Amendment ASA1-AB768

AB768-ASA1, s. 278t Section 278t. 70.11 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB768-ASA1,188,16 70.11 Property exempted from taxation. (intro.) The property described in this section is exempted from general property taxes if the property is exempt under sub. (1), (2), (18), (21), (27) or (30); if it was exempt for the previous year and its use, occupancy or ownership did not change in a way that makes it taxable; if the property was taxable for the previous year, the use, occupancy or ownership of the property changed in a way that makes it exempt and its owner, on or before March 1, files with the assessor of the taxation district where the property is located a form that the department of revenue prescribes or if the property did not exist in the previous year and its owner, on or before March 1, files with the assessor of the taxation district where the property is located a form that the department of revenue prescribes. Leasing a part of the property described in this section does not render it taxable if the lessor uses all of the leasehold income for maintenance of the leased property, construction debt retirement of the leased property or both and if the lessee would be exempt from taxation under this chapter if it owned the property. Any lessor who claims that leased property is exempt from taxation under this chapter shall, upon request by the tax assessor, provide records relating to the lessor's use of the income from the leased property. Property exempted from general property taxes is:

AB768-ASA1, s. 278v Section 278v. 70.11 (23) of the statutes is repealed.

AB768-ASA1, s. 279 Section 279. 70.11 (39) of the statutes is created to read:

AB768-ASA1,189,2 70.11 (39) Computers. If the owner of the property fulfills the requirements under s. 70.35, mainframe computers, minicomputers, personal computers, networked personal computers, servers, terminals, monitors, disk drives, electronic peripheral equipment, tape drives, printers, basic operational programs, systems software, prewritten software and custom software. The exemption under this subsection does not apply to fax machines, copiers, equipment with embedded computerized components or telephone systems, including equipment that is used to provide telecommunications services, as defined in s. 76.80 (3).

AB768-ASA1, s. 279be Section 279be. 70.35 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB768-ASA1,189,13 70.35 (1) To determine the amount and value of any personal property for which any person, firm or corporation should be assessed, any assessor may examine such person or the managing agent or officer of any firm or corporation under oath as to all such items of personal property and, the taxable value thereof as defined in s. 70.34 if the property is taxable and the fair market value if the property is exempt under s. 70.11 (39). In the alternative the assessor may require such person, firm or corporation to submit a return of such personal property and of the taxable value thereof. There shall be annexed to such return the declaration of such person or of the managing agent or officer of such firm or corporation that the statements therein contained are true.

AB768-ASA1, s. 279bm Section 279bm. 70.35 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB768-ASA1,189,25 70.35 (2) The return shall be made and all the information therein requested given by such person on a form prescribed by the assessor with the approval of the department of revenue which shall provide suitable schedules for such information bearing on value as the department deems necessary to enable the assessor to determine the true cash value of the taxable personal property, and of the personal property that is exempt under s. 70.11 (39), that is owned or in the possession of such person on January 1 as provided in s. 70.10. The return may contain methods of deriving assessable values from book values and for the conversion of book values to present values, and a statement as to the accounting method used. No person shall be required to take detailed physical inventory for the purpose of making the return required by this section.

AB768-ASA1, s. 279bp Section 279bp. 70.36 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB768-ASA1,190,4 70.36 (1m) Any person, firm or corporation that fails to include information on property that is exempt under s. 70.11 (39) on the report under s. 70.35 shall forfeit $10 for every $100 or major fraction thereof that is not reported.

AB768-ASA1, s. 279bs Section 279bs. 70.365 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB768-ASA1,191,2 70.365 (title) Notice of higher changed assessment. When the assessor places a valuation of assesses any taxable real property, or of any improvements taxed as personal property under s. 77.84 (1), which is $300 or more higher and arrives at a different total than the valuation placed on assessment of it for the previous year, the assessor shall notify the person assessed if the address of the person is known to the assessor, otherwise the occupant of the property. The notice shall be in writing and shall be sent by ordinary mail at least 10 15 days before the meeting of the board of review or before the meeting of the board of assessors in 1st class cities and in 2nd class cities that have a board of assessors under s. 70.075 and shall contain the amount of the increased changed assessment and the time, date and place of the meeting of the local board of review or of the board of assessors. However, if the assessment roll is not complete, the notice shall be sent by ordinary mail at least 10 15 days prior to the date to which the board of review has adjourned. The assessor shall attach to the assessment roll a statement that the notices required by this section have been mailed and failure to receive the notice shall not affect the validity of the increased changed assessment, the resulting increased changed tax, the procedures of the board of review or of the board of assessors or the enforcement of delinquent taxes by statutory means. The secretary of revenue shall by rule prescribe the form of the notice required under this section. The form shall include information notifying the taxpayer of the procedures to be used to object to the assessment.

