Wisconsin Code § 71.34

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In this subchapter:
(1am) “Aggregate effective tax rate” means the sum of the effective tax rates imposed by a state, U.S. possession, foreign
country, or any combination thereof, on the person or entity.
(1b) “Effective tax rate” means the maximum tax rate imposed by the state, U.S. possession, or foreign country, multiplied
by the apportionment percentage, if any, applicable to the person
or entity under the laws of that state, U.S. possession, or foreign
country.
(1c) For purposes of sub. (1k) (j) and (L), “intangible expenses” include the following, to the extent that the amounts
would otherwise be deductible in computing Wisconsin adjusted
gross income:
(a) Expenses, losses, and costs for, related to, or directly or indirectly in connection with the acquisition, use, maintenance,
management, ownership, sale, exchange, or any other disposition
of intangible property.
(b) Losses related to, or incurred in connection directly or indirectly with, factoring transactions or discounting transactions.
(c) Royalty, patent, technical, and copyright fees.
(d) Licensing fees.
(e) Other similar expenses, losses, and costs.
(1d) “Intangible property” includes stocks, bonds, financial
instruments, patents, patent applications, trade names, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, mask works, trade secrets, and
similar types of intangible assets.
(1e) For purposes of sub. (1k) (j) and (L), “interest expenses”
means interest that would otherwise be deductible under section
163 of the Internal Revenue Code and deductible in the computation of Wisconsin adjusted gross income.
(1g) (a) For taxable years beginning after December 31,
2022, for tax option corporations, “Internal Revenue Code”
means the federal Internal Revenue Code as amended to December 31, 2022, except as provided in pars. (b), (c), and (e) and s.
71.98, and subject to par. (d).
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. 71.34 (1g) (n).
(b) For purposes of this subsection, “Internal Revenue Code”
does not include the following provisions of federal public laws
for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022: sections 1,
3, 4, and 5 of P.L. 106-519; sections 101, 102, and 422 of P.L.
108-357; sections 1310 and 1351 of P.L. 109-58; section 11146
of P.L. 109-59; section 403 (q) of P.L. 109-135; section 513 of
P.L. 109-222; section 104 of P.L. 109-432; sections 8233 and

