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e. Processing and manufacturing equipment, including pipes, motors, pumps, valves, pasteurizers, homogenizers, vats, evaporators, dryers, concentrators, and churns.

f. Packaging and handling equipment, including sealing, bagging, boxing, labeling, conveying, and product movement equipment.

g. Warehouse equipment, including storage racks.

h. Waste treatment and waste management equipment, including tanks, blowers, separators, dryers, digesters, and equipment that uses waste to produce energy, fuel, or industrial products.

i. Computer software and hardware used for managing the claimant's dairy manufacturing operation, including software and hardware related to logistics, inventory management, and production plant controls.

4. "Used exclusively" means used to the exclusion of all other uses except for use not exceeding 5 percent of total use.

(b) Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 560.207, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006, and before January 1, 2015, a claimant may claim as a credit against the taxes imposed under s. 71.23, up to the amount of the tax, an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount the claimant paid in the taxable year for dairy manufacturing modernization or expansion related to the claimant's dairy manufacturing operation.

(c) Limitations. 1. No credit may be allowed under this subsection for any amount that the claimant paid for expenses described under par. (b) that the claimant also claimed as a deduction under section 162 of the Internal Revenue Code.

2. The aggregate amount of credits that a claimant may claim under this subsection is $200,000.

2m. a. The maximum amount of the credits that may be claimed under this subsection and ss. 71.07 (3p) and 71.47 (3p) in fiscal year 2007-08 is $600,000, as allocated under s. 560.207.

b. The maximum amount of the credits that may be claimed under this subsection and ss. 71.07 (3p) and 71.47 (3p) in fiscal year 2008-09, and in each fiscal year thereafter, is $700,000, as allocated under s. 560.207.

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 their payment of expenses under par. (b), except that the aggregate amount of credits that the entity may compute shall not exceed $200,000. 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 interest.

4. If 2 or more persons own and operate the dairy manufacturing operation, each person may claim a credit under par. (b) in proportion to his or her ownership interest, except that the aggregate amount of the credits claimed by all persons who own and operate the dairy manufacturing operation shall not exceed $200,000.

(d) Administration. 1. Subsection (4) (e), (g), and (h), as it applies to the credit under sub. (4), applies to the credit under this subsection.

2. If the allowable amount of the claim under par. (b) exceeds the tax otherwise due under s. 71.23 or no tax is due under s. 71.23, the amount of the claim not used to offset the tax due shall be certified by the department of revenue to the department of administration for payment by check, share draft, or other draft drawn from the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (2) (bn).

20,2040 Section 2040. 71.28 (3w) (a) 5m. of the statutes is created to read:

71.28 (3w) (a) 5m. "Wages" means wages under section 3306 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code, determined without regard to any dollar limitations.

20,2041 Section 2041. 71.28 (3w) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

71.28 (3w) (a) 6. "Zone payroll" means the amount of state payroll that is attributable to compensation wages paid to individuals full-time employees for services that are performed in a an enterprise zone. "Zone payroll" does not include the amount of compensation wages paid to any individuals full-time employees that exceeds $100,000.

20,2042 Section 2042. 71.28 (3w) (b) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

71.28 (3w) (b) 1. a. The claimant's zone payroll in the taxable year, minus the claimant's zone payroll number of full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than $30,000 and who the claimant employed in the enterprise zone in the taxable year, minus the number of full-time employees whose annual wages were greater than $30,000 and who the claimant employed in the area that comprises the enterprise zone in the base year.

20,2043 Section 2043. 71.28 (3w) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

71.28 (3w) (b) 1. b. The claimant's state payroll in the taxable year, minus the claimant's state payroll number of full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than $30,000 and who the claimant employed in the state in the taxable year, minus the number of full-time employees whose annual wages were greater than $30,000 and who the claimant employed in the state in the base year.

