AB75-ASA1,1008,2017
77.54
(9a) (a) This state or any agency thereof, the University of Wisconsin
18Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Health
19Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority,
the Wisconsin Quality Home Care
20Authority, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority.
AB75-ASA1,1008,2322
77.54
(9a) (ed) Any federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this
23state.
AB75-ASA1,1008,2525
77.54
(9a) (er) Any transit authority created under s. 66.1039.
AB75-ASA1,1009,133
77.54
(18) When the sale
, license, lease, or rental of a service or property,
4including items, property, and goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), and (d), that was
5previously exempt or not taxable under this subchapter becomes taxable, and the
6service or property is furnished under a written contract by which the seller is
7unconditionally obligated to provide the service or property for the amount fixed
8under the contract, the seller is exempt from sales or use tax on the sales price for
9services or property provided until the contract is terminated, extended, renewed or
10modified. However, from the time the service or property becomes taxable until the
11contract is terminated, extended, renewed or modified the user is subject to use tax,
12measured by the purchase price, on the service or property purchased under the
13contract.
AB75-ASA1,1009,2016
77.54
(23m) The sales price from the sale
, license, lease or rental of or the
17storage, use or other consumption of motion picture film or tape, and motion pictures
18or radio or television programs for listening, viewing, or broadcast, and advertising
19materials related thereto, sold
, licensed, leased or rented to a motion picture theater
20or radio or television station.
AB75-ASA1,1009,2322
77.54
(30) (a) 6. Fuel and electricity consumed in manufacturing tangible
23personal property
, or items or property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) or (c), in this state.
AB75-ASA1,1010,5
177.54
(30) (a) 7. Fuel sold for use in motorboats that are regularly employed
2in carrying persons for hire for sport fishing in and upon the outlying waters, as
3defined in s. 29.001 (63), and the rivers and tributaries specified in s. 29.2285 (2) (a)
41. and 2., if the owner and all operators are licensed under s. 29.514 to operate the
5boat for that purpose.
AB75-ASA1,1010,118
77.54
(35) The sales price from the sales of tangible personal property, or items
, 9or property
, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b)
, or (c),
or (d), tickets, or admissions by any
10baseball team affiliated with the Wisconsin Department of American Legion
11baseball.
AB75-ASA1,1011,314
77.54
(49) The sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other
15consumption of taxable services and tangible personal property or items
, or property
,
16or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b)
, or (c),
or (d), that are physically transferred to the
17purchaser as a necessary part of services that are subject to the taxes imposed under
18s. 77.52 (2) (a) 7., 10., 11., and 20., if the seller and the purchaser of such services and
19property
, or item
, or good are members of the same affiliated group under section
201504 of the Internal Revenue Code and are eligible to file a single consolidated return
21for federal income tax purposes. For purposes of this subsection, if a seller purchases
22a taxable service, or item
, or property
, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b)
,
or (c),
or (d), or
23tangible personal property, as described in this subsection, that is subsequently sold
24to a member of the seller's affiliated group and the sale is exempt under this
25subsection from the taxes imposed under this subchapter, the original purchase of
1the taxable service, or item
, or property
, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b)
, or (c),
or (d), 2or tangible personal property by the seller is not considered a sale for resale or
3exempt under this subsection.
AB75-ASA1,1011,106
77.54
(50) The sales price from the sale
, license, lease, or rental of and the
7storage, use, or other consumption of specified digital goods or additional digital
8goods, if the sale
, license, lease, or rental of and the storage, use, or other
9consumption of such goods sold in a tangible form is exempt from
, or not subject to, 10taxation under this subchapter.
AB75-ASA1,1011,1713
77.54
(54) The sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other
14consumption of tangible personal property, and items
,
and property
, and goods under
15s. 77.52 (1) (b)
, and (c),
and (d), and taxable services that are sold by a home exchange
16service that receives moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.485 (1) (g)
17and is operated by the department of veterans affairs.
AB75-ASA1,1011,1919
77.54
(57) (a) In this subsection:
AB75-ASA1,1012,220
1. "Biotechnology" means the application of biotechnologies, including
21recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid techniques, biochemistry, molecular and cellular
22biology, genetics, genetic engineering, biological cell fusion, and other bioprocesses,
23that use living organisms or parts of an organism to produce or modify products to
24improve plants or animals or improve animal health, develop microorganisms for
1specific uses, identify targets for small molecule pharmaceutical development, or
2transform biological systems into useful processes and products.
AB75-ASA1,1012,33
2. "Machinery" has the meaning given in s. 70.11 (27) (a) 2.
