SB887: Bill Text

SB887,75,12 3. Except as provided in s. 71.07 (7) (b) 3., the tax credits under this chapter may not be claimed by the partnership.

SB887,75,14 4. A partner's adjusted basis of the partner's interest in the partnership is determined as if the election under par. (a) was not made.

SB887,75,16 5. The provisions of ss. 71.09 and 71.84 relating to estimated payments and underpayment interest shall apply to the partnership.

SB887,75,19 6. If the partnership fails to pay the amount owed to the department with respect to income as a result of the election under par. (a), the department may collect the amount from the partners based on their proportionate share of such income.

SB887,75,20 (e) The department may promulgate rules to implement this subsection.

SB887,84 Section 84. 71.36 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB887,76,2 71.36 (1) It is the intent of this section that shareholders of tax-option corporations include in their Wisconsin adjusted gross income their proportionate share of the corporation's tax-option items unless the corporation elects under s. 71.365 (4) (a) not to be a tax-option corporation or elects under s. 71.365 (4m) (a) to be taxed at the entity level.

SB887,85 Section 85 . 71.365 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 71.365 (1) (a) and amended to read:

SB887,76,12 71.365 (1) (a) For purposes of this chapter, the adjusted basis of a shareholder in the stock and indebtedness of a tax-option corporation shall be determined in the manner prescribed by the internal revenue code for a shareholder of an S corporation, except that the nature and amount of items affecting that basis shall be determined under this chapter. This subsection paragraph does not apply to 1978 and earlier taxable years of corporations which were S corporations for federal income tax purposes or to taxable years of corporations for which an election has been made under sub. (4) (a).

SB887,86 Section 86 . 71.365 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB887,76,16 71.365 (1) (b) The adjusted basis of a shareholder in the stock and indebtedness of a tax-option corporation that has made an election under sub. (4m) (a) is determined as if the election was not made.

SB887,87 Section 87. 71.365 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB887,76,24 71.365 (4m) Tax-option corporation election to pay franchise or income tax at the entity level. (a) If persons who hold more than 50 percent of the shares on the day on which an election under this paragraph is made consent, a corporation that is an S corporation for federal income tax purposes may elect, on or before the due date or extended due date of its return under this chapter, to be taxed at the entity level at a rate of 7.9 percent of net income reportable to this state as described in par. (d) 1. for that taxable year.

SB887,77,5 (b) It is the intent of the election under par. (a) that shareholders of a tax-option corporation may not include in their Wisconsin adjusted gross income their proportionate share of all items of income, gain, loss, or deduction of the tax-option corporation. It is also the intent that the tax-option corporation shall pay tax on items that would otherwise be taxed if this election was not made.

SB887,77,11 (c) If persons who, on the day on which the election under this paragraph is made, hold more than 50 percent of the shares of a corporation that has elected to be taxed at the entity level under par. (a) consent, a corporation that is an S corporation for federal income tax purposes may elect, on or before the due date or extended due date of its return under this chapter, to revoke for that taxable year its election under par. (a).

SB887,77,12 (d) If an election is made under par. (a), all of the following apply:

SB887,77,14 1. The net income of the tax-option corporation is computed under s. 71.34 (1k) and the situs of income shall be determined as if the election was not made.

SB887,77,16 2. Except as provided in s. 71.07 (7) (b) 3., the tax credits under this chapter may not be claimed by the tax-option corporation.

SB887,77,18 3. The tax-option corporation may not claim losses under ss. 71.05 (8) and 71.26 (4).

SB887,77,21 4. The provisions of ss. 71.29 and 71.84 relating to estimated payments and underpayment interest shall apply to the tax-option corporation for the taxable year beginning in 2019 and later years.

SB887,77,25 5. If the tax-option corporation fails to pay the amount owed to the department with respect to income as a result of the election under par. (a), the department may collect such amount from the shareholders based on their proportionate share of such income.

SB887,78,1 (e) The department may promulgate rules to implement this subsection.

