71.07(9r)(b)1m.e.
e. Electrical or plumbing systems, but not electrical or plumbing fixtures.
71.07(9r)(b)2.
2. The historic property, including outbuildings that contribute to the significance of the historic property, is an owner-occupied personal residence if the residence is not actively used in a trade or business, held for the production of income or held for sale or other disposition in the ordinary course of the claimant's trade or business.
71.07(9r)(b)3.a.
a. The property is listed on the national register of historic places in Wisconsin or the state register of historic places, or is determined by the state historical society to be eligible for listing on the national register of historic places in Wisconsin or the state register of historic places, or is located in a historic district which is listed in the national register of historic places in Wisconsin or the state register of historic places and is certified by the state historic preservation officer as being of historic significance to the district, or is an outbuilding of an otherwise eligible property certified by the state historic preservation officer as contributing to the historic significance of the property.
71.07(9r)(b)3.b.
b. The proposed preservation or rehabilitation plan complies with standards promulgated under s.
44.02 (24) and the completed preservation or rehabilitation substantially complies with the proposed plan.
71.07(9r)(b)4.
4. The preservation or rehabilitation work is completed within 2 years after the date that the physical work of construction or destruction in preparation for construction begins, except in the case of any preservation or rehabilitation which is initially planned for completion in phases, in which case the work shall be completed within 5 years after the date that the physical work of construction or destruction in preparation for construction begins.
71.07(9r)(b)5.
5. The expenditures for preservation or rehabilitation of the historic property exceed $10,000.
71.07(9r)(b)6.
6. The costs are not incurred to acquire any building or interest in a building or to enlarge existing building.
71.07(9r)(b)7.
7. The costs were not incurred before the state historical society approved the proposed preservation or rehabilitation plan under subd.
3. b. 71.07(9r)(c)
(c) The Wisconsin adjusted basis of the historic property shall be reduced by the amount of any credit awarded under this subsection.
71.07(9r)(f)
(f) No natural person may claim a credit under this subsection and under sub.
(9m) for the same expenses.
71.07(9r)(i)
(i) If the historic property is owned by 2 or more natural persons that hold legal title or equitable title as a land contract vendee and are not joint tenants, tenants in common or spouses owning marital property, the credit under this subsection may be claimed as follows:
71.07(9r)(i)1.
1. For projects benefiting one owner, a natural person may claim the credit based on eligible costs incurred individually.
71.07(9r)(i)2.
2. For projects benefiting 2 or more owners, a natural person may claim the credit based on eligible costs incurred by the benefiting owners in proportion to the natural person's ownership interest.
71.07(9r)(j)
(j) No natural person may claim the credit under this subsection for rehabilitation of historic property if the historic property was acquired by the claimant under an agreement requiring the claimant to sell or otherwise dispose of the historic property back to the previous owner within 5 years after the date that the historic property was acquired.
71.07 Note
NOTE: Par. (j) (intro.) and 2. were consolidated and renumbered par. (j) under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2. by the legislative reference bureau. Unnecessary text was removed under s. 35.17.
71.07(9r)(k)
(k) A natural person who receives a credit under this subsection shall add to his or her liability for taxes imposed under s.
71.02 one of the following percentages of the amount of the credits received under this subsection for rehabilitating or preserving the property if, within 5 years after the date on which the preservation or rehabilitation work that was the basis of the credit is completed, the person either sells or conveys the property by deed or land contract or the state historical society certifies to the department of revenue that the historic property has been altered to the extent that it does not comply with the standards promulgated under s.
44.02 (24):
71.07(9r)(k)1.
1. If the sale, conveyance or noncompliance occurs during the first year after the date on which the preservation or rehabilitation is completed, 100 percent.
71.07(9r)(k)2.
2. If the sale, conveyance or noncompliance occurs during the 2nd year after the date on which the preservation or rehabilitation is completed, 80 percent.
71.07(9r)(k)3.
3. If the sale, conveyance or noncompliance occurs during the 3rd year after the date on which the preservation or rehabilitation is completed, 60 percent.