AB75-ASA1,1012,44
3. "Manufacturing" has the meaning given in sub. (7h).
AB75-ASA1,1012,55
4. "Primarily" means more than 50 percent.
AB75-ASA1,1012,76
5. "Qualified research" means qualified research as defined under section
41 7(d) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code.
AB75-ASA1,1012,88
6. "Used exclusively" has the meaning given in sub. (3) (b) 3.
AB75-ASA1,1012,109
(b) The sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption
10of all of the following:
AB75-ASA1,1012,1411
1. Machinery and equipment, including attachments, parts, and accessories,
12that are sold to persons who are engaged primarily in manufacturing or
13biotechnology in this state and are used exclusively and directly in qualified
14research.
AB75-ASA1,1012,1915
2. Tangible personal property or item or property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) or (c)
16that is sold to persons who are engaged primarily in manufacturing or biotechnology
17in this state, if the tangible personal property or item or property under s. 77.52 (1)
18(b) or (c) is consumed or destroyed or loses its identity while being used exclusively
19and directly in qualified research.
AB75-ASA1,1012,2422
77.55
(1) (intro.) There is exempted from the computation of the amount of the
23sales tax the sales price from the sale of any tangible personal property, or items
, or 24property
, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b)
, or (c),
and (d), or services to:
AB75-ASA1,1013,103
77.55
(2) There is exempted from the computation of the amount of the sales
4tax the sales price from sales of tangible personal property, and items
, and property
,
5and goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b)
, and (c),
and (d), to a common or contract carrier,
6shipped by the seller via the purchasing carrier under a bill of lading whether the
7freight is paid in advance, or the shipment is made freight charges collect, to a point
8outside this state and the property
, or item
, or good is actually transported to the
9out-of-state destination for use by the carrier in the conduct of its business as a
10carrier.
AB75-ASA1,1013,1913
77.55
(3) There is exempted from the computation of the amount of the sales
14tax the sales price from sales of tangible personal property, and items
, and property
,
15and goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b)
, and (c),
and (d), purchased for use solely outside this
16state and delivered to a forwarding agent, export packer, or other person engaged in
17the business of preparing goods for export or arranging for their exportation, and
18actually delivered to a port outside the continental limits of the United States prior
19to making any use thereof.
AB75-ASA1,1013,2522
77.56
(1) The storage, use or other consumption in this state of
tangible
23personal property,
including and items, property, and goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c),
24and (d), the sales price from the sale of which is reported to the department in the
25measure of the sales tax, is exempted from the use tax.
AB75-ASA1,1014,182
77.58
(3) (a) For purposes of the sales tax a return shall be filed by every seller.
3For purposes of the use tax a return shall be filed by every retailer engaged in
4business in this state and by every person purchasing tangible personal property or
5services, the storage, use or other consumption of which is subject to the use tax, who
6has not paid the use tax due to a retailer required to collect the tax. If a qualified
7subchapter S subsidiary is not regarded as a separate entity under ch. 71, the owner
8of that subsidiary shall
elect to either include the information for that subsidiary on
9the owner's return
. Returns shall be signed by the person required to file the return
10or by a duly authorized agent but need not be verified by oath
or file a separate
11electronic return for that entity. If a single-owner entity is disregarded as a separate
12entity under ch. 71, the owner shall
elect to either include the information from the
13entity on the owner's return
or file a separate electronic return for that entity. If an
14owner that owns more than one entity that is disregarded as a separate entity under
15ch. 71 elects to file a separate return for one of its disregarded entities, the owner
16shall file separate returns for all of its disregarded entities. Returns filed under this
17paragraph shall be signed by the person required to file the return or by a duly
18authorized agent but need not be verified by oath.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1852b
19Section 1852b. 77.58 (3) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Acts
202 and .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB75-ASA1,1015,1121
77.58
(3) (a) For purposes of the sales tax a return shall be filed by every seller.
22For purposes of the use tax a return shall be filed by every retailer engaged in
23business in this state and by every person purchasing tangible personal property, or
24items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or services, the storage, use
25or other consumption of which is subject to the use tax, who has not paid the use tax
1due to a retailer required to collect the tax. If a qualified subchapter S subsidiary
2is not regarded as a separate entity under ch. 71, the owner of that subsidiary shall
3elect to either include the information for that subsidiary on the owner's return or
4file a separate electronic return for that entity. If a single-owner entity is
5disregarded as a separate entity under ch. 71, the owner shall elect to either include
6the information from the entity on the owner's return or file a separate electronic
7return for that entity. If an owner that owns more than one entity that is disregarded
8as a separate entity under ch. 71 elects to file a separate return for one of its
9disregarded entities, the owner shall file separate returns for all of its disregarded
10entities. Returns filed under this paragraph shall be signed by the person required
11to file the return or by a duly authorized agent but need not be verified by oath.
