2013 Wisconsin Act 20

20,1449 Section 1449. 71.91 (6) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

71.91 (6) (f) 1. As soon as practicable after obtaining property, the department shall notify, in writing the manner prescribed by the department, the owner of any real or personal property, and, at the possessor's request, the possessor of any personal property, obtained by the department under this subsection. That notice may be left at the person's usual place of residence or business. If the owner cannot be located or has no dwelling or place of business in this state, or if the property is obtained as a result of a continuous levy on commissions, wages or salaries, the department may mail a notice to the owner's last-known address. That notice shall specify the sum demanded and shall contain, in the case of personal property, an account of the property obtained and, in the case of real property, a description with reasonable certainty of the property seized.

20,1450 Section 1450. 71.91 (6) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

71.91 (6) (f) 2. As soon as practicable after obtaining property, the department shall notify the owner in the manner prescribed under subd. 1. and shall cause a notice of the sale to be published in a newspaper published or generally circulated within the county where the property was obtained. If there is no newspaper published or generally circulated in that county, the department shall post that notice at the city, town or village hall nearest the place where the property was obtained and in at least 2 other public places. That notice shall specify the property to be sold and the time, place, manner and conditions of the sale.

20,1451 Section 1451. 71.93 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 71.93 (3) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

71.93 (3) (a) (intro.) The department of revenue shall setoff any debt or other amount owed to the department, regardless of the origin of the debt or of the amount, its nature or its date. If after the setoff there remains a refund in excess of $10, the department shall set off the remaining refund against certified debts of other state agencies. entities in the following order:

(am) If more than one certified debt exists for any debtor for the same type of debt specified under par. (a) 1. to 9., the refund shall be first set off against the earliest debt certified, except that no child support or spousal support obligation submitted by an agency of another state may be set off until all debts owed to and certified by state agencies of this state have been set off. When all debts have been satisfied, any remaining refund shall be refunded to the debtor by the department. Any legal action contesting a setoff under this paragraph shall be brought against the state agency entity that certified the debt under sub. (2).

20,1452 Section 1452. 71.93 (3) (a) 1. to 9. of the statutes are created to read:

71.93 (3) (a) 1. Debt under s. 49.855 (1), certified by the department of children and families under sub. (2).

2. State agency debt collected pursuant to an agreement under sub. (8) and debt owed to the courts, the legislature, or an authority, as defined in s. 16.41 (4), collected pursuant to an agreement under sub. (8).

3. Debt owed to local units of government collected pursuant to an agreement under sub. (8).

4. Debt certified under sub. (2), other than child support debt certified by the department of children and families.

5. Child support or spousal support obligations submitted by an agency of another state.

6. Debt certified under s. 71.935 (2).

7. Federal tax obligations collected pursuant to an agreement under s. 73.03 (52) (a).

8. Tribal obligations collected pursuant to an agreement under s. 73.03 (52n).

9. Tax and nontax obligations of other states, and of the local governmental units within those states, collected pursuant to an agreement under s. 73.03 (52m).

20,1453 Section 1453. 71.93 (8) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

71.93 (8) (b) 6. If the debtor owes debt to the department and to other entities, payments shall first apply to debts owed to the department, then to the state agencies, the courts, the legislature, and authorities, as defined in s. 16.41 (4), in the order in which the debts were referred to the department, and then to local units of government in the order in which the debts were referred to the department other entities in the order determined under sub. (3) (a).

20,1453d Section 1453d. 71.98 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

71.98 (3) Depreciation, depletion, and amortization. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013, and for purposes of computing depreciation, depletion, and amortization, the Internal Revenue Code means the federal Internal Revenue Code in effect on January 1, 2014.

20,1453dm Section 1453dm. 71.98 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

71.98 (4) Expensing of depreciable business assets. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013, sections 179, 179A, 179B, 179C, 179D, and 179E of the Internal Revenue Code and related to expensing of depreciable business assets. For purposes of this subsection, the Internal Revenue Code means the federal Internal Revenue Code in effect for the year in which property is placed in service.

20,1453e Section 1453e. 71.98 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

71.98 (5) Gain from small business stock. For stock acquired after December 31, 2013, section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended to December 31, 2012, related to the exclusion for gain from certain small business stock.

