71.05 Income computation.
(1) Exempt and excludable income. There shall be exempt from taxation under this subchapter the following:
(a) Retirement systems. All payments received from the U.S. civil service retirement system, the U.S. military employee retirement system, the employee's retirement system of the city of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County employees' retirement system, sheriff's annuity and benefit fund of Milwaukee County, police officer's annuity and benefit fund of Milwaukee, fire fighter's annuity and benefit fund of Milwaukee, or the public employee trust fund as successor to the Milwaukee public school teachers' annuity and retirement fund and to the Wisconsin state teachers retirement system, which are paid on the account of any person who was a member of the paying or predecessor system or fund as of December 31, 1963, or was retired from any of the systems or funds as of December 31, 1963, but such exemption shall not exclude from gross income tax sheltered annuity benefits.
(am) Military retirement systems. All retirement payments received from the U.S. military employee retirement system, to the extent that such payments are not exempt under par. (a) or sub. (6) (b) 54.
(an) Uniformed services retirement benefits. All retirement payments received from the U.S. government that relate to service with the coast guard, the commissioned corps of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, or the commissioned corps of the public health service, to the extent that such payments are not exempt under par. (a) or (am) or sub. (6) (b) 54.
(b) State legislature allowance for expenses. All amounts received in accordance with s. 13.123 (1) (a) which are spent for the purposes specified in s. 13.123 (1) (a) if the person does not claim a deduction for travel expenses away from home on legislative days. In this chapter, the place of residence of a member of the state legislature within the legislative district which the member represents shall be considered the member's home.
(c) Certain interest income. Interest received on bonds or notes issued by any of the following:
1. The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority under s. 234.65, if the bonds are used to fund an economic development loan to finance construction, renovation, or development of property that would be exempt under s. 70.11 (36).
1m. The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority under s. 234.08 or 234.61, on or after January 1, 2004, if the bonds or notes are issued to fund multifamily affordable housing projects or elderly housing projects.
3. A local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229.
4. A local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229.
5. A local professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229.
6. A local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229.
6p. A sponsoring municipality borrowing to assist a local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229.
7. The Wisconsin Aerospace Authority.
8. The Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority under s. 231.03 (6), on or after October 27, 2007, if the proceeds from the bonds or notes that are issued are used by a health facility, as defined in s. 231.01 (5), to fund the acquisition of information technology hardware or software.
10. A commission created under s. 66.0304, if any of the following applies:
a. The bonds or notes are used to fund multifamily affordable housing projects or elderly housing projects in this state, and the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority has the authority to issue its bonds or notes for the project being funded.
b. The bonds or notes are used by a health facility, as defined in s. 231.01 (5), to fund the acquisition of information technology hardware or software, in this state, and the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority has the authority to issue its bonds or notes for the project being funded.
c. The bonds or notes are issued to fund a redevelopment project in this state or a housing project in this state, and the authority exists for bonds or notes to be issued by an entity described under s. 66.1201, 66.1333, or 66.1335.
11. The Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority under s. 231.03 (6), if the bonds or notes are issued for the benefit of a person who is eligible to receive the proceeds of bonds or notes from another entity for the same purpose for which the bonds or notes are issued under s. 231.03 (6) and the interest income received from the other bonds or notes is exempt from taxation under this subchapter.
12. The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, if the bonds or notes are issued to provide loans to a public affairs network under s. 234.75 (4).
13. An entity described under, or an entity whose bonds are issued under, s. 66.1201, 66.1333, or 66.1335.
14. The Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority under s. 231.03 (6), if the bonds or notes are issued in an amount totaling $35,000,000 or less, and to the extent that the interest income received is not otherwise exempt under this subsection.
(f) Income from the sales of certain insurance policies. Income received by the original policyholder or original certificate holder who has a catastrophic or life-threatening illness or condition from the sale of a life insurance policy or certificate, or the sale of the death benefit under a life insurance policy or certificate, under a life settlement contract, as defined in s. 632.69 (1) (k). In this paragraph, “catastrophic or life-threatening illness or condition" includes AIDS, as defined in s. 49.686 (1) (a), and HIV infection, as defined in s. 49.686 (1) (d).
(g) Income from work performed during a declared state of emergency. Income of an out-of-state business, as defined in s. 323.12 (5) (a) 6., and an out-of-state employee, as defined in s. 323.12 (5) (a) 7., from disaster relief work, as defined under s. 323.12 (5) (a) 3.
(h) Wisconsin allocations from the federal coronavirus relief fund. Income received in the form of allocations issued by this state with moneys received from the coronavirus relief fund authorized under 42 USC 801 to be used for any of the following purposes:
1. Broadband expansion.
2. Privately owned movie theater grants.
3. A nonprofit grant program.
4. A tourism grants program.
5. A cultural organization grant program.
6. Music and performance venue grants.
7. Lodging industry grants.
8. Low-income home energy assistance.
9. A rental assistance program.
10. Supplemental child care grants.
11. A food insecurity initiative.
12. A farm support program.
13. Grants to small businesses.
14. Ethanol industry assistance.
15. Wisconsin Eye.
(hn) Wisconsin grants awarded during and related to the pandemic. Income received in the form of a grant issued by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation during and related to the COVID-19 pandemic under the ethnic minority emergency grant program. Amounts otherwise deductible under this chapter that are paid directly or indirectly with the grant money are deductible.
(hp) Grants from the federal restaurant revitalization fund. Income received in the form of a grant from the restaurant revitalization fund under section 5003 of the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2. Amounts otherwise deductible under this chapter that are paid directly or indirectly with the grant money are deductible. Amounts excluded under this paragraph by a tax-option corporation or partnership shall be treated as tax-exempt income for purposes of sections 705 and 1366 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(2) Nonresident reciprocity. All payments received by natural persons domiciled outside Wisconsin who derive income from the performance of personal services in Wisconsin shall be excluded from Wisconsin gross income to the extent that it is subjected to an income tax imposed by the state of domicile; provided that the law of the state of domicile allows a similar exclusion of income from personal services earned in such state by natural persons domiciled in Wisconsin, or a credit against the tax imposed by such state on such income equal to the Wisconsin tax on such income.
(3) Menominee Indian tribe; distribution of assets. No distribution of assets from the United States to the members of the Menominee Indian tribe as defined in s. 49.385 or their lawful distributees, or to any corporation, or organization, created by the tribe or at its direction pursuant to section 8, P.L. 83-399, as amended, and no issuance of stocks, bonds, certificates of indebtedness, voting trust certificates or other securities by any such corporation or organization, or voting trust, to such members of the tribe or their lawful distributees shall be subject to income taxes under this chapter; provided, that so much of any cash distribution made under said P.L. 83-399 as consists of a share of any interest earned on funds deposited in the treasury of the United States pursuant to the supplemental appropriation act, 1952, (65 Stat. 736, 754) shall not by virtue of this subsection be exempt from the individual income tax of this state in the hands of the recipients for the year in which paid. For the purpose of ascertaining the gain or loss resulting from the sale or other disposition of such assets and stocks, bonds, certificates of indebtedness and other securities under this chapter, the fair market value of such property, on termination date as defined in s. 70.057 (1), 1967 stats., shall be the basis for determining the amount of such gain or loss.
(5) Fractional year. When an income tax return is required to be filed for a fractional part of a year under s. 71.03 (3), the Wisconsin taxable income shall be placed on an annual basis using the method applicable for federal income taxes under section 443 (b) (1) of the internal revenue code.
(6) Modifications and transitional adjustments. Some of the modifications referred to in s. 71.01 (13) and (14) are:
(a) Additions. To federal adjusted gross income add:
1. The amount of any interest, except interest under par. (b) 1., less related expenses, which is not included in federal adjusted gross income, and except the amount of any interest or original issue discount derived from bonds issued under subch. IV of ch. 18.
2. Losses not allocable or apportionable to this state under s. 71.04.
3. Any amount deducted as a capital loss carry-over from any taxable year prior to the 1965 taxable year.
4. The amount of any lump sum distribution taxable under section 402 (d) (1) of the internal revenue code (relating to distributions from employee benefit plans).
5. Any amount deducted as a capital loss carry-over from any taxable year prior to the 1975 taxable year if the capital asset which generated the loss had a situs outside of Wisconsin.
6. Any amount received in taxable year 1979 or thereafter by a Wisconsin resident shareholder as a proportionate share of the earnings and profits of a tax-option corporation which was accumulated prior to the beginning of its 1979 taxable year and not considered a dividend when received under section 1375 (d) (1) of the internal revenue code as amended to December 31, 1978.
7. Any amount deducted under section 170 (i) of the internal revenue code (relating to the deduction of charitable contributions by individuals who do not itemize deductions).
8. Wages paid to an entertainer or entertainment corporation unless the taxpayer complies with ss. 71.63 (3) (b), 71.64 (4) and (5) and 71.80 (15) (b).
9. Any amount excluded from adjusted gross income under section 641 (c) (1) of the internal revenue code (relating to gain on the sale of any property by a trust within 2 years of acquisition).
10. For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2014, for a person who is not “actively engaged in farming," as that term is used in 7 CFR 1400.201, combined net losses, exclusive of net gains from the sale or exchange of capital or business assets and exclusive of net profits, from businesses, from rents, from partnerships, from limited liability companies, from S corporations, from estates, or from trusts, under section 165 of the Internal Revenue Code, except losses allowable under sections 1211 and 1231 of the Internal Revenue Code, otherwise includable in calculating Wisconsin income if those losses are incurred in the operation of a farming business, as defined in section 464 (e) 1. of the Internal Revenue Code to the extent that those combined net losses exceed $20,000 if nonfarm Wisconsin adjusted gross income exceeds $55,000 but does not exceed $75,000, exceed $17,500 if nonfarm Wisconsin adjusted gross income exceeds $75,000 but does not exceed $100,000, exceed $15,000 if nonfarm Wisconsin adjusted gross income exceeds $100,000 but does not exceed $150,000, exceed $12,500 if nonfarm Wisconsin adjusted gross income exceeds $150,000 but does not exceed $200,000, exceed $10,000 if nonfarm Wisconsin adjusted gross income exceeds $200,000 but does not exceed $250,000, exceed $7,500 if nonfarm Wisconsin adjusted gross income exceeds $250,000 but does not exceed $300,000, exceed $5,000 if nonfarm Wisconsin adjusted gross income exceeds $300,000 but does not exceed $600,000, and exceed $0 if nonfarm adjusted gross income exceeds $600,000, except that the amounts applicable to married persons filing separately are 50 percent of the amounts specified in this subdivision.
12. All penalties for early withdrawals from time savings accounts and deposits deducted for federal income tax purposes and paid while the individual charged with the penalty was a nonresident of this state; all reforestation expenses related to property not in this state, deducted for federal income tax purposes and paid while the individual paying the expense was not a resident of this state; all contributions to individual retirement accounts, simplified employee pension plans and self-employment retirement plans and all deductible employee contributions, deducted for federal income tax purposes and in excess of that amount multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the individual's wages and net earnings from a trade or business taxable by this state and the denominator of which is the individual's total wages and net earnings from a trade or business; the contributions to a Keogh plan deducted for federal income tax purposes and in excess of that amount multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the individual's net earnings from a trade or business, taxable by this state, and the denominator of which is the individual's total net earnings from a trade or business; the amount of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals deducted under section 162 (L) of the internal revenue code for federal income tax purposes and in excess of that amount multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the individual's net earnings from a trade or business, taxable by this state, and the denominator of which is the individual's total net earnings from a trade or business; and the amount of self-employment taxes deducted under section 164 (f) of the internal revenue code for federal income tax purposes and in excess of that amount multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the individual's net earnings from a trade or business, taxable by this state, and the denominator of which is the individual's total net earnings from a trade or a business.
