71.80(16)
(16) Surety bond; nonresident contractor. 71.80(16)(a)(a) All nonresident persons, whether incorporated or not, engaging in construction contracting in this state as contractor or subcontractor and not otherwise regularly engaged in business in this state, shall file a surety bond with the department, payable to the department of revenue, to guarantee the payment of income or franchise taxes, required unemployment insurance contributions, sales and use taxes and income taxes withheld from wages of employees, together with any penalties and interest thereon. The department shall approve the form and contents of such bond. The amount of the bond shall be 3% of the contract or subcontract price on all contracts of $50,000 or more or 3% of contractor's or subcontractor's estimated cost-and-profit under a cost-plus contract of $50,000 or more. When the aggregate of 2 or more contracts in one calendar year is $50,000 or more the amount of the bond or bonds shall be 3% of the aggregate amount of such contracts. Such surety bond must be filed within 60 days after construction is begun in this state by any such contractor or subcontractor on any contract the price of which is $50,000 or more (or the estimated cost-and-profit of which is $50,000 or more), or within 60 days after construction is begun in this state on any contract for less than $50,000, when the amount of such contract, when aggregated with any other contracts, construction on which was begun in this state in the same calendar year, equals or exceeds $50,000. If the department concludes that no bond is necessary to protect the tax revenues of the state, including contributions under
ch. 108, the requirements under this subsection may be waived by the secretary of revenue or the secretary's designated departmental representative. The bond shall remain in force until the liability thereunder is released by the secretary or the secretary's designated departmental representative.
71.80(16)(b)
(b) A construction contractor required to file a surety bond under
par. (a) may, in lieu of such requirement, but subject to approval by the department, deposit with the state treasurer an amount of cash equal to the face of the bond that would otherwise be required. If an offer to deposit is made the department shall issue a certificate to the state treasurer authorizing said treasurer to accept payment of such moneys and to give his or her receipt therefor. A copy of such certificate shall be mailed to the contractor who shall, within the time fixed by the department, pay such amount to said treasurer. A copy of the receipt of the state treasurer shall be filed with the department. Upon final determination by the department of such contractor's liability for state income or franchise taxes, required unemployment insurance contributions, sales and use taxes and income taxes withheld from wages of employees, interest and penalties, by reason of such contract or contracts, the department shall certify to the state treasurer the amount of taxes, penalties and interest as finally determined, shall instruct the treasurer as to the proper distribution of such amount, and shall state the amount, if any, to be refunded to such contractor. The state treasurer shall make the payments directed by such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof. Amounts refunded to the contractor shall be without interest.
71.80(16)(c)
(c) All persons subject to this subsection shall notify the department of revenue of the completion of a construction project in this state within 30 days after such completion.
71.80(17)
(17) Tax receipts transmitted to state treasurer. Within 15 days after receipt of any income or franchise tax payments the department shall transmit the same to the state treasurer.
71.80(18)
(18) Timely filing defined. Documents and payments required or permitted by this chapter that are mailed shall be considered furnished, reported, filed or made on time, if mailed in a properly addressed envelope, with postage duly prepaid, which envelope is postmarked before midnight of the date prescribed for such furnishing, reporting, filing or making, provided such document or payment is actually received by the department or at the destination that the department or the department of administration prescribes within 5 days of such prescribed date. Documents and payments that are not mailed are timely if they are received on or before the due date by the department or at the destination that the department or the department of administration prescribes.
71.80(19)(a)(a)
Rounding amounts. With respect to any amount required to be shown on a form prescribed for any return, statement or other document required by this chapter, if the amount of such item is other than a whole dollar amount the fractional part of a dollar shall be disregarded unless it amounts to 50 cents or more, in which case the amount (determined without regard to the fractional part of a dollar) shall be increased to the next whole dollar.
71.80(19)(b)
(b)
Election not to use whole dollar amounts. Any person making a return, statement or other document required by this chapter shall be allowed to make such return, statement or other document without regard to
par. (a).
