Amendment ASA1-AB40

AB40-ASA1,854,13 77.51 (11m) "Prosthetic device" means a replacement, corrective, or supportive device, including the repair parts and replacement parts for the device, that is placed in or worn on the body to artificially replace a missing portion of the body; to prevent or correct a physical deformity or malfunction; or to support a weak or deformed portion of the body.

AB40-ASA1,1481 Section 1481. 77.51 (12m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,854,17 77.51 (12m) (a) 2. The cost of materials used, labor or service cost, interest, losses, all costs of transportation to the seller, all taxes imposed on the seller, except as provided in par. (b) 3m., and any other expense of the seller.

AB40-ASA1,1482 Section 1482. 77.51 (12m) (b) 3m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,854,22 77.51 (12m) (b) 3m. Taxes imposed on the seller that are separately stated on the invoice, bill of sale, or similar document that the seller gives to the purchaser if the law imposing or authorizing the tax provides that the seller may, but is not required to, pass on to and collect the tax from the user or consumer.

AB40-ASA1,1483 Section 1483. 77.51 (15b) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,855,3 77.51 (15b) (a) 2. The cost of materials used, labor or service cost, interest, losses, all costs of transportation to the seller, all taxes imposed on the seller, except as provided in par. (b) 3m., and any other expense of the seller.

AB40-ASA1,1484 Section 1484. 77.51 (15b) (b) 3m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,855,8 77.51 (15b) (b) 3m. Taxes imposed on the seller that are separately stated on the invoice, bill of sale, or similar document that the seller gives to the purchaser if the law imposing or authorizing the tax provides that the seller may, but is not required to, pass on to and collect the tax from the user or consumer.

AB40-ASA1,1484d Section 1484d. 77.52 (2) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,855,13 77.52 (2) (a) 6. Laundry, dry cleaning, pressing, and dyeing services, except when performed on raw materials or goods in process destined for sale, except when performed on cloth diapers by a diaper service, and except when the service is performed by the customer through the use of coin-operated, self-service machines.

AB40-ASA1,1485 Section 1485. 77.52 (2) (a) 11. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,855,22 77.52 (2) (a) 11. The producing, fabricating, processing, printing, or imprinting of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 sub. (1) (b), (c), or (d) for a consideration for consumers who furnish directly or indirectly the materials used in the producing, fabricating, processing, printing, or imprinting. This subdivision does not apply to the printing or imprinting of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 sub. (1) (b), (c), or (d) that results in printed material, catalogs, or envelopes that are exempt under s. 77.54 (25) or, (25m), or (59).

AB40-ASA1,1486 Section 1486. 77.52 (21) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,856,3 77.52 (21) (b) A Except as provided in sub. (2m) (a), a person who provides a product that is not distinct and identifiable because it is provided free of charge to a purchaser who must also purchase another product that is subject to the tax imposed under this subchapter from that person in the same transaction may purchase the product provided free of charge without tax, for resale.

AB40-ASA1,1487 Section 1487. 77.522 (4) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,856,9 77.522 (4) (a) 9. "Place of primary use" means place of primary use, as determined under 4 USC 116 to 126, as amended by P.L. 106-252 the residential street address or the primary business street address of the customer. In the case of mobile telecommunications services, "place of primary use" means a street address within the licensed service area of the home service provider.

AB40-ASA1,1488 Section 1488. 77.53 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,857,2 77.53 (16) If the purchase, rental or lease of tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or service subject to the tax imposed by this section was subject to a sales tax by another state in which the purchase was made, the amount of sales tax paid the other state shall be applied as a credit against and deducted from the tax, to the extent thereof, imposed by this section, except no credit may be applied against and deducted from a sales tax paid on the purchase of advertising and promotional direct mail, if the advertising and promotional direct mail purchaser did not provide to the seller a direct pay permit, an exemption certificate claiming advertising and promotional direct mail, or other information that indicates the appropriate taxing jurisdiction to which the advertising and promotional direct mail is delivered to the ultimate recipients. In this subsection "sales tax" includes a use or excise tax imposed on the use of tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or taxable service by the state to which the sale was sourced and "state" includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico but does not include the several territories organized by congress.