13. The amount claimed by a fiduciary as an itemized deduction under section 164 or 216 (a) (1) of the internal revenue code on the federal fiduciary return.
14. Any amount received as a proportionate share of the earnings and profits of a corporation that is an S corporation for federal income tax purposes if those earnings and profits accumulated during a year for which the shareholders have elected under s. 71.365 (4) (a) not to be a tax-option corporation, to the extent not included in federal adjusted gross income for the current year. This subdivision does not apply to earnings and profits accumulated during a year for which a tax-option corporation has made an election under s. 71.365 (4m) (a) to be taxed at the entity level.
15. The amount of the credits computed under s. 71.07 (2dm), (2dx), (2dy), (3g), (3h), (3n), (3q), (3s), (3t), (3w), (3wm), (3y), (4k), (4n), (5e), (5i), (5j), (5k), (5r), (5rm), (6n), and (10) and not passed through by a partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation that has added that amount to the partnership's, company's, or tax-option corporation's income under s. 71.21 (4) or 71.34 (1k) (g).
16. Any amount recognized as a loss under section 1001 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code if a surviving spouse and a distributee exchange their interests in marital property under s. 766.31 (3) (b).
17. The amount received under s. 71.07 (3m) (c) or 71.60, or both, [s. 71.60] that is not included in federal adjusted gross income.
NOTE: The correct cross-reference is shown in brackets. Section 71.07 (3m) (c) was repealed by 2021 Wis. Act 127. Corrective legislation is pending.
18. Any amount deducted as moving expenses under section 217 of the internal revenue code if the expense relates to a move made by an individual who changes his or her domicile from this state as a result of the move or if the expense relates to a move made by an individual who is not domiciled in this state as a result of the move.
20. The amount of any excess distribution, as that term is used in section 1291 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code, from a passive foreign investment company.
21. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007, and before January 1, 2009, any amount deducted as income attributable to domestic production activities under section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code if the individual claiming the deduction is a nonresident or part-year resident of this state and if the domestic production activities income is not attributable to a trade or business that is taxable by this state.
22. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007, and before January 1, 2009, if an individual is a nonresident or part-year resident of this state and a portion of the amount the individual deducted as income attributable to domestic production activities under section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code is attributable to a trade or business that is taxable by this state, the amount deducted under section 199 for federal income tax purposes and in excess of that amount, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the individual's net earnings from the trade or business that is taxable by this state and the denominator of which is the individual's total net earnings from the trade or business to which the deduction under section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code applies.
23. Any amount deducted by an individual under section 62 (a) (20) of the Internal Revenue Code related to attorney fees or court costs, involving an unlawful discrimination claim, if the individual is a nonresident or part-year resident of this state and if the judgment or settlement resulting from the claim is not taxable by this state.
24. The amount deducted or excluded under the Internal Revenue Code for interest expenses, rental expenses, intangible expenses, and management fees that are directly or indirectly paid, accrued, or incurred to, or in connection directly or indirectly with one or more direct or indirect transactions with, one or more related entities.
25. The amount computed under s. 71.07 (5n) in the previous taxable year and not passed through by a partnership, limited liability company, or tax-option corporation that has added that amount to the partnership's, company's, or tax-option corporation's income under s. 71.21 (4) (a) or 71.34 (1k) (m) and not included in federal adjusted gross income.
26. For the taxable year in which a distribution is received, all of the following amounts distributed from a college savings account, as described in s. 224.50:
a. To the extent that the receipt of such amounts by the owner or beneficiary of the account results in a penalty as provided in 26 USC 529 (c) (6), any amount that was not used for qualified higher education expenses, as that term is defined in 26 USC 529 (e) (3), and was contributed to the account after December 31, 2013, except that this subd. 26. a. applies only to amounts for which a subtraction was made under par. (b) 32.
b. Any amount rolled over by an owner into another state's qualified tuition program, as described in 26 USC 529 (c) (3) (C) (i), to the extent that the amount was previously claimed as a deduction under par. (b) 32.
c. To the extent that an amount is not otherwise added back under this subdivision, any amount withdrawn from a college savings account, as described in s. 224.50, for any purpose if the withdrawn amount was contributed to the account within 365 days of the day on which the amount was withdrawn from such an account and if the withdrawn amount was previously subtracted under par. (b) 32.
27. Except as provided in subd. 28., to the extent that an amount is not included in federal adjusted gross income, any amount withdrawn from a qualified ABLE account described under section 529A (b) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code for any reason other than the payment of qualified disability expenses, as defined in section 529A (e) (5) of the Internal Revenue Code, for the account beneficiary.
28. Upon the termination of an account as described under s. 16.643, any amount in the account that is returned to an account owner's estate.
29. The amount deducted under the Internal Revenue Code as moving expenses, as defined in s. 71.01 (8j), paid or incurred during the taxable year to move the taxpayer's Wisconsin business operation, in whole or in part, to a location outside the state or to move the taxpayer's business operations outside the United States.
(b) Subtractions. From federal adjusted gross income subtract to the extent included in federal taxable or adjusted gross income unless the modification is an item, other than a capital gain deduction under s. 71.36 or interest on U.S. obligations, that is passed through to an individual from a tax-option corporation and would be included in that corporation's income if it were not a tax-option corporation:
1. The amount of any interest or dividend income which is by federal law exempt from taxation by this state less the related expense in regard to both the distributable and nondistributable interest and dividend income on a fiduciary return.
2. Net income not allocated or apportioned to this state under s. 71.04.
3. Any other amount not subject to taxation under this chapter, less any amount allocable thereto which has been deducted in the computation of federal taxable or adjusted gross income except amounts used to calculate the credit under s. 71.07 (5).
3m. As provided under s. 71.07 (3s) (c) 7., the amount of the credit under s. 71.07 (3s) that the taxpayer added back to income under s. 71.05 (6) (a) at the time that the taxpayer first claimed the credit.
4. Disability payments other than disability payments that are paid from a retirement plan, the payments from which are exempt under subd. 54. and sub. (1) (am) and (an), if the individual either is single or is married and files a joint return and is under 65 years of age before the close of the taxable year to which the subtraction relates, retired on disability, and, when the individual retired, was permanently and totally disabled. In this subdivision, “permanently and totally disabled" means an individual who is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months. An individual shall not be considered permanently and totally disabled for purposes of this subdivision unless proof is furnished in such form and manner, and at such times, as prescribed by the department. The exclusion under this subdivision shall be determined as follows:
a. If the individual is single and the individual's federal adjusted gross income in the year to which the subtraction relates is less than $20,200, the maximum subtraction is $100 for each week that payments are received or the amount of disability pay reported as income, whichever is less.
b. If the individual is married and filing a joint return and the couple's federal adjusted gross income in the year to which the subtraction relates is less than $20,200, or $25,400 if both spouses are disabled, the maximum subtraction is $100 for each week that payments are received, per spouse if both spouses are disabled, or the amount of disability pay reported as income, whichever is less.
c. If the federal adjusted gross income of the individual, or individuals if filing a joint return, for the taxable year, determined without regard to this subdivision, exceeds $15,000, the amount subtracted under this subdivision for the taxable year shall be reduced by an amount equal to the excess of the federal adjusted gross income over $15,000.
5. Any amounts that are recoveries of federal itemized deductions for which no tax benefit was received for Wisconsin purposes.
6. For the original purchaser of small business stock that is purchased at the time that the business is incorporated and before January 1, 2014, and that is sold before January 1, 2014, the amount of net capital gains on small business stock otherwise subject to the tax under s. 71.02 if the taxpayer has not acquired the stock by gift, has not acquired the stock in a stock-for-stock exchange and submits with the taxpayer's return a copy of the certification under s. 71.01 (10).
8. The difference between the amount included in federal adjusted gross income for the current year and the amount calculated under section 85 of the internal revenue code (relating to unemployment compensation) as that section existed on December 31, 1985.
9. On assets held more than one year and on all assets acquired from a decedent, 30 percent of the capital gain as computed under the internal revenue code, not including capital gains for which the federal tax treatment is determined under section 406 of P.L. 99-514; not including amounts treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes because of the recapture of depreciation or any other reason; and not including amounts treated as capital gain for federal income tax purposes from the sale or exchange of a lottery prize. For purposes of this subdivision, the capital gains and capital losses for all assets shall be netted before application of the percentage.
9m. On farm assets held more than one year and on all farm assets acquired from a decedent, to the extent that they are not subtracted under subd. 9. or 10., 60 percent of the capital gain as computed under the Internal Revenue Code, not including capital gains for which the federal tax treatment is determined under section 406 of P.L. 99-514; not including amounts treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes because of the recapture of depreciation or any other reason; and not including amounts treated as capital gain for federal income tax purposes from the sale or exchange of a lottery prize. In this subdivision, “farm assets" means livestock, farm equipment, farm real property, and farm depreciable property. For purposes of this subdivision, the capital gains and capital losses for all assets shall be netted before application of the percentage.
10. Farm losses added to income under par. (a) 10. in any of the 15 preceding years, to the extent that they are not offset against farm income of any year between the loss year and the taxable year for which the modification under this subdivision is claimed and to the extent that they do not exceed the net profits or net gains from the sale or exchange of capital or business assets in the current taxable year from the same farming business or portion of that business to which the limits on deductible farm losses under par. (a) 10. applied in the loss year.
12. Any amount recognized as a gain under section 1001 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code if a surviving spouse and a distributee exchange their interests in marital property under s. 766.31 (3) (b).
13. Any amount of basic, special and incentive pay income or compensation, as those terms are used in 37 USC chapters 3 and 5, received from the federal government by a person who is a member of a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces, as defined in 26 USC 7701 (a) (15), and is below the grade of commissioned officer, for services performed for Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert Storm. In this subdivision, “services performed for Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert Storm" means service in a unit of the U.S. armed forces if:
a. The person is activated for Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert Storm; and
b. The service occurs during the period that there is in effect a designation by the president of the United States that the service is part of Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert Storm.
14. Up to $500 per month of basic, special and incentive pay income or compensation, as those terms are used in 37 USC chapters 3 and 5, received from the federal government by a person who is a member of a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces, as defined in 26 USC 7701 (a) (15), and is a commissioned officer, for services performed for Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert Storm. In this subdivision, “services performed for Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert Storm" means service in a unit of the U.S. armed forces if:
a. The person is activated for Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert Storm; and
b. The service occurs during the period that there is in effect a designation by the president of the United States that the service is part of Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert Storm.
19. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1995, an amount paid by a self-employed person for medical care insurance for the person, his or her spouse and the person's dependents, calculated as follows:
a. One hundred percent of the amount paid by the person for medical care insurance, not including any amount that is paid with a premium assistance credit amount under 26 USC 36B. In this subdivision, “medical care insurance" means a medical care insurance policy that covers the person, his or her spouse and the person's dependents and provides surgical, medical, hospital, major medical or other health service coverage, and includes payments made for medical care benefits under a self-insured plan, but “medical care insurance" does not include hospital indemnity policies or policies with ancillary benefits such as accident benefits or benefits for loss of income resulting from a total or partial inability to work because of illness, sickness or injury.
b. From the amount calculated under subd. 19. a., subtract the amounts deducted from gross income for medical care insurance in the calculation of federal adjusted gross income.
c. For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2021, for a person who is a nonresident or a part-year resident of this state, modify the amount calculated under subd. 19. b. by multiplying the amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the person's net earnings from a trade or business that are taxable by this state and the denominator of which is the person's total net earnings from a trade or business.
cm. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020, for a person who is a nonresident or a part-year resident of this state, modify the amount calculated under subd. 19. b. by multiplying the amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the person's wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business that are taxable by this state and the denominator of which is the person's total wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business. In this subd. 19. cm., for married persons filing separately “wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business" means the separate wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business of each spouse, and for married persons filing jointly “wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business" means the total wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business of both spouses.
d. For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2021, reduce the amount calculated under subd. 19. b. or c. to the person's aggregate net earnings from a trade or business that are taxable by this state.
dm. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020, reduce the amount calculated under subd. 19. b. or cm. to the person's aggregate wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business that are taxable by this state.