AB75-ASA1,1015,1714
77.58
(6) For the purposes of the sales tax, the sales price from rentals
, licenses, 15or leases of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1)
16(b), (c), or (d) shall be reported and the tax paid in accordance with such rules as the
17department prescribes.
AB75-ASA1,1015,2520
77.585
(8) (a) A sale or purchase involving transfer of ownership of tangible
21personal property, or items or property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) or (c), is completed at
22the time when possession is transferred by the seller or the seller's agent to the
23purchaser or the purchaser's agent, except that for purposes of sub. (1) a common
24carrier or the U.S. postal service shall be considered the agent of the seller, regardless
25of any f.o.b. point and regardless of the method by which freight or postage is paid.
AB75-ASA1,1016,4
1(b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., a sale or purchase involving a digital good
2under s. 77.52 (1) (d) is completed at the time when possession is transferred by the
3seller or the seller's agent to the purchaser or the purchaser's agent or when the
4digital good is first used, whichever comes first.
AB75-ASA1,1016,115
2. A sale or purchase of a product transferred electronically, including a digital
6good under s. 77.52 (1) (d), that is sold by subscription, is completed at the time when
7the payment for the subscription is due to the seller. For purposes of this subdivision,
8"subscription" means an agreement with a seller that grants the consumer the right
9to obtain products transferred electronically from within one or more product
10categories having the same tax treatment, in a fixed quantity or for a fixed period of
11time, or both.
AB75-ASA1,1017,214
77.59
(9n) (c)
A Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, a purchaser
15is not liable for the tax, interest, or penalties imposed on a transaction under this
16subchapter if the seller or certified service provider from whom the purchaser made
17the purchase relied on erroneous data provided in the databases under s. 73.03 (61)
18(e) and (f) or if the purchaser relied on erroneous data provided in the databases
19under s. 73.03 (61) (e) and (f). With respect to reliance on the database provided
20under s. 73.03 (61) (e), the relief provided under this paragraph is limited to the
21erroneous classification in the database of terms defined in this subchapter and
22specifically identified in the database as being "taxable," "exempt," "included in sales
23price" or "excluded from sales price," or "included in the definition" or "excluded from
24the definition."
With respect to reliance on the database provided under s. 73.03 (61)
1(f), the relief provided under this paragraph does not apply to transactions by which
2the product is received by the purchaser at the business location of the seller.
AB75-ASA1,1017,165
77.61
(4) (c) For reporting the sales tax and collecting and reporting the use tax
6imposed on the retailer under s. 77.53 (3) and the accounting connected with it,
7retailers, not including certified service providers that receive compensation under
8s. 73.03 (61) (h), may deduct 0.5 percent of those taxes payable or $10 for that
9reporting period required under s. 77.58 (1)
and not more than $1,000 for that
10reporting period, whichever is greater, but not more than the amount of the sales
11taxes or use taxes that is payable under ss. 77.52 and 77.53 (3) for that reporting
12period required under s. 77.58 (1), as administration expenses if the payment of the
13taxes is not delinquent. For purposes of calculating the retailer's discount under this
14paragraph, the taxes on retail sales reported by retailers under subch. V, including
15taxes collected and remitted as required under s. 77.785, shall be included if the
16payment of those taxes is not delinquent.
AB75-ASA1,1018,319
77.61
(11) Any city, village or town clerk or other official whose duty it is to issue
20licenses or permits to engage in a business involving the sale at retail of tangible
21personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) subject
22to tax under this subchapter, or the furnishing of services so subject to tax, shall,
23before issuing such license or permit, require proof that the person to whom such
24license or permit is to be issued is the holder of a seller's permit or use tax registration
25certificate, is registered to collect, report, and remit use tax under this subchapter,
1or has been informed by an employee of the department that the department will
2issue a seller's permit or use tax registration certificate to that person or register that
3person to collect, report, and remit use tax.
AB75-ASA1,1018,115
77.61
(19) A person who fails to produce records or documents, as provided
6under s. 73.03 (9) or 77.59 (2), that support amounts or other information required
7to be shown on a return required under s. 77.58 may be subject to any of the following
8penalties, as determined by the department, except that the department may not
9impose a penalty under this subsection if the person shows that under all facts and
10circumstances the person's response, or failure to respond, to the department's
11request was reasonable or justified by factors beyond the person's control:
AB75-ASA1,1018,1412
(a) The disallowance of deductions, credits, exemptions, or inclusions of
13additional taxable sales or additional taxable purchases to which the requested
14records relate.
