Tax 2.49(2)(c)(c) “Commercial domicile” means the location from which a trade or business is principally managed and directed. If the taxpayer is organized under the laws of a foreign country, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession of the United States, “commercial domicile” shall be deemed for the purposes of this section to be the state of the United States or the District of Columbia from which the taxpayer’s trade or business in the United States is principally managed and directed. It shall be rebuttably presumed that the location from which a trade or business is principally managed and directed is the state of the United States or the District of Columbia at which the greatest number of the taxpayer’s employees work, have their office or base of operations, or are directed or controlled, as of the last day of the taxable year.
Tax 2.49(2)(d)(d) “Credit card” includes a credit card, debit card, purchase card, charge card, and a travel or entertainment card.
Tax 2.49(2)(dm)(dm) “Credit card bank” means an institution that is primarily engaged in credit card operations, which does not accept demand deposits or deposits that the depositor may withdraw by check or similar means for payment to third parties or others, and which does not engage in the business of making commercial loans.
Tax 2.49(2)(e)(e) “Credit card issuer’s reimbursement fee” means the fee that a taxpayer receives from a merchant’s bank because a person to whom the taxpayer has issued a credit card has paid for merchandise or services sold by the merchant with the credit card.
Tax 2.49(2)(f)(f) “Domicile” means a natural person’s true, fixed, and permanent home where that person intends to remain permanently and indefinitely and to which, whenever absent, that person intends to return. A natural person may have only one domicile at any time.
Tax 2.49(2)(fm)(fm) “Engaged in business in and outside this state” has the same meaning as in s. Tax 2.39 (2) (b).
Tax 2.49(2)(g)(g) “Financial institution” means any financial organization whether incorporated or organized under federal law or under the laws of any state or foreign country that is one of the following:
Tax 2.49(2)(g)1.1. A bank holding company as defined in s. 221.0901 (2) (c), Stats., including a federal bank holding company, an in-state bank holding company, an out-of-state bank holding company, and a foreign bank holding company.
Tax 2.49(2)(g)2.2. A bank as defined under 12 USC 1841 (c), including a national bank organized and existing as a national bank association pursuant to the provisions of 12 USC ch. 2 and a state bank organized and operating under ch. 221, Stats.
Tax 2.49(2)(g)3.3. A savings and loan holding company as defined under 12 USC 1467a (1) (D) or s. 215.01 (24m), Stats.
Tax 2.49(2)(g)4.4. A savings bank holding company as defined in s. 214.01 (1) (tm), Stats.
Tax 2.49(2)(g)5.5. A savings association or federal savings bank as defined in 12 USC 1813 (b), including a savings and loan association, building and loan association, or cooperative bank, and an association as defined in s. 215.01 (1), Stats., and a savings bank as defined in s. 214.01 (1) (t), Stats.
Tax 2.49(2)(g)6.6. A trust company operating as a fiduciary under ch. 223, Stats., or a corporation, limited liability company, association, partnership, business trust, or other legal entity authorized to act as a trustee, personal representative, executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, assignee, or agent or in any other fiduciary capacity for individuals and businesses in the administration of trust funds, estates, and custodial arrangements, in stock and bond transfer and registration, in fiduciary investment and estate planning, and other related services.
Tax 2.49(2)(g)7.7. An industrial bank, industrial loan company, or similar organization as described in 12 USC 1841 (c) (2) (H).
Tax 2.49(2)(g)8.8. A safe deposit company that maintains vaults for the deposit and safe-keeping of valuables and rents compartments or boxes to customers who have exclusive access to these compartments or boxes, subject to the oversight and under the rules and regulations of the company.
Tax 2.49(2)(g)9.9. A private banker including an unincorporated entity operated as a partnership that specializes in investing and managing the money of private clients.
Tax 2.49(2)(g)10.10. Any corporation engaged in international or foreign banking that is organized under the provisions of 12 USC 611 to 633.
Tax 2.49(2)(g)11.11. Any agency or branch of a foreign depository as defined in 12 USC 3101.
Tax 2.49(2)(g)12.12. Any credit union to the extent not exempt under s. 71.26 (1) (a), Stats., and s. 186.113 (20), Stats.
Tax 2.49(2)(g)13.13. A production credit association organized under 12 USC 2071 or a land bank created under the Federal Farm Loan Act.
Tax 2.49(2)(g)14.14. A consumer finance company, small loan company, or a sales finance company licensed under ch. 218, Stats.
Tax 2.49(2)(g)15.15. A mortgage banker as defined in s. 224.71 (3), Stats.
Tax 2.49(2)(g)16.16. A credit card bank.
Tax 2.49(2)(g)17.17. Any subsidiary of an entity described in subds. 1. to 16., if a significant purpose for the subsidiary is to hold investments or if the subsidiary primarily functions to hold investments, as provided in s. 71.25 (10) (a) 2., Stats.
Tax 2.49(2)(h)(h) “Guarantor of a loan located in this state” means a guarantor whose billing address is in this state.
Tax 2.49(2)(hm)(hm) “Intangible property” has the same meaning as in s. Tax 2.39 (2) (cm).
Tax 2.49(2)(i)(i) “Investment banking services” include assisting business customers in obtaining new financing by underwriting and selling new securities issued by the customer to the public.
Tax 2.49(2)(j)(j) “Loan” means any extension of credit resulting from direct negotiations between the taxpayer and its customer, or the purchase, in whole or in part, of an extension of credit from another. “Loans” include participations, syndications, and leases treated as loans for federal income tax purposes. “Loans” do not include properties treated as loans under section 595 of the Internal Revenue Code prior to its repeal by P.L. 104-188; futures or forward contracts; options; notional principal contracts such as swaps; credit card receivables, including purchased credit card relationships; non-interest bearing balances due from depository institutions; cash items in the process of collection; federal funds sold; securities purchased under agreements to resell; assets held in a trading account; securities; interests in a real estate mortgage investment conduit, or other mortgage-backed or asset-backed security; and other similar items.
Tax 2.49(2)(k)(k) “Loan secured by real property” means that any of the collateral used to secure a loan or other obligation at the time the original loan or obligation was incurred or during the current taxable year is real property. A loan secured by real property includes an installment sales contract for real property. An “agricultural lien” as defined in s. 409.102 (1) (b), Stats., or a “fixture filing” as defined in s. 409.102 (1) (js), Stats., does not by itself constitute a loan secured by real property.