71.07(3r)(c)6.
6. No credit may be allowed under this subsection unless the claimant submits with the claimant's return a copy of the claimant's credit certification and allocation under s.
93.545 or s.
560.208, 2009 stats.
71.07(3r)(d)2.
2. If the allowable amount of the claim under
par. (b) exceeds the tax otherwise due under
s. 71.02 or
71.08, the amount of the claim not used to offset the tax due shall be certified by the department of revenue to the department of administration for payment by check, share draft, or other draft drawn from the appropriation account under
s. 20.835 (2) (bd).
71.07 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
ATCP 164, Wis. adm. code.
71.07(3rm)
(3rm) Woody biomass harvesting and processing credit. 71.07(3rm)(a)1.
1. "Claimant" means a person who files a claim under this subsection.
71.07(3rm)(a)2.
2. "Used primarily" means used to the exclusion of all other uses except for use not exceeding 25 percent of total use.
71.07(3rm)(a)3.
3. "Woody biomass" means trees and woody plants, including limbs, tops, needles, leaves, and other woody parts, grown in a forest or woodland or on agricultural land.
71.07(3rm)(b)
(b)
Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s.
93.547 or s.
560.209, 2009 stats., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2016, a claimant may claim as a credit against the taxes imposed under
s. 71.02 or
71.08, up to the amount of the tax, an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount the claimant paid in the taxable year for equipment that is used primarily to harvest or process woody biomass that is used as fuel or as a component of fuel.
71.07(3rm)(c)1.1. No credit may be allowed under this subsection for any amount that the claimant paid for expenses described under
par. (b) that the claimant also claimed as a deduction under section
162 of the Internal Revenue Code.
71.07(3rm)(c)2.
2. The aggregate amount of credits that a claimant may claim under this subsection is $100,000.
71.07(3rm)(c)4.
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 expenses under
par. (b), except that the aggregate amount of credits that the entity may compute shall not exceed $100,000. 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 interest.
71.07(3rm)(c)5.
5. If 2 or more persons own and operate a woody biomass harvesting or processing operation, each person may claim a credit under
par. (b) in proportion to his or her ownership interest, except that the aggregate amount of the credits claimed by all persons who own and operate the operation shall not exceed $100,000.
71.07(3rm)(d)2.
2. If the allowable amount of the claim under
par. (b) exceeds the tax otherwise due under
s. 71.02 or
71.08, the amount of the claim not used to offset the tax due shall be certified by the department of revenue to the department of administration for payment by check, share draft, or other draft drawn from the appropriation account under
s. 20.835 (2) (bc).
71.07 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
ATCP 166, Wis. adm. code.
71.07(3rn)
(3rn) Food processing plant and food warehouse investment credit. 71.07(3rn)(a)1.
1. "Claimant" means a person who files a claim under this subsection.
71.07(3rn)(a)2.
2. "Food processing plant" has the meaning given in
s. 97.29 (1) (h), except that it does not include dairy plants licensed under
s. 97.20 or meat establishments licensed under
s. 97.42.
71.07(3rn)(a)4.
4. "Food processing plant or food warehouse modernization or expansion" means constructing, improving, or acquiring buildings or facilities, or acquiring equipment, for food processing or food warehousing, including the following, if used exclusively for food processing or food warehousing and if acquired and placed in service in this state during taxable years that begin after December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2017:
71.07(3rn)(a)4.c.
c. Upgrades to utilities, including water, electric, heat, refrigeration, freezing, and waste facilities.
71.07(3rn)(a)4.d.
d. Installing energy savings equipment or equipment that converts waste to energy.
71.07(3rn)(a)4.f.
f. Processing and manufacturing equipment, including vats, cookers, freezers, pipes, motors, pumps, and valves.
71.07(3rn)(a)4.g.
g. Packaging and handling equipment, including cleaning, sealing, bagging, boxing, labeling, conveying, and product movement equipment.
71.07(3rn)(a)4.h.
h. Warehouse equipment, including storage racks and loading and unloading equipment.
71.07(3rn)(a)4.i.
i. Waste treatment and waste management equipment, including tanks, blowers, separators, dryers, digesters, and equipment to produce energy, fuel, or industrial products.