21.
a. For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2007, the difference between the amount of social security benefits included in federal adjusted gross income for the current year and the amount calculated under section 86 of the Internal Revenue Code as that section existed on December 31, 1992.
b. For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2008, the difference between the amount of social security benefits included in federal adjusted gross income for the current year and the amount calculated under section 86 of the Internal Revenue Code as that section existed on December 31, 1992.
c. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007, the amount of social security benefits included in federal adjusted gross income under section 86 of the Internal Revenue Code.
22. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 1995, an amount up to $5,000 that is expended during the period that consists of the year to which the claim relates and the prior 2 taxable years, by a full-year resident of this state who is an adoptive parent, for adoption fees, court costs or legal fees relating to the adoption of a child, for whom a final order of adoption has been entered under s. 48.91 (3) or by an order of a court of any other state, or upon registration of a foreign adoption under s. 48.97 (2), during the taxable year.
23. Any increase in value of a tuition unit that is purchased under a tuition contract under s. 224.48, except that the subtraction under this subdivision may not be claimed by any individual who received a refund under s. 224.48 (7) (a) 2., 3. or 4.
25. All gains that are not excluded from taxation under subd. 9., on business assets or on assets used in farming, including shares in a corporation or trust that meets the standards under s. 182.001 (1), or both, held more than one year, that are sold or otherwise disposed of to persons who are related to the seller or transferor by blood, marriage or adoption within the 3rd degree of kinship as determined under s. 990.001 (16), as computed under the Internal Revenue Code, not including amounts treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes because of the recapture of depreciation or any other reason.
26. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1998, an amount paid by a person for a long-term care insurance policy for the person and his or her spouse, calculated as follows:
a. One hundred percent of the amount paid by the person for a long-term care insurance policy. In this subdivision, “long-term care insurance policy" means a disability insurance policy or certificate advertised, marketed, offered or designed primarily to provide coverage for care that is provided in the insured person's home or in institutional and community-based settings and that is convalescent or custodial care or care for a chronic condition or terminal illness; the term does not include a medicare supplement policy or medicare replacement policy or a continuing care contract, as defined in s. 647.01 (2). “Long-term care insurance policy" applies to a policy that covers the person and his or her spouse.
b. From the amount calculated under subd. 26. a., subtract the amounts deducted from gross income for a long-term care insurance policy in the calculation of federal adjusted gross income.
c. For a person who is a nonresident or a part-year resident of this state, modify the amount calculated under subd. 26. b. by multiplying the amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the person's wages, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business that are taxable by this state and the denominator of which is the person's total wages, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business.
d. Reduce the amount calculated under subd. 26. b. or c. to the person's aggregate wages, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business that are taxable by this state.
28. An amount paid by a claimant for tuition expenses and mandatory student fees for a student who is the claimant or who is the claimant's child and the claimant's dependent, as defined under section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code, to attend any university, college, technical college or a school approved under s. 440.52, that is located in Wisconsin or to attend a public vocational school or public institution of higher education in Minnesota under the Minnesota-Wisconsin reciprocity agreement under s. 39.47, calculated as follows:
a. Subject to subd. 28. am., an amount equal to one of the following per student for each year to which the claim relates: for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2009, not more than twice the average amount charged by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System at 4-year institutions for resident undergraduate academic fees for the most recent fall semester, as determined by the board of regents by September 1 of that semester; for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008, and subject to subd. 28. am., $6,000.
am. Notwithstanding subd. 28. a., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008, the department of revenue and the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall continue making the calculation described under subd. 28. a. Notwithstanding subd. 28. a., once this calculation exceeds $6,000, the deduction for tuition expenses and mandatory student fees, as described in subd. 28. (intro.), shall be based on an amount equal to not more than twice the average amount charged by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System at 4-year institutions for resident undergraduate academic fees for the most recent fall semester, as determined by the Board of Regents by September 1 of that semester, per student for each year to which the claim relates, and the deduction that may be claimed under this subd. 28. am. first applies to taxable years beginning on the January 1 after the calculation of the Board of Regents, that must occur by September 1, exceeds $6,000.
b. From the amount calculated under subd. 28. a. or am., if the claimant is single or married and filing as head of household and his or her federal adjusted gross income is more than $50,000 but not more than $60,000, subtract the product of the amount calculated under subd. 28. a. or am. and the value of a fraction, the denominator of which is $10,000 and the numerator of which is the difference between the claimant's federal adjusted gross income and $50,000.
c. From the amount calculated under subd. 28. a. or am., if the claimant is married and filing jointly and the claimant's and his or her spouse's federal adjusted gross income is more than $80,000 but not more than $100,000, subtract the product of the amount calculated under subd. 28. a. or am. and the value of a fraction, the denominator of which is $20,000 and the numerator of which is the difference between the claimant's and his or her spouse's federal adjusted gross income and $80,000.
d. From the amount calculated under subd. 28. a. or am., if the claimant is married and filing separately and the claimant's federal adjusted gross income is more than $40,000 but not more than $50,000, subtract the product of the amount calculated under subd. 28. a. or am. and the value of a fraction, the denominator of which is $10,000 and the numerator of which is the difference between the claimant's federal adjusted gross income and $40,000.
e. For an individual who is a nonresident or part-year resident of this state, multiply the amount calculated under subd. 28. a., am., b., c. or d. by a fraction the numerator of which is the individual's wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business that are taxable by this state and the denominator of which is the individual's total wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business. In this subd. 28. e., for married persons filing separately “wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business" means the separate wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business of each spouse, and for married persons filing jointly “wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business" means the total wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business of both spouses.
f. Reduce the amount calculated under subd. 28. a., am., b., c., d. or e. to the individual's aggregate wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business that are taxable by this state.
g. No modification may be claimed under this subdivision by a claimant who is single or married and filing as head of household if the claimant's federal adjusted gross income is more than $60,000, by a claimant who is married and filing jointly if the claimant's and his or her spouse's federal adjusted gross income is more than $100,000 or by a claimant who is married and filing separately if the claimant's federal adjusted gross income is more than $50,000.
h. No modification may be claimed under this subdivision for an amount paid for tuition expenses and mandatory student fees, as described under this subdivision, if the source of the payment is an amount withdrawn from a college savings account, as described in s. 224.50 or from a college tuition and expenses program, as described in s. 224.48, and if the owner of the account or a parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, aunt, or uncle of the beneficiary, who contributed to the account, has claimed a deduction under subd. 32. or 33. that relates to such an amount.
i. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, the dollar amounts in subd. 28. b., c., d., and g. shall be increased each year by a percentage equal to the percentage change between the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the previous year and the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August 2011, as determined by the federal department of labor, except that the adjustment may occur only if the resulting amount is greater than the corresponding amount that was calculated for the previous year. Each amount that is revised under this subd. 28. i. shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $10 if the revised amount is not a multiple of $10 or, if the revised amount is a multiple of $5, such an amount shall be increased to the next higher multiple of $10. The department of revenue shall annually adjust the changes in dollar amounts required under this subd. 28. i. and incorporate the changes into the income tax forms and instructions.
29. The amount claimed as a federal miscellaneous itemized deduction under the Internal Revenue Code for repayment of an amount included in income in a previous year to the extent that the repayment was previously included in Wisconsin adjusted gross income, except that no amount that is used in calculating the credit under s. 71.07 (1) may be included in the calculation under this subdivision.
30. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 1998, any settlement received for claims against any person for any recovered assets, or any amount of assets or any gain generated on such assets, that were stolen from, hidden from or otherwise lost by an individual who was persecuted by Nazi Germany or any Axis regime during any period from 1933 to 1945 and have been recovered, returned or otherwise paid to the original victim or his or her heirs or beneficiaries. The assets to which this subdivision applies includes cash, bonds, stocks, deposits in a financial institution, proceeds from a life or other type of insurance policy, jewelry, precious metals, artwork or any other item of value owned by such a victim during any period from 1920 to 1945.
31. Any increase in value of a college savings account, as described in s. 224.50, except that the subtraction under this subdivision may not be claimed by any individual who has made a nonqualified withdrawal, as described in s. 224.50 (2) (e).
32. An amount paid into a college savings account, as described in s. 224.50, in the taxable year in which the contribution is made or on or before the 15th day of the 4th month beginning after the close of a taxpayer's taxable year to which this subtraction relates, by the owner of the account or by any other individual, for the benefit of any beneficiary of an account, calculated as follows, except that each amount that is subtracted under this subdivision may be subtracted only once:
a. Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, an amount equal to not more than $3,000 per beneficiary, by each contributor, or $1,500 by each contributor who is married and files separately, to an account for each year to which the claim relates, except that the total amount for which a deduction may be claimed under this subdivision and under subd. 33., per beneficiary by any claimant may not exceed $3,000 each year, or $1,500 each year by any claimant who is married and files separately. In the case of a married couple, the total deduction under this subdivision and under subd. 33., per beneficiary by the married couple may not exceed $3,000 each year. In the case of divorced parents, the total deduction under this subdivision and under subd. 33., per beneficiary by the formerly married couple, may not exceed $3,000, and the maximum amount that may be deducted by each former spouse is $1,500, unless the divorce judgment specifies a different division of the $3,000 maximum that may be claimed by each former spouse. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013, the dollar amounts in this subd. 32. a., and the dollar amounts in subd. 33. a., shall be increased each year by a percentage equal to the percentage change between the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the previous year and the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August 2012, as determined by the federal department of labor, except that the adjustment may occur only if the resulting amount is greater than the corresponding amount that was calculated for the previous year. Each amount that is revised under this subd. 32. a. and under subd. 33. a. shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $10 if the revised amount is not a multiple of $10 or, if the revised amount is a multiple of $5, such an amount shall be increased to the next higher multiple of $10. The department of revenue shall annually adjust the changes in dollar amounts required under this subd. 32. a. and incorporate the changes into the income tax forms and instructions. Any amount that is paid into an account under this subdivision that exceeds the maximum amount that may be subtracted under this subdivision may be carried forward to the next taxable year, and thereafter, subject to the limitations in this subdivision.
ae. No carryover that would otherwise be authorized under this subdivision may be allowed if the carryover amount was withdrawn from an account for any purpose and the withdrawal occurred within 365 days of the day on which the amount was contributed to the account.
am. Any carryover amount that is otherwise eligible for a subtraction under this subdivision shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of a withdrawal from an account that was not used for qualified higher education expenses, as that term is defined in 26 USC 529 (e) (3), to the extent that the withdrawn amount exceeds the amount that is added to income under par. (a) 26.
b. For an individual who is a nonresident or part-year resident of this state, multiply the amount calculated under subd. 32. a. by a fraction the numerator of which is the individual's wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business that are taxable by this state and the denominator of which is the individual's total wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business. In this subd. 32. b., for married persons filing separately “wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business" means the separate wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business of each spouse, and for married persons filing jointly “wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business" means the total wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business of both spouses.
c. Reduce the amount calculated under subd. 32. a. or b. to the individual's aggregate wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business that are taxable by this state.
32m. Consistent with the limitations specified in subd. 32., for rollovers occurring after April 15, 2015, any principal amount rolled over to a college savings account, as described in s. 224.50, from another state's qualified tuition program, as described in 26 USC 529 (c) (3) (C) (i). Amounts eligible for the subtraction under this subdivision that are in excess of the annual limits specified under subd. 32. may be carried forward to future taxable years of the taxpayer without limitation, other than the limits specified in subd. 32. ae. and am.