20,1453f Section 1453f. 72.36 of the statutes is created to read:

72.36 Sunset. The tax imposed under this chapter does not apply to deaths occurring after December 31, 2012, unless the federal estate tax law is modified to provide a federal estate tax credit for state death taxes.

20,1454 Section 1454. 73.03 (27) of the statutes is amended to read:

73.03 (27) To With regard to taxes and fees administered by the department, to write off from the records of the department income, franchise, sales, use, withholding, motor fuel, gift, beverage and cigarette tax, fee, and economic development surcharge liabilities, following a determination by the secretary of revenue that they are not collectible. Taxes written off under this subsection remain legal obligations.

20,1455 Section 1455. 73.03 (52) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

73.03 (52) (a) To enter into agreements with the Internal Revenue Service that provide for offsetting state tax refunds against federal tax obligations; and to charge a fee up to $25 per transaction for such offsets; and offsetting federal tax refunds against state tax obligations, and collecting the offset cost from the debtor, if the agreements provide that setoffs under ss. 71.93 and 71.935 occur before the setoffs under those agreements.

20,1456 Section 1456. 73.03 (52m) of the statutes is amended to read:

73.03 (52m) To enter into agreements with other states that provide for offsetting state tax refunds against tax and nontax obligations of other states, and of the local governmental units within those states, and offsetting tax refunds of other states against state tax and nontax obligations, if the agreements provide that setoffs under ss. 71.93 and 71.935 occur before the setoffs under those agreements.

20,1457 Section 1457. 73.03 (63) of the statutes is amended to read:

73.03 (63) Notwithstanding the amount limitations specified under s. 71.07 (5d) (c) 1. and s. 238.15 (3) (d) or s. 560.205 (3) (d), 2009 stats., or s. 238.15 (3) (d), in consultation with the department of commerce or the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, to carry forward to subsequent taxable years unclaimed credit amounts of the early stage seed investment credits under ss. 71.07 (5b), 71.28 (5b), 71.47 (5b), and 76.638 and the angel investment credit under s. 71.07 (5d). Annually, no later than July 1, the department of commerce or the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation shall submit to the department of revenue its recommendations for the carry forward of credit amounts as provided under this subsection.

20,1458 Section 1458. 73.03 (66) of the statutes is repealed.

20,1459 Section 1459. 73.03 (69) of the statutes is created to read:

73.03 (69) (a) To, effective on January 1, 2014, implement a program to register businesses for purposes of s. 71.05 (25) and (26). A business shall register electronically with the department each year for which the business desires registration.

(b) A business may register under this subsection if, in the business's taxable year ending immediately before the date of the businesses registration, all of the following apply:

1. The business has at least 2 full-time employees and the amount of payroll compensation paid by the business in this state is equal to at least 50 percent of the amount of all payroll compensation paid by the business.

2. The value of real and tangible personal property owned or rented and used by the business in this state is equal to at least 50 percent of the value of all real and tangible personal property owned or rented and used by the business.

(c) The department may adopt rules for the administration of this subsection.

(d) For each year beginning after December 31, 2013, the department shall compile a list of businesses registered under this subsection and shall make the list available to the public at the department's Internet site.

20,1460d Section 1460d. 73.03 (71) of the statutes is created to read:

73.03 (71) (a) To determine the amount of additional revenue that the department collected from the taxes imposed under subch. III of ch. 77 as a result of any federal law to expand the state's authority to require out-of-state retailers to collect and remit the taxes imposed under subch. III of ch. 77 on purchases by Wisconsin residents during the first 12 months following the date on which the department begins collecting the additional revenue as a result of a change in federal law.

(b) After the department makes the determination under par. (a), the department shall determine how much the individual income tax rates under s. 71.06 may be reduced in the following taxable year in order to eliminate the alternative minimum tax under s. 71.08 and decrease individual income tax revenue by the amount determined under par. (a). For purposes of this paragraph, the department shall calculate the tax rate reductions in proportion to the share of gross tax attributable to each of the tax brackets under s. 71.06 in effect during the most recently completed taxable year.

(c) The department shall certify the determinations made under pars. (a) and (b) to the secretary of the department of administration, to the governor, and to the legislature and specify with that certification that the elimination of the alternative minimum tax and the new tax rates take effect in the taxable year following the taxable year in which the department makes the certification under this paragraph.