71.80(19)(c)
(c)
Inapplicability to computation of amount. Paragraph (a) does not apply to items which must be taken into account in making the computations necessary to determine the total amount required to be shown on a form, statement or other document but applies only to such final amount.
71.80(20)
(20) Magnetic media filing. If the internal revenue service requires a person to file information returns or wage statements on magnetic media or in other machine-readable form for federal income tax purposes, the person shall also file the comparable state information returns or wage statements on magnetic media or in other machine-readable form with the department of revenue for income or franchise tax purposes.
INTEREST AND PENALTIES
71.82(1)(a)(a) In assessing taxes interest shall be added to such taxes at 12% per year from the date on which such taxes if originally assessed would have become delinquent if unpaid, to the date on which such taxes when subsequently assessed will become delinquent if unpaid.
71.82(1)(b)
(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided, in crediting overpayments of income and surtaxes against underpayments or against taxes to be subsequently collected and in certifying refunds of such taxes interest shall be added at the rate of 9% per year from the date on which such taxes when assessed would have become delinquent if unpaid to the date on which such overpayment was certified for refund except that if any overpayment of tax is certified for refund within 90 days after the last date prescribed for filing the return of such tax or 90 days after the date of actual filing of the return of such tax, whichever occurs later, no interest shall be allowed on such overpayment. For purposes of this section the return of such tax shall not be deemed actually filed by an employee unless and until the employee has included the written statement required to be filed under
s. 71.65 (1). However when any part of a tax paid on an estimate of income, whether paid in connection with a tentative return or not, is refunded or credited to a taxpayer, such refund or credit shall not draw interest.
71.82(1)(c)
(c) Any assessment made as a result of the adjustment or disallowance of a claim for credit under
s. 71.07,
71.28 or
71.47 or
subch. VIII or
IX, except as provided in
sub. (2) (c), shall bear interest at 12% per year from the due date of the claim.
71.82(2)(a)(a)
Income and franchise taxes. Income and franchise taxes shall become delinquent if not paid when due under
ss. 71.03 (8),
71.24 (9) and
71.44 (4), and when delinquent shall be subject to interest at the rate of 1.5% per month until paid.
71.82(2)(b)
(b)
Department may reduce delinquent interest. The department shall provide by rule for reduction of interest under
par. (a) to 12% per year in stated instances wherein the secretary of revenue determines that reduction is fair and equitable.
71.82(2)(c)
(c)
Adjustment to credits. Any assessment made as a result of the disallowance of a claim for credit made under
s. 71.07,
71.28 or
71.47 or
subch. VIII or
IX with fraudulent intent, or of a portion of a claim made under said subchapters or sections that was excessive and was negligently prepared, shall bear interest from the due date of the claim, until refunded or paid, at the rate of 1.5% per month.
71.82(2)(d)
(d)
Withholding tax. Of the amounts required to be withheld any amount not deposited or paid over to the department within the time required shall be deemed delinquent and deposit reports or withholding reports filed after the due date shall be deemed late. Delinquent deposits or payments shall bear interest at the rate of 1.5% per month from the date deposits or payments are required under this section until deposited or paid over to the department. The department shall provide by rule for reduction of interest on delinquent deposits to 12% per year in stated instances wherein the secretary of revenue determines reduction fair and equitable. In the case of a timely filed deposit or withholding report, withheld taxes shall become delinquent if not deposited or paid over on or before the due date of the report. In the case of no report filed or a report filed late, withheld taxes shall become delinquent if not deposited or paid over by the due date of the report. In the case of an assessment under
s. 71.83 (1) (b) 2., the amount assessed shall become delinquent if not paid on or before the first day of the calendar month following the calendar month in which the assessment becomes final, but if the assessment is contested before the tax appeals commission or in the courts, it shall become delinquent on the 30th day following the date on which the order or judgment representing final determination becomes final.
