71.28(3q)(a)1.1. “Claimant” means a person certified to receive tax benefits under s. 238.16 (2) or s. 560.2055 (2), 2009 stats.
71.28(3q)(a)2.2. “Eligible employee” means, for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, an eligible employee under s. 560.2055 (1) (b), 2009 stats., who satisfies the wage requirements under s. 560.2055 (3) (a) or (b), 2009 stats., or, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010, an eligible employee under s. 238.16 (1) (b) who satisfies the wage requirements under s. 238.16 (3) (a) or (b).
71.28(3q)(b)(b) Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 238.16 or s. 560.2055, 2009 stats., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009, a claimant may claim as a credit against the taxes imposed under s. 71.23 any of the following:
71.28(3q)(b)1.1. The amount of wages that the claimant paid to an eligible employee in the taxable year, not to exceed 10 percent of such wages, as determined under s. 238.16 or s. 560.2055, 2009 stats.
71.28(3q)(b)2.2. The amount of the costs incurred by the claimant in the taxable year, as determined under s. 238.16 or s. 560.2055, 2009 stats., to undertake the training activities described under s. 238.16 (3) (c) or s. 560.2055 (3) (c), 2009 stats.
71.28(3q)(c)(c) Limitations.
71.28(3q)(c)1.a.a. Except as provided in subd. 1. b., 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.
71.28(3q)(c)1.b.b. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020, partnerships, limited liability companies, and tax-option corporations may elect to claim the credit under this subsection, if the credit results from a contract entered into with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation before December 22, 2017. A partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation that wishes to make the election under this subd. 1. b. shall make the election for each taxable year on its original return and cannot subsequently make or revoke the election. If a partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation elects to claim the credit under this subsection, the partners, members, and shareholders cannot claim the credit under this subsection. The credit cannot be claimed under this subd. 1. b. if one or more partners, members, or shareholders have claimed the credit under this subsection for the same taxable year for which the credit is claimed under this subd. 1. b.
71.28(3q)(c)2.2. No credit may be allowed under this subsection unless the claimant includes with the claimant’s return a copy of the claimant’s certification for tax benefits under s. 238.16 (2) or s. 560.2055 (2), 2009 stats.
71.28(3q)(c)3.3. The maximum amount of credits that may be awarded under this subsection and ss. 71.07 (3q) and 71.47 (3q) for the period beginning on January 1, 2010, and ending on June 30, 2013, is $14,500,000, not including the amount of any credits reallocated under s. 238.15 (3) (d), 2015 stats., or s. 560.205 (3) (d), 2009 stats.
71.28(3q)(d)(d) Administration.
71.28(3q)(d)1.1. Subsection (4) (e), (g), and (h), as it applies to the credit under sub. (4), applies to the credit under this subsection.
71.28(3q)(d)2.2. If the allowable amount of the claim under par. (b) exceeds the tax otherwise due under s. 71.23, 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) (bb), except that the amounts certified under this subdivision for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2012, shall be paid in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011. Notwithstanding s. 71.82, no interest shall be paid on amounts certified under this subdivision.
71.28(3t)(3t)Manufacturing investment credit.
71.28(3t)(a)(a) Definition. In this subsection, “claimant” means a person who files a claim under this subsection.
71.28(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. 71.23, up to the amount of the tax, an amount equal to the claimant’s unused credits under s. 71.28 (3).
71.28(3t)(c)(c) Limitations.
71.28(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.
71.28(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. 71.28 (3). 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.
71.28(3t)(d)(d) Administration.
71.28(3t)(d)1.1. Subsection (4) (e), (g), and (h), as it applies to the credit under sub. (4), applies to the credit under this subsection.
71.28(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.
71.28(3w)(3w)Enterprise zone jobs credit.
71.28(3w)(a)(a) Definitions. In this subsection:
71.28(3w)(a)1.a.a. For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2024, “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.
71.28(3w)(a)1.b.b. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023, “base year” means the 12-month period immediately preceding the date on which the claimant is certified under s. 238.399 (5).
71.28(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.
71.28(3w)(a)3.a.a. For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2024, “full-time employee” means a full-time employee, as defined in s. 238.399 (1) (am) or s. 560.799 (1) (am), 2009 stats.
71.28(3w)(a)3.b.b. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023, “full-time employee” means a full-time employee, as defined in s. 238.399 (1) (ar).
71.28(3w)(a)4.4. “Enterprise zone” means a zone designated under s. 238.399 or s. 560.799, 2009 stats.
71.28(3w)(a)5.5. “State payroll” means the amount of payroll apportioned to this state, as determined under s. 71.25 (8).
71.28(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.
71.28(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.
71.28(3w)(a)5m.5m. “Wages” means wages under section 3306 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code, determined without regard to any dollar limitations.
71.28(3w)(a)6.6. “Zone payroll” means the amount of state payroll that is attributable to wages paid to full-time employees based in an enterprise zone. “Zone payroll” does not include the amount of wages paid to any full-time employees that exceeds $100,000.
