25,1450g Section 1450g. Subchapter XVI of chapter 71 [precedes 71.98] of the statutes is created to read:
Chapter 71
subchapter xvi
Internal revenue code update
71.98 Internal Revenue Code update. The following federal laws, to the extent that they apply to the Internal Revenue Code, apply to this chapter:
(1) Health savings accounts. Section 1201 of P.L. 108-173, relating to health savings accounts.
25,1456c Section 1456c. 73.03 (62) of the statutes is created to read:
73.03 (62) To prepare and maintain a list of all persons who owe delinquent taxes, including interest, penalties, fees, and costs, to the department, in excess of $25,000, which are unpaid for more than 90 days after all appeal rights have expired, and to post the names of persons from this list on the Internet at a site that is created and maintained by the department for this purpose. The Internet site shall list the name, address, type of tax due, and amount of tax due, including interest, penalties, fees, and costs for each person who has one of the delinquent taxpayer accounts, and the Internet site shall also contain a special page for the persons who have the 100 largest delinquent taxpayer accounts. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the department shall update the Internet site on a quarterly basis. The department may not post on the Internet the name of any person who has reached an agreement or compromise with the department, or the department of justice, under s. 71.92 and is in compliance with that agreement, regarding the payment of delinquent taxes, or the name of any person who is protected by a stay that is in effect under the Federal Bankruptcy Code; the Internet posting shall be updated each business day, as defined in s. 562.01 (3m), to comply with these prohibitions.
25,1459 Section 1459. 73.0301 (1) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
73.0301 (1) (d) 3. A license, certificate of approval, provisional license, conditional license, certification, certification card, registration, permit, training permit or approval specified in s. 50.35, 50.49 (6) (a) or (10), 51.038, 51.04, 51.42 (7) (b) 11., 51.421 (3) (a), 51.45 (8), 146.40 (3) or (3m), 146.50 (5) (a) or (b), (6g) (a), (7) or (8) (a) or (f), 250.05 (5), 252.23 (2), 252.24 (2), 254.176, 254.20 (3), 255.08 (2) (a) or 343.305 (6) (a) or a permit for operation of a campground specified in s. 254.47 (1).
25,1460 Section 1460. 73.0301 (2) (b) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
73.0301 (2) (b) 1. a. If, after a request is made under par. (a) 1. or 2., the department of revenue certifies that the license holder or applicant for a license or license renewal or continuation is liable for delinquent taxes, revoke the license or deny the application for the license or license renewal or continuation. The department of transportation may suspend licenses described in sub. (1) (d) 7. in lieu of revoking those licenses. A suspension, revocation or denial under this subd. 1. a. is not subject to administrative review or, except as provided in subd. 2. and sub. (5) (am), judicial review. With respect to a license granted by a credentialing board, the department of regulation and licensing shall make a revocation or denial under this subd. 1. a. With respect to a license to practice law, the department of revenue shall not submit a certification under this subd. 1. a. to the supreme court until after the license holder or applicant has exhausted his or her remedies under sub. (5) (a) and (am) or has failed to make use of such remedies.
25,1461 Section 1461. 73.0301 (2) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
73.0301 (2) (b) 1. b. Mail a notice of suspension, revocation or denial under subd. 1. a. to the license holder or applicant. The notice shall include a statement of the facts that warrant the suspension, revocation or denial and a statement that the license holder or applicant may, within 30 days after the date on which the notice of denial, suspension or revocation is mailed, file a written request with the department of revenue to have the certification of tax delinquency on which the suspension, revocation or denial is based reviewed at a hearing under sub. (5) (a). With respect to a license granted by a credentialing board, the department of regulation and licensing shall mail a notice under this subd. 1. b. With respect to a license to practice law, the department of revenue shall mail a notice under this subd. 1. b. and the notice shall indicate that the license holder or applicant may request a hearing under sub. (5) (a) and (am) and that the department of revenue shall submit a certificate of delinquency to suspend, revoke, or deny a license to practice law to the supreme court after the license holder or applicant has exhausted his or her remedies under sub. (5) (a) and (am) or has failed to make use of such remedies. A notice sent to a person who holds a license to practice law or who is an applicant for a license to practice law shall also indicate that the department of revenue may not submit a certificate of delinquency to the supreme court if the license holder or applicant pays the delinquent tax in full or enters into an agreement with the department of revenue to satisfy the delinquency.