71.83(1)(a)1.1. `Failure to file.' In case of failure to file any return required under
s. 71.03,
71.24 or
71.44 on the due date prescribed therefor, including any extension of time for filing, unless it is shown that the failure is due to reasonable cause and not due to wilful neglect, there shall be added to the amount required to be shown as tax on the return 5% of the amount of the tax if the failure is for not more than one month, with an additional 5% for each additional month or fraction thereof during which the failure continues, not exceeding 25% in the aggregate. For purposes of this subdivision, the amount of tax required to be shown on the return shall be reduced by the amount of any part of the tax which is paid on or before the due date prescribed for payment and by the amount of any credit against the tax which may be claimed upon the return.
71.83(1)(a)1m.
1m. `Failure to file information return.' If a person fails to file a return required under
subch. XI by the prescribed due date, including any extension, or files an incorrect or incomplete return, that person may be subject to a penalty of $10 for each violation. A penalty shall be waived if the person shows that a violation is due to reasonable cause and not due to wilful neglect.
71.83(1)(a)2.
2. `Incomplete or incorrect return.' If any person required under this chapter to file an income or franchise tax return files an incomplete or incorrect return, unless it is shown that such filing was due to good cause and not due to neglect, there shall be added to such person's tax for the taxable year 25% of the amount otherwise payable on any income subsequently discovered or reported. The amount so added shall be assessed, levied and collected in the same manner as additional normal income or franchise taxes, and shall be in addition to any other penalties imposed by this chapter. In this subdivision, "return" includes a separate return filed by a spouse with respect to a taxable year for which a joint return is filed under
s. 71.03 (2) (g) to
(L) after the filing of that separate return, and a joint return filed by the spouses with respect to a taxable year for which a separate return is filed under
s. 71.03 (2) (m) after the filing of that joint return.
71.83(1)(a)3.
3. `Incomplete or incorrect deposit or withholding report.' If any person required under
subch. X to file a deposit report or withholding report files an incomplete or incorrect report, or fails to properly withhold or fails to properly deposit or pay over withheld funds, unless it can be shown that the filing or failure was due to good cause and not due to neglect, there shall be added to the tax 25% of the amount not reported or not withheld, deposited or paid over. The amount so added shall be assessed, levied and collected in the same manner as additional income or franchise taxes, and shall be in addition to any other penalties imposed in this subchapter. "Person", in this subdivision, includes an officer or employee of a corporation or other responsible person or a member or employee of a partnership or limited liability company or other responsible person who, as such officer, employee, member or other responsible person, is under a duty to perform the act in respect to which the violation occurs.
71.83(1)(a)4.
4. `Late filing of withholding report.' In case of failure to file any withholding deposit or payment report required under
s. 71.65 (3) on the due date prescribed therefor, unless it is shown that the failure is due to reasonable cause and not due to wilful neglect, there shall be added to the amount required to be shown as withheld taxes on the report 5% of the amount if the failure is not for more than one month, with an additional 5% for each additional month or fraction thereof during which the failure continues, not exceeding 25% in the aggregate.
71.83(1)(a)5.
5. `Failure to notify.' Any employee who fails to notify the department as required by
s. 71.64 (2) (b) 2. shall be subject to a penalty of $10.
71.83(1)(a)6.
6. `Retirement plans.' Any natural person who is liable for a penalty for federal income tax purposes under section
72 (m) (5), (q), (t) and (v),
4973,
4974,
4975 or
4980A of the internal revenue code is liable for 33% of the federal penalty unless the income received is exempt from taxation under
s. 71.05 (1) (a). The penalties provided under this subdivision shall be assessed, levied and collected in the same manner as income or franchise taxes.
71.83(1)(a)7.
7. `Failure to keep records required by the department.' Any taxes assessed upon information not contained in records required by the department under
s. 71.80 (9) to be kept by any person subject to an income or franchise tax shall carry a penalty of 25% of the amount of the tax. The penalty shall be in addition to all other penalties provided in this chapter.
71.83(1)(a)8.