71.07(3rn)(a)4.j.
j. Computer software or hardware for managing the claimant's food processing or food warehousing operation, including software and hardware related to logistics, inventory management, production plant controls, and temperature monitoring controls.
71.07(3rn)(a)5.
5. "Used exclusively" means used to the exclusion of all other uses except for use not exceeding 5 percent of total use.
71.07(3rn)(b)
(b)
Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s.
93.54 or s.
560.2056, 2009 stats., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2017, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under
ss. 71.02 and
71.08, up to the amount of the tax, an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount the claimant paid in the taxable year for food processing or food warehousing modernization or expansion related to the operation of the claimant's food processing plant or food warehouse.
71.07(3rn)(c)1.1. No credit may be allowed under this subsection for any amount that the claimant paid for expenses described under
par. (b) that the claimant also claimed as a deduction under section
162 of the Internal Revenue Code.
71.07(3rn)(c)2.
2. The aggregate amount of credits that a claimant may claim under this subsection is $200,000.
71.07(3rn)(c)4.
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 expenses under
par. (b), except that the aggregate amount of credits that the entity may compute shall not exceed $200,000. 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 interest.
71.07(3rn)(c)5.
5. If 2 or more persons own and operate the food processing plant or food warehouse, each person may claim a credit under
par. (b) in proportion to his or her ownership interest, except that the aggregate amount of the credits claimed by all persons who own and operate the food processing operation shall not exceed $200,000.
71.07(3rn)(c)6.
6. No credit may be allowed under this subsection unless the claimant submits with the claimant's return a copy of the claimant's credit certification and allocation under s.
93.54 or s.
560.2056, 2009 stats.
71.07(3rn)(d)2.
2. If the allowable amount of the claim under
par. (b) exceeds the tax otherwise due under
s. 71.02 or
71.08, the amount of the claim not used to offset the tax due shall be certified by the department of revenue to the department of administration for payment by check, share draft, or other draft drawn from the appropriation account under
s. 20.835 (2) (be).
71.07 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
ATCP 165, Wis. adm. code.
71.07(3s)
(3s) Manufacturing sales tax credit. 71.07(3s)(a)2.
2. "Sales and use tax under
ch. 77 paid by the person" includes use taxes paid directly by the person and sales and use taxes paid by the person's supplier and passed on to the person whether separately stated on the invoice or included in the total price.
71.07(3s)(b)
(b) The tax imposed under
s. 71.02 or
71.08 shall be reduced by an amount equal to the sales and use tax under
ch. 77 paid by the person in such taxable year on fuel and electricity consumed in manufacturing tangible personal property in this state. Shareholders in a tax-option corporation and partners may claim the credit under this subsection, based on eligible sales and use taxes paid by the partnership or tax-option corporation, in proportion to the ownership interest of each partner or shareholder. The partnership or tax-option corporation shall calculate the amount of the credit which may be claimed by each partner or shareholder and shall provide that information to the partner or shareholder.
71.07(3s)(c)1.1. The credit under
par. (b), including any credits carried over, may be offset only against the amount of the tax imposed upon or measured by the business operations of the claimant in which the fuel and electricity are consumed. Except as provided in
subd. 7., if the credit computed is not entirely offset against taxes otherwise due, the unused balance shall be carried forward and credited against taxes otherwise due for the following 20 taxable years to the extent not offset by taxes otherwise due in all intervening years between the year in which the expense was incurred and the year in which the carry-forward credit is claimed.
71.07(3s)(c)2.
2. For shareholders in a tax-option corporation, the credit may be offset only against the tax imposed on the shareholder's prorated share of the tax-option corporation's income.
71.07(3s)(c)3.
3. For partners, the credit may be offset only against the tax imposed on the partner's distributive share of partnership income.
71.07(3s)(c)4.
4. If a tax-option corporation becomes liable for tax for a taxable year that begins on or after January 1, 1998, the corporation may offset the credit against the tax due, with any remaining credit computed for a taxable year that begins on or after January 1, 1998, passing through to the shareholders.
71.07(3s)(c)5.
5. If a corporation that is not a tax-option corporation has a carry-over credit from a taxable year that begins on or after January 1, 1998, and becomes a tax-option corporation before the credit carried over is used, the unused portion of the credit may be used by the tax-option corporation's shareholders on a prorated basis.
