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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) The ordinance under s. 77.994 is effective on January 1, April 1, July 1 or October 1. The municipality or county shall deliver a certified copy of that ordinance, or an amended ordinance under s. 77.994(3), to the secretary of revenue at least 120 days before its effective date.
(3) A municipality or county that imposes a tax under s. 77.994 may repeal that ordinance. A repeal is effective on December 31. The municipality or county shall deliver a certified copy of the repeal ordinance to the secretary of revenue at least 60 days before its effective date.
(3m)(a) The department of revenue may promulgate rules interpreting the classifications under s. 77.994(1) and specifying means of determining the classifications of business. If there is a dispute whether a business is in one of the classifications under s. 77.994(1), the department of revenue's decision is final.
(b) The department of revenue shall provide appropriate guidance regarding the application of the tax imposed under this subchapter to all persons who hold a sales tax permit issued by the department. Any retail outlet that would have been classified as a tourism related retailer under s. 77.994(1), but for the fact that it is a retail outlet for a manufacturer or wholesaler, shall be considered a tourism related retailer for purposes of s. 77.994(1).
(4) Sections 77.72, 77.73, 77.74, 77.75, 77.76(1), (2), and (4), 77.77(1), 77.785(1), and 77.79, as they apply to the taxes under subch. V, apply to the tax under this subchapter.
(5) From the appropriation under s. 20.835(4)(gd) the department shall distribute 97 percent of the taxes under this subchapter reported, for each municipality or county that has imposed the tax, minus the municipality's or county's portion of the retailers' discounts, to the municipality or county and shall indicate the taxes reported by each taxpayer, no later than the end of the 3rd month following the end of the calendar quarter in which such amounts were reported. In this subsection, the “municipality's or county's portion of the retailers' discount” is the amount determined by multiplying the total retailers' discount by a fraction the numerator of which is the gross sales and use taxes payable under this subchapter and the denominator of which is the sum of the gross state sales and use taxes and the sales taxes and use taxes payable under this subchapter. The taxes under this subchapter distributed shall be increased or decreased to reflect subsequent refunds, audit adjustments and all other adjustments of the taxes under this subchapter previously distributed. Interest paid on refunds of sales and use taxes under this subchapter shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.835(4)(gd) at the rate paid by this state under s. 77.60(1)(a). Any municipality or county receiving a report under this subsection is subject to the duties of confidentiality to which the department of revenue is subject under s. 77.61(5)and (6).
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wisconsin Statutes Taxation (Ch. 70 to 79) § 77.9941. Administration - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/taxation-ch-70-to-79/wi-st-77-9941/
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