AB768-ASA1, s. 279bv Section 279bv. 70.375 (6) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

AB768-ASA1,191,21 70.375 (6) Indexing. The For calendar year 1983 and corresponding fiscal years and thereafter, the dollar amounts in sub. (5) and s. 70.395 (1) and (2) (d) 1m. and 5. a. and (dg) shall be changed to reflect the percentage change between the gross national product deflator for June of the current year and the gross national product deflator for June of the previous year, as determined by the U.S. department of commerce as of December 30 of the year for which the taxes are due, except that no annual increase may be more than 10%. For calendar year 1983 and corresponding fiscal years and thereafter until calendar year 1997 and corresponding fiscal years, the dollar amounts in s. 70.395 (1m), 1995 stats., shall be changed to reflect the percentage change between the gross national product deflator for June of the current year and the gross national product deflator for June of the previous year, as determined by the U.S. department of commerce as of December 30 of the year for which the taxes are due, except that no annual increase may be more than 10%. The revised amounts shall be rounded to the nearest whole number divisible by 100 and shall not be reduced below the amounts under sub. (5) on November 28, 1981. Annually, the department shall adopt any changes in dollar amounts required under this subsection and incorporate them into the appropriate tax forms.

AB768-ASA1, s. 279c Section 279c. 70.45 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB768-ASA1,192,13 70.45 Return and examination of rolls. When the assessment rolls have been completed in cities of the 1st class, they shall be delivered to the commissioner of assessments, in all other cities to the city clerk, in villages to the village clerk and in towns to the town clerk. These At least 15 days before the first day on which the assessment rolls are open for examination, these officials shall have published a class 1 notice if applicable, or posted notice, under ch. 985, in anticipation of the roll delivery as provided in s. 70.50, that on certain days, therein named, the assessment rolls will be open for examination by the taxable inhabitants, which notice may assign a day or days for each ward, where there are separate assessment rolls for wards, for the inspection of rolls. The assessor shall be present for at least 2 hours while the assessment roll is open for inspection. Instructional material under s. 73.03 (52) shall be available at the meeting. On examination the commissioner of assessments, assessor or assessors may make changes that are necessary to perfect the assessment roll or rolls, and after the corrections are made the roll or rolls shall be submitted by the commissioner of assessments or clerk of the municipality to the board of review.

AB768-ASA1, s. 279d Section 279d. 70.46 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB768-ASA1,192,20 70.46 (4) No board of review may be constituted unless it includes at least one voting member who, within 2 years of the board's first meeting, has attended a training session under s. 73.03 (54) and unless that member is the municipality's chief executive officer or that officer's designee. The municipal clerk shall provide an affidavit to the department of revenue stating whether the requirement under this subsection has been fulfilled.

AB768-ASA1, s. 279e Section 279e. 70.47 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB768-ASA1,193,3 70.47 (2) Notice. At least 15 days before the first session of the board of review, the clerk of the board of review shall publish a class 1 notice, place a notice in at least 3 public places and place a notice on the door of the town hall, of the village hall, of the council chambers or of the city hall of the time and place of the first meeting of the board of review under sub. (3) and of the requirements under sub. (7) (aa) and (ac) to (af). A taxpayer who shows that the clerk failed to publish the notice under this subsection may file a claim under s. 74.37.

AB768-ASA1, s. 279f Section 279f. 70.47 (3) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB768-ASA1,193,5 70.47 (3) (a) At its first meeting, the board of review:

AB768-ASA1,193,6 1. Shall receive the assessment roll and sworn statements from the clerk.