8. `Joint return replacing separate returns.' If the amount shown as the tax by the husband and wife on a joint return filed under
s. 71.03 (2) (g) to
(L) exceeds the sum of the amounts shown as the tax upon the separate return of each spouse and if any part of that excess is attributable to negligence or intentional disregard of this chapter, but without intent to defraud, at the time of the filing of that separate return, then 25% of the total amount of that excess shall be added to the tax.
71.83(1)(b)1.1. `Income and franchise; all persons.' With respect to calendar year 1985 or corresponding fiscal year and subsequent calendar or fiscal years, any person making an incorrect, or failing to make a, report, including a separate return filed by a spouse with respect to a taxable year for which a joint return is filed under
s. 71.03 (2) (g) to
(L) after the filing of that separate return, and including a joint return filed by the spouses with respect to a taxable year for which a separate return is filed under
s. 71.03 (2) (m) after the filing of that joint return, with intent, in either case, to defeat or evade the income or franchise tax assessment required by law, shall have added to the tax an amount equal to 100% of the tax on the entire underpayment. No amount paid under this subdivision may be deducted from gross income and assessments hereunder may be made with respect to decedents. Amounts added to the tax under this subdivision shall be treated as additional taxes for all purposes of assessment and collection. Repeated late filing of an income or franchise tax return evinces an intent to defeat or evade the income or franchise tax assessment required by law.
71.83(1)(b)2.
2. `Personal liability.' The penalties provided by this subdivision shall be paid upon notice and demand of the secretary of revenue or the secretary's designee and shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as income or franchise taxes, except that the time limits under
s. 71.77 do not apply to the assessment of personal liability under this subdivision if the corporation, other form of business association, partnership, limited liability company or sole proprietorship with which the person is associated is assessed within the time period under
s. 71.77. Any person required to withhold, account for or pay over any tax imposed by this chapter, whether exempt under
s. 71.05 (1) to
(3),
71.26 (1) or
71.45 or not, who intentionally fails to withhold such tax, or account for or pay over such tax, shall be liable to a penalty equal to the total amount of the tax, plus interest and penalties on that tax, that is not withheld, collected, accounted for or paid over. The personal liability of such person as provided in this subdivision shall survive the dissolution of the corporation or other form of business association. "Person", in this subdivision, includes an officer, employee or other responsible person of a corporation or other form of business association or a member, employee or other responsible person of a partnership, limited liability company or sole proprietorship who, as such officer, employee, member or other responsible person, is under a duty to perform the act in respect to which the violation occurs.
71.83(1)(b)3.
3. `Employees' statements.' Any person, whether exempt under
s. 71.05 (1) to
(3),
71.26 (1) or
71.45 or not, required under
s. 71.65 (1) to furnish a written statement to an employee, who furnishes a false or fraudulent statement, or who intentionally fails to furnish a statement in the manner, at the time and showing the information required under
s. 71.65 (1), or rules prescribed with respect thereto, shall, for each such failure, be subject to a penalty of $20. "Person", in this subdivision, includes an officer or employee of a corporation or other responsible person or a member or employee of a partnership or limited liability company or other responsible person who, as such officer, employee, member or other responsible person, is under a duty to perform the act in respect to which the violation occurs.
71.83(1)(b)4.
4. `Exemption documents.' Any employee who files a withholding exemption certificate, form or agreement under
s. 71.64 (2) (b) or
71.66 (1) (a),
(2) or
(3) with the intent to defeat or evade the proper withholding of tax under
subch. X shall be subject to a penalty equal to the difference between the amount required to be withheld and the amount actually withheld for the period that the incorrect certificate, form or agreement was in effect.
71.83(1)(b)5.
5. `Joint return after separate returns.' If the amount shown as the tax by the husband and wife on a joint return filed under
s. 71.03 (2) (g) to
(L) exceeds the sum of the amounts shown as the tax on the separate return of each spouse and if any part of that excess is attributable to fraud with intent to evade tax at the time of the filing of that separate return, then 50% of the total amount of that excess shall be added to the tax.
71.83(1)(b)6.