71.28(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. 71.23 an amount calculated as follows:
71.28(3w)(b)1.1. Determine the amount that is the lesser of:
71.28(3w)(b)1.a.a. The number of full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage 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 the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage 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.
71.28(3w)(b)1.b.b. The number of full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage 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 state in the taxable year, minus the number of full-time employees whose annual wages were greater than the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage 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 state in the base year.
71.28(3w)(b)2.2. Determine the claimant’s average zone payroll by dividing total wages for full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage 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 by the number of full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage 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.
71.28(3w)(b)3.3. For employees in a tier I county or municipality, subtract the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage from the amount determined under subd. 2. and for employees in a tier II county or municipality, subtract $30,000 from the amount determined under subd. 2.
71.28(3w)(b)4.4. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 3. by the amount determined under subd. 1.
71.28(3w)(b)5.5. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 4. by the percentage determined under s. 238.399 or s. 560.799, 2009 stats., not to exceed 7 percent.
71.28(3w)(bm)(bm) Filing supplemental claims.
71.28(3w)(bm)1.1. In addition to the credits under par. (b) and subds. 2., 3., and 4., and 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. 71.23 an amount equal to a percentage, as determined under s. 238.399 or s. 560.799, 2009 stats., not to exceed 100 percent, of the amount the claimant paid in the taxable year to upgrade or improve the job-related skills of any of the claimant’s full-time employees, to train any of the claimant’s full-time employees on the use of job-related new technologies, or to provide job-related training to any full-time employee whose employment with the claimant represents the employee’s first full-time job. This subdivision does not apply to employees who do not work in an enterprise zone.
71.28(3w)(bm)2.2. In addition to the credits under par. (b) and subds. 1., 3., and 4., and 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. 71.23 an amount equal to the percentage, as determined under s. 238.399 or s. 560.799, 2009 stats., not to exceed 7 percent, of the claimant’s zone payroll paid in the taxable year to all of the claimant’s full-time employees whose annual wages are greater than the amount determined by multiplying 2,080 by 150 percent of the federal minimum wage in a tier I county or municipality, not including the wages paid to the employees determined under par. (b) 1., or greater than $30,000 in a tier II county or municipality, not including the wages paid to the employees determined under par. (b) 1., and who the claimant employed in the enterprise zone in the taxable year, if the total number of such employees is equal to or greater than the total number of such employees in the base year. A claimant may claim a credit under this subdivision for no more than 5 consecutive taxable years.
71.28(3w)(bm)3.3. In addition to the credits under par. (b) and subds. 1., 2., and 4., and subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 238.399 or s. 560.799, 2009 stats., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.23 up to 10 percent of the claimant’s significant capital expenditures, as determined under s. 238.399 (5m) or s. 560.799 (5m), 2009 stats.
71.28(3w)(bm)4.4. In addition to the credits under par. (b) and subds. 1., 2., and 3., and subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 238.399 or s. 560.799, 2009 stats., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.23, up to 1 percent of the amount that the claimant paid in the taxable year to purchase tangible personal property, items, property, or goods under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or services from Wisconsin vendors, as determined under s. 238.399 (5) (e) or s. 560.799 (5) (e), 2009 stats., except that the claimant may not claim the credit under this subdivision and subd. 3. for the same expenditures.
71.28(3w)(c)(c) Limitations.
71.28(3w)(c)1.1. If the allowable amount of the claim under this subsection exceeds the taxes otherwise due on the claimant’s income under s. 71.23, the amount of the claim that is not used to offset those taxes 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 under s. 20.835 (2) (co). Notwithstanding s. 71.82, no interest shall be paid on amounts certified under this subdivision.
71.28(3w)(c)2.a.a. Except as provided in subd. 2. b., 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 pars. (b) and (bm). 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.
71.28(3w)(c)2.b.b. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020, partnerships, limited liability companies, and tax-option corporations may elect to claim the credit under this subsection, if the credit results from a contract entered into with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation before December 22, 2017. A partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation that wishes to make the election under this subd. 2. b. shall make the election for each taxable year on its original return and cannot subsequently make or revoke the election. If a partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation elects to claim the credit under this subsection, the partners, members, and shareholders cannot claim the credit under this subsection. The credit cannot be claimed under this subd. 2. b. if one or more partners, members, or shareholders have claimed the credit under this subsection for the same taxable year for which the credit is claimed under this subd. 2. b.
71.28(3w)(c)3.3. No credit may be allowed under this subsection unless the claimant includes with the claimant’s return a copy of the claimant’s certification for tax benefits under s. 238.399 (5) or (5m) or s. 560.799 (5) or (5m), 2009 stats.
71.28(3w)(c)4.4. No claimant may claim a credit under this subsection if the basis for which the credit is claimed is also the basis for which another credit is claimed under this subchapter.
71.28(3w)(d)(d) Administration. Subsection (4) (g) and (h), as it applies to the credit under sub. (4), applies to the credit under this subsection. Claimants shall include with their returns a copy of their certification for tax benefits, and a copy of the verification of their expenses, from the department of commerce or the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
71.28(3wm)(3wm)Electronics and information technology manufacturing zone credit.