25,1462 Section 1462. 73.0301 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
73.0301 (2) (b) 2. If Except as provided in subd. 2m., if notified by the department of revenue that the department of revenue has affirmed a certification of tax delinquency after a hearing under sub. (5) (a), affirm a suspension, revocation or denial under subd. 1. a. A license holder or applicant may seek judicial review under ss. 227.52 to 227.60, except that the review shall be in the circuit court for Dane County, of an affirmation of a revocation or denial under this subdivision. With respect to a license granted by a credentialing board, the department of regulation and licensing shall make an affirmation under this subdivision.
25,1463 Section 1463. 73.0301 (2) (b) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
73.0301 (2) (b) 2m. With respect to a license to practice law, if notified by the department of revenue that the department of revenue has affirmed a certification of tax delinquency after any requested review under sub. (5) (a) and (am), decide whether to suspend, revoke, or deny a license to practice law.
25,1464 Section 1464. 73.0301 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
73.0301 (2) (c) 2. A licensing department may not disclose any information received under subd. 1. a. or b. to any person except to the department of revenue for the sole purpose of requesting certifications under par. (b) 2. in accordance with the memorandum of understanding under sub. (4) and administering state taxes or to the department of workforce development for the purpose of administering s. 49.22.
25,1465 Section 1465. 73.0301 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
73.0301 (5) (a) The department of revenue shall conduct a hearing requested by a license holder or applicant for a license or license renewal or continuation under sub. (2) (b) 1. b. or by an applicant for certification or recertification or a certificate holder under s. 73.03 (50) or 73.09 (7m) (b) to review a certification or determination of tax delinquency that is the basis of a denial or revocation of a license in accordance with this section or of a certificate, certification or recertification under s. 73.03 (50) or 73.09 (7m). A hearing under this paragraph is limited to questions of mistaken identity of the license or certificate holder or applicant and of prior payment of the delinquent taxes for which the department of revenue certified or determined the license or certificate holder or applicant is liable. At a hearing under this paragraph, any statement filed by the department of revenue, the licensing department or the supreme court, if the supreme court agrees, may be admitted into evidence and is prima facie evidence of the facts that it contains. Notwithstanding ch. 227, a person entitled to a hearing under this paragraph is not entitled to any other notice, hearing or review, except as provided in par. (am) and sub. (2) (b) 2.
25,1466 Section 1466. 73.0301 (5) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
73.0301 (5) (am) If a person who holds a license to practice law or who is an applicant for a license to practice law receives a hearing under par. (a) to review a certification or determination of tax delinquency that is the basis for a denial, suspension, or revocation of a license to practice law and such certification or determination is affirmed as a result of the hearing under par. (a), the person may seek judicial review of the certification or determination of tax delinquency under ss. 227.52 to 227.60, except that the review shall be in the circuit court for Dane County.
25,1467 Section 1467. 73.0301 (5) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
73.0301 (5) (b) (intro.) After a hearing conducted under par. (a) or, in the case of a determination related to a license to practice law, after a hearing under par. (a) or, if the hearing is appealed, after judicial review under par. (am), the department of revenue shall do one of the following:
25,1468 Section 1468. 73.12 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
73.12 (1) (b) "Vendor" means a person providing goods or services to this state under subch. IV or V of ch. 16 or under ch. 84 if the value of the contract for those goods or services is at least $500.
25,1470 Section 1470. 76.16 of the statutes is amended to read:
76.16 Separate valuation of repair facilities, docks, piers, wharves, ore yards, elevators, car ferries and oil pipeline terminal facilities. After the property of a company is first valued as a whole, if any repair facilities, docks, ore yards, piers, wharves, grain elevators or car ferries used in transferring freight or passengers between cars and vessels or transfer of freight cars located on car ferries, or if any oil pipeline terminal storage facilities, docks, pipelines and pumping equipment used in transferring oil from pipelines to vessels shall be included in such valuation, then for the purpose of accounting to the proper taxation districts, the department shall make a separate valuation of each such repair facility, dock, ore yard, pier, wharf, grain elevator, including the approaches thereto, or car ferries and of each such oil pipeline terminal storage facility, dock, pipeline and pumping equipment. As used herein, an approach shall be an immediate access facility commencing at the switching point which leads primarily to the terminal facility. For the purpose of defining the oil pipeline terminal facilities affected by this section, such facilities shall begin where the incoming pipeline enters the terminal storage facility site used in the transfer of oil to vessels.
25,1471 Section 1471. 76.24 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
76.24 (2) (a) All taxes paid by any railroad company derived from or apportionable to repair facilities, docks, ore yards, piers, wharves, grain elevators, and their approaches, or car ferries or terminal storage facilities, docks, pipelines and pumping equipment used in transferring oil from pipelines to vessels on the basis of the separate valuation provided for in s. 76.16, shall be distributed annually from the transportation fund to the towns, villages and cities in which they are located, pursuant to certification made by the department of revenue on or before August 15.