8235 of P.L. 110-28; section 11 (e) and (g) of P.L. 110-172; section 301 of P.L. 110-245; section 15351 of P.L. 110-246; section
302 of division A, section 401 of division B, and sections 312,
322, 502 (c), 707, and 801 of division C of P.L. 110-343; sections
1232, 1251, 1501, and 1502 of division B of P.L. 111-5; sections
211, 212, 213, 214, and 216 of P.L. 111-226; section 2122 of P.L.
111-240; sections 754 and 760 of P.L. 111-312; sections 104,
318, 322, 323, 326, 327, and 411 of P.L. 112-240; P.L. 114-7;
section 1101 of P.L. 114-74; section 305 of division P of P.L.
114-113; sections 123, 125 to 128, 143, 144, 151 to 153, 165 to
167, 169 to 171, 189, 191, 326, and 411 of division Q of P.L. 114113; sections 11011, 11012, 13201 (a) to (e) and (g), 13206,
13221, 13301, 13304 (a), (b), and (d), 13531, 13601, 13801,
14101, 14102, 14103, 14201, 14202, 14211, 14212, 14213,
14214, 14215, 14221, 14222, 14301, 14302, 14304, and 14401
of P.L. 115-97; sections 40304, 40305, 40306, and 40412 of P.L.
115-123; section 101 (c) of division T of P.L. 115-141; sections
101 (d) and (e), 102, 201 to 207, 301, 302, and 401 (a) (47) and
(195), (b) (13), (17), (22) and (30), and (d) (1) (D) (v), (vi), (xiii),
and (xvii) (II) of division U of P.L. 115-141; sections 104, 114,
115, 116, 130, and 145 of division Q of P.L. 116-94; sections
2304 and 2306 of P.L. 116-136; sections 111, 114, 115, 116, 118
(a) and (d), 133, 137, 138, and 210 of division EE of P.L. 116260; sections 5003, 9041, 9673, 9675, and 9708 of P.L. 117-2;
section 307 of division P of P.L. 117-103; section 13903 (b) of
P.L. 117-169; and section 4151 of division FF of P.L. 117-328.
(c) For purposes of this subsection, “Internal Revenue Code”
does not include amendments to the federal Internal Revenue
Code, including provisions of federal public laws that directly or
indirectly affect the Internal Revenue Code, enacted after December 31, 2022.
(d) For purposes of this subsection, the provisions of federal
public laws that directly or indirectly affect the Internal Revenue
Code, as defined in this subsection, apply for Wisconsin purposes
at the same time as for federal purposes, except as follows:
1. Changes made by sections 5001, 5002, 5005, 9623, 9624,
and 9672 of P.L. 117-2; section 2 of P.L. 117-6; and sections
80401, 80402, and 80601 of division H of P.L. 117-58 apply for
taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022.
2. Changes made by section 1201 of P.L. 108-173 and section 307 of P.L. 109-432 apply for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2010.
(e) For purposes of this subsection, section 1366 (f) of the Internal Revenue Code (relating to pass-through of items to shareholders) is modified by substituting the tax under s. 71.35 for the
taxes under sections 1374 and 1375 of the Internal Revenue
Code.
(1h) For purposes of sub. (1k) (j) and (L), “management fees”
include expenses and costs, not including interest expenses, pertaining to accounts receivable, accounts payable, employee benefit plans, insurance, legal matters, payroll, data processing, purchasing, taxation, financial matters, securities, accounting, or reporting and compliance matters or similar activities, to the extent
that the amounts would otherwise be deductible in the computation of Wisconsin adjusted gross income.
(1k) “Net income or loss” of a tax-option corporation means
net income or loss computed under the internal revenue code, as
defined under sub. (1g) and s. 71.98 (3) and (4), except that:
(af) Section 61 of the Internal Revenue Code is modified so
that 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 is
not taxable income:
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.
(ag) Section 164 (a) (3) of the internal revenue code is modified so that state taxes and taxes of the District of Columbia that
are value-added taxes, single business taxes or taxes on or measured by all or a portion of net income, gross income, gross receipts or capital stock are not deductible.
(ah) Section 61 of the Internal Revenue Code is modified so
that 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 is not taxable income. Amounts otherwise deductible
under this chapter that are paid directly or indirectly with the
grant money are deductible.
(ai) Section 61 of the Internal Revenue Code is modified so
that 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, is not taxable income.
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.
(ar) Section 1363 (a) of the internal revenue code does not
apply.
(b) The items referred to in section 1366 (a) (1) (A) of the internal revenue code shall be included.
(c) The deduction referred to in sections 212 and 703 (a) (2)
(E) of the internal revenue code shall be allowed.
(d) An addition or subtraction, as appropriate, shall be made
for the net amount of state and federal differences including differences arising from the different basis of assets disposed of in a
transaction in which gain or loss is recognized for state tax purposes, different depreciation methods or difference in basis of depreciable assets, different elections, or transitional adjustments
due to differences in the statutes for taxable years 1986 and 1987
pertaining to the computation of net income of a tax-option
corporation.
(f) An addition shall be made for the amount of interest, less
related expenses, excluded by reason of section 103 of the inter-