AB75-ASA1,1018,1715
(b) A penalty for each violation of this subsection that is equal to the greater
16of $500 or 25 percent of the amount of the additional tax on any adjustment made
17by the department that results from the person's failure to produce the records.
AB75-ASA1,1018,2018
(c) The department shall promulgate rules to administer this subsection and
19the rules shall include a standard response time, a standard for noncompliance, and
20penalty waiver provisions.
AB75-ASA1,1018,2322
77.61
(19m) (a) A single-owner entity that is disregarded as a separate entity
23under ch. 71 is disregarded as a separate entity for purposes of this subchapter.
AB75-ASA1,1019,424
(b) A single-owner entity that is disregarded as a separate entity under ch. 71
25on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], shall be treated under
1this subchapter as an entity separate from its owner for purposes of the sale, license,
2lease, or rental of and the storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal
3property purchased by the single-owner entity or its owner prior to the effective date
4of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date].
AB75-ASA1,1019,145
(c) A single-owner entity that is disregarded as a separate entity under ch. 71
6on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], shall be treated under
7this subchapter as an entity separate from its owner for purchases of building
8materials, if the materials are affixed and made a structural part of real estate, and
9the amount payable to the contractor is fixed without regard to the costs incurred in
10performing a written contract that was irrevocably entered into prior to the effective
11date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], or that resulted from the acceptance
12of a formal written bid accompanied by a bond or other performance guaranty that
13was irrevocably submitted before the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts
14date].
AB75-ASA1, s. 1855b
15Section 1855b. 77.61 (19m) (b) of the statutes, as created by 2009 Wisconsin
16Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB75-ASA1,1019,2317
77.61
(19m) (b) A single-owner entity that is disregarded as a separate entity
18under ch. 71 on the effective date of the 2009-11 biennial budget act .... [LRB inserts
19date], shall be treated under this subchapter as an entity separate from its owner for
20purposes of the sale, license, lease, or rental of and the storage, use, or other
21consumption of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52
22(1) (b), (c), or (d) purchased by the single-owner entity or its owner prior to the
23effective date of the 2009-11 biennial budget act .... [LRB inserts date].
AB75-ASA1,1020,3
177.61
(20) The sale, license, lease, or rental of a product may be taxed only once
2under this subchapter regardless of whether such sale, license, lease, or rental is
3subject to taxation under more than one imposition provision under this subchapter.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1856
4Section
1856. Subchapter V (title) of chapter 77 [precedes 77.70] of the
5statutes is amended to read:
AB75-ASA1,1020,107
SUBCHAPTER V
8
COUNTY
, transit
9
authority, AND SPECIAL DISTRICT
10
SALES AND USE TAXES
AB75-ASA1,1020,22
1277.705 Adoption by resolution; baseball park district. A local
13professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229, by resolution
14under s. 229.68 (15), may impose a sales tax and a use tax under this subchapter at
15a rate of no more than 0.1% of the gross receipts or sales price. Those taxes may be
16imposed only in their entirety. The resolution shall be effective on the first day of the
17first month that begins at least 30 days after the adoption of the resolution. Any
18moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.566 (1) (gd) to the
19appropriation account under s. 20.835 (4) (gb) shall be used exclusively to retire the
20district's debt.
Any moneys received under s. 341.14 (6r) (b) 13. b. and credited to the
21appropriation account under s. 20.835 (4) (gb) shall be used exclusively to retire the
22district's debt.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1857d
23Section 1857d. 77.705 of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Acts 2
24and .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB75-ASA1,1021,11
177.705 Adoption by resolution; baseball park district. A local
2professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229, by resolution
3under s. 229.68 (15), may impose a sales tax and a use tax under this subchapter at
4a rate of no more than 0.1% of the sales price or purchase price. Those taxes may be
5imposed only in their entirety. The resolution shall be effective on the first January
61, April 1, July 1, or October 1 that begins at least 120 days after the adoption of the
7resolution. Any moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.566
8(1) (gd) to the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (4) (gb) shall be used exclusively
9to retire the district's debt. Any moneys received under s. 341.14 (6r) (b) 13. b. and
10credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (4) (gb) shall be used
11exclusively to retire the district's debt.