AB40-ASA1,1488c Section 1488c. 77.54 (9a) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,857,7 77.54 (9a) (a) This state or any agency thereof, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority.

AB40-ASA1,1489 Section 1489. 77.54 (57) (a) 1f. of the statutes is renumbered 77.51 (1c).

AB40-ASA1,1490 Section 1490. 77.54 (57) (a) 1m. of the statutes is renumbered 77.51 (1d).

AB40-ASA1,1491 Section 1491. 77.54 (57) (a) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 77.51 (10rn).

AB40-ASA1,1492d Section 1492d. 77.54 (57) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,857,14 77.54 (57) (a) 5. "Qualified research" means qualified research as defined under section 41 (d) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code has the meaning given in sub. (57d) (a) 4.

AB40-ASA1,1493 Section 1493. 77.54 (57) (b) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,1494 Section 1494. 77.54 (57) (b) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,1495 Section 1495. 77.54 (57) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,857,22 77.54 (57) (b) 4. The items listed in sub. (3m) (a) to (m), medicines drugs, semen for artificial insemination, fuel, and electricity that are used exclusively and directly in raising animals that are sold primarily to a biotechnology business, a public or private institution of higher education, or a governmental unit for exclusive and direct use by any such entity in qualified research or manufacturing.

AB40-ASA1,1496 Section 1496. 77.54 (57d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,857,24 77.54 (57d) (a) In this subsection:

AB40-ASA1,857,25 1. "Building" has the meaning given in s. 70.111 (10) (a) 1.

AB40-ASA1,858,1 2. "Combined group" has the meaning given in s. 71.255 (1) (a).

AB40-ASA1,858,2 3. "Machinery" has the meaning given in s. 70.11 (27) (a) 2.

AB40-ASA1,858,5 4. "Qualified research" means qualified research as defined under section 41 (d) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code, except that it includes qualified research that is funded by a member of a combined group for another member of a combined group.

AB40-ASA1,858,6 5. "Used exclusively" has the meaning given in sub. (3) (b) 3.

AB40-ASA1,858,11 (b) The sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of machinery and equipment, including attachments, parts, and accessories, and other tangible personal property or items or property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) or (c) that are sold to any of the following and that are consumed or destroyed or lose their identities while being used exclusively and directly in qualified research:

AB40-ASA1,858,13 1. A person engaged in manufacturing in this state at a building assessed under s. 70.995.

AB40-ASA1,858,14 2. A person engaged primarily in biotechnology in this state.

AB40-ASA1,858,17 3. A combined group member who is conducting qualified research for another combined group member and that other combined group member is a person described under subd. 1. or 2.

AB40-ASA1,1497 Section 1497. 77.54 (60) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,859,2 77.54 (60) (a) In this subsection, "lump sum contract" means a contract to perform real property construction activities and to provide tangible personal property, items or property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) or (c), or taxable services and for which the contractor quotes the charge for labor, services of subcontractors, tangible personal property, items and property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) and (c), and taxable services as one price, including a contract for which the contractor itemizes the charges for labor, services of subcontractors, tangible personal property, items and property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) and (c), and taxable services as part of a schedule of values or similar document.

AB40-ASA1,859,9 (b) The sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property, items and property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) and (c), and taxable services that are sold by a contractor as part of a lump sum contract, if the total sales price of all such taxable products is less than 10 percent of the total amount of the lump sum contract. Except as provided in par. (c), the contractor is the consumer of such taxable products and shall pay the tax imposed under this subchapter on the taxable products.

AB40-ASA1,859,16 (c) If the lump sum contract is entered into with an entity that is exempt from taxation under sub. (9a), the contractor is the consumer of all taxable products used by the contractor in real property construction activities, but the contractor may purchase without tax, for resale, tangible personal property, items and property under s. 77.52 (1) (b) and (c), and taxable services that are sold by the contractor as part of the lump sum contract with the entity and that are not consumed by the contractor in real property construction activities.

AB40-ASA1,1497d Section 1497d. 77.54 (61) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,859,23 77.54 (61) The sales price from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption of the following by a person primarily engaged in commercial printing, not including screen printing or book printing, without publishing, except for gray goods; printing, or printing and binding, books or pamphlets without publishing the books or pamphlets; or performing prepress and postpress services in support of printing activities:

AB40-ASA1,859,25 (a) Computers and servers that are used to store copies of the product that are sent to a printing press.

