77.52(2)(a)20.
20. The sale of landscaping and lawn maintenance services including landscape planning and counseling, lawn and garden services such as planting, mowing, spraying and fertilizing and shrub and tree services.
77.52(2)(ag)
(ag) For purposes of
par. (a) 10., the following items shall be considered to have retained their character as tangible personal property, regardless of the extent to which the item is fastened to, connected with, or built into real property:
77.52(2)(ag)4.
4. Ovens, including associated hoods and exhaust systems.
77.52(2)(ag)38.
38. Recreational, sporting, gymnasium, and athletic goods and equipment including, by way of illustration but not of limitation, all of the following:
77.52(2)(ag)39.
39. Equipment in offices, business facilities, schools, and hospitals but not in residential facilities including personal residences, apartments, long-term care facilities, as defined under
s. 16.009 (1) (em), prisons, mental health institutes, as defined in
s. 51.01 (12), centers for the developmentally disabled, as defined in
s. 51.01 (3), Type 1 juvenile correctional facilities, as defined in
s. 938.02 (19), or similar facilities including, by way of illustration but not of limitation, all of the following:
77.52(2)(am)
(am) For purposes of
par. (a) 12. "cable television system" means any facility which, for a fee, regularly amplifies and transmits by wire, coaxial cable, lightwave or microwave, simultaneously to 50 or more subscribers, programs broadcast by television or radio stations or originated by themselves or any other party. "Cable television system" does not include a master antenna system which serves one residential, commercial or government building or complex of buildings under common ownership or control if that facility does not provide any broadcast signals other than those which may be viewed in that facility.
77.52(2m)(a)(a) With respect to the services subject to tax under
sub. (2), no part of the charge for the service may be deemed a sale or rental of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under
sub. (1) (b),
(c), or
(d) if the property, items, or goods transferred by the service provider are incidental to the selling, performing or furnishing of the service, except as provided in
par. (b).
77.52(2m)(b)
(b) With respect to the services subject to tax under
sub. (2) (a) 7.,
10.,
11. and
20., all property or items, property, or goods under
s. 77.52 (1) (b),
(c), or
(d) physically transferred, or transferred electronically, to the customer in conjunction with the selling, performing or furnishing of the service is a sale of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under
s. 77.52 (1) (b),
(c), or
(d) separate from the selling, performing or furnishing of the service.
77.52(2n)
(2n) The selling, licensing, performing, or furnishing of the services described under
sub. (2) (a) at retail in this state, as determined under
s. 77.522, is subject to the tax imposed under
sub. (2) unless an exemption in this subchapter applies.
77.52(3)
(3) The taxes imposed by this section may be collected from the consumer or user.
77.52(4)
(4) It is unlawful for any retailer to advertise or hold out or state to the public or to any customer, directly or indirectly, that the tax or any part thereof will be assumed or absorbed by the retailer or that it will not be added to the selling price of the property or items, property, or goods under
s. 77.52 (1) (b),
(c), or
(d) sold or that if added it, or any part thereof, will be refunded. Any person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor.
77.52(5)
(5) The department may by rule provide that the amount collected by the retailer from the consumer or user in reimbursement of the retailer's tax be displayed separately from the list price, the price advertised in the premises, the marked price, or other price on the sales check or other proof of sale.
77.52(7)
(7) Every person desiring to operate as a seller within this state who holds a valid certificate under
s. 73.03 (50) shall file with the department an application for a permit for each place of operations. Every application for a permit shall be made upon a form prescribed by the department and shall set forth the name under which the applicant intends to operate, the location of the applicant's place of operations, and the other information that the department requires. Except as provided in
sub. (7b), the application shall be signed by the owner if a sole proprietor; in the case of sellers other than sole proprietors, the application shall be signed by the person authorized to act on behalf of such sellers. A nonprofit organization that has a sales price taxable under
s. 77.54 (7m) shall obtain a seller's permit and pay taxes under this subchapter on all taxable sales prices received after it is required to obtain that permit. If that organization becomes eligible later for the exemption under
s. 77.54 (7m) except for its possession of a seller's permit, it may surrender that permit.
77.52(7b)
(7b) Any person who may register under
sub. (7) may designate an agent, as defined in
s. 77.524 (1) (ag), to register with the department under
sub. (7), in the manner prescribed by the department.
77.52(9)
(9) After compliance with
sub. (7) and
s. 77.61 (2) by the applicant, the department shall grant and issue to each applicant a separate permit for each place of operations within the state. A permit is not assignable and is valid only for the person in whose name it is issued and for the transaction of operations at the place designated in it. It shall at all times be conspicuously displayed at the place for which it was issued.
