71.47(5f)(a)1.a.
a. News, current events, or public programming or a program that includes weather or market reports.
71.47(5f)(a)1.g.
g. A production for which the production company is required under
18 USC 2257 to maintain records with respect to a performer portrayed in a single media or multimedia program.
71.47(5f)(a)1.h.
h. A production produced primarily for industrial, corporate, or institutional purposes.
71.47(5f)(a)2.
2. “Claimant" means a person who files a claim under this subsection.
71.47(5f)(a)3.
3. “Production expenditures" means any expenditures that are incurred in this state and directly used to produce an accredited production, including expenditures for set construction and operation, wardrobes, make-up, clothing accessories, photography, sound recording, sound synchronization, sound mixing, lighting, editing, film processing, film transferring, special effects, visual effects, renting or leasing facilities or equipment, renting or leasing motor vehicles, food, lodging, and any other similar expenditure as determined by the department of commerce or the department of tourism. “Production expenditures" do not include salary, wages, or labor-related contract payments.
71.47(5f)(b)
(b)
Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s.
71.43 any of the following amounts:
71.47(5f)(b)1.
1. An amount equal to 25 percent of the salary, wages, or labor-related contract payments paid by the claimant in the taxable year to individuals, including actors, who were residents of this state at the time that they were paid and who worked on an accredited production in this state, not including the salary, wages, or contract payments paid to any individual who was paid more than $250,000.
71.47(5f)(b)3.
3. An amount equal to 25 percent of the production expenditures paid by the claimant in the taxable year to produce an accredited production.
71.47(5f)(c)1.1. A claimant may not claim a credit under this subsection if less than 35 percent of the total budget for the accredited production is spent in this state.
71.47(5f)(c)2.
2. The total amount of the credits that a claimant may claim under [
par. (b) 2.] in a taxable year shall not exceed an amount equal to the first $20,000 of salary, wages, or labor-related contract payments paid to each individual described in [
par. (b) 2.] in the taxable year.
71.47 Note
NOTE: The cross-reference in brackets does not exist as the result of the governor's partial veto of
2009 Wis. Act 28.
71.47(5f)(c)3.
3. No credit may be claimed under par.
(b) 3. for the purchase of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s.
77.52 (1) (b),
(c), or
(d) the sale of which is not sourced to this state, as provided under s.
77.522.
71.47(5f)(c)6.
6. No credit may be allowed under this subsection unless the claimant files an application with the department of commerce or the department of tourism, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the department of commerce or the department of tourism, and the department of commerce or the department of tourism approves the application. The claimant shall submit a fee with the application in an amount equal to 2 percent of the claimant's budgeted production expenditures or $500, whichever is less. The claimant shall submit a copy of the approved application with the claimant's return.
71.47(5f)(c)7.
7. 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 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.
71.47(5f)(d)2.
2. If the allowable amount of the claim under par.
(b) exceeds the tax otherwise due under s.
71.43 or no tax is due under s.
71.43, 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) (bm).
71.47(5f)(d)3.
3. No credit may be claimed under this subsection for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013.
71.47(5g)
(5g) Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan assessments credit. 71.47(5g)(a)(a)
Definitions. In this subsection, “claimant" means an insurer, as defined in s.
149.10 (5), 2011 stats., who files a claim under this subsection.
71.47(5g)(b)
(b)
Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided under this subsection, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005, and before January 1, 2015, a claimant may claim as a credit against the taxes imposed under s.
71.43 an amount that is equal to the amount of assessment under s.
149.13, 2011 stats., that the claimant paid in the claimant's taxable year, multiplied by the percentage determined under par.
(c) 1. 71.47(5g)(c)1.1. The department of revenue, in consultation with the office of the commissioner of insurance, shall determine the percentage under par.
(b) for each claimant for each taxable year. The percentage shall be equal to $5,000,000 divided by the aggregate assessment under s.
149.13, 2011 stats., except that for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013, and before January 1, 2015, the percentage shall be equal to $1,250,000 divided by the aggregate assessment under s.
