77.54 (6) (b) Containers, labels, sacks, cans, boxes, drums, bags or other packaging and shipping materials for use in packing, packaging or shipping tangible personal property or items or property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) or (c), if such items the containers, labels, sacks, cans, boxes, drums, bags, or other packaging and shipping materials are used by the purchaser to transfer merchandise to customers and meat.
(bm) Meat casing, wrapping paper, tape, containers, labels, sacks, cans, boxes, drums, bags or other packaging and shipping materials for use in packing, packaging or shipping meat or meat products regardless of whether such items are used to transfer merchandise to customers.
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1844. 77.54 (6m) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 77.51 (7h) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
77.51 (7h) (a) (intro.) For purposes of sub. (6) (a) "manufacturing" is "Manufacturing" means the production by machinery of a new article of tangible personal property with a different form, use, and name from existing materials, by a process popularly regarded as manufacturing, and that begins with conveying raw materials and supplies from plant inventory to the place where work is performed in the same plant and ends with conveying finished units of tangible personal property to the point of first storage in the same plant. "Manufacturing" includes but is not limited to:
28,1845
Section
1845. 77.54 (6m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 77.51 (7h) (a) 1.
28,1846
Section
1846. 77.54 (6m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 77.51 (7h) (a) 2. and amended to read:
77.51 (7h) (a) 2. Ore dressing, including the mechanical preparation, by crushing and other processes, and the concentration, by flotation and other processes, of ore, and beneficiation, including but not limited to the preparation of ore for smelting.
28,1846d
Section 1846d. 77.54 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
77.54 (7) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) to (d), the occasional sales of tangible personal property, items and property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) and (c), and services and the storage, use or other consumption in this state of tangible personal property and items and property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) and (c) the transfer of which to the purchaser is an occasional sale.
77.54 (7m) Occasional sales of tangible personal property, or items, or property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), or (c), and (d), or services, including 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 $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 items, property, and goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), and (d), 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 $25,000 during the year. The exemption under this subsection does not apply to the sales price 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.
77.54 (9a) (intro.) The sales price from sales to, and the storage by, use by or other consumption of tangible personal property, and items, and property, and goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), and (c),
and (d), and taxable services by:
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1847. 77.54 (9a) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
77.54 (9a) (a) This state or any agency thereof, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority, the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority.
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1848. 77.54 (9a) (ed) of the statutes is created to read:
77.54 (9a) (ed) Any federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state.
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Section
1849. 77.54 (9a) (er) of the statutes is created to read:
77.54 (9a) (er) Any transit authority created under s. 59.58 (7)
, 66.1038, or 66.1039.
77.54 (18) When the sale, license, lease, or rental of a service or property, including items, property, and goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), and (d), that was previously exempt or not taxable under this subchapter becomes taxable, and the service or property is furnished under a written contract by which the seller is unconditionally obligated to provide the service or property for the amount fixed under the contract, the seller is exempt from sales or use tax on the sales price for services or property provided until the contract is terminated, extended, renewed or modified. However, from the time the service or property becomes taxable until the contract is terminated, extended, renewed or modified the user is subject to use tax, measured by the purchase price, on the service or property purchased under the contract.
77.54 (23m) The sales price from the sale, license, lease or rental of or the storage, use or other consumption of motion picture film or tape, and motion pictures or radio or television programs for listening, viewing, or broadcast, and advertising materials related thereto, sold, licensed, leased or rented to a motion picture theater or radio or television station.
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Section 1849d. 77.54 (30) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
77.54 (30) (a) 6. Fuel and electricity consumed in manufacturing tangible personal property, or items or property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) or (c), in this state.
28,1849m
Section 1849m. 77.54 (30) (a) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
77.54 (30) (a) 7. Fuel sold for use in motorboats that are regularly employed in carrying persons for hire for sport fishing in and upon the outlying waters, as defined in s. 29.001 (63), and the rivers and tributaries specified in s. 29.2285 (2) (a) 1. and 2., if the owner and all operators are licensed under s. 29.514 to operate the boat for that purpose.