77.52(11)
(11) If any person fails to comply with any provision of this subchapter relating to the sales tax or any rule of the department relating to the sales tax adopted under this subchapter, is delinquent in respect to any tax imposed by the department or fails timely to file any return or report in respect to any tax under
ch. 71,
72,
76,
77,
78 or
139 after having been requested to file that return or report, the department upon hearing, after giving the person 10 days' notice in writing specifying the time and place of hearing and requiring the person to show cause why the permit should not be revoked or suspended, may revoke or suspend any one or more of the permits held by the person. The department shall give to the person written notice of the suspension or revocation of any of the permits. The notices required in this subsection may be served personally or by mail in the manner prescribed for service of notice of a deficiency determination. If the department suspends or revokes a permanent permit under this subsection, it may grant a temporary permit that is valid for one month and may then grant additional temporary permits if the person pays all amounts owed under this chapter for the month for which the previous temporary permit was issued. Persons who receive a temporary permit waive the notice requirement under
s. 77.61 (2). The department shall not issue a new permanent permit after the revocation of a permit unless it is satisfied that the former holder of the permit will comply with the provisions of this subchapter, the rules of the department relating to the sales tax and the provisions relating to other taxes administered by the department.
77.52(12)
(12) A person who operates as a seller in this state without a permit or after a permit has been suspended or revoked or has expired, unless the person has a temporary permit under
sub. (11), and each officer of any corporation, partnership member, limited liability company member, or other person authorized to act on behalf of a seller who so operates, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Except for a person who is registered in accordance with the agreement, as defined in
s. 77.65 (2) (a), permits shall be held only by persons actively operating as sellers of tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under
sub. (1) (b),
(c), or
(d), or taxable services. Any person not so operating shall forthwith surrender that person's permit to the department for cancellation. The department may revoke the permit of a person found not to be actively operating as a seller of tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under
sub. (1) (b),
(c), or
(d), or taxable services.
77.52(13)
(13) For the purpose of the proper administration of this section and to prevent evasion of the sales tax it shall be presumed that all receipts are subject to the tax until the contrary is established. The burden of proving that a sale of tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under
sub. (1) (b),
(c), or
(d), or services is not a taxable sale at retail is upon the person who makes the sale unless that person takes from the purchaser an electronic or a paper certificate, in a manner prescribed by the department, to the effect that the property, item, good, or service is purchased for resale or is otherwise exempt, except that no certificate is required for the sale of tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under
sub. (1) (b),
(c), or
(d), or services that are exempt under
s. 77.54 (7),
(7m),
(8),
(10),
(11),
(14),
(15),
(17),
(20n),
(21),
(22b),
(31),
(32),
(35),
(36),
(37),
(42),
(44),
(45),
(46),
(51), and
(52).
77.52(14)(a)(a) The certificate referred to in
sub. (13) relieves the seller of the tax otherwise applicable only if the seller obtains a fully completed exemption certificate, or the information required to prove the exemption, from a purchaser no later than 90 days after the date of the sale of the tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under
sub. (1) (b),
(c), or
(d), or services, except as provided in
par. (am). The certificate under
sub. (13) shall not relieve the seller of the tax otherwise applicable if the seller fraudulently fails to collect sales tax, solicits the purchaser to claim an unlawful exemption, or accepts an exemption certificate from a purchaser who claims to be an entity that is not subject to the taxes imposed under this subchapter, if the subject of the transaction sought to be covered by the exemption certificate is received by the purchaser at a location operated by the seller in this state and the exemption certificate clearly and affirmatively indicates that the claimed exemption is not available in this state. The certificate referred to in
sub. (13) shall provide information that identifies the purchaser and shall indicate the basis for the claimed exemption and a paper certificate shall be signed by the purchaser. The certificate shall be in such form as the department prescribes by rule.
77.52(14)(am)1.1. If the seller has not obtained a fully completed exemption certificate or the information required to prove the exemption, as provided in
par. (a), the seller may, no later than 120 days after the department requests that the seller substantiate the exemption, either provide proof of the exemption to the department by other means or obtain, in good faith, a fully completed exemption certificate from the purchaser.
77.52(14)(am)2.
2. An exemption certificate is received by the seller in good faith if the certificate claims an exemption for which all of the following apply:
77.52(14)(am)2.a.
a. It was an exemption authorized by law on the date of the transaction in the jurisdiction where the transaction is sourced.
77.52(14)(am)2.b.
b. It could be applicable to the property, item, good, or service being purchased.
77.52(14)(am)3.
3. If the seller obtains the information described in
subd. 2., the seller is relieved of any liability for the tax on the transaction unless it is discovered through the audit process that the seller had knowledge, or had reason to know, at the time such information was provided that the information relating to the exemption claimed was materially false or the seller otherwise knowingly participated in activity intended to purposefully evade the tax that is properly due on the transaction. In order to enforce this subdivision, the state must establish that the seller had knowledge, or had reason to know, at the time the information was provided that the information was materially false.