149.13, 2011 stats., and shall not exceed 100 percent. The office of the commissioner of insurance shall provide to each claimant that participates in the cost of administering the plan the aggregate assessment at the time that it notifies the claimant of the claimant's assessment. The aggregate amount of the credit under this subsection and ss.
71.07 (5g),
71.28 (5g), and
76.655 for all claimants participating in the cost of administering the plan under ch.
149, 2011 stats., shall not exceed $5,000,000 in each fiscal year.
71.47(5g)(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 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.
71.47(5g)(c)3.
3. The amount of any credits that a claimant is awarded under this subsection for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005, and before January 1, 2008, may first be claimed against the tax imposed under this subchapter for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007, and in the manner determined by the department of revenue.
71.47(5g)(d)2.
2. No credit may be claimed under this subsection for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014. Credits under this subsection for taxable years that begin before January 1, 2015, may be carried forward to taxable years that begin after December 31, 2014.
71.47(5h)
(5h) Film production company investment credit. 71.47(5h)(a)1.
1. “Claimant" means a person who files a claim under this subsection and who does business in this state as a film production company.
71.47(5h)(a)2.
2. “Film production company" means an entity that exclusively creates accredited productions, as defined in sub.
(5f) (a) 1. 71.47(5h)(a)3.
3. “Physical work" does not include preliminary activities such as planning, designing, securing financing, researching, developing specifications, or stabilizing property to prevent deterioration.
71.47(5h)(a)4.
4. “Previously owned property" means real property that the claimant or a related person owned during the 2 years prior to doing business in this state as a film production company and for which the claimant may not deduct a loss from the sale of the property to, or an exchange of the property with, the related person under section
267 of the Internal Revenue Code, except that section
267 of the Internal Revenue Code is modified so that if the claimant owns any part of the property, rather than 50 percent ownership, the claimant is subject to section
267 of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of this subsection.
71.47(5h)(b)
(b)
Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s.
71.43 an amount that is equal to 15 percent of the following that the claimant paid in the taxable year to establish or operate a film production company in this state:
71.47(5h)(b)1.
1. The purchase price of depreciable, tangible personal property and items, property, and goods under s.
77.52 (1) (b),
(c), and
(d), if the sale of the tangible personal property, items, property, or goods is sourced to this state under s.
77.522.
71.47(5h)(b)2.
2. The amount expended to acquire, construct, rehabilitate, remodel, or repair real property.
71.47(5h)(c)1.1. A claimant may claim the credit under par.
(b) 1., if the tangible personal property, or item, property, or good under s.
77.52 (1) (b),
(c), or
(d), is purchased after December 31, 2008, and the tangible personal property, item, property, or good is used for at least 50 percent of its use in the claimant's business as a film production company.
71.47(5h)(c)2.
2. A claimant may claim the credit under par.
(b) 2. for an amount expended to construct, rehabilitate, remodel, or repair real property, if the claimant began the physical work of construction, rehabilitation, remodeling, or repair, or any demolition or destruction in preparation for the physical work, after December 31, 2008, and the completed project is placed in service after December 31, 2008.
71.47(5h)(c)3.
3. A claimant may claim the credit under par.
(b) 2. for an amount expended to acquire real property, if the property is not previously owned property and if the claimant acquires the property after December 31, 2008, and the completed project is placed in service after December 31, 2008.
71.47(5h)(c)4.
4. No claim may be allowed under this subsection unless the department of commerce or the department of tourism certifies, in writing, that the credits claimed under this subsection are for expenses related to establishing or operating a film production company in this state and the claimant submits a copy of the certification with the claimant's return.
71.47(5h)(c)5.
5. 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 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.
71.47(5h)(d)2.
2. If the allowable amount of the claim under par.
(b) exceeds the tax otherwise due under s.
71.43 or no tax is due under s.
71.43, 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) (bL).
71.47(5h)(d)3.
3. No credit may be claimed under this subsection for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013.
71.47(5i)
(5i) Electronic medical records credit. 71.47(5i)(a)(a)
Definitions. In this subsection, “claimant" means a person who files a claim under this subsection.
71.47(5i)(b)
(b)
Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011, and before January 1, 2014, a claimant may claim as a credit against the taxes imposed under s.
