77.52(2)(a)10.
10. Except for the repair, service, alteration, fitting, cleaning, painting, coating, towing, inspection, and maintenance of any aircraft or aircraft parts; except for services provided by veterinarians; and except for installing or applying tangible personal property, or items or goods under sub.
(1) (b) or
(d), that, subject to par.
(ag), when installed or applied, will constitute an addition or capital improvement of real property; the repair, service, alteration, fitting, cleaning, painting, coating, towing, inspection, and maintenance of all items of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under sub.
(1) (b),
(c), or
(d), unless, at the time of that repair, service, alteration, fitting, cleaning, painting, coating, towing, inspection, or maintenance, a sale in this state of the type of property, item, or good repaired, serviced, altered, fitted, cleaned, painted, coated, towed, inspected, or maintained would have been exempt to the customer from sales taxation under this subchapter, other than the exempt sale of a motor vehicle or truck body to a nonresident under s.
77.54 (5) (a) and other than nontaxable sales under s.
77.522 or unless the repair, service, alteration, fitting, cleaning, painting, coating, towing, inspection, or maintenance is provided under a contract that is subject to tax under subd.
13m. The tax imposed under this subsection applies to the repair, service, alteration, fitting, cleaning, painting, coating, towing, inspection, or maintenance of items listed in par.
(ag), regardless of whether the installation or application of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under sub.
(1) (b),
(c), or
(d) related to the items is an addition to or a capital improvement of real property, except that the tax imposed under this subsection does not apply to the original installation or the complete replacement of an item listed in par.
(ag), if that installation or replacement is a real property construction activity.
77.52(2)(a)11.
11. The producing, fabricating, processing, printing, or imprinting of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under sub.
(1) (b),
(c), or
(d) for a consideration for consumers who furnish directly or indirectly the materials used in the producing, fabricating, processing, printing, or imprinting. This subdivision does not apply to the printing or imprinting of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under sub.
(1) (b),
(c), or
(d) that results in printed material, catalogs, or envelopes that are exempt under s.
77.54 (25),
(25m), or
(59).
77.52(2)(a)12.
12. The sale of cable television system services, or video services, as defined in s.
66.0420 (2) (y), including installation charges.
77.52(2)(a)13m.
13m. The sale of contracts, including service contracts, maintenance agreements, computer software maintenance contracts for prewritten computer software, and warranties, that provide, in whole or in part, for the future performance of or payment for the repair, service, alteration, fitting, cleaning, painting, coating, towing, inspection, or maintenance of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under s.
77.52 (1) (b),
(c), or
(d), unless the sale, license, lease, or rental in this state of the property, items, or goods to which the contract relates is or was exempt, to the purchaser of the contract, from taxation under this subchapter.
77.52(2)(a)20.
20. The sale of landscaping and lawn maintenance services including landscape planning and counseling, lawn and garden services such as planting, mowing, spraying and fertilizing and shrub and tree services.
77.52(2)(ag)
(ag) For purposes of par.
(a) 10., the following items shall be considered to have retained their character as tangible personal property, regardless of the extent to which the item is fastened to, connected with, or built into real property:
77.52(2)(ag)4.
4. Ovens, including associated hoods and exhaust systems.
77.52(2)(ag)38.
38. Recreational, sporting, gymnasium, and athletic goods and equipment including, by way of illustration but not of limitation, all of the following:
77.52(2)(ag)39.
39. Equipment in offices, business facilities, schools, and hospitals but not in residential facilities including personal residences, apartments, long-term care facilities, as defined under s.
16.009 (1) (em), prisons, mental health institutes, as defined in s.
51.01 (12), centers for the developmentally disabled, as defined in s.
51.01 (3), Type 1 juvenile correctional facilities, as defined in s.
938.02 (19), or similar facilities including, by way of illustration but not of limitation, all of the following:
77.52(2)(am)
(am) For purposes of par.
(a) 12. “cable television system" means any facility which, for a fee, regularly amplifies and transmits by wire, coaxial cable, lightwave or microwave, simultaneously to 50 or more subscribers, programs broadcast by television or radio stations or originated by themselves or any other party. “Cable television system" does not include a master antenna system which serves one residential, commercial or government building or complex of buildings under common ownership or control if that facility does not provide any broadcast signals other than those which may be viewed in that facility.
77.52(2m)(a)(a) With respect to the services subject to tax under sub.
(2), no part of the charge for the service may be deemed a sale or rental of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under sub.
(1) (b),
(c), or
(d) if the property, items, or goods transferred by the service provider are incidental to the selling, performing or furnishing of the service, except as provided in par.
(b).
77.52(2m)(am)
(am) A person selling, performing, or furnishing any service in sub.
(2) (a) 1., regardless of whether the selling, performing, or furnishing of the service is a retail sale, is the consumer of any services under sub.
(2) (a) 5. or
12. purchased by the person for the person's use or for the use of the person's customers.
77.52(2m)(b)
(b) With respect to the type of services under sub.
(2) (a) 7.,
10.,
11., and
20. and except as provided in s.
77.54 (60) (b) and
(bm) 2., all tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under sub.
(1) (b),
(c), or
(d) physically transferred, or transferred electronically, to the customer in conjunction with the selling, performing, or furnishing of the service is a sale of tangible personal property or items, property, or goods under sub.
(1) (b),
(c), or
(d) separate from the selling, performing, or furnishing of the service, regardless of whether the purchaser claims an exemption on its purchase of the service. This paragraph does not apply to services provided by veterinarians.
77.52(2n)
(2n) The selling, licensing, performing, or furnishing of the services described under sub.