25,1472 Section 1472. 76.24 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
76.24 (2) (am) All taxes paid by any pipeline company derived from or apportionable to oil pipeline terminal facilities on the basis of the separate valuation under s. 76.16 shall be distributed annually from the appropriation under s. 20.855 (4) (bm) to the towns, villages, and cities in which the facilities are located, pursuant to certification made by the department of revenue no later than November 1.
25,1473 Section 1473. 76.24 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
76.24 (2) (bm) If the state is compelled to refund in whole or in part any of the taxes which have been distributed to municipalities under par. (am), the municipalities shall repay to the state, for deposit in the general fund, the amount of such tax received by them, and the department of administration shall certify the amounts to be repaid to the state to the county clerks of the counties in which the municipalities are located for levy and collection from the municipalities as other state taxes are levied and collected.
25,1473b Section 1473b. 76.28 (3) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
76.28 (3) (e) Beginning with the fees due in calendar year 2008, a light, heat, and power company may claim as a credit against the fees imposed under sub. (2) and s. 76.29 (2) an amount equal to the amount of property taxes imposed under ch. 70 on general structures and substations that the light, heat, and power company paid in the then current calendar year. If a credit computed under this paragraph is not entirely offset against the license fees otherwise due for the then current calendar year, the unused balance may be carried forward and credited against license fees otherwise due for the following 15 calender years to the extent not offset by the license fees otherwise due in all intervening years between the year in which the property taxes were paid and the year in which the carry-forward credit is claimed.
25,1473d Section 1473d. 76.28 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
76.28 (9) Property subject to local tax. The Except as provided in s. 70.112 (4) (am) the license fees imposed by this section upon the gross revenues of light, heat and power companies as defined in sub. (1) (e) shall be in lieu of all other taxes on all property used and useful in the operation of the business of such companies in this state, except that the same shall be subject to special assessments for local improvements. If a general structure is used and useful in part in the operation of the business of those companies in this state and in part for nonoperating purposes, the license fees imposed by this section are in place of the percentage of all other taxes on the property that fairly measures and represents the extent of the use and usefulness in the operation of the business of those companies in this state, and the balance is subject to local assessment and taxation, except that the entire general structure is subject to special assessments for local improvements. Property under s. 76.025 (2) shall not be taxed under this section, but shall be subject to local assessment and taxation.
25,1473e Section 1473e. 76.29 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
76.29 (2) Imposition. There Subject to the credits under ss. 76.28 (3) (e) and 76.48 (3d), there is imposed on every light, heat, and power company and electric cooperative that owns an electric utility plant, an annual license fee to be assessed by the department on or before May 1, 2005, and every May 1 thereafter, ending with the assessment on May 1, 2010, measured by the gross revenues of the preceding tax period in an amount equal to the apportionment factor multiplied by gross revenues multiplied by 1.59%. The fee shall become delinquent if not paid when due and when delinquent shall be subject to interest at the rate of 1.5% per month until paid. Gross revenues earned by a light, heat, and power company after December 31, 2009, are subject to the license fee imposed under s. 76.28 (2). Gross revenues earned by an electric cooperative after December 31, 2009, are subject to the license fee imposed under s. 76.48 (1r).
25,1474c Section 1474c. 76.30 (2) (i) of the statutes is created to read:
76.30 (2) (i) The secretary of revenue and employees of that department for the purposes of preparing and maintaining the list of persons with unpaid tax obligations as described in s. 73.03 (62) so that the list of such persons is available for public inspection.
25,1474m Section 1474m. 76.39 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
76.39 (1) (am) "Average net rate of taxation" means the average net rate of taxation determined under s. 76.126 as of June of the year prior to the assessment.
25,1474n Section 1474n. 76.39 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
76.39 (2) There is levied annually a gross earnings tax in lieu of all property taxes on the car line equipment of a car line company equal to 3% of the gross earnings in this state multiplied by the average net rate of taxation. Every railroad company operating in this state shall, upon making payment to each car line company for use of its cars, withhold 3% of the amount constituting the gross earnings in this state of such of the tax imposed under this subsection on the car line company.
