SB62: Bill Text

SB62, s. 289 Section 289. 77.51 (13) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,148,6 77.51 (13) (j) A person selling items, property, and goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), and (d), materials, and supplies to producers of X-ray films.

SB62, s. 290 Section 290. 77.51 (13) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,148,10 77.51 (13) (k) As respects With respect to a lease, any person deriving rentals from a lease of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) situated in this state.

SB62, s. 291 Section 291. 77.51 (13) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,148,15 77.51 (13) (m) A person selling tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) to a veterinarian to be used or furnished by the veterinarian in the performance of services in some manner related to domestic animals, including pets or poultry.

SB62, s. 292 Section 292. 77.51 (13) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,148,20 77.51 (13) (n) A person selling household furniture, furnishings, equipment, appliances or other items of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) to a landlord for use by tenants in leased or rented living quarters.

SB62, s. 293 Section 293. 77.51 (13) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,148,23 77.51 (13) (o) A person selling medicine drugs for animals to a veterinarian. As used in this paragraph, "animal" includes livestock, pets and poultry.

SB62, s. 294 Section 294. 77.51 (13g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,149,3 77.51 (13g) (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (13h), "retailer engaged in business in this state", unless otherwise limited by federal statute, for purposes of the use tax, means any of the following:

SB62, s. 295 Section 295. 77.51 (13g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,149,10 77.51 (13g) (a) Any retailer owning any real property in this state or leasing or renting out any tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), located in this state or maintaining, occupying or using, permanently or temporarily, directly or indirectly, or through a subsidiary, or agent, by whatever name called, an office, place of distribution, sales or sample room or place, warehouse or storage place or other place of business in this state.

SB62, s. 296 Section 296. 77.51 (13g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,149,16 77.51 (13g) (b) Any retailer having any representative, agent, salesperson, canvasser or solicitor operating in this state under the authority of the retailer or its subsidiary for the purpose of selling, delivering or the taking of orders for any tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or taxable services.

SB62, s. 297 Section 297. 77.51 (13g) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB62,149,20 77.51 (13g) (c) Any retailer selling tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or taxable services for storage, use, or other consumption in this state, unless otherwise limited by federal law.

SB62, s. 298 Section 298. 77.51 (13r) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,149,24 77.51 (13r) Any person purchasing from a retailer as defined in sub. (13) shall be deemed the consumer of the tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or services purchased.

SB62, s. 299 Section 299. 77.51 (13rm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB62,150,2 77.51 (13rm) "Retail sale" or "sale at retail" means any sale, lease, or rental for any purpose other than resale, sublease, or subrent.

SB62, s. 300 Section 300. 77.51 (13rn) of the statutes is created to read:

SB62,150,7 77.51 (13rn) "Ringtones" means digitized sound files that are downloaded onto a device and that may be used to alert the customer regarding a communication, but not including ringback tones or other digital audio files that are not stored on the purchaser's communication device.

SB62, s. 301 Section 301. 77.51 (14) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,150,14 77.51 (14) (intro.) "Sale", "sale, lease or rental", "retail sale", "sale at retail", or equivalent terms include includes any one or all of the following: the transfer of the ownership of, title to, possession of, or enjoyment of tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or services for use or consumption but not for resale as tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or services and includes:

SB62, s. 302 Section 302. 77.51 (14) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,150,21 77.51 (14) (a) Any sale at an auction in with respect to tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) which is are sold to a successful bidder. The proceeds from, except the sale of tangible personal property, items, or goods sold at auction which is are bid in by the seller and on which title does not pass to a new purchaser shall be deducted from the gross proceeds of the sale and the tax paid only on the net proceeds.

SB62, s. 303 Section 303. 77.51 (14) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,150,25 77.51 (14) (b) The furnishing or distributing of tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or taxable services for a consideration by social clubs and fraternal organizations to their members or others.

SB62, s. 304 Section 304. 77.51 (14) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,151,4 77.51 (14) (c) A transaction whereby the possession of tangible personal property is or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) are transferred but the seller retains the title as security for the payment of the price.

SB62, s. 305 Section 305. 77.51 (14) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

SB62, s. 306 Section 306. 77.51 (14) (g) of the statutes is renumbered 77.51 (15a) (b) 4. and amended to read:

SB62,151,11 77.51 (15a) (b) 4. A sale of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) to a contractor or subcontractor for use in the performance of contracts with the United States or its instrumentalities for the construction of improvements on or to real property.