AB768-ASA1,193,8 2. Shall be in session at least 2 hours for taxpayers to appear and examine the assessment roll and other assessment data.

AB768-ASA1,193,10 3. Shall schedule for hearing each written objection that it receives during the first 2 hours of the meeting or that it received prior to the first meeting.

AB768-ASA1,193,14 4. Shall grant a waiver of the 48-hour notice of an intent to file a written or oral objection if a property owner who does not meet the notice requirement appears before the board during the first 2 hours of the meeting, shows good cause for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and files a written objection.

AB768-ASA1,193,18 5. May hear any written objections if the board gave notice of the hearing to the property owner and the assessor at least 48 hours before the beginning of the scheduled meeting or if both the property owner and the assessor waive the 48-hour notice requirement.

AB768-ASA1, s. 279g Section 279g. 70.47 (3) (ag), (ah), (ak), (aL) and (ar) of the statutes are created to read:

AB768-ASA1,193,22 70.47 (3) (ag) The assessor shall be present at the first meeting of the board of review.

AB768-ASA1,194,5 (ah) For each properly filed written objection that the board receives and schedules during its first meeting, but does not hear at the first meeting, the board shall notify each objector and the assessor, at least 48 hours before an objection is to be heard, of the time of that hearing. If, during any meeting, the board determines that it cannot hear some of the written objections at the time scheduled for them, it shall create a new schedule, and it shall notify each objector who has been rescheduled, at least 48 hours before the objection is to be heard, of the new time of the hearing.

AB768-ASA1,194,12 (ak) If an objector fails to provide written or oral notice of an intent to object 48 hours before the first scheduled meeting, fails to request a waiver of the notice requirement under par. (a) 4., appears before the board at any time up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days, files a written objection and provides evidence of extraordinary circumstances; the board of review may waive all notice requirements and hear the objection.

AB768-ASA1,194,16 (aL) If the assessment roll is not completed at the time of the first meeting, the board shall adjourn for the time necessary to complete the roll, and shall post a written notice on the outer door of the place of meeting stating the time to which the meeting is adjourned.

AB768-ASA1,194,20 (ar) With respect to the assessment rolls of taxing districts prepared by a county assessor, the board of review as constituted under s. 70.99 (10) shall schedule a meeting in each taxing jurisdiction on specific dates and shall comply with the provisions of this subsection and sub. (2) in each taxing district.

AB768-ASA1, s. 279h Section 279h. 70.47 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB768-ASA1,195,3 70.47 (3) (b) The municipal governing body may by ordinance or resolution designate hours, other than those set forth in par. (a), during which the board shall hold its first meeting, but not fewer than 4 2 hours on the first meeting day between 8 a.m. and midnight. Such change in the time shall not become effective unless notice thereof is published in the official newspaper if in a city, or posted in not less than 3 public places if in any other municipality, at least 10 15 days before such first meeting.

AB768-ASA1, s. 279i Section 279i. 70.47 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB768-ASA1,195,7 70.47 (6m) Removal of a member. (a) A municipality, except a 1st class city or a 2nd class city, shall remove, for the hearing on an objection, a member of the board of review if any of the following conditions applies:

AB768-ASA1,195,13 1. A person who is objecting to a valuation, at the time that the person provides written or oral notice of an intent to file an objection and at least 48 hours before the first scheduled session of the board of review or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed under sub. (3) (a), requests the removal, except that no more than one member of the board of review may be removed under this subdivision.

AB768-ASA1,195,15 2. A member of the board of review has a conflict of interest under an ordinance of the municipality in regard to the objection.

AB768-ASA1,195,19 3. A member of the board of review has a bias in regard to the objection and, if a party requests the removal of a member for a bias, the party submits with the request an affidavit stating that the party believes that the member has a personal bias or prejudice against the party and stating the nature of that bias or prejudice.

AB768-ASA1,195,23 (b) A member of a board of review who would violate s. 19.59 by hearing an objection shall recuse himself or herself from that hearing. The municipal clerk shall provide to the department of revenue an affidavit declaring whether the requirement under this paragraph is fulfilled.