20,2044 Section 2044. 71.28 (3w) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

71.28 (3w) (b) 2. Subtract the number of Determine the claimant's average zone payroll by dividing total wages for full-time employees that whose annual wages are greater than $30,000 and who the claimant employed in the area that comprises the enterprise zone in the base taxable year from by the number of full-time employees that whose annual wages are greater than $30,000 and who the claimant employed in the enterprise zone in the taxable year.

20,2045 Section 2045. 71.28 (3w) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

71.28 (3w) (b) 3. Multiply Subtract $30,000 from the amount determined under subd. 2., but not an amount less than zero, by $30,000.

20,2046 Section 2046. 71.28 (3w) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

71.28 (3w) (b) 4. Subtract Multiply the amount determined under subd. 3. from by the amount determined under subd. 1.

20,2047 Section 2047. 71.28 (3w) (bm) (intro.) and 4. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 71.28 (3w) (bm) and amended to read:

71.28 (3w) (bm) Filing supplemental claims. In addition to the credit under par. (b) and subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 560.799, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.23 an amount equal to all of the following: 4. The the amount the claimant paid in the taxable year to upgrade or improve the job-related skills of any of the claimant's full-time employees, to train any of the claimant's full-time employees on the use of job-related new technologies, or to train provide job-related training to any full-time employee whose employment with the claimant represents the employee's first full-time job. This subdivision does not apply to employees who do not work in a an enterprise zone.

20,2048 Section 2048. 71.28 (3w) (bm) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

20,2049 Section 2049. 71.28 (3w) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

71.28 (3w) (d) Administration. Subsection (4) (g) and (h), as it applies to the credit under sub. (4), applies to the credit under this subsection. Claimants shall include with their returns a copy of their certification for tax benefits, and a copy of the verification of their expenses, from the department of commerce.

20,2050 Section 2050. 71.28 (5b) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

71.28 (5b) (c) 1. The Except as provided in s. 73.03 (63), the maximum amount of the credits that may be claimed under this subsection and ss. 71.07 (5b) and 71.47 (5b) for all taxable years combined is $35,000,000 $52,500,000.

20,2051 Section 2051. 71.28 (5b) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 71.28 (5b) (d) 1.

20,2052 Section 2052. 71.28 (5b) (d) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

71.28 (5b) (d) 2. The Wisconsin adjusted basis of any investment for which a credit is claimed under par. (b) shall be reduced by the amount of the credit that is offset against Wisconsin income taxes. The Wisconsin basis of a partner's interest in a partnership, a member's interest in a limited liability company, or stock in a tax-option corporation shall be adjusted to reflect adjustments made under this subdivision.

20,2056 Section 2056. 71.28 (5h) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

71.28 (5h) (a) 4. "Previously owned property" means real property that the claimant or a related person owned during the 2 years prior to doing business in this state as a film production company and for which the claimant may not deduct a loss from the sale of the property to, or an exchange of the property with, the related person under section 267 of the Internal Revenue Code, except that section 267 of the Internal Revenue Code is modified so that if the claimant owns any part of the property, rather than 50 percent ownership, the claimant is subject to section 267 of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of this subsection.

20,2057 Section 2057. 71.28 (5h) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

71.28 (5h) (c) 2. A claimant may claim the credit under par. (b) 2. for an amount expended to construct, rehabilitate, remodel, or repair real property, if the claimant began the physical work of construction, rehabilitation, remodeling, or repair, or any demolition or destruction in preparation for the physical work, after December 31, 2007, or if and the completed project is placed in service after December 31, 2007.

20,2058 Section 2058. 71.28 (5h) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

71.28 (5h) (c) 3. A claimant may claim the credit under par. (b) 2. for an amount expended to acquire real property, if the property is not previously owned property and if the claimant acquires the property after December 31, 2007, or if and the completed project is placed in service after December 31, 2007.