25,1474p Section 1474p. 76.48 (3d) of the statutes is created to read:
76.48 (3d) (a) Beginning with the fees due in calendar year 2008, an electric cooperative may claim as a credit against the fees imposed under sub. (1r) and s. 76.29 (2) an amount equal to the amount of any payments in lieu of property taxes that the electric cooperative paid in the then current calendar year, not to exceed the amount of property taxes that the cooperative would have paid in that year had the cooperative's property been subject to taxation under ch. 70. If a credit computed under this paragraph is not entirely offset against the license fees otherwise due for the then current calendar year, the unused balance may be carried forward and credited against license fees otherwise due for the following 15 calender years to the extent not offset by the license fees otherwise due in all intervening years between the year in which the payments were paid and the year in which the carry-forward credit is claimed.
(b) Beginning with distributions in 2008, a general structure owned or leased by an electric cooperative for which a payment in lieu of property taxes is made in the year of the distribution shall not be included in the calculation of payments under s. 79.04 (1) and (2). Beginning with distributions in 2009, a substation of an electric cooperative, other than a transmission substation, for which a payment in lieu of property taxes is made in the year of the distribution shall not be included in the calculation of payments under s. 79.04 (1) and (2).
25,1474q Section 1474q. 76.655 of the statutes is created to read:
76.655 Health insurance risk-sharing plan assessments credit. (1) Definitions. In this section, "claimant" means an insurer, as defined in s. 149.10 (5), who files a claim under this section.
(2) Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided under this section, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005, a claimant may claim as a credit against the fees imposed under ss. 76.60, 76.63, 76.65, 76.66 or 76.67 an amount that is equal to a percentage of the amount of assessment under s. 149.13 that the claimant paid in the taxable year, as determined under sub. (3).
(3) Limitations. The department of revenue, in consultation with the office of the commissioner of insurance, shall determine the percentage under sub. (2) for each claimant for each taxable year so that the cost of the credit under this section and ss. 71.07 (5g), 71.28 (5g), and 71.47 (5g) is as close as practicable to $2,000,000 in the 2006-07 fiscal year and $5,000,000 in each fiscal year thereafter.
(4) Carry-forward. If the credit under sub. (2) is not entirely offset against the fees imposed under ss. 76.60, 76.63, 76.65, 76.66, or 76.67 that are otherwise due, the unused balance may be carried forward and credited against those fees in the following 15 years to the extent that it is not offset by those fees otherwise due in all the years between the year in which the assessment was paid and the year in which the carry-forward credit is claimed.
25,1474s Section 1474s. 76.67 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
76.67 (2) If any domestic insurer is licensed to transact insurance business in another state, this state may not require similar insurers domiciled in that other state to pay taxes greater in the aggregate than the aggregate amount of taxes that a domestic insurer is required to pay to that other state for the same year less the credit credits under s. ss. 76.635 and 76.655, except that the amount imposed shall not be less than the total of the amounts due under ss. 76.65 (2) and 601.93 and, if the insurer is subject to s. 76.60, 0.375% of its gross premiums, as calculated under s. 76.62, less offsets allowed under s. 646.51 (7) or under s. ss. 76.635 and 76.655 against that total, and except that the amount imposed shall not be less than the amount due under s. 601.93.
25,1474t Section 1474t. Chapter 77 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
CHAPTER 77
TAXATION OF FOREST CROPLANDS;
REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEES;
SALES AND USE TAXES; COUNTY
AND SPECIAL DISTRICT SALES
AND USE TAXES; MANAGED FOREST
LAND; TEMPORARY RECYCLING
SURCHARGE; LOCAL FOOD AND
BEVERAGE TAX; LOCAL RENTAL
CAR TAX; Premier resort area
taxes; state rental vehicle fee;
dry cleaning fees; regional
transit authority fee
25,1503 Section 1503. 77.51 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
77.51 (13) (a) Every seller who makes any sale, regardless of whether the sale is mercantile in nature, of tangible personal property or taxable a service specified under s. 77.52 (2) (a).
25,1518m Section 1518m. 77.51 (14) (L) of the statutes is repealed.
25,1579 Section 1579. 77.54 (7m) of the statutes is amended to read:
77.54 (7m) Occasional sales of tangible personal property or services, including but not limited to admissions or tickets to an event; by a neighborhood association, church, civic group, garden club, social club or similar nonprofit organization; not involving entertainment for which payment in the aggregate exceeds $300 $500 for performing or as reimbursement of expenses unless access to the event may be obtained without payment of a direct or indirect admission fee; conducted by the organization if the organization is not engaged in a trade or business and is not required to have a seller's permit. For purposes of this subsection, an organization is engaged in a trade or business and is required to have a seller's permit if its sales of tangible personal property and services, not including sales of tickets to events, and its events occur on more than 20 days during the year, unless its receipts do not exceed $15,000 $25,000 during the year. The exemption under this subsection does not apply to gross receipts from the sale of bingo supplies to players or to the sale, rental or use of regular bingo cards, extra regular cards and special bingo cards.