71.07(9r)(k)4.
4. If the sale, conveyance or noncompliance occurs during the 4th year after the date on which the preservation or rehabilitation is completed, 40 percent.
71.07(9r)(k)5.
5. If the sale, conveyance or noncompliance occurs during the 5th year after the date on which the preservation or rehabilitation is completed, 20 percent.
71.07(10)
(10) Employee college savings account contribution credit. 71.07(10)(a)1.
1. “Claimant" means an individual who files a claim under this subsection and who is a partner of a partnership, member of a limited liability company, or shareholder of a tax-option corporation that is an employer and that contributes to an employee's college savings account under par.
(b).
71.07(10)(a)1m.
1m. “College savings account" means a college savings account, as described in s.
224.50.
71.07(10)(a)3.
3. “Employer” means an employer that is a partnership, as defined in s.
71.195, or a tax-option corporation, as defined in s.
71.34 (2).
71.07(10)(b)
(b)
Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s.
71.02, up to the amount of those taxes, for each employee of an employer, the claimant's proportionate share, as computed under par.
(c) 1., of an amount equal to the amount the employer paid into a college savings account owned by the employee in the taxable year in which the contribution is made.
71.07(10)(c)1.1. 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 the 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.
71.07(10)(c)2.
2. The maximum amount of the credit per employee that a claimant may claim under this subsection is the claimant's proportionate share of an amount equal to 25 percent of the amount the employee's employer contributed to the employee's college savings account up to a maximum contribution equal to 25 percent of the maximum amount that an individual contributor may deduct under s.
71.05 (6) (b) 32. a. per beneficiary.
71.07 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
HS 3, Wis. adm. code.
71.07 History
History: 1987 a. 312;
1987 a. 411 ss.
63,
79 to
82,
85,
86;
1987 a. 419,
422;
1989 a. 31,
44,
56,
100,
359;
1991 a. 39,
269,
292;
1993 a. 16,
112,
204,
471,
491;
1995 a. 27 ss.
3377m to
3393m,
9116 (5);
1995 a. 209,
227,
400,
453;
1997 a. 27,
41,
237,
299;
1999 a. 5,
9,
10,
32;
1999 a. 150 s.
672;
1999 a. 198;
2001 a. 16,
109;
2003 a. 72,
99,
135,
183,
255,
267,
326;
2005 a. 25,
49,
72,
74,
97,
177,
254,
361,
387,
479,
483,
487;
2007 a. 11,
20,
96,
97,
100;
2009 a. 2,
11,
28,
180,
185,
265,
267,
269,
276,
294,
295,
332,
401;
2011 a. 15,
32,
67,
212,
213,
232,
237;
2011 a. 260 s.
80;
2013 a. 20,
54,
62,
116,
145;
2013 a. 166 s.
77;
2015 a. 55,
186;
2015 a. 197 s.
51;
2015 a. 237,
312;
2017 a. 58,
59,
176,
197;
2017 a. 364 ss.
11 to
13,
48;
2017 a. 365 s.
111;
2017 a. 366,
368; s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2.; s. 35.17 correction in (9r) (j).
71.07 Annotation
Wisconsin's Qualified New Business Venture Program: Building on the Foundation to Maximize Entrepreneurial Growth. Herdrich. 2014 WLR 1031.
71.08(1)(1)
Imposition. If the tax imposed on a natural person, married couple filing jointly, trust, or estate under s.
71.02, not considering the credits under ss.
71.07 (1),
(2dx),
(2dy),
(3m),
(3n),
(3p),
(3q),
(3r),
(3rm),
(3rn),
(3s),
(3t),
(3w),
(3wm),
(3y),
(4k),
(5b),
(5d),
(5e),
(5f),
(5h),
(5i),
(5j),
(5n),
(6),
(6e),
(8b),
(8r),
(9e),
(9m), and
(9r),
71.28 (1dx),
(1dy),
(2m),
(3),
(3n),
(3t),
(3w),
(3wm), and
(3y),
71.47 (1dx),
(1dy),
(2m),
(3),
(3n),
(3t),
(3w), and
(3y),
71.57 to
71.61, and
71.613 and subch.