20,2059 Section 2059. 71.28 (5i) of the statutes is created to read:

71.28 (5i) Electronic medical records credit. (a) Definitions. In this subsection, "claimant" means a person who files a claim under this subsection.

(b) Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009, a claimant may claim as a credit against the taxes imposed under s. 71.23, up to the amount of those taxes, an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount the claimant paid in the taxable year for information technology hardware or software that is used to maintain medical records in electronic form, if the claimant is a health care provider, as defined in s. 146.81 (1).

(c) Limitations. 1. The maximum amount of the credits that may be claimed under this subsection and ss. 71.07 (5i) and 71.47 (5i) in a taxable year is $10,000,000, as allocated under s. 560.204.

2. 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 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.

(d) Administration. Subsection (4) (e) to (h), as it applies to the credit under sub. (4), applies to the credit under this subsection.

20,2060 Section 2060. 71.28 (5j) of the statutes is created to read:

71.28 (5j) Ethanol and biodiesel fuel pump credit. (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

1. "Biodiesel fuel" has the meaning given in s. 168.14 (2m) (a).

2. "Claimant" means a person who files a claim under this subsection.

3. "Motor vehicle fuel" has the meaning given in s. 78.005 (13).

(b) Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007, and before January 1, 2018, a claimant may claim as a credit against the taxes imposed under s. 71.23, up to the amount of the taxes, an amount that is equal to 25 percent of the amount that the claimant paid in the taxable year to install or retrofit pumps located in this state that dispense motor vehicle fuel consisting of at least 85 percent ethanol or at least 20 percent biodiesel fuel.

(c) Limitations. 1. The maximum amount of the credit that a claimant may claim under this subsection in a taxable year is an amount that is equal to $5,000 for each service station for which the claimant has installed or retrofitted pumps as described under par. (b).

2. 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 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.

(d) Administration. Subsection (4) (e) to (h), as it applies to the credit under sub. (4), applies to the credit under this subsection.

20,2060m Section 2060m. 71.28 (5k) of the statutes is created to read:

71.28 (5k) Community rehabilitation program credit. (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

1. "Claimant" means a person who files a claim under this subsection.

2. "Community rehabilitation program" means a nonprofit entity, county, municipality, or state or federal agency that directly provides, or facilitates the provision of, vocational rehabilitation services to individuals who have disabilities to maximize the employment opportunities, including career advancement, of such individuals.

3. "Vocational rehabilitation services" include education, training, employment, counseling, therapy, placement, and case management.

4. "Work" includes production, packaging, assembly, food service, custodial service, clerical service, and other commercial activities that improve employment opportunities for individuals who have disabilities.

(b) Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, for taxable years beginning after July 1, 2009, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.23, up to the amount of those taxes, an amount equal to 5 percent of the amount the claimant paid in the taxable year to a community rehabilitation program to perform work for the claimant's business, pursuant to a contract.

(c) Limitations. 1. The maximum amount of the credit that any claimant may claim under this subsection in a taxable year is $25,000 for each community rehabilitation program for which the claimant enters into a contract to have the community rehabilitation program perform work for the claimant's business.

2. No credit may be claimed under this subsection unless the claimant submits with the claimant's return a form, as prescribed by the department of revenue, that verifies that the claimant has entered into a contract with a community rehabilitation program and that the program has received payment from the claimant for work provided by the program, consistent with par. (b).

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 their payment of amounts 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.

(d) Administration. Subsection (4) (e) to (h), as it applies to the credit under sub. (4), applies to the credit under this subsection.

20,2060n Section 2060n. 71.30 (3) (bn) of the statutes is created to read:

71.30 (3) (bn) Community rehabilitation program credit under s. 71.28 (5k).

20,2060s Section 2060s. 71.30 (3) (cn) of the statutes is created to read:

71.30 (3) (cn) Biodiesel fuel production credit under s. 71.28 (3h).