71.07(3s)(c)6.
6. If the shareholders of a tax-option corporation have carry-over credits and the corporation becomes a corporation other than a tax-option corporation after October 14, 1997, and before the credits carried over are used, the unused portion of the credits may be used by the corporation that is not a tax-option corporation.
71.07(3s)(c)7.
7. No credit may be claimed under this subsection for taxable years that begin after December 31, 2005. For credits that are claimed but unused under this subsection for taxable years that begin before January 1, 2006, up to 50 percent may be used in each of the following 2 taxable years if the taxpayer has $25,000 or less in unused credits as of January 1, 2006. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005, and before January 1, 2008, a taxpayer who has more than $25,000 in unused credits as of January 1, 2006, may deduct an amount in each year that is equal to 50 percent of the amount the taxpayer added back to income under
s. 71.05 (6) (a) at the time that the taxpayer first claimed the credit or, with regard to credits passed through from a partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation, 50 percent of the amount that the entity added back to its income and was included in the partner's, member's, or shareholder's Wisconsin net income at the time that the credit was first claimed.
71.07(3t)
(3t) Manufacturing investment credit. 71.07(3t)(a)(a)
Definition. In this subsection, "claimant" means a person who files a claim under this subsection.
71.07(3t)(b)
(b)
Credit. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and in s.
560.28, 2009 stats., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007, a claimant may claim as a credit, amortized over 15 taxable years starting with the taxable year beginning after December 31, 2007, against the tax imposed under
s. 71.02 and
71.08, up to the amount of the tax, an amount equal to the claimant's unused credits under
s. 71.07 (3s).
71.07(3t)(c)1.1. No credit may be claimed under this subsection unless the claimant submits with the claimant's return a copy of the claimant's certification by the department of commerce under s.
560.28, 2009 stats., except that, with regard to credits claimed by partners of a partnership, members of a limited liability company, or shareholders of a tax-option corporation, the entity shall provide a copy of its certification under s.
560.28, 2009 stats., to the partner, member, or shareholder to submit with his or her return.
71.07(3t)(c)2.
2. 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 the amount of their unused credits under
s. 71.07 (3s). 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 interest.
71.07(3t)(d)2.
2. The amount of any unused credit under this subsection in any taxable year may be carried forward to subsequent taxable years, up to 15 taxable years.
71.07(3w)(a)1.
1. "Base year" means the taxable year beginning during the calendar year prior to the calendar year in which the enterprise zone in which the claimant is located takes effect.
71.07(3w)(a)2.
2. "Claimant" means a person who is certified to claim tax benefits under s.
238.399 (5) or s.
560.799 (5), 2009 stats., and who files a claim under this subsection.
71.07(3w)(a)5.
5. "State payroll" means the amount of payroll apportioned to this state, as determined under
s. 71.04 (6).
71.07(3w)(a)5d.
5d. "Tier I county or municipality" means a tier I county or municipality, as determined under s.
238.399 or s.
560.799, 2009 stats.
71.07(3w)(a)5e.
5e. "Tier II county or municipality" means a tier II county or municipality, as determined under s.
238.399 or s.
560.799, 2009 stats.
71.07(3w)(a)5m.
5m. "Wages" means wages under section
3306 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code, determined without regard to any dollar limitations.
71.07(3w)(a)6.
6. "Zone payroll" means the amount of state payroll that is attributable to wages paid to full-time employees for services that are performed in an enterprise zone. "Zone payroll" does not include the amount of wages paid to any full-time employees that exceeds $100,000.
71.07(3w)(b)
(b)
Filing claims; payroll. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s.
238.399 or s.
560.799, 2009 stats., a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under
s. 71.02 or
71.08 an amount calculated as follows:
71.07(3w)(b)1.a.
a. The number of full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than $20,000 in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $30,000 in a tier II county or municipality and who the claimant employed in the enterprise zone in the taxable year, minus the number of full-time employees whose annual wages were greater than $20,000 in a tier I county or municipality or greater than $30,000 in a tier II county or municipality and who the claimant employed in the area that comprises the enterprise zone in the base year.