SB887,88 Section 88. 71.775 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

SB887,78,4 71.775 (3) (a) 4. The pass-through entity has elected under s. 71.21 (6) (a) or 71.365 (4m) (a) to be taxed at the entity level.

SB887,89 Section 89. 73.03 (71) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB887,78,13 73.03 (71) (a) To determine the amount of additional revenue that reported to the department collected from the taxes imposed under subch. III of ch. 77 as a result of any federal law to expand the United States Supreme Court decision that expands the state's authority to require out-of-state retailers to collect and remit the taxes imposed under subch. III of ch. 77 on purchases by Wisconsin residents during the first 12 months following the date on which the department begins collecting the additional revenue as a result of a change in federal law period beginning on October 1, 2018, and ending on September 30, 2019.

SB887,78,22 (b) After the department makes the determination under par. (a), the department of administration, in consultation with the department of revenue, shall determine how much the individual income tax rates under s. 71.06 may be reduced in the following for the taxable year ending on December 31, 2019, in order to decrease individual income tax revenue by the amount determined under par. (a). For purposes of this paragraph, the department shall calculate the tax rate reductions shall be calculated in proportion to the share of gross tax attributable to each of the tax brackets under s. 71.06 in effect during the most recently completed taxable year.

SB887,79,4 (c) The department No later than October 20, 2019, the secretary of administration shall certify and report the determinations made under pars. (a) and (b) to the secretary of the department of administration, to the governor, and to the legislature the joint committee on finance, and the legislative audit bureau and specify with that certification and report that the new tax rates take effect in for the taxable year following the taxable year in which the department makes the certification under this paragraph ending on December 31, 2019, subject to par. (d).

SB887,90 Section 90. 73.03 (71) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

SB887,79,14 73.03 (71) (d) The legislative audit bureau shall review the determinations reported under par. (c) and report its findings to the joint legislative audit committee and the joint committee on finance no later than November 1, 2019. If the legislative audit bureau's review of the determinations reported under par. (c) results in a different calculation of the tax rates than that made under par. (b), the joint committee on finance shall determine which tax rates to apply to the taxable year ending on December 31, 2019, and report its determination to the governor, the secretary of administration, and the secretary of revenue no later than November 10, 2019.

SB887,91 Section 91 . 77.51 (13g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB887,79,18 77.51 (13g) (intro.) Except as provided in sub. subs. (13gm) and (13h), “retailer engaged in business in this state", for purposes of the use tax, includes any of the following:

SB887,92 Section 92 . 77.51 (13gm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB887,79,23 77.51 (13gm) (a) “Retailer engaged in business in this state” does not include a retailer who has no activities as described in sub. (13g), except for activities described in sub. (13g) (c), unless the retailer meets either of the following criteria in the previous year or current year:

SB887,79,24 1. The retailer's annual gross sales into this state exceed $100,000.

SB887,80,2 2. The retailer's annual number of separate sales transactions into this state is 200 or more.

SB887,80,7 (b) If an out-of-state retailer's annual gross sales into this state exceed $100,000 in the previous year or the retailer's annual number of separate sales transactions into this state is 200 or more in the previous year, the retailer shall register with the department and collect the taxes administered under s. 77.52 or 77.53 on sales sourced to this state under s. 77.522 for the entire current year.

SB887,80,15 (c) If an out-of-state retailer's annual gross sales into this state are $100,000 or less in the previous year and the retailer's annual number of separate sales transactions into this state is less than 200 in the previous year, the retailer is not required to register with the department and collect the taxes administered under s. 77.52 or 77.53 on sales sourced to this state under s. 77.522 until the retailer's sales or transactions meet the criteria in par. (a) 1. or 2. for the current year, at which time the retailer shall register with the department and collect the tax for the remainder of the current year.

SB887,80,16 (d) All of the following apply for purposes of this subsection:

SB887,80,17 1. “Year” means the retailer's taxable year for federal income tax purposes.