77.54 (35) The sales price from the sales of tangible personal property, or items, or property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), or (c), or (d), tickets, or admissions by any baseball team affiliated with the Wisconsin Department of American Legion baseball.
77.54 (37) The sales price from revenues collected under s. 256.35 (3) and the surcharge established by rule by the public service commission under s. 256.35 (3m) (f) for customers of wireless providers, as defined in s. 256.35 (3m) (a) 6.
77.54
(49) The sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of taxable services and tangible personal property or items
, or property
, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b)
, or (c),
or (d), that are 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
, or item
, or good 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 item
, or property
, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b)
, or (c),
or (d), or tangible personal property, as described in this 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 item
, or property
, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b)
, or (c),
or (d), or tangible personal property by the seller is not considered a sale for resale or exempt under this subsection.
77.54 (50) The sales price from the sale, license, lease, or rental of and the storage, use, or other consumption of specified digital goods or additional digital goods, if the sale, license, lease, or rental of and the storage, use, or other consumption of such goods sold in a tangible form is exempt from, or not subject to, taxation under this subchapter.
77.54 (54) The sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property, and items, and property
, and goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), and (c), and (d), and taxable services that are sold by a home exchange service that receives moneys from the appropriation account under s. 20.485 (1) (g) and is operated by the department of veterans affairs.
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Section 1850eb. 77.54 (55) of the statutes is created to read:
77.54 (55) The sales price from the police and fire protection fee imposed under s. 196.025 (6).
77.54 (56) (a) The Beginning July 1, 2011, the gross receipts from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of a product whose power source is wind energy, direct radiant energy received from the sun, or gas generated from anaerobic digestion of animal manure and other agricultural waste, if the product produces at least 200 watts of alternating current or 600 British thermal units per day, except that the exemption under this subsection does not apply to an uninterruptible power source that is designed primarily for computers.
(b) Except for the sale of electricity or energy that is exempt from taxation under sub. (30), beginning on July 1, 2011, the gross receipts from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of electricity or energy produced by a product described under par. (a).
77.54 (56) (a) Beginning July 1, 2011, the sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of a product whose power source is wind energy, direct radiant energy received from the sun, or gas generated from anaerobic digestion of animal manure and other agricultural waste, if the product produces at least 200 watts of alternating current or 600 British thermal units per day, except that the exemption under this subsection does not apply to an uninterruptible power source that is designed primarily for computers.
(b) Except for the sale of electricity or energy that is exempt from taxation under sub. (30), beginning on July 1, 2011, the sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of electricity or energy produced by a product described under par. (a).
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1851. 77.54 (57) of the statutes is created to read:
77.54 (57) (a) In this subsection:
1d. "Animals" include bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms.
1f. "Biotechnology" means the application of biotechnologies, including recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid techniques, biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, genetics, genetic engineering, biological cell fusion, and other bioprocesses, that use living organisms or parts of an organism to produce or modify products to improve plants or animals or improve animal health, develop microorganisms for specific uses, identify targets for small molecule pharmaceutical development, or transform biological systems into useful processes and products.
1m. "Biotechnology business" means a business, as certified by the department in the manner prescribed by the department, that is primarily engaged in the application of biotechnologies that use a living organism or parts of an organism to produce or modify products to improve plants or animals, develop microorganisms for specific uses, identify targets for small molecule pharmaceutical development, or transform biological systems into useful processes and products.
2. "Machinery" has the meaning given in s. 70.11 (27) (a) 2.
4. "Primarily" means more than 50 percent.
5. "Qualified research" means qualified research as defined under section
41 (d) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code.
6. "Used exclusively" has the meaning given in sub. (3) (b) 3.
(b) The sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of all of the following:
1. Machinery and equipment, including attachments, parts, and accessories, that are sold to persons who are engaged primarily in manufacturing or biotechnology in this state and are used exclusively and directly in qualified research.
2. Tangible personal property or item or property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) or (c) that is sold to persons who are engaged primarily in manufacturing or biotechnology in this state, if the tangible personal property or item or property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) or (c) is consumed or destroyed or loses its identity while being used exclusively and directly in qualified research.
