Amendment SSA1-SB646

SB646-SSA1,5,20 (c) Before July 31, 2020, and updated annually, the department of revenue shall create a website that contains the following information about room tax collections:

SB646-SSA1,5,22 1. The name and mailing address of each municipality that imposes a room tax under sub. (1m).

SB646-SSA1,5,23 2. The rate of the room tax imposed by each municipality specified in subd. 1.

SB646-SSA1,12 Section 12. 66.0615 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB646-SSA1,6,4 66.0615 (2) (intro.) As a means of enforcing the collection of any room tax imposed by a municipality or a district under sub. (1m), the municipality or district may exchange audit and other information with the department of revenue and may do any of the following:

SB646-SSA1,13 Section 13. 66.0615 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB646-SSA1,6,12 66.0615 (2) (a) If a municipality or district has probable cause to believe that the correct amount of room tax has not been assessed or that the tax return is not correct, inspect and audit the financial records of any person subject to sub. (1m) pertaining to the furnishing or selling of accommodations to determine whether the correct amount of room tax is assessed and whether any room tax return is correct due. A determination under this subsection shall be provided in writing within 4 years after the due date of the return, unless no return has been filed.

SB646-SSA1,14 Section 14 . 66.0615 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB646-SSA1,6,17 66.0615 (2) (b) Enact a schedule of forfeitures, not to exceed 5 percent of the tax under sub. (1m) or par. (c), to be imposed on any person subject to sub. (1m) who fails to comply with a request to inspect and audit the person's financial records under par. (a).

SB646-SSA1,15 Section 15 . 66.0615 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB646-SSA1,6,24 66.0615 (2) (e) Enact a schedule of forfeitures, not to exceed 25 percent of the room tax due for the previous year under sub. (1m) or par. (c) or $5,000, whichever is less, to be imposed for failure to pay the tax under sub. (1m). This paragraph applies to a marketplace provider that is required to collect and remit taxes imposed by a municipality under sub. (1m), but that fails to file a return as required in sub. (1r) or pay the required tax.

SB646-SSA1,16 Section 16. 66.0615 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB646-SSA1,7,3 66.0615 (2m) (a) To enforce the collection of a room tax imposed by a district under sub. (1m), the district may exchange audit and other information relating to the room tax with the department of revenue.

SB646-SSA1,7,9 (b) To enforce the collection of a room tax imposed by a municipality under sub. (1m), the municipality may jointly inspect and audit the room tax records of a person subject to sub. (1m) with other municipalities only for the purpose of conducting a joint room tax audit. A municipality may provide audit and other information to the department of revenue, and may exchange audit and other room tax related information with any municipality that took part in conducting the joint audit.

SB646-SSA1,17 Section 17 . 66.0615 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB646-SSA1,7,18 66.0615 (3) The municipality shall provide by ordinance and the district shall provide by resolution for the confidentiality of information obtained under sub. subs. (1r) and (2) but shall provide exceptions for persons using the information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or of the duties of their office or by order of a court. The municipality or district may provide for the publishing of statistics classified so as not to disclose the identity of particular returns. The municipality or district shall provide that persons violating ordinances or resolutions enacted under this subsection may be required to forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $500.

SB646-SSA1,18 Section 18 . 66.0615 (4) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB646-SSA1,7,23 66.0615 (4) (a) (intro.) Annually Except as provided in par. (d), annually, on or before May 1, on a form created and provided by the department of revenue, every municipality that imposes a tax under sub. (1m) shall certify and report to the department, beginning in 2017, all of the following:

SB646-SSA1,19 Section 19 . 66.0615 (4) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

SB646-SSA1,8,3 66.0615 (4) (a) 4. For a municipality subject to sub. (1m) (dm), the amount of the room tax retained by the municipality in each of the following fiscal years: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.

SB646-SSA1,20 Section 20 . 66.0615 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

SB646-SSA1,8,9 66.0615 (4) (d) Notwithstanding the requirement in par. (a) (intro.), the information specified in par. (a) 4. may be certified and reported to the department only once if the municipality submits the information not later than May 1, 2021. The department shall make such information available to the public annually in the report described in par. (a) (intro.).

SB646-SSA1,21 Section 21. 66.0615 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

SB646-SSA1,22 Section 22. 66.1014 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB646-SSA1,8,13 66.1014 (1) (c) “Short-term rental” means a residential dwelling that is offered for rent for a fee and for fewer than 30 consecutive days.

SB646-SSA1,23 Section 23 . 66.1014 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB646-SSA1,8,23 66.1014 (2) (d) 1. If a residential dwelling is rented for periods of more than 6 but fewer than 29 30 consecutive days, a political subdivision may limit the total number of days within any consecutive 365-day period that the dwelling may be rented to no fewer than 180 days. The political subdivision may not specify the period of time during which the residential dwelling may be rented, but the political subdivision may require that the maximum number of allowable rental days within a 365-day period must run consecutively. A person who rents the person's residential dwelling shall notify the clerk of the political subdivision in writing when the first rental within a 365-day period begins.

SB646-SSA1,24 Section 24. Effective dates. This act takes effect on January 1, 2021, except as follows:

SB646-SSA1,9,1 (1) The creation of s. 66.0615 (1r) (c) takes effect on the day after publication.

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