33. An amount paid into a college tuition and expenses program, as described in s. 224.48, by the owner of the account or by a parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, aunt, or uncle of the beneficiary, if the beneficiary of the account is one of the following: the claimant; the claimant's child; the claimant's grandchild; the claimant's great-grandchild; or the claimant's niece or nephew; calculated as follows:
a. An amount equal to not more than $3,000 per beneficiary, by each contributor, or $1,500 by each contributor who is married and files separately, to an account for each year to which the claim relates, except that the total amount for which a deduction may be claimed under this subdivision and under subd. 32., per beneficiary by any claimant may not exceed $3,000 each year, or $1,500 each year by any claimant who is married and files separately. In the case of a married couple, the total deduction under this subdivision and under subd. 32., per beneficiary by the married couple may not exceed $3,000 each year. In the case of divorced parents, the total deduction under this subdivision and under subd. 32., per beneficiary by the formerly married couple, may not exceed $3,000, and the maximum amount that may be deducted by each former spouse is $1,500, unless the divorce judgment specifies a different division of the $3,000 maximum that may be claimed by each former spouse.
b. For an individual who is a nonresident or part-year resident of this state, multiply the amount calculated under subd. 33. a. by a fraction the numerator of which is the individual's wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business that are taxable by this state and the denominator of which is the individual's total wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business. In this subd. 33. b., for married persons filing separately “wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business" means the separate wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business of each spouse, and for married persons filing jointly “wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business" means the total wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business of both spouses.
c. Reduce the amount calculated under subd. 33. a. or b. to the individual's aggregate wages, salary, tips, unearned income and net earnings from a trade or business that are taxable by this state.
34. Any amount of basic, special, and incentive pay income or compensation, as those terms are used in 37 USC chapters 3 and 5, received from the federal government by a person who is a member of a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces, after being called into active federal service under the provisions of 10 USC 12302 (a), 10 USC 12304, or 10 USC 12304b, or into special state service authorized by the federal department of defense under 32 USC 502 (f), that is paid to the person for a period of time during which the person is on active duty.
35. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005, an amount paid by an individual who is the employee of another person if the individual's employer pays no amount of money toward the individual's medical care insurance, for medical care insurance for the individual, his or her spouse, and the individual's dependents, calculated as follows:
a. One hundred percent of the amount paid by the individual for medical care insurance, not including any amount that is paid with a premium assistance credit amount under 26 USC 36B. In this subdivision, “medical care insurance" means a medical care insurance policy that covers the individual, his or her spouse, and the individual's dependents and provides surgical, medical, hospital, major medical, or other health service coverage, and includes payments made for medical care benefits under a self-insured plan, but “medical care insurance" does not include hospital indemnity policies or policies with ancillary benefits such as accident benefits or benefits for loss of income resulting from a total or partial inability to work because of illness, sickness, or injury.
b. From the amount calculated under subd. 35. a., subtract the amounts deducted from gross income for medical care insurance in the calculation of federal adjusted gross income.
c. For an individual who is a nonresident or part-year resident of this state, multiply the amount calculated under subd. 35. a. or b., by a fraction the numerator of which is the individual's wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business that are taxable by this state and the denominator of which is the individual's total wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business. In this subd. 35. c., for married persons filing separately “wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business" means the separate wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business of each spouse, and for married persons filing jointly “wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business" means the total wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business of both spouses.
d. Reduce the amount calculated under subd. 35. a., b., or c. to the individual's aggregate wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business that are taxable by this state.
38. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010, an amount paid by an individual, other than a person to whom subd. 19. applies, who has no employer and no self-employment income, for medical care insurance for the individual, his or her spouse, and the individual's dependents, calculated as follows:
a. One hundred percent of the amount paid by the individual for medical care insurance, not including any amount that is paid with a premium assistance credit amount under 26 USC 36B. In this subdivision, “medical care insurance" means a medical care insurance policy that covers the individual, his or her spouse, and the individual's dependents and provides surgical, medical, hospital, major medical, or other health service coverage, and includes payments made for medical care benefits under a self-insured plan, but “medical care insurance" does not include hospital indemnity policies or policies with ancillary benefits such as accident benefits or benefits for loss of income resulting from a total or partial inability to work because of illness, sickness, or injury.
b. From the amount calculated under subd. 38. a., subtract the amounts deducted from gross income for medical care insurance in the calculation of federal adjusted gross income.
c. For an individual who is a nonresident or part-year resident of this state, multiply the amount calculated under subd. 38. a. or b., by a fraction the numerator of which is the individual's wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business that are taxable by this state and the denominator of which is the individual's total wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business. In this subd. 38. c., for married persons filing separately “wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business" means the separate wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business of each spouse, and for married persons filing jointly “wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business" means the total wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business of both spouses.
d. Reduce the amount calculated under subd. 38. a., b., or c. to the individual's aggregate wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business that are taxable by this state.
42. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, an amount paid by an individual who is the employee of another person, if the individual's employer pays a portion of the cost of the individual's medical care insurance, for medical care insurance for the individual, his or her spouse, and the individual's dependents, calculated as follows:
a. One hundred percent of the amount paid by the individual for medical care insurance, not including any amount that is paid with a premium assistance credit amount under 26 USC 36B. In this subdivision, “medical care insurance" means a medical care insurance policy that covers the individual, his or her spouse, and the individual's dependents and provides surgical, medical, hospital, major medical, or other health service coverage, and includes payments made for medical care benefits under a self-insured plan, but “medical care insurance" does not include hospital indemnity policies or policies with ancillary benefits such as accident benefits or benefits for loss of income resulting from a total or partial inability to work because of illness, sickness, or injury.
b. From the amount calculated under subd. 42. a., subtract the amounts deducted from gross income for medical care insurance in the calculation of federal adjusted gross income.
c. For an individual who is a nonresident or part-year resident of this state, multiply the amount calculated under subd. 42. a. or b., by a fraction the numerator of which is the individual's wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business that are taxable by this state and the denominator of which is the individual's total wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business. In this subd. 42. c., for married persons filing separately “wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business" means the separate wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business of each spouse, and for married persons filing jointly “wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business" means the total wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business of both spouses.
d. Reduce the amount calculated under subd. 42. a., b., or c. to the individual's aggregate wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business that are taxable by this state.
43. Subject to subd. 43. e. and f., one of the following allowable amounts, specified in subd. 43. a. to d., of employment-related expenses claimed by the claimant under section 21 of the Internal Revenue Code in the taxable year to which that claim relates:
a. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010, and before January 1, 2012, up to $750 if the claimant has one qualified individual and up to $1,500 if the claimant has more than one qualified individual.
b. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011, and before January 1, 2013, up to $1,500 if the claimant has one qualified individual and up to $3,000 if the claimant has more than one qualified individual.
c. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, and before January 1, 2014, up to $2,250 if the claimant has one qualified individual and up to $4,500 if the claimant has more than one qualified individual.
d. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013, and before January 1, 2022, up to $3,000 if the claimant has one qualified individual and up to $6,000 if the claimant has more than one qualified individual.
e. A claimant who claims the subtraction under this subdivision is subject to the special rules in 26 USC 21 (e) (2) and (4).
f. An individual who is a nonresident or part-year resident of this state and who claims the subtraction under this subdivision shall multiply the amount calculated under subd. 43. a., b., c., or d. by a fraction the numerator of which is the individual's wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business that are taxable by this state and the denominator of which is the individual's total wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business. In this subd. 43. f., for married persons filing separately “wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business" means the separate wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business of each spouse, and for married persons filing jointly “wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business" means the total wages, salary, tips, unearned income, and net earnings from a trade or business of both spouses.
44. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006, and ending before January 1, 2015, the amount of any incentive payment received by an individual under s. 23.33 (5r), 2013 stats., in the taxable year to which the claim relates.
45. An amount added to federal adjusted gross income under par. (a) 24., to the extent that the conditions under s. 71.80 (23) are satisfied.
46. An amount added, pursuant to par. (a) 24. or s. 71.26 (2) (a) 7., 71.34 (1k) (j), or 71.45 (2) (a) 16., to the federal income of a related entity that paid interest expenses, rental expenses, intangible expenses, or management fees to the individual or fiduciary, to the extent that the related entity could not offset such amount with the deduction allowable under subd. 45. or s. 71.26 (2) (a) 8., 71.34 (1k) (k), or 71.45 (2) (a) 17.
47m. An amount equal to the increase in the number of full-time equivalent employees employed by the taxpayer in this state during the taxable year, multiplied by $4,000 for a business with gross receipts of no greater than $5,000,000 in the taxable year or $2,000 for a business with gross receipts greater than $5,000,000 in the taxable year. For purposes of this subdivision, the increase in the number of full-time equivalent employees employed by the taxpayer in this state during the taxable year is determined by subtracting from the number of full-time equivalent employees employed by the taxpayer in this state during the taxable year, as determined by computing the average employee count from the taxpayer's quarterly unemployment insurance reports or other information as required by the department for the taxable year, the number of full-time equivalent employees employed by the taxpayer in this state during the immediately preceding taxable year, as determined by computing the average employee count from the taxpayer's quarterly unemployment insurance reports or other information as required by the department for the immediately preceding taxable year. No person may claim a deduction under this subdivision if the person may claim a deduction under this subchapter based on the person relocating the person's business from another state to this state and in an amount equal to the person's tax liability. No person may claim a deduction under this subdivision for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014. The department shall promulgate rules to administer this subdivision.
48. For taxable years that begin after December 31, 2012, any amount of basic, special, or incentive pay income, as those terms are used in 37 USC chapters 3 and 5, received from the federal government by an individual who is on active duty in the U.S. armed forces, as defined in 26 USC 7701 (a) (15), and who dies while on active duty if the individual's death occurred while he or she was serving in a combat zone or as a result of wounds, disease, or injury incurred while serving in a combat zone. The subtraction in this subdivision applies to the basic, special, or incentive pay income that is received by the individual in the year in which he or she dies, and in the year immediately preceding that year if the individual has not filed a return for the year before the year in which he or she dies.
48m. For taxable years that begin after December 31, 2012, any amount of income received by an individual who is on active duty in the U.S. armed forces, as defined in 26 USC 7701 (a) (15), and who dies while on active duty if the individual's death occurred while he or she was serving in a combat zone or as a result of wounds, disease, or injury incurred while serving in a combat zone. The subtraction in this subdivision applies to the income that is received by the individual in the year in which he or she dies, and in the year immediately preceding that year if the individual has not filed a return for the year before the year in which he or she dies.
49.
a. Subject to the definitions provided in subd. 49. b. to g. and the limitations specified in subd. 49. h. to j. for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013, and subject to the limitation in subd. 49. k. for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, tuition expenses that are paid by a claimant for tuition for a pupil to attend an eligible institution.
b. In this subdivision, “claimant" means an individual who claims a pupil as a dependent, as defined under section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code, on his or her tax return.
c. In this subdivision, “elementary pupil" means an individual who is enrolled in grades kindergarten to 8 at an eligible institution.
d. In this subdivision, “eligible institution" means a private school, as defined in s. 115.001 (3r), that meets all of the criteria under s. 118.165 (1).
e. In this subdivision, “pupil" means an elementary pupil or secondary pupil.
f. In this subdivision, “secondary pupil" means an individual who is enrolled in grades 9 to 12 at an eligible institution.
g. In this subdivision, “tuition" means any amount paid by a claimant, in the year to which the claim relates, for a pupil's tuition to attend an eligible institution.
h. For each elementary pupil, in each year to which the claim relates, the maximum amount of tuition expenses which a claimant may subtract under this subdivision in a taxable year is $4,000.
i. For each secondary pupil, in each year to which the claim relates, the maximum amount of tuition expenses which a claimant may subtract under this subdivision in a taxable year is $10,000.
j. If an individual is an elementary pupil and a secondary pupil in the same taxable year, the claimant may claim the subtraction under this subdivision for only one grade for that pupil for that taxable year.
k. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, no modification may be claimed under this subdivision for an amount paid for tuition expenses, as described under this subdivision, if the source of the payment is an amount withdrawn from a college savings account, as described in s. 224.50.