3. Machines and specific processing equipment, including accessories, attachments, and parts for the machines or equipment, that are used exclusively and directly in raising animals that are sold primarily to a biotechnology business, a public or private institution of higher education, or a governmental unit for exclusive and direct use by any such entity in qualified research or manufacturing.
4. The items listed in sub. (3m) (a) to (m), medicines, semen for artificial insemination, fuel, and electricity that are used exclusively and directly in raising animals that are sold primarily to a biotechnology business, a public or private institution of higher education, or a governmental unit for exclusive and direct use by any such entity in qualified research or manufacturing.
77.55 (1) (intro.) There is exempted from the computation of the amount of the sales tax the sales price from the sale of any tangible personal property, or items,
or property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), or (c), and (d), or services to:
77.55 (2) There is exempted from the computation of the amount of the sales tax the sales price from sales of tangible personal property, and items, and property, and goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), and (c), and (d), to a common or contract carrier, shipped by the seller via the purchasing carrier under a bill of lading whether the freight is paid in advance, or the shipment is made freight charges collect, to a point outside this state and the property, or item, or good is actually transported to the out-of-state destination for use by the carrier in the conduct of its business as a carrier.
77.55 (3) There is exempted from the computation of the amount of the sales tax the sales price from sales of tangible personal property, and items, and property, and goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), and (c), and (d), purchased for use solely outside this state and delivered to a forwarding agent, export packer, or other person engaged in the business of preparing goods for export or arranging for their exportation, and actually delivered to a port outside the continental limits of the United States prior to making any use thereof.
77.56 (1) The storage, use or other consumption in this state of tangible personal property, including and items, property, and goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), and (d), the sales price from the sale of which is reported to the department in the measure of the sales tax, is exempted from the use tax.
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Section
1852. 77.58 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
77.58 (3) (a) For purposes of the sales tax a return shall be filed by every seller. For purposes of the use tax a return shall be filed by every retailer engaged in business in this state and by every person purchasing tangible personal property or services, the storage, use or other consumption of which is subject to the use tax, who has not paid the use tax due to a retailer required to collect the tax. If a qualified subchapter S subsidiary is not regarded as a separate entity under ch. 71, the owner of that subsidiary shall elect to either include the information for that subsidiary on the owner's return. Returns shall be signed by the person required to file the return or by a duly authorized agent but need not be verified by oath or file a separate electronic return for that entity. If a single-owner entity is disregarded as a separate entity under ch. 71, the owner shall elect to either include the information from the entity on the owner's return or file a separate electronic return for that entity. If an owner that owns more than one entity that is disregarded as a separate entity under ch. 71 elects to file a separate return for one of its disregarded entities, the owner shall file separate returns for all of its disregarded entities. Returns filed under this paragraph shall be signed by the person required to file the return or by a duly authorized agent but need not be verified by oath.
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Section 1852b. 77.58 (3) (a) of the statutes, as affected by
2009 Wisconsin Acts 2 and .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
77.58 (3) (a) For purposes of the sales tax a return shall be filed by every seller. For purposes of the use tax a return shall be filed by every retailer engaged in business in this state and by every person purchasing tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or services, the storage, use or other consumption of which is subject to the use tax, who has not paid the use tax due to a retailer required to collect the tax. If a qualified subchapter S subsidiary is not regarded as a separate entity under ch. 71, the owner of that subsidiary shall elect to either include the information for that subsidiary on the owner's return or file a separate electronic return for that entity. If a single-owner entity is disregarded as a separate entity under ch. 71, the owner shall elect to either include the information from the entity on the owner's return or file a separate electronic return for that entity. If an owner that owns more than one entity that is disregarded as a separate entity under ch. 71 elects to file a separate return for one of its disregarded entities, the owner shall file separate returns for all of its disregarded entities. Returns filed under this paragraph shall be signed by the person required to file the return or by a duly authorized agent but need not be verified by oath.
77.58 (6) For the purposes of the sales tax, the sales price from rentals, licenses, or leases of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) shall be reported and the tax paid in accordance with such rules as the department prescribes.
