71.28(6n)(c)3.
3. A claimant may claim a credit under this subsection only for hiring a disabled veteran who has received unemployment compensation benefits for at least one week prior to being hired by the claimant, who was receiving such benefits at the time that he or she was hired by the claimant, and who was eligible to receive such benefits at the time the benefits were paid.
71.28(6n)(c)4.
4. With regard to a credit claimed under par.
(b) 2., the amount that the claimant may claim is determined as follows:
71.28(6n)(c)4.a.
a. Divide the number of hours that the disabled veteran worked for the claimant during the taxable year by 2,080.
71.28(6n)(d)2.
2. No credit may be claimed under this subsection for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012. Credits under this subsection for taxable years that begin before January 1, 2013, may be carried forward to taxable years that begin after December 31, 2012.
71.28(8b)(a)1.
1. “Allocation certificate” means a statement issued by the authority certifying that a qualified development is eligible for a credit under this subsection and specifying the amount of the credit that the owners of the qualified development may claim.
71.28(8b)(a)2.
2. “Authority” means the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
71.28(8b)(a)3.
3. “Claimant” means a person who has an ownership interest in a qualified development and who files a claim under this subsection.
71.28(8b)(a)4.
4. “Compliance period” means the 15-year period beginning with the first taxable year of the credit period.
71.28(8b)(a)5.
5. “Credit period” means the period of 6 taxable years beginning with the taxable year in which a qualified development is placed in service. For purposes of this subdivision, if a qualified development consists of more than one building, the qualified development is placed in service in the taxable year in which the last building of the qualified development is placed in service.
71.28(8b)(a)6.
6. “Qualified basis” means the qualified basis determined under section
42 (c) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code.
71.28(8b)(a)7.
7. “Qualified development” means a qualified low-income housing project under section
42 (g) of the Internal Revenue Code that is financed with tax-exempt bonds, pursuant to section
42 (i) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code, and located in this state.
71.28(8b)(b)
(b)
Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and in s.
234.45, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, a claimant may claim as a credit against the taxes imposed under s.
71.23, up to the amount of the tax, the amount allocated to the claimant by the authority under s.
234.45 for each taxable year within the credit period.
71.28(8b)(c)1.1. No person may claim the credit under par.
(b) unless the claimant includes with the claimant's return a copy of the allocation certificate issued to the qualified development.
71.28(8b)(c)2.
2. A partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation may not claim the credit under this subsection. The partners of a partnership, members of a limited liability company, or shareholders in a tax-option corporation may claim the credit under this subsection based on eligible costs incurred by the partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation. The partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation shall calculate the amount of the credit that may be claimed by each partner, member, or shareholder and shall provide that information to the partner, member, or shareholder. For shareholders of a tax-option corporation, the credit may be allocated in proportion to the ownership interest of each shareholder. Credits computed by a partnership or limited liability company may be claimed in proportion to the ownership interests of the partners or members or allocated to partners or members as provided in a written agreement among the partners or members that is entered into no later than the last day of the taxable year of the partnership or limited liability company, for which the credit is claimed. Any partner or member who claims the credit as allocated by a written agreement shall provide a copy of the agreement with the tax return on which the credit is claimed. A person claiming the credit as provided under this subdivision is solely responsible for any tax liability arising from a dispute with the department of revenue related to claiming the credit.
71.28(8b)(d)1.1. As of the last day of any taxable year during the compliance period, if the amount of the qualified basis of a qualified development with respect to a claimant is less than the amount of the qualified basis as of the last day of the immediately preceding taxable year, the amount of the claimant's tax liability under this subchapter shall be increased by the recapture amount determined by using the method under section
42 (j) of the Internal Revenue Code.
71.28(8b)(d)2.
2. In the event that the recapture of any credit is required in any taxable year, the taxpayer shall include the recaptured proportion of the credit on the return submitted for the taxable year in which the recapture event is identified.
71.28(8b)(e)
(e)
Administration. Subsection
(4) (e) to
(h), as it applies to the credit under sub.
(4), applies to the credit under this subsection.
71.28(8r)
(8r) Beginning farmer and farm asset owner tax credit. 71.28(8r)(a)1.
1. “Agricultural assets" means machinery, equipment, facilities, or livestock that is used in farming.
71.28(8r)(a)3.
3. “Claimant" means an established farmer who files a claim under this subsection.
71.28(8r)(a)5.
5. “Farming" has the meaning given in section
464 (e) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code.
71.28(8r)(a)6.
6. “Lease amount" is the amount of the cash payment paid by a beginning farmer to an established farmer each year for leasing the established farmer's agricultural assets.
