AB606: Bill Text

AB606, s. 6 Section 6. 71.28 (5e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB606,4,16 71.28 (5e) Agricultural biotechnology and livestock products credit. (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

AB606,4,24 1. "Agricultural biotechnology" means the application of technologies, including recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid techniques, biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, genetics, genetic engineering, biological cell fusion techniques, and new bioprocesses, that use living organisms or parts of organisms to produce or modify products, improve plants or animals used in agriculture, develop microorganisms for specific agricultural uses, identify targets for small molecule pharmaceutical development for agricultural use, or transform biological systems into useful agricultural processes and products.

AB606,4,25 2. "Claimant" means a person who files a claim under this subsection.

AB606,5,5 (b) Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, a claimant may claim as a credit against the taxes imposed under s. 71.23, up to the amount of those taxes, an amount that is equal to the amount of the taxes imposed under ss. 71.52 and 71.53 that the claimant paid in the taxable year on the purchase of any of the following:

AB606,5,7 1. Electricity consumed in product research or product development for agricultural biotechnology in this state.

AB606,5,9 2. Vitamins, feed supplements, or hormones, if such products are used on farm livestock.

AB606,5,17 (c) Limitations. 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 described 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.

AB606,5,19 (d) Administration. Subsection (4) (e) to (h), as it applies to the credit under sub. (4), applies to the credit under this subsection.

AB606, s. 7 Section 7. 71.30 (3) (dq) of the statutes is created to read:

AB606,5,22 71.30 (3) (dq) Agricultural biotechnology and livestock products credit under s. 71.28 (5e).

AB606, s. 8 Section 8. 71.34 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB606,6,3 71.34 (1) (g) An addition shall be made for credits computed by a tax-option corporation under s. 71.28 (1dd), (1de), (1di), (1dj), (1dL), (1dm), (1ds), (1dx), (3), (3g), (3n), (3t), and (5b), and (5e) and passed through to shareholders.

AB606, s. 9 Section 9. 71.45 (2) (a) 10. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB606,6,10 71.45 (2) (a) 10. By adding to federal taxable income the amount of credit computed under s. 71.47 (1dd) to (1dx), (3n), and (5b), and (5e) and not passed through by a partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation that has added that amount to the partnership's, limited liability company's, or tax-option corporation's income under s. 71.21 (4) or 71.34 (1) (g) and the amount of credit computed under s. 71.47 (1), (3), (3t), (4), and (5).

AB606, s. 10 Section 10. 71.47 (5e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB606,6,13 71.47 (5e) Agricultural biotechnology and livestock products credit. (a) Definitions. In this subsection:

AB606,6,21 1. "Agricultural biotechnology" means the application of technologies, including recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid techniques, biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, genetics, genetic engineering, biological cell fusion techniques, and new bioprocesses, that use living organisms or parts of organisms to produce or modify products, improve plants or animals used in agriculture, develop microorganisms for specific agricultural uses, identify targets for small molecule pharmaceutical development for agricultural use, or transform biological systems into useful agricultural processes and products.

AB606,6,22 2. "Claimant" means a person who files a claim under this subsection.

AB606,7,2 (b) Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, 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 amount of the taxes imposed under ss. 71.52 and 71.53 that the claimant paid in the taxable year on the purchase of any of the following:

AB606,7,4 1. Electricity consumed in product research or product development for agricultural biotechnology in this state.

AB606,7,6 2. Vitamins, feed supplements, or hormones, if such products are used on farm livestock.

AB606,7,14 (c) Limitations. 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 described 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.

AB606,7,16 (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.

AB606, s. 11 Section 11. 71.49 (1) (dq) of the statutes is created to read:

AB606,7,19 71.49 (1) (dq) Agricultural biotechnology and livestock products credit under s. 71.47 (5e).

AB606, s. 12 Section 12. 77.92 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB606,8,10 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), and (5b), and (5e); 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.

AB606, s. 13 Section 13. Initial applicability.

AB606,8,12 (1) This act first applies to taxable years beginning on January 1, 2006.

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