6. `Corporations.' If a corporation or limited liability company files a false declaration of complete inactivity, or, after filing a declaration, becomes activated or reactivated and fails to file timely statements and information under this chapter covering such year or years of activity or reactivity its officers or managers at the time of such filing or failure shall be jointly and severally liable for a civil penalty of $25 for such filing or each such failure, which penalty may be assessed and collected as income or franchise taxes are assessed and collected.
71.83(1)(c)
(c)
Medical savings account withdrawals. Any person who is liable for a penalty for federal income tax purposes under section
220 (f) (4) of the Internal Revenue Code is liable for a penalty equal to 33% of that penalty. The department of revenue shall assess, levy and collect the penalty under this paragraph as it assesses, levies and collects taxes under this chapter.
71.83(1)(d)
(d)
Sale of certain business assets or assets used in farming. 71.83(1)(d)1.1. If a person who purchases or otherwise receives business assets or assets used in farming, of which the gains realized by the transferor on the sale or disposition of such assets are exempt from taxation under
s. 71.05 (6) (b) 25., sells or otherwise disposes of the assets within 2 years after the person purchases or receives the assets, the person shall pay a penalty that is calculated under
subd. 2.
71.83(1)(d)2.
2. The penalty described under
subd. 1. shall be the amount of income tax that would have been imposed under
s. 71.02 on the capital gains received by the transferor in the transaction described in
subd. 1. if the exemption under
s. 71.05 (6) (b) 25. did not apply to the transaction multiplied by a fraction, the denominator of which is 24 and the numerator of which is the difference between 24 and the number of months between the date on which the person who is liable for the penalty purchased or otherwise received the assets described in
subd. 1. and the month in which the person sells or otherwise disposes of the assets.
71.83(1)(d)3.
3. The department of revenue shall assess, levy and collect the penalty under this paragraph as it assesses, levies and collects taxes under this chapter.
71.83(2)(a)1.1. `All persons.' If any person, including an officer of a corporation or a manager of a limited liability company required by law to make, render, sign or verify any return, wilfully fails or refuses to make a return at the time required in
s. 71.03,
71.24 or
71.44 or wilfully fails or refuses to make deposits or payments as required by
s. 71.65 (3) or wilfully renders a false or fraudulent statement required by
s. 71.65 (1) and
(2) or deposit report or withholding report required by
s. 71.65 (3), such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not to exceed 9 months or both, together with the cost of prosecution.
71.83(2)(a)2.
2. `Penalties for certain false documents.' Any person who wilfully makes and subscribes any return, claim, statement or other document required by this chapter that that person does not believe to be true and correct as to every material matter or who wilfully aids in, procures, counsels or advises the preparation of any return, claim, statement or other document that is false or fraudulent as to any material matter related to, or required by, this chapter may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both, together with the cost of prosecution.
71.83(2)(a)3.
3. `Divulging information.' Any person who violates
s. 71.78 shall upon conviction be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 or imprisoned for not less than one month nor more than 6 months or both.
71.83(2)(a)3m.
3m. `Browsing in records.' Any person who violates
s. 71.78 (1m) (a) shall upon conviction be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 or imprisoned for not less than one month nor more than 6 months or both.
71.83(2)(a)4.
4. `Coercing employee to prepay taxes.' Any employer found guilty of violating
s. 71.09 (15) (d) may be fined not less than $25 nor more than $200 for each violation.
71.83(2)(a)5.
5. `False withholding agreement.' Any employee who wilfully supplies an employer with false or fraudulent information regarding an agreement with the intent to defeat or evade the proper withholding of tax under
subch. X may be imprisoned for not more than 6 months or fined not more than $500, plus the costs of prosecution, or both.
71.83(2)(a)6.
6. `Construction contractor surety bond.' Any person who fails or refuses to comply with
s. 71.80 (16) shall be fined not less than $300 nor more than $5,000.