20,1461 Section 1461. 73.0301 (1) (d) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

73.0301 (1) (d) 6. A license or certificate of registration issued by the department of financial institutions, or a division of it, under ss. 138.09, 138.12, 138.14, 202.12 to 202.14, 202.22, 217.06, 218.0101 to 218.0163, 218.02, 218.04, 218.05, 224.72, 224.725, 224.93 or under subch. IV of ch. 551.

20,1462 Section 1462. 73.0301 (1) (d) 6m. of the statutes is created to read:

73.0301 (1) (d) 6m. A certificate or registration issued under 168.23 (3).

20,1462n Section 1462n. 73.0301 (1) (d) 12. of the statutes is amended to read:

73.0301 (1) (d) 12. A license issued under s. 628.04, 628.92 (1), 632.69 (2), or 633.14, a registration under s. 628.92 (2), or a temporary license issued under s. 628.09.

20,1463 Section 1463. 73.0301 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

73.0301 (1) (e) "Licensing department" means the department of administration; the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection; the board of commissioners of public lands; the department of children and families; the government accountability board; the department of financial institutions; the department of health services; the department of natural resources; the department of public instruction; the department of safety and professional services; the department of workforce development; the office of the commissioner of insurance; or the department of transportation.

20,1464 Section 1464. 73.16 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

20,1465 Section 1465. 73.16 (1) (ab) of the statutes is created to read:

73.16 (1) (ab) "Combined group" has the meaning given in s. 71.255 (1) (a).

20,1466 Section 1466. 73.16 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

73.16 (3) Relying on past audits. (a) A person who is subject to an audit determination by the department, including all other members of that person's combined group for purposes of determining the tax due under s. 71.23 for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008, shall not be liable for any amount that the department asserts that the person owes if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

1. The liability asserted by the department is the result of a tax issue during the period associated with a prior audit determination for which the person is subject to and the tax issue is the same as the tax issue during the period associated with the current audit determination.

2. A department employee who was involved in the prior audit determination identified or reviewed the tax issue before completing the prior audit determination, as shown by any schedules, exhibits, audit reports, documents, or other written evidence pertaining to the audit determination, and the schedules, exhibits, reports, documents and other written evidence show that the department did not adjust the person's treatment of the tax issue.

3. The liability asserted by the department as described under subd. 1. was not asserted in the prior audit determination.

(b) This subsection does not apply to any period associated with an audit determination, if the period begins after the promulgation of a rule, dissemination of written guidance to the public or to the person who is subject to the audit determination, the effective date of a statute, or the date on which a tax appeals commission or court decision becomes final and conclusive and if the rule, guidance, statute, or decision imposes the liability as a result of the tax issue described in par. (a) 1. This subsection does not apply to any period associated with an audit determination if the taxpayer did not give the department employee adequate and accurate information regarding the tax issue in the prior audit determination or if the tax issue was settled in the prior audit determination by a written agreement between the department and the taxpayer.

20,1467 Section 1467. 76.14 of the statutes is amended to read:

76.14 Remedies for nonpayment of taxes. All taxes levied under this subchapter upon the property of any company defined in s. 76.02, which are not paid at the time provided by law, shall thereupon become delinquent and bear interest at the rate of 1.5% per month until actually paid. Upon a showing by the department under s. 73.16 (4), the failure of any such company to pay the taxes and interest so required of the company within 60 days after the entry of final judgment dismissing in whole or in part any action of the company to restrain or set aside a tax, or the failure of the company within 60 days after the entry of final judgment in favor of the state for the taxes and interest to pay the judgment shall be cause for forfeiture of all the rights, privileges and franchises granted by special charter or obtained under general laws, by or under which the company is organized and its business is operated. The attorney general upon the showing by the department under s. 73.16 (4) shall proceed by action to have forfeiture of such rights, privileges and franchises of the company duly declared. Any such company, at any time before the final judgment for forfeiture of such rights, privileges and franchises is rendered, may be permitted, absent a showing by the department under s. 73.16 (4), to pay the taxes, interest and the costs of the action upon special application to the court in which the action is pending upon such terms as the court directs. Section 71.91, as it applies to the collection of delinquent taxes under ch. 71, applies to the collection of delinquent taxes under this subchapter.

20,1467g Section 1467g. 76.24 (2) (am) of the statutes is renumbered 76.24 (2) (am) 1.