AB768-ASA1,196,3 (c) If a member or members are removed under par. (a) or are recused under par. (b), the board may replace the member or members or its remaining members may hear the objection, except that no fewer than 3 members may hear the objection.

AB768-ASA1, s. 279j Section 279j. 70.47 (6r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB768-ASA1,196,8 70.47 (6r) Comments. Any person may provide to the municipal clerk written comments about valuations, assessment practices and the performance of an assessor. The clerk shall provide all of those comments to the appropriate municipal officer.

AB768-ASA1, s. 279jm Section 279jm. 70.47 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB768-ASA1,197,14 70.47 (7) (a) The board of review may not hear an objection to the amount or valuation of property unless, at least 48 hours before the board's first scheduled meeting, the objector provides to the board's clerk written or oral notice of an intent to file an objection, except that, upon a showing of good cause and the submission of a written objection, the board shall waive that requirement during the first 2 hours of the board's first scheduled meeting, and the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days with proof of extraordinary circumstances for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and failure to appear before the board of review during the first 2 hours of the first scheduled meeting. Objections to the amount or valuation of property shall first be made in writing and filed with the clerk of the board of review prior to adjournment of public hearings by the board. If the board is in session 5 days, including its first meeting and any adjourned meetings, all objections shall be filed within such time unless failure to file within such time is waived by the board upon a showing of good cause for such failure within the first 2 hours of the board's first scheduled meeting, except that, upon evidence of extraordinary circumstances, the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days. The board may require such objections to be submitted on forms approved by the department of revenue, and the board shall require that any forms include stated valuations of the property in question. Persons who own land and improvements to that land may object to the aggregate valuation of that land and improvements to that land, but no person who owns land and improvements to that land may object only to the valuation of that land or only to the valuation of improvements to that land. No person shall be allowed in any action or proceedings to question the amount or valuation of property unless such written objection has been filed and such person in good faith presented evidence to such board in support of such objections and made full disclosure before said board, under oath of all of that person's property liable to assessment in such district and the value thereof. The requirement that it be in writing may be waived by express action of the board.

AB768-ASA1, s. 279k Section 279k. 70.47 (7) (ac), (ad), (ae) and (af) of the statutes are created to read:

AB768-ASA1,197,20 70.47 (7) (ac) After the first meeting of the board of review and before the board's final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the board of review may contact, or provide information to, a member of the board about that person's objection except at a session of the board.

AB768-ASA1,198,2 (ad) No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone or contest the amount of any assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the board or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed under sub. (3) (a), that person provides to the clerk of the board of review notice as to whether the person will ask for removal under sub. (6m) (a) and if so which member will be removed and the person's reasonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take.

AB768-ASA1,198,6 (ae) When appearing before the board, the person shall specify, in writing, the person's estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person's objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate.

AB768-ASA1,198,17 (af) No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone or object to a valuation; if that valuation was made by the assessor or the objector using the income method; unless the person supplies to the assessor all of the information about income and expenses, as specified in the manual under s. 73.03 (2a), that the assessor requests. The municipality or county shall provide by ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the assessor under this paragraph and shall provide exceptions for persons using the information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or of the duties of their office or by order of a court. The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determines that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1).

AB768-ASA1, s. 279L Section 279L. 70.47 (7) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB768-ASA1, s. 279m Section 279m. 70.47 (8) (g), (h) and (i) of the statutes are created to read:

AB768-ASA1,198,20 70.47 (8) (g) All determinations of objections shall be by roll call vote.

AB768-ASA1,198,23 (h) The assessor shall provide to the board specific information about the validity of the valuation to which objection is made and shall provide to the board the information that the assessor used to determine that valuation.

AB768-ASA1,199,3 (i) The board shall presume that the assessor's valuation is correct. That presumption may be rebutted by a sufficient showing by the objector that the valuation is incorrect.

