Amendment ASA1-AB186

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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 1999 ASSEMBLY BILL 186

May 5, 1999 - Offered by Committee on Ways and Means.

AB186-ASA1,1,10 An Act to renumber and amend 70.995 (8) (b) and 70.995 (8) (c); to amend 70.511 (2) (b), 70.995 (5), 70.995 (6), 70.995 (8) (d), 70.995 (8) (dm), 70.995 (12) (a), 70.995 (12) (b), 70.995 (12) (c), 74.35 (3) (c) and 74.37 (3) (c); and to create 20.835 (2) (bm), 70.511 (2) (bm), 70.511 (2) (br), 70.995 (8) (b) 2., 70.995 (8) (c) 2., 74.23 (1) (a) 5., 74.25 (1) (a) 4m., 74.30 (1) (dm), 74.35 (3) (cm) and 74.37 (3) (cm) of the statutes; relating to: instalment payments of refunds of taxes on manufacturing property, appeals of manufacturing property taxes, distribution of taxes on manufacturing property and the interest on refunded and additional taxes on manufacturing property, the deadline for classification of property as manufacturing, manufacturers' reports and making an appropriation.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB186-ASA1, s. 1 Section 1. 20.835 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB186-ASA1,2,2 20.835 (2) (bm) Payments of interest on overassessments of manufacturing property. A sum sufficient to make the payments under s. 70.511 (2) (br).

AB186-ASA1, s. 2 Section 2. 70.511 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB186-ASA1,3,2 70.511 (2) (b) If the reviewing authority reduces the value of the property in question, or determines that manufacturing property is exempt, the taxpayer may file a claim for refund of taxes resulting from the reduction in value or determination that the property is exempt. If Except as provided in par. (bm), if a claim for refund is filed with the clerk of the municipality on or before the November 1 following the decision of the reviewing authority, the claim shall be payable to the taxpayer from the municipality no later than January 31 of the succeeding year. A Except as provided in par. (bm), a claim filed after November 1 shall be paid to the taxpayer by the municipality no later than the 2nd January 31 after the claim is filed. Interest Except for claims related to property assessed under s. 70.995, interest on the claim at the rate of 0.8% per month shall be paid to the taxpayer when the claim is paid. Interest on claims related to property assessed under s. 70.995 shall be paid when the claim is made at the average annual discount interest rate determined by the last auction of 6-month U.S. treasury bills before the appeal or objection is filed or 10% per year, whichever is less. If the taxpayer requests a postponement of proceedings before the reviewing authority, interest on the claim shall permanently stop accruing at the date of the request. If the hearing is postponed at the request of the taxpayer, the reviewing authority shall hold a hearing on the appeal within 30 days after the postponement is requested unless the taxpayer agrees to a longer delay. If the reviewing authority postpones the hearing without a request by the taxpayer, interest on the claim shall continue to accrue. No interest may be paid if the reviewing authority determines under s. 70.995 (8) (a) that the value of the property was reduced because the taxpayer supplied false or incomplete information. If taxes are refunded, the municipality may proceed under s. 74.41.

AB186-ASA1, s. 3 Section 3. 70.511 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB186-ASA1,3,8 70.511 (2) (bm) A municipality may pay a refund under par. (b) of the taxes on property that is assessed under s. 70.995 in 5 annual instalments, each of which except the last is equal to at least 20% of the sum of the refund and the interest on the refund that is due, beginning on the date under par. (b), if all of the following conditions exist:

AB186-ASA1,3,10 1. The municipality's property tax levy for its general operations for the year for which the taxes to be refunded are due is less than $100,000,000.

AB186-ASA1,3,12 2. The refund is at least 0.0025 of the municipality's levy for its general operations for the year for which the taxes to be refunded are due.

AB186-ASA1,3,13 3. The refund is more than $10,000.

AB186-ASA1, s. 4 Section 4. 70.511 (2) (br) of the statutes is created to read:

AB186-ASA1,3,20 70.511 (2) (br) From the appropriation under s. 20.835 (2) (bm), the department of administration shall pay to each municipality that pays a refund under par. (b) for property that is assessed under s. 70.995 or that pays a refund under par. (bm) an amount equal to the interest that is paid by the municipality in the previous biennium and that has accrued up to the date of the determination by the tax appeals commission of the municipality's obligation.

