Tax 2.88 (3) (a) Any refund of individual income or corporate franchise or income taxes shall include interest at the rate of 3% per year from the due date of the return to the date paid by the department, except as provided in par. pars. (b) and (c).
SECTION 12. Tax 2.88 (3) (c) is created to read:
Tax 2.88 (3) (c) No interest may be allowed on a refund of income taxes that results from the carryback of a net operating loss.
SECTION 13. Tax 4.10 (3) (b) 2. is amended to read:
Tax 4.10 (3) (b) 2. The product is transported across the state line by a supplier from an out-of-state bulk plant in a transporting vehicle not capable of carrying more than 4,200 gallons and the delivery location is no more than 25 miles inside the Wisconsin border. The sales invoice shall clearly indicate Wisconsin as the destination state and that the tax shall be paid by the supplier.
SECTION 14. Tax 4.65 (3) (c) is amended to read:
Tax 4.65 (3) (c) The customer shall provide the vendor with an annual exemption certificate when purchasing undyed diesel fuel and gasoline which will be consumed by that customer for an exempt purpose as defined in s. 78.01 (2) and (2m), Stats. A purchaser of undyed diesel fuel and gasoline for an exempt use shall provide the seller with a properly completed exemption certificate, form MF-209, prior to the tax-exempt purchase. The certificate may not cover a period of more than 12 months. SECTION 15. Tax 14.01 (4) (a) is amended to read:
Tax 14.01 (4) (a) A homestead credit claim shall be filed on schedule H or H-EZ, titled "Wisconsin Homestead Credit Claim," and filed with the department at the location described in the instructions to schedule H homestead credit."
SECTION 16. Tax 14.01 (4) (a) (Note) is created to read:
Tax 14.01 (4) (a) (Note) Note: Schedules H and H-EZ are available from the department's website at www.revenue.wi.gov. SECTION 17. Tax 14.01 (4) (b) and (c) are amended to read:
Tax 14.01 (4) (b) If a person or the person's spouse files a Wisconsin income tax return and claims a homestead credit on the return, the claimant shall attach schedule H or H-EZ to the income tax return. If the claimant has previously filed the income tax return or is filing an income tax return separately from the schedule H or H-EZ, the preferred procedure for filing a homestead credit claim is to file a duplicate copy of the income tax return with schedule H or H-EZ and to write the words "Duplicate" on the top of the first page of the tax return copy and "Income Tax Return Separately Filed" on the top of schedule H or H-EZ.
(c) If neither the claimant nor the claimant's spouse is required to file a Wisconsin income tax return for the year to which the claim relates, the claimant may file schedule H or H-EZ without attaching it to a return.
SECTION 18. Tax 14.03 (3) (a) and (a) (Example), (4) (b) 23. h., and (5) (a) 7. are amended to read:
Tax 14.03 (3) (a) Under s. 71.52 (5), Stats., a deduction of $250 $500 is allowed for each of the claimant's dependents, as defined in s. 152 of the internal revenue code Internal Revenue Code, who have the same principal abode as the claimant for more than 6 months during the calendar year to which a claim for homestead credit relates. A claimant may multiply the number of dependents with the same principal abode for more than 6 months by $250 $500 and subtract the result from the total of the income items to arrive at household income. (a) (Example) Example: A claimant and the claimant's spouse claim 3 dependents on their 1997 2014 federal income tax return, and all 3 dependents have the same principal abode as the claimant for the entire year. Household income items include Wisconsin adjusted gross income of $10,500, depreciation of $1,500 and unemployment insurance of $500.
Tax 14.03 NoteTotal household income is $11,750 $11,000, consisting of the total of the income items listed, $12,500, minus the dependent deduction of $750 $1,500, which is $250 times $500 multiplied by 3 dependents.
(4) (b) 23. h. Net operating loss carryforwards and carrybacks.
(5) (a) 7. Pension The nontaxable portions of pension, annuity, or other retirement plan payments rolled over from one retirement plan to another.
SECTION 19. Tax 14.05 (4) (a) and (b) are amended to read:
Tax 14.05 (4) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), if a claimant claims rent constituting property taxes accrued the claimant and the landlord shall complete form I−017, “Rent Certificate,” and the claimant shall submit it with schedule H or H-EZ. The department is not precluded from requesting additional documentation to verify rent paid in cases it deems appropriate.
(b) If a claimant pays rent for more than one homestead during a year, a separate rent certificate shall be completed for each homestead for which the claimant wishes to claim a homestead credit, and the claimant shall submit all rent certificates together with a single schedule H or H-EZ.
SECTION 20. Initial applicability. The treatment of s. Tax 1.15 first applies to minor violations committed on the effective date of this rule. SECTION 21. Effective date. This rule shall take effect on the first day of the month following publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register as provided in s. 227.22 (2) (intro.), Stats.