71.43, up to the amount of those taxes, an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount the claimant paid in the taxable year for information technology hardware or software that is used to maintain medical records in electronic form, if the claimant is a health care provider, as defined in s.
146.81 (1) (a) to
(p).
71.47(5i)(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 their payment of amounts 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.
71.47(5i)(c)3.
3. No credit may be claimed under this subsection based on an amount paid under par.
(b) after December 31, 2013.
71.47(5j)
(5j) Ethanol and biodiesel fuel pump credit. 71.47(5j)(a)2.
2. “Claimant" means a person who files a claim under this subsection.
71.47(5j)(a)2d.
2d. “Diesel replacement renewable fuel" includes biodiesel and any other fuel derived from a renewable resource that meets all of the applicable requirements of ASTM International for that fuel and that the department of safety and professional services designates by rule as a diesel replacement renewable fuel.
71.47(5j)(a)2m.
2m. “Gasoline replacement renewable fuel" includes ethanol and any other fuel derived from a renewable resource that meets all of the applicable requirements of ASTM International for that fuel and that the department of safety and professional services designates by rule as a gasoline replacement renewable fuel.
71.47(5j)(b)
(b)
Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007, and before January 1, 2014, a claimant may claim as a credit against the taxes imposed under s.
71.43, up to the amount of the taxes, an amount that is equal to 25 percent of the amount that the claimant paid in the taxable year to install or retrofit pumps located in this state that dispense motor vehicle fuel marketed as gasoline and 85 percent ethanol or a higher percentage of ethanol or motor vehicle fuel marketed as diesel fuel and 20 percent biodiesel fuel or that mix fuels from separate storage tanks and allow the end user to choose the percentage of gasoline replacement renewable fuel or diesel replacement renewable fuel in the motor vehicle fuel dispensed.
71.47(5j)(c)1.1. The maximum amount of the credit that a claimant may claim under this subsection in a taxable year is an amount that is equal to $5,000 for each service station for which the claimant has installed or retrofitted pumps as described under par.
(b).
71.47(5j)(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 their payment of amounts 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.
71.47(5j)(c)3.
3. The department of safety and professional services shall establish standards to adequately prevent, in the distribution of conventional fuel to an end user, the inadvertent distribution of fuel containing a higher percentage of renewable fuel than the maximum percentage established by the federal environmental protection agency for use in conventionally-fueled engines.
71.47(5j)(d)2.
2. No credit may be claimed under this subsection for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013. Credits under this subsection for taxable years that begin before January 1, 2014, may be carried forward to taxable years that begin after December 31, 2013.
71.47(5k)
(5k) Community rehabilitation program credit. 71.47(5k)(a)1.
1. “Claimant" means a person who files a claim under this subsection.
71.47(5k)(a)2.
2. “Community rehabilitation program" means a nonprofit entity, county, municipality, or state or federal agency that directly provides, or facilitates the provision of, vocational rehabilitation services to individuals who have disabilities to maximize the employment opportunities, including career advancement, of such individuals.
71.47(5k)(a)3.
3. “Vocational rehabilitation services" include education, training, employment, counseling, therapy, placement, and case management.
71.47(5k)(a)4.
4. “Work" includes production, packaging, assembly, food service, custodial service, clerical service, and other commercial activities that improve employment opportunities for individuals who have disabilities.
71.47(5k)(b)
(b)
Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, for taxable years beginning after July 1, 2011, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s.
71.43, up to the amount of those taxes, an amount equal to 5 percent of the amount the claimant paid in the taxable year to a community rehabilitation program to perform work for the claimant's business, pursuant to a contract.
71.47(5k)(c)1.1. The maximum amount of the credit that any claimant may claim under this subsection in a taxable year is $25,000 for each community rehabilitation program for which the claimant enters into a contract to have the community rehabilitation program perform work for the claimant's business.
71.47(5k)(c)2.
2. No credit may be claimed under this subsection unless the claimant submits with the claimant's return a form, as prescribed by the department of revenue, that verifies that the claimant has entered into a contract with a community rehabilitation program and that the program has received payment from the claimant for work provided by the program, consistent with par.
(b).
71.47(5k)(c)3.
3. 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 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.
