Section 1335. 71.28 (3w) (bm) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,703,15 71.28 (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. 71.23 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.

SB45,1336 Section 1336. 71.28 (3w) (bm) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,704,2 71.28 (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. 71.23, 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.

SB45,1337 Section 1337. 71.28 (3w) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,704,14 71.28 (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.

SB45,1338 Section 1338. 71.28 (3y) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,704,22 71.28 (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 made 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.

SB45,1339 Section 1339. 71.28 (3y) (b) 7. of the statutes is created to read:

SB45,705,4 71.28 (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.

SB45,1340 Section 1340. 71.28 (4) (ad) 4. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB45,705,16 71.28 (4) (ad) 4. a. Except as provided in subds. 5. and, 6., and 7. for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014, a corporation may claim a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.23, as allocated under par. (d), an amount equal to 5.75 percent of the amount by which the corporation’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 corporation 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 corporation’s qualified research expenses for the taxable year for which the claimant claims the credit.