SB62, s. 307 Section 307. 77.51 (14) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,151,16 77.51 (14) (h) A transfer for a consideration of the title or possession of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) which has have been produced, fabricated , or printed to the special order of the customer or of any publication.

SB62, s. 308 Section 308. 77.51 (14) (i) of the statutes is repealed.

SB62, s. 309 Section 309. 77.51 (14) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,151,25 77.51 (14) (j) The granting of possession of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) by a lessor to a lessee, or to another person at the direction of the lessee. Such a transaction involving tangible personal property is deemed a continuing sale in this state by the lessor for the duration of the lease as respects any period of time the leased property is situated in this state, irrespective of the time or place of delivery of the property to the lessee or such other person.

SB62, s. 310 Section 310. 77.51 (14) (k) of the statutes is repealed.

SB62, s. 311 Section 311. 77.51 (14) (L) of the statutes is repealed.

SB62, s. 312 Section 312. 77.51 (14g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,152,6 77.51 (14g) (a) The transfer of property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) to a corporation upon its organization solely in consideration for the issuance of its stock;

SB62, s. 313 Section 313. 77.51 (14g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,152,10 77.51 (14g) (b) The contribution of property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) to a newly formed partnership solely in consideration for a partnership interest therein;

SB62, s. 314 Section 314. 77.51 (14g) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,152,14 77.51 (14g) (bm) The contribution of property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) to a limited liability company upon its organization solely in consideration for a membership interest;

SB62, s. 315 Section 315. 77.51 (14g) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,152,18 77.51 (14g) (c) The transfer of property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) to a corporation, solely in consideration for the issuance of its stock, pursuant to a merger or consolidation;

SB62, s. 316 Section 316. 77.51 (14g) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,152,22 77.51 (14g) (cm) The transfer of property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) to a limited liability company, solely in consideration for a membership interest, pursuant to a merger;

SB62, s. 317 Section 317. 77.51 (14g) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,153,3 77.51 (14g) (d) The distribution of property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) by a corporation to its stockholders as a dividend or in whole or partial liquidation;

SB62, s. 318 Section 318. 77.51 (14g) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,153,7 77.51 (14g) (e) The distribution of property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) by a partnership to its partners in whole or partial liquidation;

SB62, s. 319 Section 319. 77.51 (14g) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,153,11 77.51 (14g) (em) The distribution of property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) by a limited liability company to its members in whole or partial liquidation;

SB62, s. 320 Section 320. 77.51 (14g) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,153,16 77.51 (14g) (f) Repossession of property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) by the seller from the purchaser when the only consideration is cancellation of the purchaser's obligation to pay the remaining balance of the purchase price;

SB62, s. 321 Section 321. 77.51 (14g) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,153,21 77.51 (14g) (g) The transfer of property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) in a reorganization as defined in section 368 of the internal revenue code in which no gain or loss is recognized for franchise or income tax purposes; or

SB62, s. 322 Section 322. 77.51 (14g) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB62,154,6 77.51 (14g) (h) Any transfer of all or substantially all the property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) held or used by a person in the course of an activity requiring the holding of a seller's permit, if after the transfer the real or ultimate ownership of the property, items, or goods is substantially similar to that which existed before the transfer. For the purposes of this section, stockholders, bondholders, partners, members or other persons holding an interest in a corporation or other entity are regarded as having the real or ultimate ownership of the property, items, or goods of the corporation or other entity. In this paragraph, "substantially similar" means 80% or more of ownership.

SB62, s. 323 Section 323. 77.51 (14r) of the statutes is repealed.

SB62, s. 324 Section 324. 77.51 (15) of the statutes is repealed.

SB62, s. 325 Section 325. 77.51 (15a) of the statutes is created to read:

SB62,154,17 77.51 (15a) (a) "Sales, lease, or rental for resale, sublease, or subrent" includes transfers of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) to a service provider that the service provider transfers in conjunction with but not incidental to the selling, performing, or furnishing of any service, and transfers of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) to a service provider that the service provider physically transfers in conjunction with the selling, performing, or furnishing services under s. 77.52 (2) (a) 7., 10., 11., or 20. This paragraph does not apply to sub. (2).