AB40-ASA1,860,3 (b) Tangible personal property purchased from out-of-state sellers that are temporarily stored, remain idle, and not used in this state for not more than 180 days and that are then delivered and used outside of this state.

AB40-ASA1,1498 Section 1498. 77.58 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,860,8 77.58 (1) (a) If the amount of tax for any calendar quarter exceeds $600 $1,200, the department may require by written notice to the taxpayer that the taxes imposed on and after the date specified in the notice are due and payable on the last day of the month next succeeding the calendar month for which imposed.

AB40-ASA1,1499d Section 1499d. 77.585 (10) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,860,20 77.585 (10) A retailer who receives an exemption certificate that complies with s. 77.52 (14) after reporting a sale covered by the exemption certificate as taxable, having paid the tax to the department, and having returned to the buyer in cash or in credit all tax previously paid by the buyer, may claim a deduction on the return filed for the reporting period in which the exemption certificate is received, for the sales price or purchase price previously reported as taxable. This subsection does not apply if the reporting period in which the exemption certificate is received is in a taxable year of the retailer that is subsequent to the taxable year of the retailer in which the sale covered by the exemption certificate occurred. For purposes of this subsection, the taxable year of the retailer is the same as the retailer's taxable year under ch. 71.

AB40-ASA1,1500 Section 1500. 77.59 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,861,18 77.59 (4) (a) Except as provided in sub. (3m), at any time within 4 years after the due date, or in the case of buyers the unextended due date, of a person's corresponding Wisconsin income or franchise tax return or, if exempt, within 4 years of the 15th day of the 4th month of the year following the close of the calendar or fiscal year for which that person files a claim, that person may, unless a determination by the department by office or field audit of a seller has been made and unless a determination by office audit of a buyer other than an audit in which the tax that is the subject of the refund claim was not adjusted has been made and unless a determination by field audit of the buyer has been made, file with the department a claim for refund of taxes paid to the department by that person. If the amount of the claim is at least $50 or if either the seller has ceased doing business, the buyer is being field audited or the seller may no longer file a claim, the buyer may, within the time period under this subsection, file a claim with the department for a refund of the taxes paid to the seller. A claim is timely if it fulfills the requirements under s. 77.61 (14). A buyer may claim a refund under this paragraph only on a form prescribed by the department, only by signing that form and only if the seller signs the form unless the department waives that requirement. If both a buyer and a seller file a valid claim for the same refund, the department may pay either claim. The claim for refund shall be regarded as a request for determination. The determination thus requested shall be made by the department within one year after the claim for refund is received by it unless the taxpayer has consented in writing to an extension of the one-year time period prior to its expiration.

AB40-ASA1,1500b Section 1500b. 77.59 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,862,2 77.59 (6) (b) Appeals from the department's redeterminations shall be governed by the statutes applicable to income or franchise tax appeals but all appeals from decisions of the tax appeals commission with respect to the taxes imposed by this subchapter shall be appealed to the circuit court for Dane County or to the circuit court for the county where the taxpayer's commercial domicile, as defined in s. 71.01 (1b), is located, where the taxpayer owns other property, or where the taxpayer transacts business in this state.

AB40-ASA1,1501 Section 1501. 77.62 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,862,9 77.62 Collection of delinquent sales and use taxes. (intro.) The department of revenue may exercise the powers vested in it by ss. 71.80 (12), 71.82 (2), 71.91 (1) (a) and (c), (2) to (5m) and (7), 71.92 and 73.0301 in connection with collection of delinquent sales and use taxes including, without limitation because of enumeration, the power incorporated by reference in s. 71.91 (5) (j), and the power to:

AB40-ASA1,1501b Section 1501b. 77.88 (3g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,862,14 77.88 (3g) Withdrawal for construction of a residence. (a) In this subsection, "parcel" means the acreage of contiguous land that is under the same ownership and that is described in the application for designation of that land as managed forest land.