50.
a. Except as provided in subd. 50. b., starting with the first taxable year beginning after December 31, 2013, and for each of the next 4 taxable years, 20 percent of the amount determined by subtracting the combined federal adjusted basis of all depreciated or amortized assets as of the last day of the taxable year beginning in 2013 that are also being depreciated or amortized for Wisconsin from the combined Wisconsin adjusted basis of those assets on the same day.
b. If any taxable year for which the modification under subd. 50. a. is required is a fractional year under s. 71.03 (3), the difference between the modification allowed for the fractional year and the modification allowed for the 12-month taxable year shall be a modification for the first taxable year beginning after December 31, 2018.
51. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013, any amount received by a physician or psychiatrist, in the taxable year to which the subtraction relates, from the primary care and psychiatry shortage grant program under s. 39.385.
52. Subject to the limits under section 529A (b) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code, any amount that is deposited by an account owner or any other person for the taxable year in which the contribution is made into an ABLE account described under section 529A (b) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code. The subtraction under this subdivision does not apply to rollover contributions or transfers.
53. The value of any Olympic, Paralympic, or Special Olympics medal won by an individual in an Olympic, Paralympic, or Special Olympics competition, and the amount of any payment such an individual receives from the U.S. Olympic Committee or from the Special Olympics Board of Directors, but only to the extent that the committee made the payment because the individual won an Olympic, Paralympic, or Special Olympics medal.
54. Except for a payment that is exempt under sub. (1) (a), (am), or (an), or that is exempt as a railroad retirement benefit, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020, up to $5,000 of payments or distributions received each year by an individual from a qualified retirement plan under the Internal Revenue Code or from an individual retirement account established under 26 USC 408, if all of the following conditions apply:
a. The individual is at least 65 years of age before the close of the taxable year to which the exemption claim relates.
b. If the individual is single or files as head of household, his or her federal adjusted gross income in the year to which the exemption claim relates is less than $15,000.
c. If the individual is married and is a joint filer, the couple's federal adjusted gross income in the year to which the exemption claim relates is less than $30,000.
d. If the individual is married and files a separate return, the sum of both spouses' federal adjusted gross income in the year to which the exemption claim relates is less than $30,000.
55. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020, the amount of a national service educational award disbursed under 42 USC 12604 during the taxable year for the benefit of an individual. No modification may be claimed under this subdivision for an amount that is subtracted under subd. 28. or deducted under 26 USC 221.
56. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020, any amount of basic, special, or incentive pay income, as those terms are used in 37 USC chapters 3 and 5, received from the federal government by an individual who is on active duty in the U.S. armed forces, as defined in 26 USC 7701 (a) (15), to the extent that such income is not subtracted under subd. 34.
(7) Addition or subtraction of transitional adjustments. Add or subtract, as appropriate, any transitional adjustments computed under sub. (13).
(8) Losses.
(a) The carry back of losses to reduce income of prior years may be permitted for 2 taxable years. There shall be added any amount deducted as a federal net operating loss carry-back or carry-over and there shall be subtracted for the first taxable year for which the subtraction may be made any Wisconsin net operating loss carry-back or carry-forward allowable under par. (b) in an amount not in excess of the Wisconsin taxable income computed before the deduction of the Wisconsin net operating loss carry-back or carry-forward.
(b)
1. Except as provided in s. 71.80 (25), a Wisconsin net operating loss may be carried back against Wisconsin taxable income of the previous 2 years and then carried forward against Wisconsin taxable incomes of the next 20 taxable years, if the taxpayer was subject to taxation under this chapter in the taxable year in which the loss was incurred, to the extent not offset against other income of the year of loss and to the extent not offset against Wisconsin modified taxable income of the 2 years preceding the loss and of any year between the loss year and the taxable year for which the loss carry-forward is claimed. In this paragraph, “Wisconsin modified taxable income" means Wisconsin taxable income with the following exceptions: a net operating loss deduction or offset for the loss year or any taxable year before or thereafter is not allowed, the deduction for long-term capital gains under subs. (6) (b) 9. and 9m., (25), and (25m) is not allowed, the amount deductible for losses from sales or exchanges of capital assets may not exceed the amount includable in income for gains from sales or exchanges of capital assets and “Wisconsin modified taxable income" may not be less than zero.
2. The taxpayer need not make the offset against Wisconsin modified taxable income of the 2 years preceding the loss, as provided under subd. 1., if the taxpayer chooses not to carry back the net operating loss to the 2 years preceding the loss.
(c) The department shall not pay interest on any overpayment that results from the carry-back of a net operating loss.
(9) Partners or limited liability company members. In determining Wisconsin adjusted gross income or Wisconsin taxable income of a partner or member, any applicable modification described in this section which relates to an item of partnership or limited liability company income, gain, loss or deduction shall be made in accordance with the partner's or member's distributive share, for federal income tax purposes, of the item to which the modification relates. Where a partner's or member's distributive share of any such item is not required to be taken into account separately for federal income tax purposes or the modification relates to no ascertainable item of the partnership or limited liability company income of the current year, each partner's or member's share of such modification shall be proportional to his or her distributive share for federal income tax purposes of partnership or company taxable income or loss generally.
(10) Other adjustments. Add to or subtract from federal adjusted gross income, as appropriate:
(b) Except as provided in sub. (21), the shareholder's proportionate share of the amount by which any item of income, loss or deduction of a tax-option corporation subject to taxation under this chapter differs from federal taxable income, loss or deduction of the corporation for the same year attributed to its shareholders, and any amount necessary to prevent the double inclusion or omission of any item of income, loss, deduction or basis, except that credits against gross tax may not be subtracted under this paragraph.
(c)
1. For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2023, the amount required so that the net capital loss, after netting capital gains and capital losses to arrive at total capital gain or loss, is offset against ordinary income only to the extent of $500 and, except as provided in subd. 3., losses in excess of $500 shall be carried forward to the next taxable year and offset against ordinary income up to the limit under this subdivision. Losses shall be used in the order in which they accrue.
2. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022, the amount required so that the net capital loss, after netting capital gains and capital losses to arrive at total capital gain or loss, is offset against ordinary income only to the extent of $3,000. Any excess net capital loss shall be carried forward to the next taxable year, subject to subd. 3. If the taxpayer is a married person who files separately, the $3,000 limitation in this subdivision shall be $1,500.
3. A net capital loss that is carried forward to a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2022, shall be offset against ordinary income, limited to $3,000, in that taxable year. Losses shall be used in the order in which they accrue. If the taxpayer is a married person who files separately, the $3,000 limitation in this subdivision shall be $1,500.
(d) Any item of income, loss or deduction passed through from a corporation that is an S corporation for federal income tax purposes and is, under s. 71.365 (4), not a tax-option corporation.
(dm) Any item of income, loss, or deduction passed through from an entity that has made an election under s. 71.21 (6) (a) or 71.365 (4m) (a) to be taxed at the entity level.
(e) Add or subtract, as appropriate, on sale, exchange, abandonment or other disposition in a transaction in which gain or loss is recognized by the owner of the property acquired from a decedent, the difference between the federal basis and the Wisconsin basis. For this purpose, property acquired from a decedent is as described in section 1014 of the internal revenue code, exclusive of property constituting income under section 102 (b) of the internal revenue code. The Wisconsin basis of property acquired from a decedent is determined under the internal revenue code, except that the value used for property is the value properly includable for Wisconsin death tax purposes rather than the value of property includable for federal estate tax purposes. In this paragraph, property deemed to be includable for Wisconsin death tax purposes includes exempt property under s. 72.15 (5), 1985 stats., but the exclusion under s. 72.12 (6) (b), 1985 stats., is not deemed to be property properly includable. If at least 50 percent of the marital property held by a decedent and the decedent's surviving spouse is includable for purposes of computing the federal estate tax, all of the decedent's and the decedent's spouse's marital property and all of the decedent's individual property is deemed property properly includable for Wisconsin death tax purposes.
(f) The amount necessary to reflect the inapplicability of section 66 (a) of the internal revenue code to the computation of income under this chapter.
(g) The amount necessary to reflect the applicability of s. 71.10 (6) (b) to (d) to the computation of income under this chapter.
(h) The amount necessary to reflect any other differences between the treatment of marital income for federal income tax purposes and the treatment of marital income under this chapter or under rules promulgated under this chapter.
(i)
1. Subject to the conditions in this paragraph, an individual may subtract up to $10,000 from federal adjusted gross income if he or she, or his or her dependent, as defined under section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code, while living, donates one or more of his or her human organs to another human being for human organ transplantation, as defined in s. 146.345 (1), except that in this paragraph, “human organ" means all or part of a liver, pancreas, kidney, intestine, lung, or bone marrow. A subtract modification that is claimed under this paragraph may be claimed in the taxable year in which the human organ transplantation occurs.
2. An individual may claim the subtract modification under subd. 1. only once, and the subtract modification may be claimed for only the following unreimbursed expenses that are incurred by the claimant and related to the claimant's organ donation:
a. Travel expenses.
b. Lodging expenses.
c. Lost wages.
3. The subtract modification under subd. 1. may not be claimed by a part-year resident or a nonresident of this state.
(11) Waste treatment plant; pollution abatement equipment.
(a) The federal adjusted basis at the end of the calendar year 1968 or corresponding fiscal year of waste treatment plant or pollution abatement equipment acquired pursuant to order or recommendation of the committee on water pollution, state board of health, city council, village board or county board pursuant to s. 59.07 (53) or (85), 1971 stats., may be treated as a subtraction modification on the return of the calendar year 1969 or corresponding fiscal year but not in later years. In case of such subtraction an add modification shall be made in 1969 and later taxable years to reverse federal depreciation or amortization of such basis or to correct gain or loss on disposition. The cost of such plant or equipment acquired in 1969 or thereafter pursuant to order, recommendation or approval of the committee on water pollution, department of resource development, department of natural resources, state board of health, city council, village board, or county board pursuant to s. 59.07 (53) or (85), 1971 stats., (less any federal depreciation or amortization taken) may be deducted as a subtraction modification or as subtraction modifications in the year or years in which paid or accrued, dependent on the method of accounting employed. In case of such election, appropriate add modifications shall be made in subsequent years to reverse federal depreciation or amortization or to correct gain or loss on disposition. This paragraph is intended to apply only to depreciable property except that where wastes are disposed of through a lagoon process, lagooning costs and the cost of land containing such lagoons may be treated as depreciable property for purposes of this paragraph. In no event may any amount in excess of cost be deducted. The taxpayer shall file with the department copies of all recommendations, orders or approvals relating to installation of such property and such other documents or data relating thereto as the department requests.
(b) The cost of the following described property, less any federal depreciation or amortization taken, may be deducted as a subtraction modification or as subtraction modifications in the year or years in which paid or accrued, dependent on the method of accounting employed: All property purchased or constructed as a waste treatment facility utilized for the treatment of industrial wastes, as defined in s. 281.01 (5), or air contaminants, as defined in s. 285.01 (1), but not for other wastes, as defined in s. 281.01 (7), for the purpose of abating or eliminating pollution of surface waters, the air, or waters of the state and, if the property's owner is taxed under ch. 76, if the property is approved by the department of revenue. In case of such election, appropriate add modifications shall be made in subsequent years to reverse federal depreciation or amortization or to correct gain or loss on disposition. This paragraph is intended to apply only to depreciable property except that where wastes are disposed of through a lagoon process, lagooning costs and the cost of land containing such lagoons may be treated as depreciable property for purposes of this paragraph. In no event may any amount in excess of cost be deducted. Paragraph (a) applies to all property purchased prior to July 31, 1975, or purchased and constructed in fulfillment of a written construction contract or formal written bid, which contract was entered into or which bid was made prior to July 31, 1975.