AB768-ASA1, s. 279n Section 279n. 70.47 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB768-ASA1,199,13 70.47 (9) (a) From the evidence before it the board shall determine whether the assessor's valuation assessment is correct. If the assessment is too high or too low, it the board shall raise or lower the same assessment accordingly and shall state on the record the correct assessment and that that assessment is reasonable in light of all of the relevant evidence that the board received. A majority of the members of the board present at the meeting to make the determination shall constitute a quorum for purposes of making such determination, and a majority vote of the quorum shall constitute the determination. In the event there is a tie vote, the assessor's valuation assessment shall be sustained.

AB768-ASA1, s. 279o Section 279o. 70.995 (12r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB768-ASA1,199,17 70.995 (12r) The department of revenue shall calculate the value of property that is used in manufacturing, as defined in this section, and that is exempt under s. 70.11 (39).

AB768-ASA1, s. 280 Section 280. 71.01 (6) (m) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act 37, is amended to read:

AB768-ASA1,200,17 71.01 (6) (m) For taxable years that begin after December 31, 1997, for natural persons and fiduciaries, except fiduciaries of nuclear decommissioning trust or reserve funds, "Internal Revenue Code" means the federal Internal Revenue Code as amended to December 31, 1996 1997, 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 the provisions of P.L. 105-33 and P.L. 105-34 that take effect before January 1, 1998, and as indirectly affected by P.L. 99-514, P.L. 100-203, P.L. 100-647, P.L. 101-73, P.L. 101-140, P.L. 101-179, P.L. 101-239, P.L. 101-280, P.L. 101-508, P.L. 102-90, 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. 104-117, 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 and the provisions of, P.L. 105-33 and P.L. 105-34 that take effect before January 1, 1998. 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, 1996 1997, do not apply to this paragraph with respect to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1997, except that changes to the Internal Revenue Code made by P.L. 105-33 and P.L. 105-34 that take effect before January 1, 1998, and changes that indirectly affect the provisions applicable to this subchapter made by P.L. 105-33 and P.L. 105-34 that take effect before January 1, 1998, apply for Wisconsin purposes at the same time as for federal purposes.

AB768-ASA1, s. 281 Section 281. 71.01 (7r) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 37, is amended to read:

AB768-ASA1,201,3 71.01 (7r) Notwithstanding sub. (6), for purposes of computing amortization or depreciation, "internal revenue code" means either the federal internal revenue code as amended to December 31, 1996, for property placed in service before August 6, 1997, or as amended to August 5, 1997, for property placed in service on August 6, 1997, or thereafter 1997,or the federal internal revenue code in effect for the taxable year for which the return is filed, except that property that, under s. 71.02 (2) (d) 12., 1985 stats., is required to be depreciated for taxable year 1986 under the internal revenue code as amended to December 31, 1980, shall continue to be depreciated under the internal revenue code as amended to December 31, 1980.

AB768-ASA1, s. 281e Section 281e. 71.02 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

AB768-ASA1,202,3 71.02 (1) For the purpose of raising revenue for the state and the counties, cities, villages and towns, there shall be assessed, levied, collected and paid a tax on all net incomes of individuals and fiduciaries, except fiduciaries of nuclear decommissioning trust or reserve funds subject to the tax under s. 71.23 (2), by every natural person residing within the state or by his or her personal representative in case of death, and trusts administered within the state; by every nonresident natural person and trust of this state, upon such income as is derived from property located or business transacted within the state including, but not limited by enumeration, income derived from a limited partner's distributive share of partnership income, income derived from a limited liability company member's distributive share of limited liability company income, the state lottery under ch. 565, any multijurisdictional lottery under ch. 565 if the winning lottery ticket or lottery share was purchased from a retailer, as defined in s. 565.01 (6), located in this state or from the department, winnings from a casino or bingo hall that is located in this state and that is operated by a Native American tribe or band and pari-mutuel wager winnings or purses under ch. 562, and also by every nonresident natural person upon such income as is derived from the performance of personal services within the state, except as exempted under s. 71.05 (1) to (3). Every natural person domiciled in the state shall be deemed to be residing within the state for the purposes of determining liability for income taxes and surtaxes. A single-owner entity that is disregarded as a separate entity under section 7701 of the Internal Revenue Code is disregarded as a separate entity under this chapter, and its owner is subject to the tax on the entity's income.

