The 2017-2018 session of the Wisconsin State Legislature has adjourned. For Wisconsin Independent Businesses (WIB) and its members, it has been a productive session. Outlined below is a summary of our “Member Wins.”
- Partial Repeal of Wisconsin’s Personal Property Tax
- Regulations in Need of Executive Scrutiny (REINS) Act
- Wisconsin Health Care Stability Plan
- Broadband Expansion and Deployment throughout Rural Wisconsin
- Stiffer Criminal Penalties for UI Benefit Fraud
- Temporary Employee “Loophole” in Worker’s Compensation law
- Expedited Process to Eliminate Unnecessary Regulations
- Employment Law Standardization Act
- “Dark Stores” Legislation
- Construction Sales Tax Law Simplification
- Eliminated Wisconsin’s Alternative Minimum Tax
- Personal Property Tax Reporting
- Taxpayer Reliance on Past State Tax Audit Guidance
- Repealed Wisconsin’s Forestry Mill Tax
- Small Employer Access to Statistical Sampling in Sales Tax Audits
- Increased Funding for School Levy Tax Credit
- Work Permits for Minors
- Reduced Transactional Costs Relating to Discovery in Civil Lawsuits
- Oversight and Fiscal Management of State Highway Program