SB887,80,19 2. The annual amounts described in this subsection include both taxable and nontaxable sales.

SB887,80,21 3. Each required periodic payment of a lease or license is a separate sales transaction.

SB887,80,22 4. Deposits made in advance of a sale are not sales transactions.

SB887,80,25 5. An out-of-state retailer's annual amounts include all sales into this state by the retailer on behalf of other persons and all sales into this state by another person on the retailer's behalf.

SB887,93 Section 93. 84.54 of the statutes is created to read:

SB887,81,6 84.54 Minimum federal expenditures for projects receiving federal funding. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), for all of the following projects on which the department expends federal moneys, the department shall expend federal moneys on not less than 70 percent of the aggregate project components eligible for federal funding each fiscal year:

SB887,81,7 (a) Southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects.

SB887,81,8 (b) Major highway development projects.

SB887,81,10 (c) State highway rehabilitation projects with a total cost of less than $10 million.

SB887,81,24 (2) If the department determines that it cannot meet the requirements under sub. (1) or that it can make more effective and efficient use of federal moneys than the use required under sub. (1), the department may submit a proposed alternate funding plan to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department within 14 working days after the date of the department's submittal that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the department may expend moneys as proposed in the plan. If, within 14 working days after the date of the submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the department may expend moneys as proposed in the plan only upon approval of the committee. The department may continue with any projects subject to the funding requirement under sub. (1) while the committee conducts its review, including any hearings conducted by the committee.

SB887,94 Section 94 . 86.51 of the statutes is created to read:

SB887,82,1 86.51 Requirements for local projects. (1) In this section:

SB887,82,4 (a) “Local bridge" means a bridge that is not on the state trunk highway system or on marked routes of the state trunk highway system designated as connecting highways.

SB887,82,6 (b) “Local roads" means streets under the authority of cities or villages, county trunk highways, or town roads.

SB887,82,7 (c) “Political subdivision” means a county, city, village, or town.

SB887,82,9 (d) “Project" means the development, construction, repair, or improvement of a local road or a local bridge.

SB887,82,12 (2) If the department disburses aid to a political subdivision for a project, the department shall notify the political subdivision whether the aid includes federal moneys and which project components must be paid for with federal moneys, if any.

SB887,82,15 (3) For any project meeting all of the following criteria, the department may not require a political subdivision to comply with any portion of the department's facilities development manual other than design standards:

SB887,82,17 (a) The project proposal is reviewed and approved by a professional engineer or by the highway commissioner for the county in which the project will be located.

SB887,82,19 (b) The project is conducted by a political subdivision with no expenditure of federal money.

SB887,95 Section 95. 106.05 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB887,83,2 106.05 (2) (b) (intro.) Subject to par. (c) and sub. (3), from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b) (dr), the department may provide to an apprentice described in par. (a) 1. or the apprentice's sponsor a completion award equal to 25 percent of the cost of tuition incurred by the apprentice or sponsor or $1,000, whichever is less. If the department provides a completion award under this subsection, the department shall pay the award as follows:

SB887,96 Section 96. 106.05 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB887,83,10 106.05 (3) (a) If the amount of funds to be distributed under sub. (2) exceeds the amount available in the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b) (dr) for completion awards under sub. (2), the department may reduce the reimbursement percentage or deny applications for completion awards that would otherwise qualify under sub. (2). In that case, the department shall determine the reimbursement percentage and eligibility on the basis of the dates on which apprentices and sponsors become eligible for completion awards.

SB887,97 Section 97. 106.13 (3m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB887,83,22 106.13 (3m) (b) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b) (e), the department may award grants to applying local partnerships for the implementation and coordination of local youth apprenticeship programs. A local partnership shall include in its grant application the identity of each public agency, nonprofit organization, individual, and other person who is a participant in the local partnership, a plan to accomplish the implementation and coordination activities specified in subds. 1. to 6., and the identity of a fiscal agent who shall be is responsible for receiving, managing, and accounting for the grant moneys received under this paragraph. Subject to par. (c), a local partnership that is awarded a grant under this paragraph may use the grant moneys awarded for any of the following implementation and coordination activities:

SB887,98 Section 98. 106.18 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB887,84,3 106.18 Youth programs in 1st class cities. From the appropriation account under s. 20.445 (1) (b) (fm), the department shall implement and operate youth summer jobs programs in 1st class cities.