VIII and payments to other states under s.
71.07 (7), is less than the tax under this section, there is imposed on that natural person, married couple filing jointly, trust or estate, instead of the tax under s.
71.02, an alternative minimum tax computed as follows:
71.08(1)(a)
(a) Adjust the alternative minimum taxable income, as defined in section
55 (b) (2) of the internal revenue code, by the amounts under s.
71.05 (6) to
(21), except s.
71.05 (6) (a) 13. and
(b) 5. and
(8), by the amounts needed to modify federal alternative tax net operating loss deductions to reflect differences between Wisconsin net operating loss deductions and federal net operating loss deductions for minimum tax purposes. The department of revenue shall by rule define Wisconsin net operating loss deductions for minimum tax purposes.
71.08(1)(b)
(b) Subtract the amount under section
57 (a) (5) of the internal revenue code from the amount under par.
(a).
71.08(1)(bm)
(bm) For stocks acquired after December 31, 1987, under incentive stock options, as defined in section
422A (b) of the internal revenue code:
71.08(1)(bm)1.
1. At the time that the incentive stock option is included in alternative minimum taxable income under section
56 (b) (3) of the internal revenue code, subtract from the amount in par.
(b) 20 percent of the amount included in federal alternative minimum taxable income under section
56 (b) (3) of the internal revenue code.
71.08(1)(bm)2.
2. At the time that the stock that was subject to subd.
1. is disposed of, add 20 percent of the gain or loss adjustment resulting from the basis adjustment made under section
56 (b) (3) of the internal revenue code to the amount in par.
(b).
71.08(1)(c)
(c) For nonresidents and part-year residents, adjust the amount under par.
(bm) so that itemized deductions and personal exemptions are prorated on the basis of the ratio of Wisconsin adjusted gross income to federal adjusted gross income.
71.08(1)(d)
(d) Subtract from the amount under par.
(c) the appropriate amount under section 55 (d) of the federal Internal Revenue Code in effect for the taxable year; except that surviving spouses shall be treated as single individuals; except that the amount under par.
(c), not the federal alternative minimum taxable income, shall be used in calculating the phase-out and except that for nonresidents and part-year residents the amount under section 55 (d) of the federal Internal Revenue Code in effect for the taxable year shall be prorated on the basis of the ratio of Wisconsin adjusted gross income to federal adjusted gross income.
71.08(2)
(2) Joint liability. If the requirements under sub.
(1) are applicable and the spouses file a joint income tax return, they shall file a joint minimum tax return and are jointly and severally liable for the tax imposed under sub.
(1) and for the interest, penalties, fees, additions to tax and additional assessments with respect to the tax.
71.08(3)
(3) Administration. The department of revenue shall have full power to impose, enforce and collect the minimum tax provided in this section and may take any action, conduct any proceeding and in all respects proceed as it is authorized in respect to income taxes imposed in this chapter. The income tax provisions in this chapter relating to assessments, refunds, appeals, collection, interest and penalties shall apply to the minimum tax.
71.08(4)
(4) Tax benefit rule. The department of revenue shall promulgate rules to provide that the amount under sub.
(1) may be reduced to prevent the inclusion of any amounts, except the federal standard deductions, itemized deductions and personal exemptions, that do not reflect a benefit in respect to the tax imposed under s.
71.02.
71.08(5)
(5) Sunset. This section does not apply to taxable years beginning after December 31.
71.08 History
History: 1987 a. 312,
411;
1989 a. 31;
1991 a. 39;
1995 a. 27,
209;
1997 a. 27,
237;
1999 a. 9;
2001 a. 109;
2003 a. 99,
135,
255,
326;
2005 a. 25,
177,
361,
479,
483;
2007 a. 20,
97;
2009 a. 2,
28,
269,
295;
2011 a. 260 ss.