AB186-ASA1, s. 5 Section 5. 70.995 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB186-ASA1,4,6 70.995 (5) Commencing January 1, 1974, and annually thereafter, the The department of revenue shall assess all property of manufacturing establishments included under subs. (1) and (2) as of the close of January 1 of each year, if on or before March 1 of that year the department has classified the property as manufacturing or the owner of the property has requested, in writing, that the department make such a classification and the department later does so. A change in ownership, location or name of the manufacturing establishment does not necessitate a new request. In assessing lands from which metalliferous minerals are being extracted and valued for purposes of the tax under s. 70.375, the value of the metalliferous mineral content of such lands shall be excluded.

AB186-ASA1, s. 6 Section 6. 70.995 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB186-ASA1,4,11 70.995 (6) Prior to February 15 of each year the department of revenue shall notify each municipal assessor of the manufacturing property within the taxation district that, as of that date, will be assessed by the department during the current assessment year.

AB186-ASA1, s. 7 Section 7. 70.995 (8) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 70.995 (8) (b) 1. and amended to read:

AB186-ASA1,5,2 70.995 (8) (b) 1. The department of revenue shall annually notify each manufacturer assessed under this section and the municipality in which the manufacturing property is located of the full value of all real and personal property owned by the manufacturer. The notice shall be in writing and shall be sent by 1st class mail. In addition, the notice shall specify that objections to valuation, amount or taxability must be filed with the state board of assessors within 60 days of issuance of the notice of assessment, that objections to a change from assessment under this section to assessment under s. 70.32 (1) must be filed within 60 days after receipt of the notice, that the fee under par. (c) 1. or (d) must be paid and that the objection is not filed until the fee is paid. A statement shall be attached to the assessment roll indicating that the notices required by this section have been mailed and failure to receive the notice does not affect the validity of the assessments, the resulting tax on real or personal property, the procedures of the tax appeals commission or of the state board of assessors or the enforcement of delinquent taxes by statutory means.

AB186-ASA1, s. 8 Section 8. 70.995 (8) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB186-ASA1,5,7 70.995 (8) (b) 2. If a municipality files an objection to the amount, valuation, taxability or change from assessment under this section and the person assessed does not file an objection, the person assessed may file an appeal within 15 days after the municipality's objection is filed.

AB186-ASA1, s. 9 Section 9. 70.995 (8) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 70.995 (8) (c) 1. and amended to read:

AB186-ASA1,5,24 70.995 (8) (c) 1. All objections to the amount, valuation, taxability or change from assessment under this section to assessment under s. 70.32 (1) of property shall be first made in writing on a form prescribed by the department of revenue and that specifies that the objector shall set forth the reasons for the objection, the objector's estimate of the correct assessment and the basis under s. 70.32 (1) for the objector's estimate of the correct assessment. An objection shall be filed with the state board of assessors within the time prescribed in par. (b) 1. A $45 fee shall be paid when the objection is filed unless a fee has been paid in respect to the same piece of property and that appeal has not been finally adjudicated. The objection is not filed until the fee is paid. Neither the state board of assessors nor the tax appeals commission may waive the requirement that objections be in writing. Persons who own land and improvements to that land may object to the aggregate value 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.

AB186-ASA1, s. 10 Section 10. 70.995 (8) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB186-ASA1,6,7 70.995 (8) (c) 2. The state board of assessors may grant a manufacturer who files an objection under subd. 1. a reasonable amount of additional time, as determined by the state board of assessors, to file supplemental information to support the manufacturer's objection, if the manufacturer shows good cause for granting such additional time. The state board of assessors shall notify the municipality in which the manufacturer's property is located of supplemental information filed by the manufacturer under this subdivision.

AB186-ASA1, s. 11 Section 11. 70.995 (8) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB186-ASA1,6,21 70.995 (8) (d) A municipality may file an objection with the state board of assessors to the amount, valuation or taxability under this section or to the change from assessment under this section to assessment under s. 70.32 (1) of a specific property having a situs in the municipality, whether or not the owner of the specific property in question has filed an objection. Objection shall be made on a form prescribed by the department and filed with the board within 60 days of the date of the issuance of the assessment in question, except that, if the person assessed files an objection and the municipality affected does not file an objection, the municipality affected may file an appeal within 15 days after the person's objection is filed. A $45 filing fee shall be paid when the objection is filed unless a fee has been paid in respect to the same piece of property and that appeal has not been finally adjudicated. The objection is not filed until the fee is paid. The board shall forthwith notify the person assessed of the objection filed by the municipality.

AB186-ASA1, s. 12 Section 12. 70.995 (8) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB186-ASA1,6,24 70.995 (8) (dm) The department shall refund filing fees paid under par. (c) 1. or (d) if the appeal in respect to the fee is denied because of lack of jurisdiction.