71.28(8r)(b)
(b)
Filing claims. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010, and subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s.
71.23 an amount equal to 15 percent of the lease amount received by the claimant in the taxable year. If the allowable amount of the claim exceeds the taxes otherwise due on the claimant's income, the amount of the claim not used as an offset against those taxes shall be certified by the department of revenue to the department of administration for payment to the claimant by check, share draft, or other draft from the appropriation under s.
20.835 (2) (en).
71.28(8r)(c)1.1. A claimant may only claim the credit under this subsection for the first 3 years of any lease of the claimant's agricultural assets to a beginning farmer.
71.28(8r)(c)2.
2. Along with a claimant's income tax return, a claimant shall submit to the department a certificate of eligibility provided under s.
93.53 (5) (c).
71.28(8r)(c)3.
3. Partnerships, limited liability companies, and tax-option corporations may not claim the credit under this subsection, but the eligibility for, and the amount of, the credit are based on the amounts received by the entities under par.
(b). A partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation shall compute the amount of credit that each of its partners, members, or shareholders may claim and shall provide that information to each of them. Partners, members of limited liability companies, and shareholders of tax-option corporations may claim the credit in proportion to their ownership interests.
71.28(8r)(d)2.
2. No credit may be claimed under this subsection for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013.
71.28(9s)(a)1.
1. “Claimant" means a person who files a claim under this subsection.
71.28(9s)(a)2.
2. “Locates to this state" means moving either 51 percent or more of the workforce payroll of the business or at least $200,000 of wages, as defined in section
3121 of the Internal Revenue Code, paid to such workforce to Wisconsin during the first taxable year to which a credit under this subsection relates.
71.28(9s)(b)
(b)
Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided under this subsection, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010, and before January 1, 2014, for 2 consecutive taxable years beginning with the taxable year in which the claimant's business locates to this state from another state or another country and begins doing business in this state, a claimant may claim as a credit against the taxes imposed under s.
71.23, up to the amount of the taxes, the amount of the claimant's tax liability under this subchapter after applying all other allowable credits, deductions, and exclusions.
71.28(9s)(c)1.1. No person may claim a credit under this subsection if the person has done business in this state during any of the 2 taxable years preceding the first taxable year in which the person would otherwise be eligible to claim a credit under par.
(b).
71.28(9s)(c)2.
2. Partnerships, limited liability companies, and tax-option corporations may not claim the credit under this subsection.
71.28(9s)(d)2.
2. The department shall promulgate rules to administer this subsection.
71.28 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also s.
Tax 2.957, Wis. adm. code.
71.28(9s)(d)3.
3. No credit may be claimed under this subsection for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013, except that a claimant who is first eligible to claim a credit under this subsection for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, and before January 1, 2014, may claim the credit in the following taxable year.
71.28(10)
(10) Employee college savings account contribution credit. 71.28(10)(a)1.
1. “Claimant" means a person who files a claim under this subsection.
71.28(10)(a)1m.
1m. “College savings account" means a college savings account, as described in s.
224.50.
71.28(10)(b)
(b)
Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s.
71.23, up to the amount of those taxes, for each employee of the claimant, an amount equal to the amount the claimant paid into a college savings account owned by the employee in the taxable year in which the contribution is made.
71.28(10)(c)1.1. Partnerships, limited liability companies, and tax-option corporations may not claim the credit under this subsection, but the eligibility for, and the amount of, the credit are based on their payment of amounts under par.
(b). A partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation shall compute the amount of the credit that each of its partners, members, or shareholders may claim and shall provide that information to each of them. Partners, members of limited liability companies, and shareholders of tax-option corporations may claim the credit in proportion to their ownership interests.
71.28(10)(c)2.
2. The maximum amount of the credit per employee that a claimant may claim under this subsection is an amount equal to 25 percent of the amount the claimant contributed to the employee's college savings account up to a maximum contribution equal to 25 percent of the maximum amount that an individual contributor may deduct under s.
71.05 (6) (b) 32. a. per beneficiary.
71.28(10)(d)
(d)
Administration. Subsection
(4) (e) to
(h), as it applies to the credit under sub.
(4), applies to the credit under this subsection.
71.28 History
History: 1987 a. 312;
1987 a. 411 ss.
88,
130 to
139;
1987 a. 422;
1989 a. 31,
44,
56,
100,
336,
359;
1991 a. 39,
292;
1993 a. 16,
112,
232,
491;
1995 a. 2;
1995 a. 27 ss.