25,1599 Section 1599. 77.54 (20) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
77.54 (20) (c) 4. Taxable sales do not include meals, food, food products, or beverages sold by hospitals, sanatoriums, nursing homes, retirement homes, community-based residential facilities, as defined in s. 50.01 (1g), or day care centers registered licensed under ch. 48 and served at a hospital, sanatorium, nursing home, retirement home, community-based residential facility, or day care center. In this subdivision "retirement home" means a nonprofit residential facility where 3 or more unrelated adults or their spouses have their principal residence and where support services, including meals from a common kitchen, are available to residents. Taxable sales do not include meals, food, food products, or beverages sold to the elderly or handicapped by persons providing "mobile meals on wheels".
25,1631m Section 1631m. 77.54 (47) of the statutes is renumbered 77.54 (47) (intro.) and amended to read:
77.54 (47) (intro.) The gross receipts from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of live all of the following:
(a) Live game birds, and clay pigeons , that are sold to bird hunting preserves licensed under s. 169.19.
25,1631p Section 1631p. 77.54 (47) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
77.54 (47) (b) Clay pigeons that are sold to a shooting facility, if any of the following applies:
1. The shooting facility is required to pay the tax imposed under s. 77.52 on its gross receipts from charges for shooting at the facility.
2. The shooting facility is a nonprofit organization that charges for shooting at the facility, but is not required to pay the tax imposed under s. 77.52 on its gross receipts from such charges because the charges are for occasional sales, as provided under sub. (7m).
25,1632m Section 1632m. 77.54 (49) of the statutes is created to read:
77.54 (49) The gross receipts from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of taxable services and tangible personal property that is physically transferred to the purchaser as a necessary part of services that are subject to the taxes imposed under s. 77.52 (2) (a) 7., 10., 11., and 20., if the seller and the purchaser of such services and property are members of the same affiliated group under section 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code and are eligible to file a single consolidated return for federal income tax purposes. For purposes of this subsection, if a seller purchases a taxable service or tangible personal property, as described in the subsection, that is subsequently sold to a member of the seller's affiliated group and the sale is exempt under this subsection from the taxes imposed under this subchapter, the original purchase of the taxable service or tangible personal property by the seller is not considered a sale for resale or exempt under this subsection.
25,1632n Section 1632n. 77.54 (50) of the statutes is created to read:
77.54 (50) The gross receipts from the sale of taxable services provided by a temporary help company, as defined in s. 108.02 (24m), if the client for whom the services are provided controls the means of performing the services and is responsible for the satisfactory completion of the services.
25,1657c Section 1657c. 77.61 (5) (b) 12. of the statutes is created to read:
77.61 (5) (b) 12. The secretary of revenue and employees of that department for the purposes of preparing and maintaining the list of persons with unpaid tax obligations as described in s. 73.03 (62) so that the list of such persons is available for public inspection.
25,1666m Section 1666m. 77.705 of the statutes is amended to read:
77.705 Adoption by resolution; baseball park district. A local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229, by resolution under s. 229.68 (15), may impose a sales tax and a use tax under this subchapter at a rate of no more than 0.1% of the gross receipts or sales price. Those taxes may be imposed only in their entirety. The resolution shall be effective on the first day of the first month that begins at least 30 days after the adoption of the resolution. Any moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.566 (1) (gd) to the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (4) (gb) shall be used exclusively to retire the district's debt.
25,1667n Section 1667n. 77.706 of the statutes is amended to read:
77.706 Adoption by resolution; football stadium district. A local professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229, by resolution under s. 229.824 (15), may impose a sales tax and a use tax under this subchapter at a rate of 0.5% of the gross receipts or sales price. Those taxes may be imposed only in their entirety. The imposition of the taxes under this section shall be effective on the first day of the first month that begins at least 30 days after the certification of the approval of the resolution by the electors in the district's jurisdiction under s. 229.824 (15). Any moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.566 (1) (ge) to the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (4) (ge) shall be used exclusively to retire the district's debt.
25,1684b Section 1684b. 77.81 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
77.81 (2m) "Independent certified plan writer" means a plan writer certified by the department but who is not acting under contract with the department under s. 77.82 (3) (g).
25,1684c Section 1684c. 77.82 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
77.82 (2) (i) If a proposed management plan is not submitted with the petition, a request that the department prepare a management plan. The department may decline to prepare the plan.
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