AB186-ASA1, s. 13 Section 13. 70.995 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB186-ASA1,7,24 70.995 (12) (a) The department of revenue shall prescribe a standard manufacturing property report form that shall be submitted annually for each real estate parcel and each personal property account on or before March 1 by all manufacturers whose property is assessed under this section. The report form shall contain all information deemed necessary by the department and shall include, without limitation, income and operating statements, fixed asset schedules and a report of new construction or demolition. Failure to submit the report shall result in denial of any right of redetermination by the state board of assessors or the tax appeals commission. If any property is omitted or understated in the assessment roll in any of the next 5 previous years, the assessor shall enter the value of the omitted or understated property once for each previous year of the omission or understatement. The assessor shall designate each additional entry as omitted or understated for the year [....] of omission or understatement. The assessor shall affix a just valuation to each entry for a former year as it should have been assessed according to the assessor's best judgment. Taxes shall be apportioned and collected on the tax roll for each entry, on the basis of the net tax rate for the year of the omission, taking into account credits under s. 79.10, and. In the case of omitted property, interest shall be added at the rate of 0.0267% per day for the period of time between the date when the form is required to be submitted and the date when the assessor affixes the just valuation. In the case of underpayments determined after an objection under s. 70.995 (8) (d), interest shall be added at the average annual discount interest rate determined by the last auction of 6-month U.S. treasury bills before the objection, between the date when the tax was due and the date when it is paid.

AB186-ASA1, s. 14 Section 14. 70.995 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB186-ASA1,8,4 70.995 (12) (b) The department of revenue shall allow an extension to April 1 of the due date for filing the report forms required under par. (a) if a written application for an extension, stating the reason for the request, is filed with the department on or before March 1.

AB186-ASA1, s. 15 Section 15. 70.995 (12) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB186-ASA1,8,22 70.995 (12) (c) Unless the taxpayer shows that the failure is due to reasonable cause, if a taxpayer fails to file any form required under par. (a) for property that the department of revenue assessed during the previous year by the due date or by any extension of the due date that has been granted, the taxpayer shall pay to the department of revenue a penalty of the greater of $10 or 0.05% of the previous year's full value assessment not to exceed $1,000. If the form required under par. (a) for property that the department of revenue assessed during the previous year is not filed within 30 days after the due date or within 30 days after any extension, the taxpayer shall pay to the department of revenue a 2nd penalty of the greater of $10 or 0.05% of the previous year's full value assessment not to exceed $1,000 $25 if the form is filed 1 to 10 days late; $50 or 0.05% of the previous year's assessment, whichever is greater, but not more than $250, if the form is filed 11 to 30 days late; and $100 or 0.1% of the previous year's assessment, whichever is greater, but not more than $750, if the form is filed more than 30 days late. Penalties are due 30 days after they are assessed and are delinquent if not paid on or before that date. The department may refund all or part of any penalty it assesses under this paragraph if it finds reasonable grounds for late filing.

AB186-ASA1, s. 16 Section 16. 74.23 (1) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB186-ASA1,8,25 74.23 (1) (a) 5. Pay to each taxing jurisdiction within the district its proportionate share of the taxes and interest under s. 70.995 (12) (a).

AB186-ASA1, s. 17 Section 17. 74.25 (1) (a) 4m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB186-ASA1,9,3 74.25 (1) (a) 4m. Pay to each taxing jurisdiction within the district its proportionate share of the taxes and interest under s. 70.995 (12) (a).

AB186-ASA1, s. 18 Section 18. 74.30 (1) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB186-ASA1,9,6 74.30 (1) (dm) Pay to each taxing jurisdiction within the district its proportionate share of the taxes and interest under s. 70.995 (12) (a).

AB186-ASA1, s. 19 Section 19. 74.35 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB186-ASA1,9,12 74.35 (3) (c) If the governing body of the taxation district determines that an unlawful tax has been paid and that the claim for recovery of the unlawful tax has complied with all legal requirements, the governing body shall allow the claim. The Except as provided in par. (cm), the taxation district treasurer shall pay the claim not later than 90 days after the claim is allowed.

AB186-ASA1, s. 20 Section 20. 74.35 (3) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB186-ASA1,9,18 74.35 (3) (cm) A municipality may pay a refund under par. (c) of the taxes on property that is assessed under s. 70.995 in 5 annual instalments, each of which except the last is equal to at least 20% of the sum of the refund and the interest on the refund, beginning in the year of the determination, if all of the following conditions exist:

AB186-ASA1,9,20 1. The municipality's property tax levy for its general operations for the year for which the taxes to be refunded are due is less than $100,000,000.

AB186-ASA1,9,22 2. The refund is at least 0.0025 of the municipality's levy for its general operations for the year for which the taxes to be refunded are due.