20,1467h Section 1467h. 76.24 (2) (am) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

76.24 (2) (am) 2. If a municipality received a distribution under subd. 1. in 2011, the amount that the municipality receives under subd. 1. in 2013, and in each year thereafter, shall be no less than the amount received in 2011, except that, if the annual amount of the tax paid under this subchapter by the pipeline company with oil pipeline terminal facilities in the municipality is less than 200 percent of the amount of the payment the municipality received in 2011 attributable to the pipeline company, the amount shall be no less than an amount equal to 50 percent of the annual total tax paid under this subchapter by the pipeline company with oil pipeline terminal facilities in the municipality.

20,1468 Section 1468. 76.636 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

76.636 (1) (d) "Full-time job" means a regular, nonseasonal, full-time position in which an individual, as a condition of employment, is required to work at least 2,080 hours per year, including paid leave and holidays, and for which the individual receives pay that is equal to at least 150 percent of the federal minimum wage and receives benefits that are not required by federal or state law. "Full-time job" does not include initial training before an employment position begins has the meaning given in s. 238.30 (2m).

20,1469 Section 1469. 76.636 (1) (e) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

76.636 (1) (e) 3. A person who is employed in a trial job, as defined in s. 49.141 (1) (n), 2011 stats., or in a real work, real pay project position under s. 49.147 (3m) trial employment match program job, as defined in s. 49.141 (1) (n).

20,1470 Section 1470. 76.636 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

76.636 (2) (b) The amount determined by multiplying the amount determined under s. 238.385 (1) (b) or s. 560.785 (1) (b), 2009 stats., by the number of full-time jobs created in a development zone and filled by a member of a targeted group and by then subtracting the subsidies paid under s. 49.147 (3) (a) or the subsidies and reimbursements paid under s. 49.147 (3m) (c) for those jobs.

20,1471 Section 1471. 76.636 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

76.636 (2) (c) The amount determined by multiplying the amount determined under s. 238.385 (1) (c) or s. 560.785 (1) (c), 2009 stats., by the number of full-time jobs created in a development zone and not filled by a member of a targeted group and by then subtracting the subsidies paid under s. 49.147 (3) (a) or the subsidies and reimbursements paid under s. 49.147 (3m) (c) for those jobs.

20,1472 Section 1472. 76.636 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

76.636 (2) (d) The amount determined by multiplying the amount determined under s. 238.385 (1) (bm) or s. 560.785 (1) (bm), 2009 stats., by the number of full-time jobs retained, as provided in the rules under s. 238.385 or s. 560.785, 2009 stats., excluding jobs for which a credit has been claimed under s. 71.47 (1dj), in an enterprise development zone under s. 238.397 or s. 560.797, 2009 stats., and for which significant capital investment was made and by then subtracting the subsidies paid under s. 49.147 (3) (a) or the subsidies and reimbursements paid under s. 49.147 (3m) (c) for those jobs.

20,1473 Section 1473. 76.636 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

76.636 (2) (e) The amount determined by multiplying the amount determined under s. 238.385 (1) (c) or s. 560.785 (1) (c), 2009 stats., by the number of full-time jobs retained, as provided in the rules under s. 238.385 or s. 560.785, 2009 stats., excluding jobs for which a credit has been claimed under s. 71.47 (1dj), in a development zone and not filled by a member of a targeted group and by then subtracting the subsidies paid under s. 49.147 (3) (a) or the subsidies and reimbursements paid under s. 49.147 (3m) (c) for those jobs.

20,1473c Section 1473c. 76.655 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

76.655 (1) Definitions. In this section, "claimant" means an insurer, as defined in s. 149.10 (5), 2011 stats., who files a claim under this section.

20,1473d Section 1473d. 76.655 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

76.655 (2) Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided under this section, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005, and before January 1, 2014, 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 the amount of assessment under s. 149.13, 2011 stats., that the claimant paid in the claimant's taxable year, multiplied by the percentage determined under sub. (3).

20,1473e Section 1473e. 76.655 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

76.655 (3) (a) 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. 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. 71.07 (5g), 71.28 (5g), and 71.47 (5g) 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.

20,1473f Section 1473f. 76.655 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

76.655 (5) Sunset. No credit may be claimed under this section for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013. Credits under this section for taxable years that begin before January 1, 2014, may be carried forward to taxable years that begin after December 31, 2013.