71.28(3wm)(a)(a) Definitions. In this subsection:
71.28(3wm)(a)1.1. “Claimant” means a person who is certified to claim tax benefits under s. 238.396 (3) and who files a claim under this subsection.
71.28(3wm)(a)2.2. “Full-time employee” means an individual who is employed in a job for which the annual pay is at least $30,000 and who is offered retirement, health, and other benefits that are equivalent to the retirement, health, and other benefits offered to an individual who is required to work at least 2,080 hours per year.
71.28(3wm)(a)3.3. “State payroll” means the amount of payroll apportioned to this state, as determined under s. 71.25 (8).
71.28(3wm)(a)4.4. “Wages” means wages under section 3306 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code, determined without regard to any dollar limitations.
71.28(3wm)(a)5.5. “Zone” means a zone designated under s. 238.396 (1m).
71.28(3wm)(a)6.6. “Zone payroll” means the amount of state payroll that is attributable to wages paid by the claimant to full-time employees for services that are performed in the zone or that are performed outside the zone, but within the state, and for the benefit of the operations within the zone, as determined by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. “Zone payroll” does not include the amount of wages paid to any full-time employees that exceeds $100,000.
71.28(3wm)(b)(b) Filing claims; payroll. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 238.396, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.23 an amount calculated as follows:
71.28(3wm)(b)1.1. Determine the zone payroll for the taxable year for full-time employees employed by the claimant.
71.28(3wm)(b)2.2. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 1. by 17 percent.
71.28(3wm)(bm)(bm) Filing supplemental claims. In addition to claiming the credit under par. (b), and subject to the limitations under this subsection and s. 238.396, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.23 up to 15 percent of the claimant’s significant capital expenditures in the zone in the taxable year, as determined under s. 238.396 (3m).
71.28(3wm)(c)(c) Limitations.
71.28(3wm)(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 described under pars. (b) and (bm). 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.
71.28(3wm)(c)2.2. No credit may be allowed under this subsection unless the claimant includes with the claimant’s return a copy of the claimant’s certification for tax benefits under s. 238.396 (3).
71.28(3wm)(c)3.3. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation may recover credits claimed under this paragraph that are revoked or otherwise invalid from the partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation or from the individual partner, member, or shareholder.
71.28(3wm)(d)(d) Administration.
71.28(3wm)(d)1.1. Subsection (4) (g) and (h), as it applies to the credit under sub. (4), applies to the credit under this subsection.
71.28(3wm)(d)2.2. If the allowable amount of the claim under this subsection exceeds the taxes otherwise due on the claimant’s income under s. 71.23, the amount of the claim that is not used to offset those taxes 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 under s. 20.835 (2) (cp). Notwithstanding s. 71.82, no interest shall be paid on amounts certified under this subdivision.
71.28(3y)(3y)Business development credit.
71.28(3y)(a)(a) Definitions. In this subsection:
71.28(3y)(a)1.1. “Claimant” means a person certified to receive tax benefits under s. 238.308.
71.28(3y)(a)2.2. “Eligible employee” has the meaning given in s. 238.308 (1) (a).
71.28(3y)(b)(b) Filing claims. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection and s. 238.308, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.23 all of the following:
71.28(3y)(b)1.1. The amount of wages that the claimant paid to an eligible employee in the taxable year, not to exceed 10 percent of such wages, as determined by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation under s. 238.308.
71.28(3y)(b)2.2. In addition to any amount claimed for an eligible employee under subd. 1., the amount of wages that the claimant paid to the eligible employee in the taxable year, not to exceed 5 percent of such wages, if the eligible employee is employed in an economically distressed area, as determined by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
71.28(3y)(b)3.3. The amount of training costs that the claimant incurred under s. 238.308 (4) (a) 3., not to exceed 50 percent of such costs, as determined by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
71.28(3y)(b)4.4. The amount of the personal property investment, not to exceed 3 percent of such investment, and the amount of the real property investment, not to exceed 5 percent of such investment, in a capital investment project that satisfies s. 238.308 (4) (a) 4., as determined by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
71.28(3y)(b)5.5. An amount, as determined by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation under s. 238.308 (4) (a) 5., equal to a percentage of the amount of wages that the claimant paid to an eligible employee in the taxable year if the position in which the eligible employee was employed was created or retained in connection with the claimant’s location or retention of the claimant’s corporate headquarters in Wisconsin and the job duties associated with the eligible employee’s position involve the performance of corporate headquarters functions.
71.28(3y)(b)6.6. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023, the amount of the investment in workforce housing, as defined in s. 234.66 (1) (i), for employees, not to exceed 15 percent of such investment, and the amount of the investment made in establishing an employee child care program for employees, not to exceed 15 percent of such investment, as determined by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
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2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through all Supreme Court and Controlled Substances Board Orders filed before and in effect on January 1, 2025. Published and certified under s. 35.18. Changes effective after January 1, 2025, are designated by NOTES. (Published 1-1-25)