77.9961 License and fee.
(1)
(a) No person may operate a dry cleaning facility in this state unless the person completes and submits to the department an application for a license on a form that the department prescribes.
(b) The department may require, before or after the license is issued, that any person who submits an application for a license under par. (a) provide a security deposit to the department. For purposes of this paragraph, s. 77.61 (2), as it applies to a security deposit related to a seller's permit, applies to the security deposit required under this subsection.
(c) Subject to par. (b), the department shall issue a license to each person who completes and submits an application for a license under par. (a). If a dry cleaning facility is sold, the seller may transfer the license to the buyer. A license is valid until the license is surrendered by the person to whom the license was issued or transferred or until the license is revoked by the department as provided in par. (e). A license is valid only for the facility designated by the license and the license holder shall display the license prominently in the facility to which the license applies.
(d) Section 77.52 (12), as it applies to a person who operates as a seller without a seller's permit, applies to a person who operates a dry cleaning facility without a license issued under this subsection.
(e) The department may revoke a license issued under this subsection if the person who holds the license fails to comply with any provision of this subchapter related to the fees imposed under this subchapter or any rule promulgated by the department related to the fees imposed under this subchapter, is delinquent with respect to taxes imposed by the department, or fails to timely file a return or report with respect to taxes imposed under chs. 71, 72, 76, 77, 78, or 139 after having been requested to file the return or report. Section 77.52 (11), as it applies to revoking a seller's permit, applies to revoking a license issued under this subsection.
(1m) Every person operating a dry cleaning facility shall pay to the department a fee for each dry cleaning facility that the person operates. The fee shall be paid in installments, as provided in sub. (2), and each installment is equal to 2.8 percent of the gross receipts from the previous 3 months from dry cleaning apparel and household fabrics, but not from formal wear the facility rents to the general public.
(2) Persons who owe a fee under this section shall pay it in installments on or before April 25, July 25, October 25 and January 25.
(3) The department shall send to each dry cleaning facility of which the department is aware a form on which to apply for a license under this section.
History: 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9; 2003 a. 312, 326; 2007 a. 20, 96; 2017 a. 324.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
77.015 - Lands in villages included.
77.03 - Taxation of forest croplands.
77.08 - Supplemental severance tax.
77.09 - False reports, penalties.
77.10 - Withdrawal of forest croplands.
77.11 - Accounts of department of natural resources.
77.12 - Review of findings, venue.
77.13 - Termination of forest croplands program.
77.14 - Forest croplands information, protection, appropriation.
77.17 - Contracts for land in the lower Wisconsin state riverway.
77.22 - Imposition of real estate transfer fee.
77.23 - Disposition of fees and returns.
77.255 - Exemptions from return.
77.256 - Local fees prohibited.
77.26 - Powers of investigation, additional fees, refunds, penalties.
77.27 - Penalty for falsifying value.
77.52 - Imposition of retail sales tax.
77.523 - Liability of marketplace providers, retailers, and marketplace sellers.
77.524 - Seller and 3rd-party liability.
77.525 - Reduction to prevent double taxation.
77.53 - Imposition of use tax.
77.535 - Increases; building materials.
77.55 - Exemptions from sales tax.
77.56 - Exemptions from use tax.
77.57 - Liability of purchaser.
77.59 - Deficiency and refund determinations.
77.60 - Interest and penalties.
77.61 - Administrative provisions.
77.62 - Collection of delinquent sales and use taxes.
77.63 - Collection compensation.
77.65 - Uniform sales and use tax administration.
77.66 - Certification for collection of sales and use tax.
77.67 - Amnesty for new registrants.
77.68 - Qualified child sales and use tax rebate for 2018.
77.70 - Adoption by county ordinance.
77.705 - Adoption by resolution; baseball park district.
77.706 - Adoption by resolution; football stadium district.
77.71 - Imposition of county and special district sales and use taxes.
77.77 - Transitional provisions.
77.79 - Relation to subch. III.
77.82 - Managed forest land; application.
77.83 - Closed, open and restricted areas.
77.84 - Taxation of managed forest land.
77.876 - Noncompliance assessment.
77.88 - Withdrawal; transfer of ownership; nonrenewal.
77.885 - Withdrawal of tribal lands.
77.89 - Distribution of moneys received.
77.895 - Grants for land acquisitions for outdoor activities.
77.905 - Procedure in forfeiture actions.
77.91 - Miscellaneous provisions.
77.935 - Single-owner entities.
77.94 - Surcharge determination.
77.95 - Interest and penalties.
77.994 - Premier resort area tax.