3399r to
3404c,
9116 (5);
1995 a. 209,
227;
1997 a. 27,
41,
237,
299;
1999 a. 5,
9;
2001 a. 16;
2003 a. 72,
99,
135,
255,
267,
326;
2005 a. 25,
74,
97,
361,
387,
452,
479,
483,
487;
2007 a. 20,
96,
97,
100;
2009 a. 2,
11,
28,
180,
185,
265,
267,
269,
276,
294,
295,
332,
401;
2011 a. 3,
15,
32,
67,
212,
213,
232,
237;
2011 a. 260 s.
80;
2013 a. 20,
54,
62,
116,
145,
165;
2013 a. 166 ss.
26,
77;
2015 a. 55,
186,
237;
2017 a. 58,
59,
176,
197;
2017 a. 364 ss.
16 to
18,
48;
2017 a. 365 s.
111;
2017 a. 366; s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2.
71.29
71.29
Payments of estimated taxes. 71.29(1)(1)
Definitions. In this section:
71.29(1)(a)
(a) “Return" means a return that would show the tax properly due.
71.29(1)(b)
(b) “Tax shown on the return" and “tax for the taxable year" mean the net taxes imposed under s.
71.23 (1) or
(2) after reduction for credits against those taxes but before reduction for amounts paid as estimated tax under this section plus the surcharge imposed under s.
77.93 before reduction for amounts paid as estimated tax under this section for that surcharge.
71.29(1)(c)
(c) “Virtually exempt entity" means any entity, other than a corporation, that is subject to a tax under this chapter on unrelated business taxable income as defined under section
512 of the internal revenue code.
71.29(2)
(2) Who shall pay. Every corporation subject to tax under s.
71.23 (1) or
(2) and every virtually exempt entity subject to tax under s.
71.125 or
71.23 (1) or
(2) shall pay an estimated tax.
71.29(3)
(3) Refund carry-forward. If a corporation or virtually exempt entity claims a refund on any tax return and, concurrent with or subsequent to filing the return upon which that refund is claimed, is required to pay an estimated tax, and at the time of paying that tax the refund has not been paid, the corporation or virtually exempt entity may deduct the amount of that refund from the first installment of estimated taxes and may deduct any excess from the succeeding installments.
71.29(3m)
(3m) Refunds. The department of revenue may refund estimated taxes after the completion of the taxable year to which the estimated taxes relate if the refund is at least 10 percent of the taxes estimated for that taxable year and is at least $500. A refund under this subsection may be subject to s.
71.84 (2) (c).
71.29(4)
(4) Prepayments. Any installment of the estimated tax under this section may be paid before the due date.
71.29(5)
(5) Short year. Application of this section to taxable years of less than 12 full months shall be made under the department of revenue's rules.
71.29 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also s.
Tax 2.89, Wis. adm. code.
71.29(6)
(6) Overpayments. If the amount of an installment payment of estimated tax exceeds the amount determined to be the correct amount of that payment, the overpayment shall be credited against the next unpaid installment.
71.29(7)
(7) Exception to interest. No interest is required under s.
71.84 (2) (a) or
(b) for a corporation or virtually exempt entity if any of the following conditions apply:
71.29(7)(a)
(a) The tax shown on the return or, if no return is filed, the tax is less than $500.
71.29(7)(b)
(b) The preceding taxable year was 12 months, the corporation or virtually exempt entity had no liability under s.
71.125 or
71.23 (1) or
(2) for that year and the corporation or virtually exempt entity has a Wisconsin net income of less than $250,000 for the current taxable year.
71.29(7)(c)
(c) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008, the taxpayer qualifies for a federal extension of time to file under
26 USC 7508A due to a presidentially declared disaster or terroristic or military action.
71.29(7)(d)
(d) The taxpayer has underpaid the taxpayer's estimated taxes due to the change in the percentage under s.
71.28 (5n) (b) 3. This paragraph applies only to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014, and before January 1, 2016.
71.29(8)
(8) Installment due dates. Taxpayers shall make estimated payments in 4 installments, on or before the 15th day of each of the following months:
71.29(8)(a)
(a) The 4th month of the taxable year, except that a taxpayer whose taxable year begins in April shall pay the installment in the 3rd month of the taxable year.
71.29(9)
(9) Installment amounts; income of less than $250,000. 71.29(9)(a)(a) For corporations or virtually exempt entities that have Wisconsin net incomes of less than $250,000, except as provided in pars.
(b) and
(c), the amount of each installment required under sub.
(8) is 25 percent of the lower of the following amounts:
71.29(9)(a)1.
1. Ninety percent of the tax shown on the return for the taxable year or, if no return is filed, 90 percent of the tax for the taxable year.