SB887,99 Section 99. 106.26 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB887,84,8 106.26 (3) (c) (intro.) To make grants from the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b) (fg) to eligible applicants to conduct projects or to match a federal grant awarded to an eligible applicant to conduct a project. Grants by the department are subject to all of the following requirements:

SB887,100 Section 100. 106.272 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB887,84,15 106.272 (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b) (dg), the department shall award grants to the school board of a school district or to the governing body of a private school, as defined under s. 115.001 (3d), or to a charter management organization that has partnered with an educator preparation program approved by the department of public instruction and headquartered in this state to design and implement a teacher development program.

SB887,101 Section 101. 106.273 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB887,84,21 106.273 (3) (a) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b) (bz), the department shall allocate not less than $3,500,000 in each fiscal year for incentive grants to school districts under this subsection. From that allocation, the department shall annually award all of the following incentive grants to school districts:

SB887,102 Section 102. 106.273 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB887,85,2 106.273 (3) (b) If the amount allocated under par. (a) available in the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (bz) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount per student under par. (a) 1m. and 2m., the department may prorate the amount of the department's payments among school districts eligible for incentive grants under this subsection.

SB887,103 Section 103. 106.275 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB887,85,9 106.275 (1) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (b) (cg), the department may allocate up to $500,000 in each fiscal year for technical education equipment grants to school districts under this section. From that allocation, the department may award technical education equipment grants under this section in the amount of not more than $50,000 to school districts whose grant applications are approved under sub. (2) (b).

SB887,104 Section 104 . 108.04 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB887,85,13 108.04 (2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. pars. (b) and to (bd), sub. (16) (am) and (b), and s. 108.062 (10) and (10m) and as otherwise expressly provided, a claimant is eligible for benefits as to any given week only if all of the following apply:

SB887,105 Section 105 . 108.04 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB887,85,16 108.04 (2) (a) 1. Except as provided in s. 108.062 (10), the individual The claimant is able to work and available for work during that week ;.

SB887,106 Section 106 . 108.04 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB887,85,20 108.04 (2) (a) 2. Except as provided in s. 108.062 (10m), as of that week, the individual The claimant has registered for work as directed in the manner prescribed by the department; by rule.

SB887,107 Section 107 . 108.04 (2) (a) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 108.04 (2) (a) 3. and amended to read:

SB887,86,11 108.04 (2) (a) 3. The individual claimant conducts a reasonable search for suitable work during that week, unless the search requirement is waived under par. (b) or s. 108.062 (10m) and provides verification of that search to the department. The search for suitable work must include at least 4 actions per week that constitute a reasonable search as prescribed by rule of the department. In addition, the department may, by rule, require an individual a claimant to take more than 4 reasonable work search actions in any week. The department shall require a uniform number of reasonable work search actions for similar types of claimants. This subdivision does not apply to an individual if the department determines that the individual is currently laid off from employment with an employer but there is a reasonable expectation of reemployment of the individual by that employer. In determining whether the individual has a reasonable expectation of reemployment by an employer, the department shall request the employer to verify the individual's employment status and shall also consider other factors, including:

SB887,108 Section 108 . 108.04 (2) (a) 3. a. to c. of the statutes are renumbered 108.04 (2) (b) 1. a. to c. and amended to read:

SB887,86,14 108.04 (2) (b) 1. a. The history of layoffs and reemployments by the employer;.

SB887,86,17 b. Any information that the employer furnished to the individual claimant or the department concerning the individual's claimant's anticipated reemployment date; and.