71.83(2)(b)1.1. `False income tax return; fraud.' Any person, other than a corporation or limited liability company, who renders a false or fraudulent income tax return with intent to defeat or evade any assessment required by this chapter shall be guilty of a felony and may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 7 years and 6 months or both, together with the cost of prosecution. In this subdivision, "return" includes a separate return filed by a spouse with respect to a taxable year for which a joint return is filed under
s. 71.03 (2) (g) to
(L) after the filing of that separate return, and a joint return filed by the spouses with respect to a taxable year for which a separate return is filed under
s. 71.03 (2) (m) after the filing of that joint return.
71.83(2)(b)2.
2. `Officer of a corporation; false franchise or income tax return.' Any officer of a corporation or manager of a limited liability company required by law to make, render, sign or verify any franchise or income tax return, who makes any false or fraudulent franchise or income tax return, with intent to defeat or evade any assessment required by this chapter shall be guilty of a felony and may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 7 years and 6 months or both, together with the cost of prosecution.
71.83(2)(b)3.
3. `Evasion.' Any person who removes, deposits or conceals or aids in removing, depositing or concealing any property upon which a levy is authorized with intent to evade or defeat the assessment or collection of any tax administered by the department may be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than 4 years and 6 months or both, together with the costs of prosecution.
71.83(2)(b)4.
4. `Fraudulent claim for credit.' The claimant who filed a claim for credit under
s. 71.07,
71.28 or
71.47 or
subch. VIII or
IX that is false or excessive and was filed with fraudulent intent and any person who assisted in the preparation or filing of the false or excessive claim or supplied information upon which the false or excessive claim was prepared, with fraudulent intent, may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 7 years and 6 months or both, together with the cost of prosecution.
71.83(3)
(3) Late filing fees. If any person required under this chapter to file an income or franchise tax return fails to file a return within the time prescribed by law, or as extended under
s. 71.03 (7),
71.24 (7) or
71.44 (3), unless the return is filed under such an extension but the person fails to file a copy of the extension that is granted by or requested of the internal revenue service, the department shall add to the tax of the person $30 in the case of corporations and in the case of persons other than corporations $2 when the total normal income tax of the person is less than $10, $3 when the tax is $10 or more but less than $20, $5 when the tax is $20 or more, except that $30 shall be added to the tax if the return is 60 or more days late. If no tax is assessed against any such person the amount of this fee shall be collected as income or franchise taxes are collected. If any person who is required under
s. 71.65 (3) to file a withholding report and deposit withheld taxes fails timely to do so; unless the person so required dies or the failure is due to a reasonable cause and not due to neglect; the department of revenue shall add $30 to the amount due.
71.83(4)
(4) Sales and use tax reporting. This section does not apply to the failure to report, or the incomplete or incorrect reporting of, sales and use taxes due under
subch. III of ch. 77 on any return filed under this chapter.
71.83 History
History: 1987 a. 312;
1989 a. 31,
90;
1991 a. 39,
190,
269,
315;
1993 a. 16,
112,
213;
1995 a. 428,
453;
1997 a. 27,
237,
283,
323;
1999 a. 32.
71.84
71.84
Addition to the tax. 71.84(1)(1)
Individuals and fiduciaries. Except as provided in
s. 71.09 (11), in the case of any underpayment of estimated tax by an individual, estate or trust, except as provided under
s. 71.09, there shall be added to the aggregate tax for the taxable year interest at the rate of 12% per year on the amount of the underpayment for the period of the underpayment. In this subsection, "the period of the underpayment" means the time period from the due date of the instalment until either the 15th day of the 4th month beginning after the end of the taxable year or the date of payment, whichever is earlier.
71.84(2)(a)(a) Except as provided in
s. 71.29 (7), in the case of any underpayment of estimated tax under
s. 71.29 or
71.48 there shall be added to the aggregate tax for the taxable year interest at the rate of 12% per year on the amount of the underpayment for the period of the underpayment. For corporations, except as provided in
par. (b), "period of the underpayment" means the time period from the due date of the instalment until either the 15th day of the 3rd month beginning after the end of the taxable year or the date of payment, whichever is earlier. If 90% of the tax shown on the return is not paid by the 15th day of the 3rd month following the close of the taxable year, the difference between that amount and the estimated taxes paid, along with any interest due, shall accrue delinquent interest under
s. 71.91 (1) (a).
