Amendment ASA1-AB235

AB235-ASA1,8,5 71.47 (5i) Workplace wellness program credit. (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

AB235-ASA1,8,6 1. "Claimant" means a person who files a claim under this subsection.

AB235-ASA1,8,11 2. "Health risk assessment" means a computer-based health-promotion tool consisting of a questionnaire; a biometric heath screening to measure vital health statistics, including blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, weight, and height; a formula for estimating health risks; an advice database; and a means to generate reports.

AB235-ASA1,8,14 3. "Workplace wellness program" means a health or fitness program, as defined by rule under s. 560.204 (4), and includes health risk assessments and may include any of the following programs or services:

AB235-ASA1,8,15 a. Smoking cessation.

AB235-ASA1,8,16 b. Weight management.

AB235-ASA1,8,17 c. Stress management.

AB235-ASA1,8,18 d. Worker injury prevention programs.

AB235-ASA1,8,19 e. Health screenings.

AB235-ASA1,8,20 f. Nutrition education.

AB235-ASA1,8,21 g. Health or fitness incentive programs.

AB235-ASA1,8,24 (b) Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 560.204, a claimant may claim as a credit against the taxes imposed under s. 71.43, up to the amount of those taxes, an amount that is equal to the following:

AB235-ASA1,9,5 1. For a workplace wellness program that the claimant first provides after December 31, 2007, 30 percent of the amount that the claimant paid in the taxable year to provide the workplace wellness program to the claimant's employees who are employed in this state, not including any amount paid to acquire, construct, rehabilitate, remodel, or repair real property.

AB235-ASA1,9,10 2. For a workplace wellness program that the claimant provided prior to January 1, 2008, to the claimant's employees who are employed in this state, 30 percent of any increase in the claimant's expenditures related to expanding the workplace wellness program, not including any amount paid to acquire, construct, rehabilitate, remodel, or repair real property.

AB235-ASA1,9,15 (c) Limitations. 1. The maximum amount of the credits that may be claimed under this subsection and ss. 71.07 (5i) and 71.28 (5i) in any taxable year is $2,500,000 for all claimants who employ 50 or fewer employees in the taxable year and $2,500,000 for all claimants who employ more than 50 employees in the taxable year.

AB235-ASA1,9,17 2. No claimant may claim the credit under this subsection for more than 3 taxable years.

AB235-ASA1,9,23 3. For purposes of par. (b) 2., the amount of a claimant's increased expenditures related to expanding a workplace wellness program is the amount the claimant paid to provide the workplace wellness program in the taxable year for which the claimant claims a credit under par. (b) 2., less the amount that the claimant paid to provide the workplace wellness program in the taxable year immediately preceding the taxable year for which the claimant first claimed a credit under par. (b) 2.

AB235-ASA1,9,25 4. Partnerships, limited liability companies, and tax-option corporations may not claim the 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, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation shall compute the amount of credit that each of its partners, members, or shareholders may claim and shall provide that information to each of them. Partners, members of limited liability companies, and shareholders of tax-option corporations may claim the credit in proportion to their ownership interests.

AB235-ASA1,10,8 (d) Administration. Section 71.28 (4) (e) to (h), as it applies to the credit under s. 71.28 (4), applies to the credit under this subsection.

AB235-ASA1, s. 11 Section 11. 71.49 (1) (epa) of the statutes is created to read:

AB235-ASA1,10,10 71.49 (1) (epa) Workplace wellness program credit under s. 71.47 (5i).

AB235-ASA1, s. 12 Section 12. 77.92 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB235-ASA1,11,2 77.92 (4) "Net business income," with respect to a partnership, means taxable income as calculated under section 703 of the Internal Revenue Code; plus the items of income and gain under section 702 of the Internal Revenue Code, including taxable state and municipal bond interest and excluding nontaxable interest income or dividend income from federal government obligations; minus the items of loss and deduction under section 702 of the Internal Revenue Code, except items that are not deductible under s. 71.21; plus guaranteed payments to partners under section 707 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code; plus the credits claimed under s. 71.07 (2dd), (2de), (2di), (2dj), (2dL), (2dm), (2dr), (2ds), (2dx), (3g), (3s), (3n), (3t), (3w), (5b), (5e), (5f), (5g), and (5h), and (5i); and plus or minus, as appropriate, transitional adjustments, depreciation differences, and basis differences under s. 71.05 (13), (15), (16), (17), and (19); but excluding income, gain, loss, and deductions from farming. "Net business income," with respect to a natural person, estate, or trust, means profit from a trade or business for federal income tax purposes and includes net income derived as an employee as defined in section 3121 (d) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

AB235-ASA1, s. 13 Section 13. 560.204 of the statutes is created to read:

AB235-ASA1,11,6 560.204 Workplace wellness programs. (1) The department shall implement a program to certify workplace wellness programs under ss. 71.07 (5i), 71.28 (5i), and 71.47 (5i).

AB235-ASA1,11,13 (2) If the department certifies a workplace wellness program under sub. (1), the department shall determine the amount of workplace wellness program credits to allocate to the business providing the workplace wellness program. The total amount of workplace wellness program credits allocated to businesses in any year may not exceed $5,000,000. In any year, the department may not allocate more than $2,500,000 in credits to businesses with more than 50 employees, and may not allocate more than $2,500,000 in credits to businesses with 50 or fewer employees.

AB235-ASA1,11,16 (3) The department shall inform the department of revenue of every business whose workplace wellness program is certified under sub. (1) and the amount of credits allocated to the business.

AB235-ASA1,11,19 (4) The department, in consultation with the department of revenue and the department of health and family services, shall promulgate rules to administer this section.

AB235-ASA1, s. 14 Section 14. Initial applicability.

AB235-ASA1,11,21 (1) This act first applies to taxable years beginning on January 1, 2008.

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