71.07 (3n) (b) 2. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, for taxable years that begin after December 31, 2005, and before January 1, 2017 2014, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under ss. 71.02 and 71.08 an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount the claimant paid in the taxable year for livestock farm modernization or expansion related to the operation of the claimant's livestock farm.
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Section 1338j. 71.07 (3n) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
71.07 (3n) (g) No credit may be claimed under this subsection for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013. Credits under this subsection for taxable years that begin before January 1, 2014, may be carried forward to taxable years that begin after December 31, 2013.
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Section 1338k. 71.07 (3p) (a) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
71.07 (3p) (a) 3. (intro.) "Dairy manufacturing modernization or expansion" means constructing, improving, or acquiring buildings or facilities, or acquiring equipment, for dairy manufacturing, including the following, if used exclusively for dairy manufacturing and if acquired and placed in service in this state during taxable years that begin after December 31, 2006, and before January 1, 2015 2014, or, in the case of dairy cooperatives, if acquired and placed in service in this state during taxable years that begin after December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2017 2014:
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Section 1338L. 71.07 (3p) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
71.07 (3p) (b) Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 93.535 or s. 560.207, 2009 stats., except as provided in par. (c) 5., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006, and before January 1, 2015 2014, a claimant may claim as a credit against the taxes imposed under s. 71.02 or 71.08, 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.
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Section 1338m. 71.07 (3p) (c) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
71.07 (3p) (c) 5. A claimant who is a member of a dairy cooperative may claim the credit in the year after the year in which the dairy manufacturing modernization or expansion occurs, based on amounts described under par. (b) that are paid by the dairy cooperative, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2018 2014. The amount of the credits computed and not passed through by a partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation that has added that amount to the partnership's, company's, or tax-option corporation's income under s. 71.21 (4) or 71.34 (1k) (g) shall be added to a claimant's income in the year in which the cooperative member is allowed to claim the credit.
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Section 1338n. 71.07 (3p) (d) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
71.07 (3p) (d) 4. No credit may be claimed under this subsection for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013.
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Section 1338p. 71.07 (3r) (a) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
71.07 (3r) (a) 3. (intro.) "Meat processing modernization or expansion" means constructing, improving, or acquiring buildings or facilities, or acquiring equipment, for meat processing, including the following, if used exclusively for meat processing and if acquired and placed in service in this state during taxable years that begin after December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2017 2014:
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Section 1338q. 71.07 (3r) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
71.07 (3r) (b) Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 93.545 or s. 560.208, 2009 stats., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2017 2014, a claimant may claim as a credit against the taxes imposed under s. 71.02 or 71.08, up to the amount of the tax, an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount the claimant paid in the taxable year for meat processing modernization or expansion related to the claimant's meat processing operation.
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Section 1338r. 71.07 (3r) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
71.07 (3r) (d) 3. No credit may be claimed under this subsection for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013.
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Section 1338rb. 71.07 (3rm) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
71.07 (3rm) (b) Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 93.547 or s. 560.209, 2009 stats., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2016 2015, a claimant may claim as a credit against the taxes imposed under s. 71.02 or 71.08, up to the amount of the tax, an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount the claimant paid in the taxable year for equipment that is used primarily to harvest or process woody biomass that is used as fuel or as a component of fuel.
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Section 1338rc. 71.07 (3rm) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
71.07 (3rm) (d) 3. No credit may be claimed under this subsection for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014.
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Section 1338s. 71.07 (3rn) (a) 4. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
71.07 (3rn) (a) 4. (intro.) "Food processing plant or food warehouse modernization or expansion" means constructing, improving, or acquiring buildings or facilities, or acquiring equipment, for food processing or food warehousing, including the following, if used exclusively for food processing or food warehousing and if acquired and placed in service in this state during taxable years that begin after December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2017 2014:
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Section 1338t. 71.07 (3rn) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
71.07 (3rn) (b) Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 93.54 or s. 560.2056, 2009 stats., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2017 2014, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under ss. 71.02 and 71.08, up to the amount of the tax, an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount the claimant paid in the taxable year for food processing or food warehousing modernization or expansion related to the operation of the claimant's food processing plant or food warehouse.
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Section 1338u. 71.07 (3rn) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
71.07 (3rn) (d) 3. No credit may be claimed under this subsection for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013.
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Section
1339. 71.07 (3w) (b) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
71.07 (3w) (b) 1. a. The number of full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than $20,000 the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $30,000 in a tier II county or municipality 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 $20,000 the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $30,000 in a tier II county or municipality and who the claimant employed in the area that comprises the enterprise zone in the base year.
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Section
1340. 71.07 (3w) (b) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
71.07 (3w) (b) 1. b. The number of full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than $20,000 the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $30,000 in a tier II county or municipality 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 $20,000 the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $30,000 in a tier II county or municipality and who the claimant employed in the state in the base year.