71.84(2)(b)
(b) For corporations that are subject to a tax under this chapter on unrelated business taxable income, as defined under section
512 of the internal revenue code, and virtually exempt entities, "period of the underpayment" means the time period from the due date of the instalment until either the 15th day of the 5th month beginning after the end of the taxable year or the date of payment, whichever is earlier. If 90% of the tax shown on the return is not paid by the 15th day of the 5th month following the close of the taxable year, the difference between that amount and the estimated taxes paid along with any interest due, shall accrue delinquent interest under
s. 71.91 (1) (a).
71.84(2)(c)
(c) If a refund under
s. 71.29 (3m) results in an income or franchise tax liability that is greater than the amount of estimated taxes paid in reduced by the amount of the refund, the taxpayer shall add to the aggregate tax for the taxable year interest at an annual rate of 12% on the amount of the unpaid tax liability for the period beginning on the date the refund is issued and ending on the 15th day of the 3rd month beginning after the end of the taxable year, or the date the tax liability is paid, whichever is earlier.
71.85
71.85
General provisions. 71.85(2)
(2) Prosecutions by attorney general. The attorney general is authorized, upon request of the secretary of revenue, to represent the state or to assist the district attorney in the prosecution of any case arising under
s. 71.83 (2) (a) 1. or
(2) (b) 1. or
2.
71.85(3)
(3) Abatement of interest and penalties. No penalty or interest that has been imposed under this subchapter on a taxpayer who is eligible for the exemption under:
71.85(3)(a)
(a) Section 71.05 (6) (b) 13. or
14. may continue to accrue while the taxpayer is in the Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert Storm theater of operations and for 180 days after the taxpayer leaves the Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert Storm theater of operations.
APPEALS
71.87
71.87
Definition. In this subchapter, "person feeling aggrieved" and "person aggrieved" include the spouse of a person against whom an additional assessment was made or who was denied a claim for refund for a taxable year for which a separate return was filed and include either spouse for a taxable year for which a joint return was filed or, if no return was filed, a joint return could have been filed.
71.87 History
History: 1987 a. 312.
71.88
71.88
Time for filing an appeal. 71.88(1)
(1)
Appeal to the department of revenue. 71.88(1)(a)(a)
Contested assessments and claims for refund. Except for refunds set off under
s. 71.93 in respect to which appeal is to the agency to which the debt is owed, except for refunds set off under
s. 71.935 in respect to which an appeal is held under procedures that the department of revenue establishes and except for refunds set off under
s. 49.855 in respect to which a hearing is held before the circuit court, any person feeling aggrieved by a notice of additional assessment, refund, or notice of denial of refund may, within 60 days after receipt of the notice, petition the department of revenue for redetermination. A petition or an appeal by one spouse is a petition or an appeal by both spouses. The department shall make a redetermination on the petition within 6 months after it is filed.
71.88(1)(b)
(b)
Contested adjustments to credits. Any person feeling aggrieved by the determination made by the department to adjust a credit claimed under
s. 71.07,
71.28 or
71.47 or
subch. VIII or
IX may, within 60 days after receipt, petition the department for redetermination. The department shall make a redetermination on the petition within 6 months after it is filed and notify the claimant under
s. 71.74 (11). If no timely petition for redetermination is filed with the department, its determination shall be final and conclusive.
71.88(2)
(2) Appeal to the Wisconsin tax appeals commission. 71.88(2)(a)(a) Appeal of the department's redetermination of assessments and claims for refund. A person feeling aggrieved by the department's redetermination may appeal to the tax appeals commission by filing a petition with the clerk of the commission as provided by law and the rules of practice promulgated by the commission. If a petition is not filed with the commission within the time provided in
s. 73.01 or, except as provided in
s. 71.75 (5), if no petition for redetermination is made within the time provided the assessment, refund, or denial of refund shall be final and conclusive.