(2) (a) at retail in this state, as determined under s.
77.522, is subject to the tax imposed under sub.
(2) unless an exemption in this subchapter applies.
77.52(3)
(3) The taxes imposed by this section may be collected from the consumer or user.
77.52(3m)(a)(a) Except as provided in par.
(b), a marketplace provider is liable for the tax imposed under this section on the entire sales price charged to the purchaser, including any amount charged by the marketplace provider for facilitating the sale, from the sale, license, lease, or rental of tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under sub.
(1) (b),
(c), or
(d), or services under sub.
(2).
77.52(3m)(b)
(b) A marketplace provider whose only activities are facilitating sales of tangible personal property or services described in sub.
(2) (a) 1. on behalf of marketplace sellers operating under a hotel, motel, or restaurant brand name shared with the marketplace provider may submit an application to the department to request a waiver from collecting and remitting tax on sales facilitated on behalf of marketplace sellers. The application shall include the name and address of all marketplace sellers selling or furnishing such tangible personal property or services in this state, the marketplace seller's sales or use tax permit number obtained under sub.
(7) or s.
77.53 (9), and any other information the department requires. The department may grant the waiver if it is satisfied that the tax due under this chapter is collected and remitted by the marketplace sellers. A marketplace provider that is granted the waiver must, within 60 days from a written request by the department, provide the name and address of all marketplace sellers selling or furnishing such tangible personal property or services in this state, the marketplace seller's sales or use tax permit number obtained under sub.
(7) or s.
77.53 (9), and any other information the department requires.
77.52(3m)(c)
(c) The department may grant waivers under par.
(b) for other types of marketplace providers if there is evidence that the marketplace sellers have a history of reliably collecting and remitting to the department the tax on sales or there is other evidence that the marketplace sellers will reliably collect and remit to the department the tax on sales.
77.52(5)
(5) The department may by rule provide that the amount collected by the retailer from the consumer or user in reimbursement of the retailer's tax be displayed separately from the list price, the price advertised in the premises, the marked price, or other price on the sales check or other proof of sale.
77.52(7)(a)(a) Except as provided in par.
(b), every person desiring to operate as a seller within this state who holds a valid certificate under s.
73.03 (50) shall file with the department an application for a permit for each place of operations. Every application for a permit shall be made upon a form prescribed by the department and shall set forth the name under which the applicant intends to operate, the location of the applicant's place of operations, and the other information that the department requires. If an owner elects under s.
77.58 (3) (a) to file a separate electronic return for each of the owner's disregarded entities, each disregarded entity is an applicant under this subsection. Except as provided in sub.
(7b), the application shall be signed by the owner if a sole proprietor; in the case of sellers other than sole proprietors, the application shall be signed by the person authorized to act on behalf of such sellers. A nonprofit organization that has a sales price taxable under s.
77.54 (7m) shall obtain a seller's permit and pay taxes under this subchapter on all taxable sales prices received after it is required to obtain that permit. If that organization becomes eligible later for the exemption under s.
77.54 (7m) except for its possession of a seller's permit, it may surrender that permit.
77.52(7b)
(7b) Any person who may register under sub.
(7) may designate an agent, as defined in s.
77.524 (1) (ag), to register with the department under sub.
(7), in the manner prescribed by the department.
77.52(9)
(9) After compliance with sub.
(7) and s.
77.61 (2) by the applicant, the department shall grant and issue to each applicant a separate permit for each place of operations within the state. A permit is not assignable and is valid only for the person in whose name it is issued and for the transaction of operations at the place designated in it. It shall at all times be conspicuously displayed at the place for which it was issued.
77.52(11)
(11) If any person fails to comply with any provision of this subchapter relating to the sales tax or any rule of the department relating to the sales tax adopted under this subchapter, is delinquent in respect to any tax imposed by the department or fails timely to file any return or report in respect to any tax under ch.
71,
72,
76,
77,
78, or
139 after having been requested to file that return or report, the department upon hearing, after giving the person 10 days' notice in writing specifying the time and place of hearing and requiring the person to show cause why the permit should not be revoked or suspended, may revoke or suspend any one or more of the permits held by the person. The department shall give to the person written notice of the suspension or revocation of any of the permits. The notices required in this subsection may be served as provided in s.
73.03 (73m). If the department suspends or revokes a permanent permit under this subsection, the department may grant a temporary permit that is valid for one month and may then grant additional temporary permits if the person pays all amounts owed under this chapter for the month for which the previous temporary permit was issued. A person that receives a temporary permit waives the notice requirement under s.
77.61 (2). The department may not issue a new permanent permit after the revocation of a permit unless the department is satisfied that the former holder of the permit will comply with the provisions of this subchapter, the rules of the department relating to the sales tax, and the provisions relating to other taxes administered by the department.
77.52(12)
(12) A person who operates as a seller in this state without a permit or after a permit has been suspended or revoked or has expired, unless the person is not required to obtain a permit as provided under sub.
(7) (b) or unless the person has a temporary permit under sub.
(11), and each officer of any corporation, partnership member, limited liability company member, or other person authorized to act on behalf of a seller who so operates, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Except for a person who is registered in accordance with the agreement, as defined in s.
77.65 (2) (a), permits shall be held only by persons actively operating as sellers of tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under sub.
(1) (b),
(c), or
(d), or taxable services. Any person not so operating shall forthwith surrender that person's permit to the department for cancellation. The department may revoke the permit of a person found not to be actively operating as a seller of tangible personal property, or items, property, or goods under sub.
(1) (b),
(c), or
(d), or taxable services.