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Section
1341. 71.07 (3w) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
71.07 (3w) (b) 2. Determine the claimant's average zone payroll by dividing total wages for full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than $20,000 the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $30,000 in a tier II county or municipality and who the claimant employed in the enterprise zone in the taxable year by the number of full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than $20,000 the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $30,000 in a tier II county or municipality and who the claimant employed in the enterprise zone in the taxable year.
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Section
1342. 71.07 (3w) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
71.07 (3w) (b) 3. For employees in a tier I county or municipality, subtract $20,000 the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage from the amount determined under subd. 2. and for employees in a tier II county or municipality, subtract $30,000 from the amount determined under subd. 2.
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Section
1343. 71.07 (3w) (bm) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
71.07 (3w) (bm) 2. In addition to the credits under par. (b) and subds. 1., 3., and 4., and subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 238.399 or s. 560.799, 2009 stats., a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.02 or 71.08 an amount equal to the percentage, as determined under s. 238.399 or s. 560.799, 2009 stats., not to exceed 7 percent, of the claimant's zone payroll paid in the taxable year to all of the claimant's full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than $20,000 the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage in a tier I county or municipality, not including the wages paid to the employees determined under par. (b) 1., or greater than $30,000 in a tier II county or municipality, not including the wages paid to the employees determined under par. (b) 1., and who the claimant employed in the enterprise zone in the taxable year, if the total number of such employees is equal to or greater than the total number of such employees in the base year. A claimant may claim a credit under this subdivision for no more than 5 consecutive taxable years.
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Section 1343b. 71.07 (4k) of the statutes is created to read:
71.07 (4k) Research credit. (a)
Definitions. In this subsection:
1. "Frame" includes:
a. Every part of a motorcycle, except the tires.
b. In the case of a truck, the control system and the fuel and drive train, excluding any comfort features located in the cab or the tires.
c. In the case of a generator, the control modules, fuel train, fuel scrubbing process, fuel mixers, generator, heat exchangers, exhaust train, and similar components.
2. "Internal combustion engine" includes substitute products such as fuel cell, electric, and hybrid drives.
3. "Vehicle" means any vehicle or frame, including parts, accessories, and component technologies, in which or on which an engine is mounted for use in mobile or stationary applications. "Vehicle" includes any truck, tractor, motorcycle, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, boat, personal watercraft, generator, construction equipment, lawn and garden maintenance equipment, automobile, van, sports utility vehicle, motor home, bus, or aircraft.
(b)
Credit. 1. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, and except as provided in subds. 2. and 3., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, an individual, a partner of a partnership, a shareholder of a tax-option corporation, or a member of a limited liability company may claim a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.02, as allocated under par. (d), an amount equal to 5 percent of the amount obtained by subtracting from the individual's, partnership's, tax-option corporation's, or limited liability company's qualified research expenses, as defined in section
41 of the Internal Revenue Code, except that "qualified research expenses" includes only expenses incurred by the individual, partnership, tax-option corporation, or the limited liability company, incurred for research conducted in this state for the taxable year, except that a taxpayer may elect the alternative computation under section
41 (c) (4) of the Internal Revenue Code and that election applies until the department permits its revocation, except as provided in par. (c), and except that "qualified research expenses" does not include compensation used in computing the credit under subs. (2dj) and (2dx), the entity's base amount, as defined in section
41 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code, except that gross receipts used in calculating the base amount means gross receipts from sales attributable to Wisconsin under ss. 71.04 (7) (b) 1. and 2., (df), (dh), (dj), and (dk). Section
41 (h) of the Internal Revenue Code does not apply to the credit under this subdivision.
2. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, an individual, a partner of a partnership, a shareholder of a tax-option corporation, or a member of a limited liability company may claim a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.02, as allocated under par. (d), an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount obtained by subtracting from the individual's, partnership's, tax-option corporation's, or limited liability company's qualified research expenses, as defined in section
41 of the Internal Revenue Code, except that "qualified research expenses" includes only expenses incurred by the individual, partnership, tax-option corporation, or limited liability company for research related to designing internal combustion engines for vehicles, including expenses related to designing vehicles that are powered by such engines and improving production processes for such engines and vehicles, incurred for research conducted in this state for the taxable year, except that a taxpayer may elect the alternative computation under section
41 (c) (4) of the Internal Revenue Code and that election applies until the department permits its revocation, except as provided in par. (c), and except that "qualified research expenses" does not include compensation used in computing the credit under subs. (2dj) and (2dx), the entity's base amount, as defined in section
41 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code, except that gross receipts used in calculating the base amount means gross receipts from sales attributable to Wisconsin under ss. 71.04 (7) (b) 1. and 2., (df), (dh), (dj), and (dk). Section
41 (h) of the Internal Revenue Code does not apply to the credit under this subdivision.
3. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, an individual, a partner of a partnership, a shareholder of a tax-option corporation, or a member of a limited liability company may claim a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.02, as allocated under par. (d), an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount obtained by subtracting from the individual's, partnership's, tax-option corporation's, or limited liability company's qualified research expenses, as defined in section
41 of the Internal Revenue Code, except that "qualified research expenses" includes only expenses incurred by the individual, partnership, tax-option corporation, or limited liability company for research related to the design and manufacturing of energy efficient lighting systems, building automation and control systems, or automotive batteries for use in hybrid-electric vehicles, that reduce the demand for natural gas or electricity or improve the efficiency of its use, incurred for research conducted in this state for the taxable year, except that a taxpayer may elect the alternative computation under section
41 (c) (4) of the Internal Revenue Code and that election applies until the department permits its revocation, except as provided in par. (c), and except that "qualified research expenses" does not include compensation used in computing the credit under subs. (2dj) and (2dx), the entity's base amount, as defined in section
41 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code, except that gross receipts used in calculating the base amount means gross receipts from sales attributable to Wisconsin under ss. 71.04 (7) (b) 1. and 2., (df), (dh), (dj), and (dk). Section
41 (h) of the Internal Revenue Code does not apply to the credit under this subdivision.
(c) Computation. If in any taxable year a person claims a credit under par. (b) 1., 2., or 3., or any combination of those credits, the person may use a different computation method to calculate each of the credits and may choose to change the computation method once for each credit without the department's approval.
(d) Limitations. Partnerships, tax-option corporations, and limited liability companies may not claim a 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, tax-option corporation, or limited liability company shall compute the amount of the credit that each of its partners, shareholders, or members may claim and shall provide that information to each of them. Partners of a partnership, shareholders of tax-option corporations, and members of limited liability companies may claim the credit in proportion to their ownership interest.
(e) Administration. Section 71.28 (4) (b) to (h), as it applies to the credit under s. 71.28 (4), applies to the credits under this subsection.
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Section 1343c. 71.07 (4n) of the statutes is created to read:
71.07 (4n) Research facilities credit. (a) Definitions. In this subsection:
1. "Frame" includes:
a. Every part of a motorcycle, except the tires.
b. In the case of a truck, the control system and the fuel and drive train, excluding any comfort features located in the cab or the tires.
c. In the case of a generator, the control modules, fuel train, fuel scrubbing process, fuel mixers, generator, heat exchangers, exhaust train, and similar components.
2. "Internal combustion engine" includes substitute products such as fuel cell, electric, and hybrid drives.
3. "Vehicle" means any vehicle or frame, including parts, accessories, and component technologies, in which or on which an engine is mounted for use in mobile or stationary applications. "Vehicle" includes any truck, tractor, motorcycle, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, boat, personal watercraft, generator, construction equipment, lawn and garden maintenance equipment, automobile, van, sports utility vehicle, motor home, bus, or aircraft.
(b)
Credit. 1. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, and except as provided in subds. 2. and 3., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, and before January 1, 2014, an individual, a partner of a partnership, a shareholder of a tax-option corporation, or a member of a limited liability company may claim a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.02, as allocated under par. (c), an amount equal to 5 percent of the amount paid or incurred by the individual, partnership, tax-option corporation, or limited liability company during the taxable year to construct and equip new facilities or expand existing facilities used in this state for qualified research, as defined in section
41 of the Internal Revenue Code. Eligible amounts include only amounts paid or incurred for tangible, depreciable property but do not include amounts paid or incurred for replacement property.
2. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, and before January 1, 2014, an individual, a partner of a partnership, a shareholder of a tax-option corporation, or a member of a limited liability company may claim a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.02, as allocated under par. (c), an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount paid or incurred by the individual, partnership, tax-option corporation, or limited liability company during the taxable year to construct and equip new facilities or expand existing facilities used in this state for qualified research, as defined in section
41 of the Internal Revenue Code, except that "qualified research expenses" includes only expenses paid or incurred by the individual, partnership, tax-option corporation, or limited liability company for research related to designing internal combustion engines for vehicles, including expenses related to designing vehicles that are powered by such engines and improving production processes for such engines and vehicles. Eligible amounts include only amounts paid or incurred for tangible, depreciable property but do not include amounts paid or incurred for replacement property.
3. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, and before January 1, 2014, an individual, a partner of a partnership, a shareholder of a tax-option corporation, or a member of a limited liability company may claim a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.02, as allocated under par. (c), an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount paid or incurred by the individual, partnership, tax-option corporation, or limited liability company during the taxable year to construct and equip new facilities or expand existing facilities used in this state for qualified research, as defined in section
41 of the Internal Revenue Code, except that "qualified research expenses" includes only expenses paid or incurred by the individual, partnership, tax-option corporation, or limited liability company for research related to the design and manufacturing of energy efficient lighting systems, building automation and control systems, or automotive batteries for use in hybrid-electric vehicles, that reduce the demand for natural gas or electricity or improve the efficiency of its use. Eligible amounts include only amounts paid or incurred for tangible, depreciable property but do not include amounts paid or incurred for replacement property.
(c) Limitations. Partnerships, tax-option corporations, and limited liability companies may not claim a 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, tax-option corporation, or limited liability company shall compute the amount of the credit that each of its partners, shareholders, or members may claim and shall provide that information to each of them. Partners of a partnership, shareholders of tax-option corporations, and members of limited liability companies may claim the credit in proportion to their ownership interest.
(d) Administration. Section 71.28 (4) (b) to (h), as it applies to the credit under s. 71.28 (4), applies to the credits under this subsection.
(e) Sunset. No credit may be claimed under this subsection for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013. Credits under this subsection for taxable years that begin before January 1, 2014, may be carried forward to taxable years that begin after December 31, 2013.
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Section
1344. 71.07 (5d) (c) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 1344b. 71.07 (5e) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 71.07 (5e) (d) 1.
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Section 1344c. 71.07 (5e) (d) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
71.07 (5e) (d) 2. No credit may be claimed under this subsection for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013. Credits under this subsection for taxable years that begin before January 1, 2014, may be carried forward to taxable years that begin after December 31, 2013.
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Section 1344d. 71.07 (5f) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
71.07 (5f) (d) 3. No credit may be claimed under this subsection for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013.
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Section 1344df. 71.07 (5g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
71.07 (5g) (a) Definitions. In this subsection, "claimant" means a partner, limited liability company member, or tax-option corporation shareholder who files a claim under this subsection and who is a partner, member, or shareholder of an entity that is an insurer, as defined in s. 149.10 (5), 2011 stats.
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Section 1344dh. 71.07 (5g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
71.07 (5g) (b) Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided under this subsection, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005, and before January 1, 2014, a claimant may claim as a credit against the taxes imposed under s. 71.02 an amount that is equal to the amount of the assessment under s. 149.13, 2011 stats., that the claimant paid in the claimant's taxable year, multiplied by the percentage determined under par. (c) 1.
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Section 1344e. 71.07 (5g) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
71.07 (5g) (c) 1. The department of revenue, in consultation with the office of the commissioner of insurance, shall determine the percentage under par. (b) for each claimant for each taxable year. The percentage shall be equal to $5,000,000 divided by the aggregate assessment under s. 149.13, 2011 stats. The office of the commissioner of insurance shall provide to each claimant that participates in the cost of administering the plan the aggregate assessment at the time that it notifies the claimant of the claimant's assessment. The aggregate amount of the credit under this subsection and ss. 71.28 (5g), 71.47 (5g), and 76.655 for all claimants participating in the cost of administering the plan under ch. 149, 2011 stats., shall not exceed $5,000,000 in each fiscal year.
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Section 1344em. 71.07 (5g) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 71.07 (5g) (d) 1.
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Section 1344f. 71.07 (5g) (d) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
71.07 (5g) (d) 2. No credit may be claimed under this subsection for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013. Credits under this subsection for taxable years that begin before January 1, 2014, may be carried forward to taxable years that begin after December 31, 2013.
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Section 1344g. 71.07 (5h) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
71.07 (5h) (d) 3. No credit may be claimed under this subsection for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013.
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Section
1345. 71.07 (5i) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
71.07 (5i) (b) Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011, and before January 1, 2014, a claimant may claim as a credit against the taxes imposed under ss. 71.02 and 71.08, 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) (a) to (p).
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Section 1345b. 71.07 (5j) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
71.07 (5j) (b) Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007, and before January 1, 2018 2014, a claimant may claim as a credit against the taxes imposed under ss. 71.02 and 71.08, 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 marketed as gasoline and 85 percent ethanol or a higher percentage of ethanol or motor vehicle fuel marketed as diesel fuel and 20 percent biodiesel fuel or that mix fuels from separate storage tanks and allow the end user to choose the percentage of gasoline replacement renewable fuel or diesel replacement renewable fuel in the motor vehicle fuel dispensed.
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Section 1345d. 71.07 (5j) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 71.07 (5j) (d) 1.
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Section 1345e. 71.07 (5j) (d) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
71.07 (5j) (d) 2. No credit may be claimed under this subsection for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013. Credits under this subsection for taxable years that begin before January 1, 2014, may be carried forward to taxable years that begin after December 31, 2013.