AB40-ASA1,862,17 (am) Except as provided in par. (b), upon the request of an owner to withdraw at least one acre of the owner's land as managed forest land, the department shall order withdrawal of the land if all of the following apply:

AB40-ASA1,862,19 1. The purpose for which the owner requests that the department withdraw the land is to construct a human residence.

AB40-ASA1,862,20 2. The land was designated as managed forest land before October 11, 1997.

AB40-ASA1,862,23 3. If the land is not subject to a city, village, town, or county zoning ordinance that establishes a minimum acreage for the construction of a human residence, the owner requests that the department withdraw not more than 3 acres of land.

AB40-ASA1,863,3 4. If the land is subject to a city, village, town, or county zoning ordinance that establishes a minimum acreage for the construction of a human residence that is more than one acre, the owner requests that the department withdraw not more than the acreage of land required by the applicable zoning ordinance for construction of a human residence.

AB40-ASA1,863,6 (b) The department may not order withdrawal of land under par. (am) from a parcel of managed forest land if the department has previously ordered withdrawal of land under par. (am) from that parcel of managed forest land.

AB40-ASA1,1501c Section 1501c. 77.88 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,863,12 77.88 (8) (b) The department may not order withdrawal of land remaining after a transfer of ownership is made under par. (a) 1., 2., or 3. or, after a lease is entered into under par. (a) 3., or after the department orders withdrawal of land under sub. (3g) (am) unless the remainder fails to meet the eligibility requirements under s. 77.82 (1).

AB40-ASA1,1501d Section 1501d. 77.92 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,1501e Section 1501e. 77.92 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,1501f Section 1501f. 77.92 (4m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,1501g Section 1501g. 77.92 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,1501h Section 1501h. 77.93 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,1501i Section 1501i. 77.93 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,1501k Section 1501k. 77.93 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,1501L Section 1501L. 77.94 (1) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 77.94 (1) and amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,863,24 77.94 (1) (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (2), for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999, the surcharge imposed under s. 77.93 is calculated as follows:

AB40-ASA1,864,5 (a) On a corporation under s. 77.93 (1) and (4), an amount equal to the amount calculated by multiplying gross tax liability for the taxable year of the corporation by 3%, or in the case of a tax-option corporation an amount equal to the amount calculated by multiplying net income under s. 71.34 by 0.2%, up to a maximum of $9,800, or $25, whichever is greater.

AB40-ASA1,1501m Section 1501m. 77.94 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,1501n Section 1501n. 77.94 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,864,10 77.94 (2) (a) 2. "Ceases to do business" includes but is not limited to a change in corporate form, the death of an individual and the occurrence of any event that creates a short taxable year for purposes of the taxes under ch. 71.

AB40-ASA1,1501p Section 1501p. 77.94 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,864,15 77.94 (2) (b) (intro.) If an entity under s. 77.93 (1) to (4) begins to do business in this state after the beginning of its taxable year or ceases to do business in this state before the end of its taxable year, subject to the maximum and minimum surcharge, the surcharge imposed on it under s. 77.93 is calculated as follows:

AB40-ASA1,1501q Section 1501q. 77.94 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,865,2 77.94 (2) (b) 1. Multiply its gross tax liability or net business income for the taxable year by a fraction the numerator of which is 365 and, if the entity begins to do business in this state after the beginning of its taxable year, the denominator of which is the number of days from the day that it begins to do business in this state until the end of its taxable year and, if the entity ceases to do business in this state before the end of its taxable year, the denominator of which is the number of days from the beginning of its taxable year until the day that it ceases to do business in this state and, if the entity both begins to do business in this state after the beginning of its taxable year and ceases to do business in this state before the end of its taxable year, the denominator of which is the number of days from the day that it begins to do business in this state to the day that it ceases to do business in this state.

AB40-ASA1,1501r Section 1501r. 77.947 of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,1501s Section 1501s. 77.96 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,865,9 77.96 (5) Each person subject to a surcharge under s. 77.93 shall, on or before the due date, including extensions, for filing under ch. 71, file an accurate statement of its gross tax liability or net business income. Payments made after the due date under sub. (2) and on or before the due date under this subsection are not delinquent but are subject to interest at the rate of 12% per year.