SB62,154,19 (b) "Sales, lease, or rental for resale, sublease, or subrent" does not include any of the following:

SB62,154,23 1. The sale of building materials, supplies, and equipment to owners, contractors, subcontractors, or builders for use in real property construction activities or the alteration, repair, or improvement of real property, regardless of the quantity of such materials, supplies, and equipment sold.

SB62,155,5 2. Any sale of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) to a purchaser even though such property, items, or goods may be used or consumed by some other person to whom such purchaser transfers the property, items, or goods without valuable consideration, such as gifts, and advertising specialties distributed at no charge and apart from the sale of other tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) or service.

SB62,155,11 3. Transfers of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) to a service provider that the service provider transfers in conjunction with the selling, performing, or furnishing of any service, if the tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) are incidental to the service, unless the service provider is selling, performing, or furnishing services under s. 77.52 (2) (a) 7., 10., 11., or 20.

SB62, s. 326 Section 326. 77.51 (15b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB62,155,17 77.51 (15b) (a) "Sales price" means the total amount of consideration, including cash, credit, property, and services, for which tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) or services are sold, licensed, leased, or rented, valued in money, whether received in money or otherwise, without any deduction for the following:

SB62,155,19 1. The seller's cost of the property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) sold.

SB62,155,22 2. The cost of materials used, labor or service cost, interest, losses, all costs of transportation to the seller, all taxes imposed on the seller, and any other expense of the seller.

SB62,155,24 3. Charges by the seller for any services necessary to complete a sale, not including delivery and installation charges.

SB62,155,25 4. a. Delivery charges, except as provided in par. (b) 4.

SB62,156,8 b. If a shipment includes property or items that are subject to tax under this subchapter and property or items that are not subject to tax under this subchapter, the amount of the delivery charge that the seller allocates to the property and items that are subject to tax under this subchapter is based either on the total sales price of the property and items that are subject to tax under this subchapter as compared to the total sales price of all the property and items or on the total weight of the property and items that are subject to tax under this subchapter as compared to the total weight of all the property and items.

SB62,156,9 5. Installation charges.

SB62,156,10 (b) "Sales price" does not include:

SB62,156,13 1. Discounts, including cash, terms, or coupons, that are not reimbursed by a 3rd party, except as provided in par. (c); that are allowed by a seller; and that are taken by a purchaser on a sale.

SB62,156,18 2. Interest, financing, and carrying charges from credit that is extended on a sale of tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or services, if the amount of the interest, financing, or carrying charges is separately stated on the invoice, bill of sale, or similar document that the seller gives to the purchaser.

SB62,156,21 3. Any taxes legally imposed directly on the purchaser that are separately stated on the invoice, bill of sale, or similar document that the seller gives to the purchaser.

SB62,156,24 4. Delivery charges for direct mail, if the delivery charges for direct mail are separately stated on the invoice, bill of sale, or similar document that the seller gives to the purchaser.

SB62,157,6 5. In all transactions in which an article of tangible personal property, an item under s. 77.52 (1) (b), property under s. 77.52 (1) (c), or a good under s. 77.52 (1) (d) is traded toward the purchase of an article, item, property, or good of greater value, the amount of the sales price that represents the amount allowed for the article, item, property, or good traded, except that this subdivision does not apply to any transaction to which subd. 7. or 8. applies.

SB62,157,13 6. If a person who purchases a motor vehicle presents a statement issued under s. 218.0171 (2) (cq) to the seller at the time of purchase, and the person presents the statement to the seller within 60 days from the date of receiving a refund under s. 218.0171 (2) (b) 2. b., the trade-in amount specified in the statement issued under s. 218.0171 (2) (cq), but not to exceed the sales price from the sale of the motor vehicle. This subdivision applies only to the first motor vehicle purchased by a person after receiving a refund under s. 218.0171 (2) (b) 2. b.

SB62,157,16 7. Thirty-five percent of the sales price, excluding trade-ins, of a new manufactured home, as defined in s. 101.91 (11). This subdivision does not apply to a lease or rental.

SB62,157,21 8. At the retailer's option; except that after the retailer chooses an option the retailer may not use the other option for other sales without the department's written approval; either 35 percent of the sales price of a modular home, as defined in s. 101.71 (6), or an amount equal to the sales price of the home minus the cost of materials that become an ingredient or component part of the home.