AB75-ASA1,1021,19
1377.708 Adoption by resolution; transit authority. (1) A transit authority
14created under s. 66.1039, by resolution under s. 66.1039 (4) (s), may impose a sales
15tax and a use tax under this subchapter at a rate not to exceed 0.5 percent, or 1.0
16percent for the authority created under s. 66.1039 (2) (a), of the gross receipts or sales
17price. Those taxes may be imposed only in their entirety. The resolution shall be
18effective on the first day of the first calendar quarter that begins at least 120 days
19after the adoption of the resolution.
AB75-ASA1,1021,25
20(2) Retailers and the department of revenue may not collect a tax under sub.
21(1) for any transit authority created under s. 66.1039 after the calendar quarter
22during which the transit authority adopts a repeal resolution under s. 66.1039 (4) (s),
23except that the department of revenue may collect from retailers taxes that accrued
24before such calendar quarter and fees, interest, and penalties that relate to those
25taxes.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1858b
1Section 1858b. 77.708 (1) of the statutes, as created by 2009 Wisconsin Act
2.... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB75-ASA1,1022,83
77.708
(1) A transit authority created under s. 66.1039, by resolution under s.
466.1039 (4) (s), may impose a sales tax and a use tax under this subchapter at a rate
5not to exceed 0.5 percent of the sales price or purchase price. Those taxes may be
6imposed only in their entirety. The resolution shall be effective on the first day of the
7first calendar quarter that begins at least 120 days after the adoption of the
8resolution.
AB75-ASA1,1022,14
1077.71 Imposition of county, transit authority, and special district sales
11and use taxes. (intro.) Whenever a county sales and use tax ordinance is adopted
12under s. 77.70
, a transit authority resolution is adopted under s. 77.708, or a special
13district resolution is adopted under s. 77.705 or 77.706, the following taxes are
14imposed:
AB75-ASA1,1022,2516
77.71
(1) For the privilege of selling, leasing
, or renting tangible personal
17property and for the privilege of selling, performing
, or furnishing services a sales
18tax is imposed upon retailers at the rate of 0.5% in the case of a county tax
, at the
19rate under s. 77.708 in the case of a transit authority tax, or at the rate under s.
2077.705 or 77.706 in the case of a special district tax of the gross receipts from the sale,
21lease
, or rental of tangible personal property, except property taxed under sub. (4),
22sold, leased
, or rented at retail in the county
or, special district
, or transit authority's
23jurisdictional area, or from selling, performing
, or furnishing services described
24under s. 77.52 (2) in the county
or, special district
, or transit authority's jurisdictional
25area.
AB75-ASA1, s. 1860d
1Section 1860d. 77.71 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Acts
22 and .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB75-ASA1,1023,143
77.71
(1) For the privilege of selling, licensing, leasing, or renting tangible
4personal property and the items, property, and goods specified under s. 77.52 (1) (b),
5(c), and (d), and for the privilege of selling, licensing, performing, or furnishing
6services a sales tax is imposed upon retailers at the rate of 0.5 percent in the case of
7a county tax, at the rate under s. 77.708 in the case of a transit authority tax, or at
8the rate under s. 77.705 or 77.706 in the case of a special district tax of the sales price
9from the sale, license, lease, or rental of tangible personal property and the items,
10property, and goods specified under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), and (d), except property taxed
11under sub. (4), sold, licensed, leased, or rented at retail in the county, special district,
12or transit authority's jurisdictional area, or from selling, licensing, performing, or
13furnishing services described under s. 77.52 (2) in the county, special district, or
14transit authority's jurisdictional area.
AB75-ASA1,1024,416
77.71
(2) An excise tax is imposed at the rate of 0.5% in the case of a county tax
,
17at the rate under s. 77.708 in the case of a transit authority tax, or at the rate under
18s. 77.705 or 77.706 in the case of a special district tax of the sales price upon every
19person storing, using
, or otherwise consuming in the county
or, special district
, or
20transit authority's jurisdictional area tangible personal property or services if the
21property or service is subject to the state use tax under s. 77.53, except that a receipt
22indicating that the tax under sub. (1), (3)
, or (4) has been paid relieves the buyer of
23liability for the tax under this subsection and except that if the buyer has paid a
24similar local tax in another state on a purchase of the same property or services that
25tax shall be credited against the tax under this subsection and except that for motor
1vehicles that are used for a purpose in addition to retention, demonstration
, or
2display while held for sale in the regular course of business by a dealer the tax under
3this subsection is imposed not on the sales price but on the amount under s. 77.53
4(1m).