20,2062 Section 2062. 71.30 (3) (ed) of the statutes is created to read:

71.30 (3) (ed) Ethanol and biodiesel fuel pump credit under s. 71.28 (5j).

20,2063 Section 2063. 71.30 (3) (epa) of the statutes is created to read:

71.30 (3) (epa) Electronic medical records credit under s. 71.28 (5i).

20,2064 Section 2064. 71.30 (3) (epp) of the statutes is renumbered 71.30 (3) (eps) and amended to read:

71.30 (3) (eps) Film production services credit under s. 71.28 (5f) (b) 1. and 3.

20,2065 Section 2065. 71.30 (3) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

71.30 (3) (f) The total of farmers' drought property tax credit under s. 71.28 (1fd), farmland preservation credit under subch. IX, farmland tax relief credit under s. 71.28 (2m), dairy manufacturing facility investment credit under s. 71.28 (3p), enterprise zone jobs credit under s. 71.28 (3w), film production services credit under s. 71.28 (5f) (b) 2., and estimated tax payments under s. 71.29.

20,2066 Section 2066. 71.34 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

71.34 (1) (g) An addition shall be made for credits computed by a tax-option corporation under s. 71.28 (1dd), (1de), (1di), (1dj), (1dL), (1dm), (1ds), (1dx), (3), (3g), (3h), (3n), (3p), (3t), (3w), (5b), (5e), (5f), (5g), and (5h), (5i), (5j), and (5k) and passed through to shareholders.

20,2067 Section 2067. 71.34 (1g) (L) of the statutes is repealed.

20,2068 Section 2068. 71.34 (1g) (m) of the statutes is repealed.

20,2069 Section 2069. 71.34 (1g) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:

71.34 (1g) (n) "Internal Revenue Code" for tax-option corporations, for taxable years that begin after December 31, 1998, and before January 1, 2000, means the federal Internal Revenue Code as amended to December 31, 1998, excluding sections 103, 104, and 110 of P.L. 102-227, sections 13113, 13150 (d), 13171 (d), 13174, and 13203 (d) of P.L. 103-66 and sections 1123 (b), 1202 (c), 1204 (f), 1311, and 1605 (d) of P.L. 104-188, and as amended by P.L. 106-36, P.L. 106-170, P.L. 106-230, P.L. 106-554, excluding sections 162 and 165 of P.L. 106-554, P.L. 107-16, excluding section 431 of P.L. 107-16, P.L. 107-134, P.L. 107-147, excluding sections 101, 301 (a), and 406 of P.L. 107-147, P.L. 107-181, P.L. 107-276, P.L. 108-121, excluding section 109 of P.L. 108-121, P.L. 108-311, excluding sections 306, 307, 308, 316, 401, and 403 (a) of P.L. 108-311, and P.L. 108-357, excluding sections 101, 201, 211, 242, 244, 336, 337, 422, 847, 909, and 910 of P.L. 108-357, P.L. 109-7, P.L. 109-135, excluding sections 101, 105, 201 (a) as it relates to section 1400S (a), 402 (e), 403 (e), (j), and (q), and 405 of P.L. 109-135, and P.L. 109-280, excluding sections 811 and 844 of P.L. 109-280, and as indirectly affected in the provisions applicable to this subchapter by P.L. 99-514, P.L. 100-203, P.L. 100-647, excluding sections 803 (d) (2) (B), 805 (d) (2), 812 (c) (2), 821 (b) (2), and 823 (c) (2) of P.L. 99-514 and section 1008 (g) (5) of P.L. 100-647, P.L. 101-73, P.L. 101-140, P.L. 101-179, P.L. 101-239, P.L. 101-508, P.L. 102-227, excluding sections 103, 104, and 110 of P.L. 102-227, P.L. 102-318, P.L. 102-486, P.L. 103-66, excluding sections 13113, 13150 (d), 13171 (d), 13174, and 13203 (d) of P.L. 103-66, P.L. 103-296, P.L. 103-337, P.L. 103-465, P.L. 104-7, P.L. 104-188, excluding sections 1123 (b), 1202 (c), 1204 (f), 1311, and 1605 (d) of P.L. 104-188, P.L. 104-191, P.L. 104-193, P.L. 105-33, P.L. 105-34, P.L. 105-178, P.L. 105-206, P.L. 105-277, P.L. 106-36, P.L. 106-170, P.L. 106-230, P.L. 106-554, excluding sections 162 and 165 of P.L. 106-554, P.L. 107-16, excluding section 431 of P.L. 107-16, P.L. 107-134, P.L. 107-147, excluding sections 101, 301 (a), and 406 of P.L. 107-147, P.L. 107-181, P.L. 107-276, P.L. 108-121, excluding section 109 of P.L. 108-121, P.L. 108-311, excluding sections 306, 307, 308, 316, 401, and 403 (a) of P.L. 108-311, and P.L. 108-357, excluding sections 101, 201, 211, 242, 244, 336, 337, 422, 847, 909, and 910 of P.L. 108-357, P.L. 109-7, P.L. 109-135, excluding sections 101, 105, 201 (a) as it relates to section 1400S (a), 402 (e), 403 (e), (j), and (q), and 405 of P.L. 109-135, and P.L. 109-280, excluding sections 811 and 844 of P.L. 109-280, except that section 1366 (f) (relating to pass-through of items to shareholders) is modified by substituting the tax under s. 71.35 for the taxes under sections 1374 and 1375. The Internal Revenue Code applies for Wisconsin purposes at the same time as for federal purposes. Amendments to the federal Internal Revenue Code enacted after December 31, 1998, do not apply to this paragraph with respect to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1998, and before January 1, 2000, except that changes to the Internal Revenue Code made by P.L. 106-36, P.L. 106-170, P.L. 106-230, P.L. 106-554, excluding sections 162 and 165 of P.L. 106-554, P.L. 107-16, excluding section 431 of P.L. 107-16, P.L. 107-134, P.L. 107-147, excluding sections 101, 301 (a), and 406 of P.L. 107-147, P.L. 107-181, P.L. 107-276, P.L. 108-121, excluding section 109 of P.L. 108-121, P.L. 108-311, excluding sections 306, 307, 308, 316, 401, and 403 (a) of P.L. 108-311, and P.L. 108-357, excluding sections 101, 201, 211, 242, 244, 336, 337, 422, 847, 909, and 910 of P.L. 108-357, P.L. 109-7, P.L. 109-135, excluding sections 101, 105, 201 (a) as it relates to section 1400S (a), 402 (e), 403 (e), (j), and (q), and 405 of P.L. 109-135, and P.L. 109-280, excluding sections 811 and 844 of P.L. 109-280, and changes that indirectly affect the provisions applicable to this subchapter made by P.L. 106-36, P.L. 106-170, P.L. 106-230, P.L. 106-554, excluding sections 162 and 165 of P.L. 106-554, P.L. 107-16, excluding section 431 of P.L. 107-16, P.L. 107-134, P.L. 107-147, excluding sections 101, 301 (a), and 406 of P.L. 107-147, P.L. 107-181, P.L. 107-276, P.L. 108-121, excluding section 109 of P.L. 108-121, P.L. 108-311, excluding sections 306, 307, 308, 316, 401, and 403 (a) of P.L. 108-311, and P.L. 108-357, excluding sections 101, 201, 211, 242, 244, 336, 337, 422, 847, 909, and 910 of P.L. 108-357, P.L. 109-7, P.L. 109-135, excluding sections 101, 105, 201 (a) as it relates to section 1400S (a), 402 (e), 403 (e), (j), and (q), and 405 of P.L. 109-135, and P.L. 109-280, excluding sections 811 and 844 of P.L. 109-280, apply for Wisconsin purposes at the same time as for federal purposes.