(12) Basis.
(a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), the Wisconsin basis of an asset owned by an individual, estate or trust and acquired before the individual became a resident of this state or before the estate or trust became subject to taxation under this chapter is the federal adjusted basis.
(b) Whenever an individual acquires a new residence, as defined in section 1034 (a) of the internal revenue code, in this state, the adjusted basis of the new residence is not required to be reduced as required under sections 1016 (a) (7) and 1034 (e) of the internal revenue code upon the sale or exchange of an old residence located outside this state if:
1. The sale or exchange of the old residence occurred in taxable year 1975 or thereafter and the individual was not a resident of this state at the time of sale or exchange of the old residence; or
2. The sale or exchange of the old residence occurred before taxable year 1975, regardless of whether the individual was a resident of this state at the time of sale or exchange of the old residence.
(c) Whenever a resident of this state sells or exchanges a principal residence located outside this state and the nonrecognition of gain provision of section 1034 (a) of the internal revenue code does not apply to that sale or exchange, the adjusted basis of the residence sold or exchanged is not required to be reduced as required by sections 1016 (a) (7) and 1034 (e) of the internal revenue code for any nonrecognized gain on the sale or exchange of any old principal residence located outside this state if:
1. The sale or exchange of the old residence occurred in taxable year 1975 or thereafter and the individual was not a resident of this state at the time of sale or exchange of the old residence; or
2. The sale or exchange of the old residence occurred before taxable year 1975, regardless of whether the individual was a resident of this state at the time of sale or exchange of the old residence.
(d) Property exchanged under s. 766.31 (3) (b) shall be treated as if acquired by gift for the determination of basis.
(13) Transitional adjustments. It is the purpose of this subsection to prevent the double inclusion or omission of any item of income, deduction or basis by reason of change to reporting on the basis of federal taxable income or federal adjusted gross income.
(a) In this subsection:
1. “Adjusted basis" of a liability or reserve account created by accruals or other charges deducted from income for federal or Wisconsin income tax purposes is the current balance of such account on the transitional date.
2. “Changing basis assets" means inventories and assets or accounts, including liability and reserve accounts created by accruals or other charges deducted from income, other than annuity contracts or constant basis assets. “Changing basis assets" include property subject to depreciation, depletion or amortization of cost, premium or discount; capitalized intangible expenses such as trademark expense, research and development expense and loan expense if the same are being amortized for federal income tax purposes; and accruals, reserves and deferrals of either income or expense.
3. “Constant basis assets" means assets, other than inventories, the federal adjusted basis of which does not affect and is not affected by the computation of the taxpayer's federal taxable income except when such asset is sold, exchanged, abandoned or otherwise disposed of.
4. “Federal adjusted basis" means the adjusted basis of the asset or account for the purpose of determining gain on the sale or other disposition thereof computed as of the transitional date for federal income tax purposes.
5. “Owner" means successively the owner of changing basis assets or constant basis assets as of the transitional date and any subsequent owner whose basis for such assets is found by reference to the basis therefor of another person.
6. “Transitional date" means the first day of the taxpayer's 1965 taxable year.
7. “Wisconsin adjusted basis" means the adjusted basis of the asset or account which would have been applicable in determining gain on the sale or other disposition thereof on the day preceding the transitional date.
(b) With respect to a constant basis asset any excess of federal adjusted basis over Wisconsin adjusted basis shall be added to income, and any excess of Wisconsin adjusted basis over federal adjusted basis shall be subtracted from income in the year in which such asset is sold, exchanged, abandoned or otherwise disposed of by the owner in a transaction in which gain or loss is recognized to the owner.
(14) Transitional adjustment; loss carry-forwards. The amount of any long-term capital loss carry-forward from any taxable year prior to the 1982 taxable year which is not allowed as a deduction under section 1211 (b) of the internal revenue code may be deducted, subject to the annual limitations provided in section 1211 (b) of the internal revenue code. A deduction is authorized under this subsection only when the amount of capital loss or capital loss carry-forward deducted in determining federal adjusted gross income for the taxable year is less than the limitations provided in section 1211 (b) of the internal revenue code. For taxable years 1982 to 1985 for married persons, the annual limitation referred to in this subsection shall be determined under the separate return provisions of section 1211 (b) (2) of the internal revenue code. For taxable year 1986 and thereafter for married persons, the annual limitation shall be determined under section 1211 (b) of the internal revenue code.
(15) Transition. In regard to property that, under s. 71.02 (2) (d) 12., 1985 stats., is required to be depreciated for taxable year 1986 under the internal revenue code as amended to December 31, 1980, and that was placed in service by the taxpayer during taxable year 1986 and thereafter but before the property is used in the production of income subject to taxation under this chapter, the property's adjusted basis and the depreciation or other deduction schedule are not required to be changed from the amount allowable on the owner's federal income tax returns for any year because the property is used in the production of income subject to taxation under this chapter.
(16) Depreciation continuation. For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2014, property that, under s. 71.02 (2) (d) 12., 1985 stats., is required to be depreciated for taxable year 1986 under the internal revenue code as amended to December 31, 1980, shall continue to be depreciated under the internal revenue code as amended to December 31, 1980.
(17) Difference in basis. For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2014, with respect to depreciable property that, under s. 71.02 (2) (d) 12., 1985 stats., is required to be depreciated for taxable year 1986 under the internal revenue code as amended to December 31, 1980, and that was disposed of in taxable year 1986 and thereafter, any difference between the adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes and the adjusted basis under this chapter shall be taken into account in determining net income or loss in the year or years that the gain or loss is reportable under this chapter.
(18) Carry-over basis precluded. For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2014, with respect to property that, under s. 71.02 (2) (d) 12., 1985 stats., is required to be depreciated for taxable year 1986 under the internal revenue code as amended to December 31, 1980, and that was acquired in a transaction occurring in taxable year 1986 and thereafter in which the adjusted basis of the property in the hands of the transferee is the same as the adjusted basis of the property in the hands of the transferor, the Wisconsin adjusted basis of that property on the date of transfer is the adjusted basis allowable under the depreciation provisions of the internal revenue code as defined for Wisconsin purposes for the property in the hands of the transferor.
(19) Modification of federal adjusted gross income. Whenever a person other than a corporation acquires, after the transitional date, as defined in sub. (13) (a) 6., a constant basis asset, the federal basis of which is different from the Wisconsin basis, an appropriate modification of federal adjusted gross income shall be made in the year of sale, exchange, abandonment or other disposition of such asset properly to reflect the income consequences of such difference. Whenever such a person acquires, after said transitional date, a changing basis asset the federal basis of which is different from the Wisconsin basis, appropriate modifications of federal adjusted gross income shall be made each year properly to reflect the income consequences of such difference; in any such case the secretary of revenue or his or her delegate may agree with the taxpayer for an amortization of such difference in basis over a period of 5 years or less.
(20) Partnership interests. Whenever a person other than a corporation sells, exchanges or otherwise disposes of an ownership interest in a partnership in a transaction in which gain or loss is recognized, an appropriate modification to federal adjusted gross income may be made in the year of disposition to reflect an increase or decrease in the basis of the partnership interest equal to any reductions or additions in such basis occurring in calendar or fiscal years prior to 1975 as a result of losses or gains relating to business or property which had a situs outside of this state under the provisions of s. 71.07, 1985 stats., in effect for years prior to 1975.
(21) Capital gain and loss treatment for adjustments for difference in Wisconsin and federal basis of capital assets. Notwithstanding the provisions of subs. (7), (10) (b) and (e), (13), (19) and (20), the amount of any adjustment relating to the basis of a capital asset shall be combined with other long-term or short-term capital gains and losses reportable for the taxable year or carry-over year, as appropriate. The provisions of sections 1202, 1211 and 1212 of the internal revenue code, to the extent recognized or allowed by this chapter (including any addition required by s. 71.05 (1) (a) 2., 1983 stats., for the taxable year 1983), apply to the resulting net gain or loss determined. Add or subtract, as appropriate, from federal adjusted gross income of the taxable year or a carry-over year an amount to reflect the income consequences of making the amount of a basis adjustment required under this subsection subject to capital gain and loss treatment.
(22) Standard deduction.
(a) Election of deductions; husband and wife deductions. Natural persons who have not elected the federal standard deduction, or tax tables based on adjusted gross income, in filing their federal income tax return, may elect the Wisconsin standard deduction in reporting Wisconsin's taxable income of the same year.
(b) Deduction precluded. The standard deduction shall not be allowed in computing the taxable income of:
1. A nonresident alien individual.
2. A U.S. citizen entitled to the benefits of section 931 of the internal revenue code for federal income tax purposes, applicable with respect to taxation of individuals on 1973 income, and income of subsequent years.
3. An individual making a return for a period of less than 12 months because of a change in his or her annual accounting period.
4. An estate or trust, common trust fund, partnership or limited liability company.
(c) Deduction limits; 1987. For taxable year 1987, the Wisconsin standard deduction is whichever of the following amounts is appropriate. For a single individual who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of less than $7,500, the standard deduction is $5,200. For a single individual who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of at least $7,500 but not more than $50,830, the standard deduction is the amount obtained by subtracting from $5,200 12 percent of Wisconsin adjusted gross income in excess of $7,500 but not less than $0. For a single individual who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of more than $50,830, the standard deduction is $0. For a married couple filing jointly that has an aggregate Wisconsin adjusted gross income of less than $10,000, the standard deduction is $7,560. For a married couple filing jointly that has an aggregate Wisconsin adjusted gross income of at least $10,000 but not more than $70,480, the standard deduction is the amount obtained by subtracting from $7,560 12.5 percent of aggregate Wisconsin adjusted gross income in excess of $10,000 but not less than $0. For a married couple filing jointly that has an aggregate Wisconsin adjusted gross income of more than $70,480, the standard deduction is $0. For a married individual filing separately who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of less than $4,750, the standard deduction is $3,590. For a married individual filing separately who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of at least $4,750 but not more than $33,470, the standard deduction is the amount obtained by subtracting from $3,590 12.5 percent of Wisconsin adjusted gross income in excess of $4,750 but not less than $0. For a married individual filing separately who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of more than $33,470, the standard deduction is $0. The secretary of revenue shall prepare a table under which deductions under this paragraph shall be determined. That table shall be published in the department's instructional booklets.
(d) Deduction limits; 1988 to 1993. Except as provided in par. (f), for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1988, but before January 1, 1994, the Wisconsin standard deduction is whichever of the following amounts is appropriate. For a single individual who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of less than $7,500, the standard deduction is $5,200. For a single individual who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of at least $7,500 but not more than $50,830, the standard deduction is the amount obtained by subtracting from $5,200 12 percent of Wisconsin adjusted gross income in excess of $7,500 but not less than $0. For a single individual who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of more than $50,830, the standard deduction is $0. For a married couple filing jointly that has an aggregate Wisconsin adjusted gross income of less than $10,000, the standard deduction is $8,900. For a married couple filing jointly that has an aggregate Wisconsin adjusted gross income of at least $10,000 but not more than $55,000, the standard deduction is the amount obtained by subtracting from $8,900 19.778 percent of aggregate Wisconsin adjusted gross income in excess of $10,000 but not less than $0. For a married couple filing jointly that has an aggregate Wisconsin adjusted gross income of more than $55,000, the standard deduction is $0. For a married individual filing separately who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of less than $4,750, the standard deduction is $4,230. For a married individual filing separately who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of at least $4,750 but not more than $26,140, the standard deduction is the amount obtained by subtracting from $4,230 19.778 percent of Wisconsin adjusted gross income in excess of $4,750 but not less than $0. For a married individual filing separately who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of more than $26,140, the standard deduction is $0. The secretary of revenue shall prepare a table under which deductions under this paragraph shall be determined. That table shall be published in the department's instructional booklets.
(dm) Deduction limits; 1994 to 1999. Except as provided in par. (f), for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1993, and before January 1, 2000, the Wisconsin standard deduction is whichever of the following amounts is appropriate. For a single individual who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of less than $7,500, the standard deduction is $5,200. For a single individual who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of at least $7,500, the standard deduction is the amount obtained by subtracting from $5,200 12 percent of Wisconsin adjusted gross income in excess of $7,500 but not less than $0. For a head of household who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of less than $7,500, the standard deduction is $7,040. For a head of household who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of at least $7,500, the standard deduction is the amount obtained by subtracting from $7,040 22.515 percent of Wisconsin adjusted gross income in excess of $7,500 but not less than $0, until the adjusted gross income amount at which the standard deduction is equal to the standard deduction for a single individual at the same adjusted gross income amount. For a head of household who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of more than this amount, the standard deduction shall be calculated as if the head of household were a single individual. For a married couple filing jointly that has an aggregate Wisconsin adjusted gross income of less than $10,000, the standard deduction is $8,900. For a married couple filing jointly that has an aggregate Wisconsin adjusted gross income of at least $10,000, the standard deduction is the amount obtained by subtracting from $8,900 19.778 percent of aggregate Wisconsin adjusted gross income in excess of $10,000 but not less than $0. For a married individual filing separately who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of less than $4,750, the standard deduction is $4,230. For a married individual filing separately who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of at least $4,750, the standard deduction is the amount obtained by subtracting from $4,230 19.778 percent of Wisconsin adjusted gross income in excess of $4,750 but not less than $0. The secretary of revenue shall prepare a table under which deductions under this paragraph shall be determined. That table shall be published in the department's instructional booklets.
(dp) Deduction limits, 2000 and thereafter.
1. Except as provided in par. (f), and subject to subd. 2., for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999, the Wisconsin standard deduction is whichever of the following amounts is appropriate. For a single individual who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of less than $10,380, the standard deduction is $7,200. For a single individual who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of at least $10,380, the standard deduction is the amount obtained by subtracting from $7,200 12 percent of Wisconsin adjusted gross income in excess of $10,380 but not less than $0. For a head of household who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of less than $10,380, the standard deduction is $9,300. For a head of household who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of at least $10,380, the standard deduction is the amount obtained by subtracting from $9,300 22.515 percent of Wisconsin adjusted gross income in excess of $10,380, but not less than $0, until the adjusted gross income amount at which the standard deduction is equal to the standard deduction for a single individual at the same adjusted gross income amount. For a head of household who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of more than this amount, the standard deduction shall be calculated as if the head of household were a single individual. For a married couple filing jointly that has an aggregate Wisconsin adjusted gross income of less than $14,570, the standard deduction is $12,970. For a married couple filing jointly that has an aggregate Wisconsin adjusted gross income of at least $14,570, the standard deduction is the amount obtained by subtracting from $12,970 19.778 percent of aggregate Wisconsin adjusted gross income in excess of $14,570 but not less than $0. For a married individual filing separately who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of less than $6,920, the standard deduction is $6,160. For a married individual filing separately who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of at least $6,920, the standard deduction is the amount obtained by subtracting from $6,160 19.778 percent of Wisconsin adjusted gross income in excess of $6,920 but not less than $0. The secretary of revenue shall prepare a table under which deductions under this subdivision shall be determined. That table shall be published in the department's instructional booklets.
2. Except as provided in par. (f), for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015, the Wisconsin standard deduction is whichever of the following amounts is appropriate. For a married couple filing jointly that has an aggregate Wisconsin adjusted gross income of less than $21,360, the standard deduction is $19,010. For a married couple filing jointly that has an aggregate Wisconsin adjusted gross income of at least $21,360, the standard deduction is the amount obtained by subtracting from $19,010 19.778 percent of aggregate Wisconsin adjusted gross income in excess of $21,360 but not less than $0. For a married individual filing separately who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of less than $10,140, the standard deduction is $9,030. For a married individual filing separately who has a Wisconsin adjusted gross income of at least $10,140, the standard deduction is the amount obtained by subtracting from $9,030 19.778 percent of Wisconsin adjusted gross income in excess of $10,140 but not less than $0. The secretary of revenue shall prepare a table under which deductions under this subdivision shall be determined. That table shall be published in the department's instructional booklets.
(ds) Standard deduction indexing. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 1998, and before January 1, 2000, the dollar amounts of the standard deduction that is allowable under par. (dm) and all of the dollar amounts of Wisconsin adjusted gross income under par. (dm) shall be increased each year by a percentage equal to the percentage change between the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the previous year and the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the year before the previous year, as determined by the federal department of labor. Each amount that is revised under this paragraph shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $10 if the revised amount is not a multiple of $10 or, if the revised amount is a multiple of $5, such an amount shall be increased to the next higher multiple of $10. The department of revenue shall annually adjust the changes in dollar amounts required under this paragraph and incorporate the changes into the income tax forms and instructions.
(dt) Standard deduction indexing, 2001 and thereafter. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000, the dollar amounts of the standard deduction that is allowable under par. (dp) and all of the dollar amounts of Wisconsin adjusted gross income under par. (dp) shall be increased each year by a percentage equal to the percentage change between the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August of the previous year and the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, for the month of August 1999, as determined by the federal department of labor, except that for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011, the adjustment may occur only if the resulting amount is greater than the corresponding amount that was calculated for the previous year, and except that the base year for the adjustments to the dollar amounts of the standard deduction and all of the dollar amounts of Wisconsin adjusted gross income under par. (dp) 2. shall be 2015. Each amount that is revised under this paragraph shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $10 if the revised amount is not a multiple of $10 or, if the revised amount is a multiple of $5, such an amount shall be increased to the next higher multiple of $10. The department of revenue shall annually adjust the changes in dollar amounts required under this paragraph and incorporate the changes into the income tax forms and instructions.
(e) Proration for fiscal year filer. For a fiscal year taxpayer, any increase in the standard deduction over the standard deduction permissible in the previous calendar year must be prorated by taking into account the number of days of the taxpayer's fiscal year falling in each calendar year.
(f) Limitation for dependent who files return.
1m. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 1997, in the case of a taxpayer with respect to whom an exemption under sub. (23) (b) 2. is allowable to another person, the Wisconsin standard deduction shall be the lesser of the amount under subd. 2m. or one of the amounts calculated under subd. 3m., whichever amount under subd. 3m. is greater.
NOTE: The cross-reference to subd. 2m. was changed from subd. 4. b. and the cross-references to subd. 3m. were changed from subd. 4. c. by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2. to reflect the renumbering under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2. of s. 71.05 (22) (f) 4.
2m. The standard deduction that may be claimed by an individual under par. (dm) or (dp), based on the individual's filing status.
3m. $500, as adjusted for inflation in the manner prescribed by sections 1 (f) (3) to (6) and 63 (c) (4) of the Internal Revenue Code or the taxpayer's earned income, as defined in section 911 (d) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code, plus $250, as adjusted for inflation in the manner prescribed by sections 1 (f) (3) to (6) and 63 (c) (4) of the Internal Revenue Code.
4m. The department shall incorporate the changes in this paragraph in the income tax forms and instructions.
NOTE: The cross-reference to “this paragraph” was changed from “this subdivision” by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2. to reflect the renumbering under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2. of s. 71.05 (22) (f) 4.
NOTE: Par. (f) is shown as renumbered from subd. 4. by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2.
(g) Nonresidents. With respect to nonresident natural persons deriving income from property located, business transacted or personal or professional services performed in this state, including natural persons changing their domicile into or from this state, the Wisconsin standard deduction and itemized deductions are based on federal adjusted gross income, and as provided in par. (f), and are limited by such fraction of that amount as Wisconsin adjusted gross income is of federal adjusted gross income. In this paragraph, for married persons filing separately “adjusted gross income" means the separate adjusted gross income of each spouse, and for married persons filing jointly “adjusted gross income" means the total adjusted gross income of both spouses.
NOTE: The cross-reference to par. (f) was changed from par. (f) 4. by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2. to reflect the renumbering under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2. of s. 71.05 (22) (f) 4.
(h) Part-year residents. If a person and that person's spouse are not both domiciled in this state during the entire taxable year, the Wisconsin standard deduction or itemized deduction on a joint return is determined by multiplying the Wisconsin standard deduction or itemized deduction, each calculated on the basis of federal adjusted gross income, and as provided in par. (f), by a fraction the numerator of which is their joint Wisconsin adjusted gross income and the denominator of which is their joint federal adjusted gross income. For a married person who is not domiciled in this state for the entire taxable year and who files a separate return, the Wisconsin standard deduction and itemized deduction are determined under par. (g).
NOTE: The cross-reference to par. (f) was changed from par. (f) 4. by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2. to reflect the renumbering under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2. of s. 71.05 (22) (f) 4.
(23) Personal exemptions. In computing Wisconsin taxable income, an individual taxpayer may subtract the following amounts:
(a) For taxable years that begin after December 31, 1999, and before January 1, 2001:
1. A personal exemption of $600 if the taxpayer is required to file a return under s. 71.03 (2) (a) 1. or 2. and $600 for the taxpayer's spouse, except if the spouse is filing separately or as a head of household.
2. An exemption of $600 for each individual for whom the taxpayer is entitled to an exemption for the taxable year under section 151 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code.
3. An additional exemption of $200 if the taxpayer has reached the age of 65 before the close of the taxable year to which his or her tax return relates and $200 for the taxpayer's spouse if he or she has reached the age of 65 before the close of the taxable year to which his or her tax return relates, except if the spouse is filing separately or as a head of household.
(b) For taxable years that begin after December 31, 2000:
1. A personal exemption of $700 if the taxpayer is required to file a return under s. 71.03 (2) (a) 1. or 2. and $700 for the taxpayer's spouse, except if the spouse is filing separately or as a head of household.
2. An exemption of $700 for each dependent, as defined under section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code, of the taxpayer.
3. An additional exemption of $250 if the taxpayer has reached the age of 65 before the close of the taxable year to which his or her tax return relates and $250 for the taxpayer's spouse if he or she has reached the age of 65 before the close of the taxable year to which his or her tax return relates, except if the spouse is filing separately or as a head of household.
(c) With respect to persons who change their domicile into or from this state during the taxable year and nonresident persons, personal exemptions under pars. (a) and (b) shall be limited to the fraction of the amount so determined that Wisconsin adjusted gross income is of federal adjusted gross income. In this paragraph, for married persons filing separately “adjusted gross income" means the separate adjusted gross income of each spouse and for married persons filing jointly “adjusted gross income" means the total adjusted gross income of both spouses. If a person and that person's spouse are not both domiciled in this state during the entire taxable year, their personal exemptions on a joint return are determined by multiplying the personal exemption that would be available to each of them if they were both domiciled in this state during the entire taxable year by a fraction the numerator of which is their joint Wisconsin adjusted gross income and the denominator of which is their joint federal adjusted gross income.
(24) Income tax deferral; long-term capital assets.
(a) In this subsection:
1. “Claimant" means an individual; an individual partner or member of a partnership, limited liability company, or limited liability partnership; or an individual shareholder of a tax-option corporation.
2. “Financial institution" has the meaning given in s. 69.30 (1) (b).
3. “Long-term capital gain" means the gain realized from the sale of any capital asset held more than one year that is treated as a long-term gain under the Internal Revenue Code.
4. “Qualified new business venture" means a business certified under s. 238.20, 2011 stats., or s. 560.2085, 2009 stats.
(b) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010, and before January 1, 2014, a claimant may subtract from federal adjusted gross income any amount, up to $10,000,000, of a long-term capital gain if the claimant does all of the following:
1. Deposits the gain into a segregated account in a financial institution.
2. Within 180 days after the sale of the asset that generated the gain, invests all of the proceeds in the account described under subd. 1. in a qualified new business venture.
3. After making the investment as described under subd. 2., notifies the department, on a form prepared by the department, that the claimant will not declare on the claimant's income tax return the gain described under subd. 1. because the claimant has reinvested the capital gain as described under subd. 2. The form shall be sent to the department along with the claimant's income tax return for the year to which the claim relates.
(c) The basis of the investment described in par. (b) 2. shall be calculated by subtracting the gain described in par. (b) 1. from the amount of the investment described in par. (b) 2.
(d) If a claimant defers the payment of income taxes on a capital gain under this subsection, the claimant may not use the gain described under par. (b) 1. to net capital gains and losses, as described under sub. (10) (c).
(25) Capital gains exclusion; qualified Wisconsin business.
(a) In this subsection:
1. “Claimant" means an individual; an individual partner or member of a partnership, limited liability company, or limited liability partnership; or an individual shareholder of a tax-option corporation.
1m. “Investment” means amounts paid to acquire stock or other ownership interest in a partnership, corporation, tax-option corporation, or limited liability company treated as a partnership or corporation.
1s. “Qualified Wisconsin business" means a business certified by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation under s. 238.145, 2011 stats., or registered with the department under s. 73.03 (69).
2. “Qualifying gain" means a long-term capital gain under the Internal Revenue Code realized from the sale of an investment made after December 31, 2010, and held for at least 5 uninterrupted years in a business that for the year of investment and at least 2 of the 4 subsequent years was a qualified Wisconsin business; except that a qualifying gain may not include any amount for which the claimant claimed a subtraction under sub. (24) (b) or any gain described under sub. (26) (b) and may not exceed the fair market value of the investment on the date sold, less the fair market value of the investment on the date acquired.
(b) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015, for an investment in a qualified Wisconsin business made after December 31, 2010, and held for at least 5 uninterrupted years, a claimant may subtract from federal adjusted gross income the amount of the claimant's qualifying gain in the year to which the claim relates, to the extent that it is not subtracted under sub. (6) (b) 9. or 9m.
(25m) Capital gains exclusion; opportunity zones.
(a) In this subsection:
1. “Claimant" means an individual; an individual partner or member of a partnership, limited liability company, or limited liability partnership; or an individual shareholder of a tax-option corporation.
2. “Wisconsin qualified opportunity fund” means a qualified opportunity fund, as defined in 26 USC 1400Z-2 (d) (1), that holds at least 90 percent of its assets in Wisconsin qualified opportunity zone property, as measured on the last day of the first 6-month period of the fund's taxable year and the last day of the fund's taxable year.
3. “Wisconsin qualified opportunity zone” means a population census tract located in this state that is designated as a qualified opportunity zone under 26 USC 1400Z-1.
4. “Wisconsin qualified opportunity zone property” means qualified opportunity zone property, as defined in 26 USC 1400Z-2 (d) (2), except that qualified opportunity zone business property, as defined in 26 USC 1400Z-2 (d) (2) (D) and (3) (A) (i), shall be located in a Wisconsin qualified opportunity zone.
(b) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019, a claimant may subtract from federal adjusted gross income the amount of gain excluded from federal gross income in the taxable year due to the application of 26 USC 1400Z-2 (b) (2) (B) (iii) for an investment held in a Wisconsin qualified opportunity fund for at least 5 years or due to the application of 26 USC 1400Z-2 (b) (2) (B) (iv) for an investment held in a Wisconsin qualified opportunity fund for at least 7 years; except that the gain may not include any amount for which the claimant claimed a subtraction under sub. (25) (b) or any gain described under sub. (26) (b).
(c) No later than January 31 of the year following the close of the fund's taxable year, a fund shall annually certify to each investor and the department that it qualifies as a Wisconsin qualified opportunity fund for the fund's taxable year.
(d) Nothing in this subsection affects, or requires an adjustment to, a subtraction by the claimant under sub. (6) (b) 9. for the same taxable year.
(e) An individual partner, member, or shareholder may not make a subtraction under par. (b) if the entity of which the individual is a partner, member, or shareholder makes a subtraction under par. (b) when computing net income under s. 71.21 (6) (d) 1. or makes a subtraction under s. 71.34 (1k) (p) when computing net income under s. 71.365 (4m) (d) 1.
(26) Income tax deferral; qualified Wisconsin business.
(a) In this subsection:
1. “Claimant" means an individual; an individual partner or member of a partnership, limited liability company, or limited liability partnership; or an individual shareholder of a tax-option corporation.
2. “Financial institution" has the meaning given in s. 69.30 (1) (b).
2m. “Investment” means amounts paid to acquire stock or other ownership interest in a partnership, corporation, tax-option corporation, or limited liability company treated as a partnership or corporation.
3. “Long-term capital gain" means the gain realized from the sale of any capital asset held more than one year that is treated as a long-term gain under the Internal Revenue Code.
4. “Qualified Wisconsin business" means a business certified by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation under s. 238.146, 2011 stats., or registered with the department under s. 73.03 (69).
(b) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010, and before January 1, 2014, a claimant may subtract from federal adjusted gross income any amount of a long-term capital gain if the claimant does all of the following:
1. Deposits the gain into a segregated account in a financial institution.
2. Within 180 days after the sale of the asset that generated the gain, invests all of the proceeds in the account described under subd. 1. in a qualified Wisconsin business.
3. After making the investment as described under subd. 2., notifies the department, on a form prepared by the department, that the claimant will not declare on the claimant's income tax return the gain described under subd. 1. because the claimant has reinvested the capital gain as described under subd. 2. The form shall be sent to the department along with the claimant's income tax return for the year to which the claim relates.
(bm) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013, a claimant may subtract from federal adjusted gross income any amount of a long-term capital gain if the claimant does all of the following:
1. Within 180 days after the sale of the asset that generated the gain, invests all of the gain in a qualified Wisconsin business.
2. After making the investment as described under subd. 1., notifies the department, on a form prepared by the department, that the claimant will not declare the gain on the claimant's income tax return because the claimant has reinvested the capital gain as described under subd. 1. The form shall be sent to the department along with the claimant's income tax return for the year to which the claim relates.
(c) The basis of the investment described in par. (b) 2. shall be calculated by subtracting the gain described in par. (b) 1. from the amount of the investment described in par. (b) 2. The basis of the investment described in par. (bm) 1. shall be calculated by subtracting the gain described in par. (bm) 1. from the amount of the investment described in par. (bm) 1.
(d) If a claimant defers the payment of income taxes on a capital gain under this subsection, the claimant may not use the gain to net capital gains and losses, as described under sub. (10) (c).
(e) If a claimant claims the subtraction under this subsection, the claimant may not use the gain described under par. (b) 1. to claim a subtraction under sub. (24).
(f) If a claimant claims a subtraction for a capital gain under par. (b) or (bm), the gain may not be used as a qualifying gain under sub. (25).
History: 1987 a. 312; 1987 a. 411 ss. 42, 43, 45, 47 to 49, 51 to 53; 1989 a. 31, 46; 1991 a. 2, 37, 39, 269; 1993 a. 16, 112, 204, 263, 437; 1995 a. 27, 56, 209, 227, 261, 371, 403, 453; 1997 a. 27, 35, 39, 237; 1999 a. 9, 32, 44, 54, 65, 167; 2001 a. 16, 104, 105, 109; 2003 a. 85, 99, 119, 135, 183, 255, 289, 321, 326; 2005 a. 22, 25, 216, 254, 335, 361, 479, 483; 2007 a. 20, 96, 226; 2009 a. 2, 28, 205, 265, 269, 276, 295, 332, 344; 2011 a. 3, 5, 10, 32, 212, 232, 237; 2011 a. 260 ss. 80, 81; 2013 a. 19, 20, 128, 145; 2013 a. 166 s. 76; 2013 a. 173, 227; 2015 a. 55, 60, 84, 195; 2015 a. 197 s. 51; 2015 a. 216, 312; 2017 a. 17, 58, 59, 197, 231, 368; 2019 a. 7, 9, 54, 136; 2021 a. 1, 58, 127, 156, 157, 239; 2021 a. 240 ss. 12, 30; s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2.
Shareholder distributions derived from investments in direct obligations of the federal government are exempt under sub. (6) (b) 1. Capital Preservation v. DOR, 145 Wis. 2d 841, 429 N.W.2d 551 (Ct. App. 1988).
The fact that federal employees whose service is interrupted can repurchase prior years of employment for benefit determination purposes does not erase their absence from employment on December 31, 1963 so that they may be considered to have been employed on that date under sub. (1) (a). Hafner v. DOR, 2000 WI App 216, 239 Wis. 2d 218, 619 N.W.2d 300, 00-0511.
Sub. (6) (a) 1. requires adding to Wisconsin income all types of interest excluded from federal interest. All distributions characterized as interest under federal tax law must be included as interest income. Borge v. Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission, 2002 WI App 14, 250 Wis. 2d 624, 639 N.W.2d 757, 01-0488.
When an agreement is silent on the allocation of a payment between a covenant not to compete and other claims or compensation, the commission may make a reasonable allocation if it is: 1) based on credible evidence; 2) the parties intended a portion of the payment as compensation for the covenant not to compete; and 3) the payment is economically reasonable. Schwartz v. DOR, 2002 WI App 255, 258 Wis. 2d 112, 653 N.W.2d 150, 02-0372.
Under sub. (1) (a), if one was a member of one of the listed funds on December 31, 1963, retirement benefits paid on that person's behalf may not be exempt. Withdrawal of contributions terminated membership and the purchase of previously forfeited years of service did not reinstate the account as of December 31, 1963. Kamps v. DOR, 2003 WI App 106, 264 Wis. 2d 794, 663 N.W.2d 306, 02-2355.
Sub. (6) (b) 5. requires that there be a recovery of a federal itemized deduction, for which no tax benefit was received for Wisconsin purposes. The tax benefit rule means that if an amount deducted from gross income in one taxable year is recoverable in a later year, the recovery is income in the later year. Dettwiler v. DOR, 2007 WI App 125, 301 Wis. 2d 512, 731 N.W.2d 663, 06-1660.
Adoption Assistance Offers Tax Relief. Franklin. Wis. Law. Feb. 1998.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 71 - Income and franchise taxes for state and local revenues.
71.03 - Filing returns; certain claims.
71.04 - Situs of income; allocation and apportionment.
71.09 - Payment of estimated taxes.
71.16 - Allocation of modifications.
71.24 - Filing returns; extensions; payment of tax.
71.25 - Situs of income; allocation and apportionment.
71.265 - Previously exempt corporations; basis and depreciation.
71.29 - Payments of estimated taxes.
71.35 - Imposition of additional tax on tax-option corporations.
71.385 - Determination of cost.
71.44 - Filing returns; extensions; payment of tax.
71.48 - Payments of estimated taxes.
71.54 - Computation of credit.
71.613 - Farmland preservation credit, 2010 and beyond.
71.64 - Employers required to withhold.
71.65 - Filing returns or reports.
71.66 - Employee exemption certificates.
71.71 - Wages subject to withholding.
71.715 - Wages not subject to withholding.
71.72 - Statement of nonwage payments.
71.74 - Department audits, additional assessments and refunds.
71.745 - Pass-through entity audits, additional assessments and refunds at the entity level.
71.76 - Internal revenue service and other state adjustments.
71.77 - Statutes of limitations, assessments and refunds; when permitted.
71.775 - Withholding from nonresident members of pass-through entities.
71.78 - Confidentiality provisions.
71.80 - General administrative provisions.
71.805 - Tax avoidance transactions voluntary compliance program.
71.81 - Disclosing reportable transactions.
71.88 - Time for filing an appeal.
71.90 - Depositing contested amounts.
71.91 - Collection provisions.
71.93 - Setoffs for other state agencies.