71.30(11)(b) (b) Voluntary payments.
71.30(11)(b)1.1. `Designation on return.' A corporation filing an income or franchise tax return may designate on the return any amount of additional payment or any amount of a refund that is due the corporation as a donation to the veterans trust fund to be used for veterans programs under s. 25.36 (1).
71.30(11)(b)2. 2. `Designation added to tax owed.' If the corporation owes any tax, the corporation shall remit in full the tax due and the amount designated on the return as a donation to the veterans trust fund when the corporation files a tax return.
71.30(11)(b)3. 3. `Designation deducted from refund.' Except as provided under par. (d), and subject to ss. 71.75 (9) and 71.80 (3), if the corporation is owed a refund, the department shall deduct the amount designated on the return as a donation to the veterans trust fund from the amount of the refund.
71.30(11)(c) (c) Errors; failure to remit correct amount.
71.30(11)(c)1. 1. `Reduced designation.' If a corporation remits an amount that exceeds the tax due, after error corrections, but that is less than the total of the tax due, after error corrections, and the amount designated by the corporation on the return as a donation to the veterans trust fund, the department shall reduce the designation to reflect the amount remitted that exceeds the tax due, after error corrections.
71.30(11)(c)2. 2. `Void designation.' The designation for a donation to the veterans trust fund is void if the corporation remits an amount equal to or less than the tax due, after error corrections.
71.30(11)(d) (d) Errors; insufficient refund. If a corporation is owed a refund that is less than the amount designated on the return as a donation to the veterans trust fund, after attachment and crediting under ss. 71.75 (9) and 71.80 (3) and after error corrections, the department shall reduce the designation to reflect the actual amount of the refund the corporation is otherwise owed.
71.30(11)(e) (e) Conditions. If a corporation places any conditions on a designation for a donation to the veterans trust fund, the designation is void.
71.30(11)(f) (f) Void designation. If a designation for a donation to the veterans trust fund is void, the department shall disregard the designation and determine the amounts due, owed, refunded, and received.
71.30(11)(g) (g) Tax return. The secretary of revenue shall provide a place for the designations under this subsection on the corporate income and franchise tax returns.
71.30(11)(h) (h) Certification of amounts. Annually, on or before September 15, the secretary of revenue shall certify to the department of veterans affairs and the department of administration:
71.30(11)(h)1. 1. The total amount of the administrative costs, including data processing costs, incurred by the department of revenue in administering this subsection during the previous fiscal year.
71.30(11)(h)2. 2. The total amount received from all designations to the veterans trust fund under this subsection made by corporations during the previous fiscal year.
71.30(11)(h)3. 3. The net amount remaining after the administrative costs under subd. 1. are subtracted from the total received under subd. 2.
71.30(11)(i) (i) Appropriations. From the moneys received from designations to the veterans trust fund under this subsection, an amount equal to the sum of administrative expenses certified under par. (h) 1. shall be deposited into the general fund and credited to the appropriation under s. 20.566 (1) (hp), and the net amount remaining certified under par. (h) 3. shall be deposited into the veterans trust fund and used for the veterans programs under s. 25.36 (1).
71.30(11)(j) (j) Refunds. An amount designated as a donation to the veterans trust fund under this subsection is not subject to refund to a corporation that designates the donation unless the corporation submits information to the satisfaction of the department within 18 months from the date that taxes are due from the corporation or from the date that the corporation filed the return, whichever is later, that the amount designated is clearly in error. A refund granted by the department under this paragraph shall be deducted from the moneys received under this subsection in the fiscal year that the refund is certified under s. 71.75 (7).
71.30 History History: 1987 a. 312; 1987 a. 411 ss. 144, 145, 182 to 185; 1989 a. 31, 56; 1991 a. 39; 1995 a. 27, 209; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16; 2003 a. 33, 99, 135, 255; 2005 a. 25, 74, 361, 479, 483; 2007 a. 20, 226; 2009 a. 2, 28, 265, 269, 295, 332; 2011 a. 3, 32, 212, 222, 232; 2011 a. 260 ss. 26, 80; 2015 a. 55; 2015 a. 197 s. 51; 2015 a. 218; 2017 a. 58, 59, 176, 197, 231, 364; 2019 a. 54; 2021 a. 127.
subch. V of ch. 71 SUBCHAPTER V
TAX-OPTION CORPORATIONS
71.32 71.32 Conformity. Unless specifically provided in this subchapter, tax-option corporations shall be subject to all of the provisions, requirements and liabilities of this chapter, so far as applicable, unless the context requires otherwise.
71.32 History History: 1987 a. 312.
71.33 71.33 Intent. It is the intent of this subchapter and other subchapters relating to the treatment of tax-option corporations and their shareholders to prevent the double inclusion or omission of any item of income, deduction or basis.
71.33 History History: 1987 a. 312.
71.34 71.34 Definitions. In this subchapter:
71.34(1am) (1am)“Aggregate effective tax rate" means the sum of the effective tax rates imposed by a state, U.S. possession, foreign country, or any combination thereof, on the person or entity.
71.34(1b) (1b)“Effective tax rate" means the maximum tax rate imposed by the state, U.S. possession, or foreign country, multiplied by the apportionment percentage, if any, applicable to the person or entity under the laws of that state, U.S. possession, or foreign country.
71.34(1c) (1c)For purposes of sub. (1k) (j) and (L), “intangible expenses" include the following, to the extent that the amounts would otherwise be deductible in computing Wisconsin adjusted gross income:
71.34(1c)(a) (a) Expenses, losses, and costs for, related to, or directly or indirectly in connection with the acquisition, use, maintenance, management, ownership, sale, exchange, or any other disposition of intangible property.