77.585 (8) (a) A sale or purchase involving transfer of ownership of tangible personal property, or items or property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) or (c), is completed at the time when possession is transferred by the seller or the seller's agent to the purchaser or the purchaser's agent, except that for purposes of sub. (1) a common carrier or the U.S. postal service shall be considered the agent of the seller, regardless of any f.o.b. point and regardless of the method by which freight or postage is paid.
(b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., a sale or purchase involving a digital good under s. 77.52 (1) (d) is completed at the time when possession is transferred by the seller or the seller's agent to the purchaser or the purchaser's agent or when the digital good is first used, whichever comes first.
2. A sale or purchase of a product transferred electronically, including a digital good under s. 77.52 (1) (d), that is sold by subscription, is completed at the time when the payment for the subscription is due to the seller. For purposes of this subdivision, "subscription" means an agreement with a seller that grants the consumer the right to obtain products transferred electronically from within one or more product categories having the same tax treatment, in a fixed quantity or for a fixed period of time, or both.
77.59 (9n) (c) A Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, a purchaser is not liable for the tax, interest, or penalties imposed on a transaction under this subchapter if the seller or certified service provider from whom the purchaser made the purchase relied on erroneous data provided in the databases under s. 73.03 (61) (e) and (f) or if the purchaser relied on erroneous data provided in the databases under s. 73.03 (61) (e) and (f). With respect to reliance on the database provided under s. 73.03 (61) (e), the relief provided under this paragraph is limited to the erroneous classification in the database of terms defined in this subchapter and specifically identified in the database as being "taxable," "exempt," "included in sales price" or "excluded from sales price," or "included in the definition" or "excluded from the definition." With respect to reliance on the database provided under s. 73.03 (61) (f), the relief provided under this paragraph does not apply to transactions by which the product is received by the purchaser at the business location of the seller.
77.61 (4) (c) For reporting the sales tax and collecting and reporting the use tax imposed on the retailer under s. 77.53 (3) and the accounting connected with it, retailers, not including certified service providers that receive compensation under s. 73.03 (61) (h), may deduct 0.5 percent of those taxes payable or $10 for that reporting period required under s. 77.58 (1) and not more than $1,000 for that reporting period, whichever is greater, but not more than the amount of the sales taxes or use taxes that is payable under ss. 77.52 and 77.53 (3) for that reporting period required under s. 77.58 (1), as administration expenses if the payment of the taxes is not delinquent. For purposes of calculating the retailer's discount under this paragraph, the taxes on retail sales reported by retailers under subch. V, including taxes collected and remitted as required under s. 77.785, shall be included if the payment of those taxes is not delinquent.
77.61 (11) Any city, village or town clerk or other official whose duty it is to issue licenses or permits to engage in a business involving the sale at retail of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d) subject to tax under this subchapter, or the furnishing of services so subject to tax, shall, before issuing such license or permit, require proof that the person to whom such license or permit is to be issued is the holder of a seller's permit or use tax registration certificate, is registered to collect, report, and remit use tax under this subchapter, or has been informed by an employee of the department that the department will issue a seller's permit or use tax registration certificate to that person or register that person to collect, report, and remit use tax.
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1854. 77.61 (19) of the statutes is created to read:
77.61 (19) A person who fails to produce records or documents, as provided under s. 73.03 (9) or 77.59 (2), that support amounts or other information required to be shown on a return required under s. 77.58 may be subject to any of the following penalties, as determined by the department, except that the department may not impose a penalty under this subsection if the person shows that under all facts and circumstances the person's response, or failure to respond, to the department's request was reasonable or justified by factors beyond the person's control:
(a) The disallowance of deductions, credits, exemptions, or inclusions of additional taxable sales or additional taxable purchases to which the requested records relate.
(b) A penalty for each violation of this subsection that is equal to the greater of $500 or 25 percent of the amount of the additional tax on any adjustment made by the department that results from the person's failure to produce the records.
(c) The department shall promulgate rules to administer this subsection and the rules shall include a standard response time, a standard for noncompliance, and penalty waiver provisions.
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Section
1855. 77.61 (19m) of the statutes is created to read:
