76.645 Penalties.
(1) Late payment. An insurer that fails to make quarterly payments under s. 76.64 of at least 25 percent of either the total tax paid for the previous calendar year or 80 percent of the actual tax for the current calendar year is liable, in addition to the amount due, for interest of 1.5 percent of the amount due and unpaid for each month or part of a month that the amount due, together with any interest, remains unpaid.
(2) Negligence. An insurer that fails to pay an amount due, or file a return required, under s. 76.64, and upon a showing by the department of revenue under s. 73.16 (4), is liable for the greater of the following amounts:
(a) Five hundred dollars.
(b) Five percent of the amount due for each month or fraction of a month during which the failure continues, but not more than 25 percent of the amount due.
History: 1985 a. 29; 2011 a. 68.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 76 - Taxation of public utilities and insurers.
76.01 - Railroads and utilities, assessment.
76.025 - Miscellaneous provisions.
76.03 - Unit assessment and situs for taxation.
76.04 - Reports of companies; penalty.
76.05 - Refusal or neglect to report.
76.06 - General powers of investigation.
76.075 - Adjustments of assessments.
76.09 - Assessment of omitted property.
76.11 - Aggregate of all general property taxes.
76.125 - Net tax rate for commercial and manufacturing property.
76.126 - Average net rate of taxation.
76.14 - Remedies for nonpayment of taxes.
76.17 - Immaterial irregularities.
76.18 - Presumption of regularity.
76.23 - Exemption from other taxation.
76.24 - Distribution of revenue.
76.25 - Experts and employees.
76.28 - License fee for light, heat and power companies.
76.29 - License fee for selling electricity at wholesale.
76.30 - Confidentiality provisions.
76.31 - Determination of ad valorem tax receipts for hub facility exemptions.
76.46 - Powers of investigation.
76.48 - License fees, electric cooperatives.
76.54 - Motor carriers and urban transit companies; municipal taxation.
76.60 - Fire, travel, and marine insurers; license fees.
76.61 - Town mutual insurers; taxes, charges, dues and license fees.
76.62 - License fees; calculation of.
76.63 - Casualty insurance; license fees.
76.635 - Credit for investment in certified capital companies.
76.636 - Credit for certain development zone activities.
76.637 - Economic development credit.
76.638 - Early stage seed investment credit.
76.639 - Low-income housing credit.
76.64 - Quarterly installments.
76.65 - Life insurers; license fee.
76.655 - Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan assessments credit.
76.66 - Retaliatory taxation of nondomestic insurers.
76.67 - Reciprocal taxation of foreign insurers.
76.68 - License; issuance; collection of fees.