24,
80;
2013 a. 62,
145;
2015 a. 55;
2017 a. 58,
59,
176,
231.
71.09
71.09
Payment of estimated taxes. 71.09(1)(1)
Definitions. In this section:
71.09(1)(a)
(a) “Farmers or fishers" are individuals, estates or trusts whose estimated gross income from farming or fishing for the taxable year is at least two-thirds of the total estimated gross income from all sources for the taxable year or individuals, estates or trusts whose gross income from farming or fishing for the preceding taxable year was at least two-thirds of the total gross income from all sources shown on that return. If a person files a joint return, the income of both that person and that person's spouse shall be considered in determining whether the person is a farmer or fisher.
71.09(1)(am)
(am) “Return" means a return that would show the tax properly due.
71.09(1)(b)
(b) “Tax shown on the return" and “tax for the taxable year" mean the net tax imposed under s.
71.02 after reduction for exemptions to, and credits against, that tax but before reduction by amounts withheld under subch.
X and before reduction for amounts paid as estimated tax under this section for that tax plus the surcharge imposed under s.
77.93 before reduction for amounts paid as estimated tax under this section for that surcharge.
71.09(2)
(2) Who shall pay. Every individual, estate and trust deriving income subject to taxation under this chapter, other than wages as defined in s.
71.63 (6) upon which taxes are withheld by the individual's employer under subch.
X, shall pay estimated income tax and the surcharge under s.
77.93. This section does not apply to any person on active duty with the U.S. armed forces while stationed outside the continental United States. This section does not apply to any taxable year ending before the date 2 years after the date of a decedent's death with respect to the estate of such decedent or any trust all of which is treated under subpart E of part I of subchapter J of chapter 1 of the internal revenue code as owned by the decedent and to which the residue of the decedent's estate will pass under his or her will. This section does not apply to any trust that is subject to tax under this chapter on unrelated business taxable income as defined under section
512 of the internal revenue code. Those trusts are subject to estimated tax payments under s.
71.29.
71.09(3)
(3) Farmers or fishers. Payments of estimated income tax required by sub.
(2) from farmers or fishers may be made at any time on or before the 15th day of the first month of the succeeding taxable year.
71.09(4)
(4) Farmers or fishers exception. Except as provided in sub.
(1) (am), if on or before the first day of the 3rd month of the succeeding taxable year a farmer or a fisher files a return for the taxable year, for which estimated taxes were required on or before the 15th day of the first month of the succeeding taxable year under sub.
(3), and pays in full the amount computed on the return as payable, then that payment satisfies any required estimated tax installments.
71.09(5)
(5) Amount. The amount of the estimated income tax shall be the total estimated tax, including surtaxes, if any, reduced by the amount, if any, the individual, estate or trust determines will be withheld from wages pursuant to subch.
X.
71.09(7)
(7) Refund carry-forward. If the taxpayer claims a refund on any tax return and, concurrent with or subsequent to the filing of the return upon which such refund is claimed, is required to pay an estimated tax, and at the time of paying that tax the refund has not been paid, he or she may deduct the amount of such refund from the first installment of estimated taxes, and any excess from the succeeding installments. If a refund is paid after the due date of the last installment, its receipt shall be reflected on the income tax return covering the year. If the refund is disallowed in whole or in part after the due date of the last installment, that disallowance must be reflected on the income tax return covering the year.
71.09(8)
(8) Prepayments. Any installment of the estimated tax under this section may be paid prior to the date prescribed for its payment.
71.09(9)
(9) Short year. Application of this section to taxable years of less than 12 full months shall be made pursuant to rules of the department.
71.09 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also s.
Tax 2.89, Wis. adm. code.
71.09(10)
(10) Overpayment. When the amount of an installment payment of estimated tax exceeds the amount determined to be the correct amount of such installment payment, the overpayment shall be credited against the unpaid installment, if any.
71.09(11)
(11) Exceptions to interest. No interest is required under s.