AB768-ASA1, s. 281g Section 281g. 71.04 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

AB768-ASA1,203,10 71.04 (1) (a) All income or loss of resident individuals and resident estates and trusts shall follow the residence of the individual, estate or trust. Income or loss of nonresident individuals and nonresident estates and trusts from business, not requiring apportionment under sub. (4), (10) or (11), shall follow the situs of the business from which derived. All items of income, loss and deductions of nonresident individuals and nonresident estates and trusts derived from a tax-option corporation not requiring apportionment under sub. (9) shall follow the situs of the business of the corporation from which derived. Income or loss of nonresident individuals and nonresident estates and trusts derived from rentals and royalties from real estate or tangible personal property, or from the operation of any farm, mine or quarry, or from the sale of real property or tangible personal property shall follow the situs of the property from which derived. Income from personal services of nonresident individuals, including income from professions, shall follow the situs of the services. A nonresident limited partner's distributive share of partnership income shall follow the situs of the business. A nonresident limited liability company member's distributive share of limited liability company income shall follow the situs of the business. Income of nonresident individuals, estates and trusts from the state lottery under ch. 565 is taxable by this state. Income of nonresident individuals, estates and trusts from any multijurisdictional lottery under ch. 565 is taxable by this state, but only if the winning lottery ticket or lottery share was purchased from a retailer, as defined in s. 565.01 (6), located in this state or from the department. Income of nonresident individuals, nonresident trusts and nonresident estates from pari-mutuel winnings or purses under ch. 562 is taxable by this state. Income of nonresident individuals, estates and trusts from winnings from a casino or bingo hall that is located in this state and that is operated by a Native American tribe or band shall follow the situs of the casino or bingo hall. All other income or loss of nonresident individuals and nonresident estates and trusts, including income or loss derived from land contracts, mortgages, stocks, bonds and securities or from the sale of similar intangible personal property, shall follow the residence of such persons, except as provided in par. (b) and sub. (9).

AB768-ASA1, s. 282 Section 282. 71.05 (6) (a) 12. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 39, is amended to read:

AB768-ASA1,204,17 71.05 (6) (a) 12. All alimony deducted for federal income tax purposes and paid while the individual paying the alimony was a nonresident of this state; all interest on qualified education loans that is deducted for federal income tax purposes; all penalties for early withdrawals from time savings accounts and deposits deducted for federal income tax purposes and paid while the individual charged with the penalty was a nonresident of this state; all repayments of supplemental unemployment benefit plan payments deducted for federal income tax purposes and made while the individual making the repayment was a nonresident of this state; all reforestation expenses related to property not in this state, deducted for federal income tax purposes and paid while the individual paying the expense was not a resident of this state; all contributions to individual retirement accounts, simplified employe pension plans and self-employment retirement plans and all deductible employe contributions, deducted for federal income tax purposes and in excess of that amount multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the individual's wages and net earnings from a trade or business taxable by this state and the denominator of which is the individual's total wages and net earnings from a trade or business; the contributions to a Keogh plan deducted for federal income tax purposes and in excess of that amount multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the individual's net earnings from a trade or business, taxable by this state, and the denominator of which is the individual's total net earnings from a trade or business; the amount of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals deducted under section 162 (L) of the internal revenue code for federal income tax purposes and in excess of that amount multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the individual's net earnings from a trade or business, taxable by this state, and the denominator of which is the individual's total net earnings from a trade or business; and the amount of self-employment taxes deducted under section 164 (f) of the internal revenue code for federal income tax purposes and in excess of that amount multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the individual's net earnings from a trade or business, taxable by this state, and the denominator of which is the individual's total net earnings from a trade or a business.

AB768-ASA1, s. 284 Section 284. 71.05 (6) (b) 28. of the statutes is created to read:

AB768-ASA1,204,25 71.05 (6) (b) 28. An amount paid by a claimant for tuition expenses for a student who is the claimant or who is the claimant's child and the claimant's dependent who is claimed under section 151 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code, to attend any university, college, technical college or a school approved under s. 39.51, that is located in Wisconsin or to attend a public vocational school or public institution of higher education in Minnesota under the Minnesota-Wisconsin reciprocity agreement under s. 39.47, calculated as follows:

AB768-ASA1,205,2 a. An amount equal to not more than $3,000 per student for each year to which the claim relates.