nal revenue code (relating to interest received on state and municipal obligations and on volunteer fire department and mass transit
obligations) or any other federal law.
(g) An addition shall be made for credits computed by a taxoption corporation under all of the following and passed through
to shareholders:
1. Section 71.28 (1dm).
2. Section 71.28 (1dx).
3. Section 71.28 (1dy).
4. Section 71.28 (3).
5. Section 71.28 (3g).
6. Section 71.28 (3h).
7. Section 71.28 (3n).
8. Section 71.28 (3q).
9. Section 71.28 (3t).
10. Section 71.28 (3w).
11. Section 71.28 (3wm).
12. Section 71.28 (3y).
13. Section 71.28 (4).
14. Section 71.28 (5).
15. Section 71.28 (5f).
16. Section 71.28 (5g).
17. Section 71.28 (5h).
18. Section 71.28 (5i).
19. Section 71.28 (5j).
20. Section 71.28 (5k).
21. Section 71.28 (5r).
22. Section 71.28 (5rm).
23. Section 71.28 (6n).
24. Section 71.28 (10).
(h) Section 162 of the Internal Revenue Code (relating to
trade or business expenses) is modified as follows:
1. So that payments for wages, salaries, commissions, and
bonuses of employees and officers may be deducted only if the
name, address, and amount paid to each resident of this state to
whom compensation of $600 or more has been paid during the
taxable year is reported or if the department of revenue is satisfied that failure to report has resulted in no revenue loss to this
state.
2. So that payments for rent may be deducted only if the
amount paid, together with the names and addresses of the parties
to whom rent has been paid, is reported as provided under s.
71.70 (2).
3. So that payments for wages, salaries, bonuses, interest or
other expenses paid to an entertainer or entertainment corporation may be deducted only if the corporation complies with ss.
71.63 (3) (b), 71.64 (4) and (5), and 71.80 (15) (e).
(i) In section 1366 (f) of the Internal Revenue Code, the tax
under s. 71.35 is substituted for the taxes under sections 1374 and
1375 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(j) An addition shall be made for any 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.
(k) A deduction shall be allowed for the amount added to
gross income under par. (j), to the extent that the conditions under
s. 71.80 (23) are satisfied.
(L) A deduction shall be allowed for the amount added, pursuant to par. (j) or s. 71.05 (6) (a) 24., 71.26 (2) (a) 7., 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 corporation, to the extent that the related entity could
not offset such amount with the deduction allowable under par.
(k) or s. 71.05 (6) (b) 45., 71.26 (2) (a) 8., or 71.45 (2) (a) 17.
(m) An addition shall be made for the amount computed under s. 71.28 (5n) in the previous taxable year that is not included
in federal ordinary business income.
(o) An addition shall be made for any 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.
(p) 1. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019,
a subtraction may be made of 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. In this subdivision, “Wisconsin qualified opportunity
fund” has the meaning given in s. 71.05 (25m) (a) 2.
2. In the form and manner prescribed by the department, a
fund shall annually certify to each investor and the department of
revenue that it qualifies as a Wisconsin qualified opportunity
fund for the fund’s taxable year. A fund shall make the annual
certifications under this subdivision no later than the due date, including extensions, of the fund’s corresponding income or franchise tax return under this chapter.
(1L) “Qualified real estate investment trust” has the meaning
given in s. 71.22 (9ad).
(1m) Notwithstanding sub. (1g), a qualified retirement fund
for a taxable year for federal income tax purposes is a qualified
retirement fund for the taxable year for purposes of this
subchapter.
(1p) “Related entity” means any person related to a taxpayer
as provided under section 267 or 1563 of the Internal Revenue
Code during all or a portion of the taxpayer’s taxable year and
any real estate investment trust under section 856 of the Internal
Revenue Code, except a qualified real estate investment trust, if
more than 50 percent of any class of the beneficial interests or
shares of the real estate investment trust are owned directly, indirectly, or constructively by the taxpayer, or any person related to
the taxpayer, during all or a portion of the taxpayer’s taxable year.
For purposes of this subsection, the constructive ownership rules
of section 318 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code, as modified by
section 856 (d) (5) of the Internal Revenue Code, shall apply in
determining the ownership of stock, assets, or net profits of any
person.
(1r) For purposes of sub. (1k) (j) and (L), “rental expenses”

means the gross amounts that would otherwise be deductible in
the computation of Wisconsin adjusted gross income for the use
of, or the right to use, real property and tangible personal property in connection with real property, including services furnished or rendered in connection with such property, regardless
of how reported for financial accounting purposes and regardless
of how computed.
(2) “Tax-option corporation” means a corporation which is
treated as an S corporation under subchapter S of the internal revenue code and has not elected out of tax-option corporation status
under s. 71.365 (4) (a) for the current taxable year.
(3) “Tax-option item” means an item of income, loss or
deduction.
(4) “Wisconsin net income”, for tax-option corporations engaged in business wholly within this state, means net income and,
for tax-option corporations engaged in business both within and
outside this state, means the amount assigned to this state under s.
71.25.

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