71.84 (1) if any of the following conditions apply:
71.09(11)(a)
(a) The tax shown on the return or, if no return is filed, the tax, minus amounts withheld under subch.
X, is less than $500.
71.09(11)(b)
(b) The preceding taxable year was 12 months, the taxpayer had no liability under s.
71.02 for that year and the taxpayer was a resident of this state for all of that year.
71.09(11)(c)
(c) The secretary of revenue determines that because of casualty, disaster or other unusual circumstances it is not equitable to impose interest.
71.09(11)(d)
(d) The secretary of revenue determines that the taxpayer retired during the taxable year or during the preceding taxable year after having attained age 62 or becoming disabled except that this paragraph does not apply upon a showing by the department under s.
73.16 (4).
71.09(11)(e)
(e) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008, the taxpayer qualifies for a federal extension of time to file under
26 USC 7508A due to a presidentially declared disaster or terroristic or military action.
71.09(11)(f)
(f) The taxpayer has underpaid the taxpayer's estimated taxes due to the change in brackets under s.
71.06 (1p) (e) and
(2) (g) 5. and
(h) 5. This paragraph applies only in the first taxable year to which these bracket changes apply.
71.09(11)(g)
(g) The taxpayer has underpaid the taxpayer's estimated taxes due to the change in the percentage under s.
71.07 (5n) (b) 3. This paragraph applies only to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014, and before January 1, 2016.
71.09(12)
(12) Installment due dates. Taxpayers shall make estimated payments in 4 installments, on or before the 15th day of each of the following months:
71.09(13)(a)
(a) Except as provided in pars.
(b),
(c) and
(d), the amount of each installment required under sub.
(12) is 25 percent of the lower of the following amounts:
71.09(13)(a)1.
1. Ninety percent of the tax shown on the return for the taxable year or, if no return is filed, 90 percent of the tax for the taxable year.
71.09(13)(a)2.
2. The tax shown on the return for the preceding year. If a husband and wife who filed separate returns for the preceding taxable year file a joint return, the tax shown on the return for the preceding year is the sum of the taxes shown on the separate returns of the husband and wife. If a husband and wife who filed a joint return for the preceding taxable year file separate returns, the tax shown on the return for the preceding year is the husband's or wife's proportion of that tax based on what their respective tax liabilities for that year would have been had they filed separately.
71.09(13)(b)
(b) Paragraph
(a) 2. does not apply if the preceding taxable year was less than 12 months or if the taxpayer did not file a return for the preceding taxable year.
71.09(13)(c)
(c) Paragraph
(a) 2. does not apply if the taxpayer is an estate or trust and has a taxable income of $20,000 or more.
71.09(13)(d)
(d) If 22.5 percent for the first installment, 45 percent for the 2nd installment, 67.5 percent for the 3rd installment and 90 percent for the 4th installment of the tax for the taxable year computed by annualizing, under methods prescribed by the department of revenue, the taxpayer's income for the months in the taxable year ending before the installment's due date is less than the installment required under par.
(a), the taxpayer may pay the amount under this paragraph rather than the amount under par.
(a). Any taxpayer who pays an amount calculated under this paragraph shall increase the next installment computed under par.
(a) by an amount equal to the difference between the amount paid under this paragraph and the amount that would have been paid under par.
(a). The income of any estate or trust for the months in the taxable year ending before the date one month before the due date for the installment shall be annualized in calculating the installments under this paragraph.
71.09(14)
(14) Exception to final installment. If a taxpayer files a return for a calendar year on or before January 31 of the succeeding calendar year (or if a taxpayer on a fiscal year basis files a return on or before the last day of the first month immediately succeeding the close of such fiscal year) and pays in full at the time of such filing the amount computed on the return as payable, then, if estimated taxes are not required to be paid on or before the 15th day of the 9th month of the taxable year but are required to be paid on or before January 15 of the succeeding taxable year (or the date corresponding thereto in the case of a fiscal year), such return shall be considered as such payment.