AB768-ASA1,205,8 b. From the amount calculated under subd. 28. a., if the claimant is single or married and filing as head of household and his or her federal adjusted gross income is more than $50,000 but not more than $60,000, subtract the product of the amount calculated under subd. 28. a. and the value of a fraction, the denominator of which is $10,000 and the numerator of which is the difference between the claimant's federal adjusted gross income and $50,000.

AB768-ASA1,205,14 c. From the amount calculated under subd. 28. a., if the claimant is married and filing jointly and the claimant's and his or her spouse's federal adjusted gross income is more than $80,000 but not more than $100,000, subtract the product of the amount calculated under subd. 28. a. and the value of a fraction, the denominator of which is $20,000 and the numerator of which is the difference between the claimant's and his or her spouse's federal adjusted gross income and $80,000.

AB768-ASA1,205,20 d. From the amount calculated under subd. 28. a., if the claimant is married and filing separately and the claimant's federal adjusted gross income is more than $40,000 but not more than $50,000, subtract the product of the amount calculated under subd. 28. a. and the value of a fraction, the denominator of which is $10,000 and the numerator of which is the difference between the claimant's federal adjusted gross income and $40,000.

AB768-ASA1,206,7 e. For an individual who is a nonresident or part-year resident of this state, multiply the amount calculated under subd. 28. b., c. or d. by a fraction the numerator of which is the individual's wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business that are taxable by this state and the denominator of which is the individual's total wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business. In this subd. 28. e., for married persons filing separately "wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business" means the separate wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business of each spouse, and for married persons filing jointly "wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business" means the total wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business of both spouses.

AB768-ASA1,206,10 f. Reduce the amount calculated under subd. 28. e. to the individual's aggregate wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business that are taxable by this state.

AB768-ASA1,206,16 g. No modification may be claimed under this subdivision by a claimant who is single or married and filing as head of household if the claimant's federal adjusted gross income is more than $60,000, by a claimant who is married and filing jointly if the claimant's and his or her spouse's federal adjusted gross income is more than $100,000 or by a claimant who is married and filing separately if the claimant's federal adjusted gross income is more than $50,000.

AB768-ASA1, s. 284b Section 284b. 71.05 (22) (f) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB768-ASA1,206,24 71.05 (22) (f) 3. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1994, and before January 1, 1998, in the case of a taxpayer with respect to whom a deduction under s. 71.07 (8) is allowable to another person, the Wisconsin standard deduction shall be $500 adjusted for inflation in the manner prescribed by sections 1 (f) (3) to (6) and 63 (c) (4) of the internal revenue code Internal Revenue Code. The department of revenue shall incorporate the changes in the income tax forms and instructions.

AB768-ASA1, s. 284d Section 284d. 71.05 (22) (f) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB768-ASA1,207,5 71.05 (22) (f) 4. a. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 1997, in the case of a taxpayer with respect to whom a deduction under s. 71.07 (8) is allowable to another person, the Wisconsin standard deduction shall be the lesser of the amount under subd. 4. b. or one of the amounts calculated under subd. 4. c., whichever amount under subd. 4. c. is greater.

AB768-ASA1,207,7 b. The standard deduction that may be claimed by an individual under par. (dm), based on the individual's filing status.

AB768-ASA1,207,12 c. $500, as adjusted for inflation in the manner prescribed by sections 1 (f) (3) to (6) and 63 (c) (4) of the Internal Revenue Code or the taxpayer's earned income, as defined in section 911 (d) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code, plus $250, as adjusted for inflation in the manner prescribed by sections 1 (f) (3) to (6) and 63 (c) (4) of the Internal Revenue Code.

AB768-ASA1,207,14 d. The department shall incorporate the changes in this subdivision in the income tax forms and instructions.

AB768-ASA1, s. 284e Section 284e. 71.06 (1m) (a) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

AB768-ASA1,207,17 71.06 (1m) (a) On all taxable income from $0 to $7,500, 4.85% 4.77%.