(2017 Wisconsin Act 59)
In 1997, state lawmakers exempted computers, related equipment and software from the personal property tax. Four years later, cash registers and fax machines, except for fax machines that are also copiers, were exempted from Wisconsin’s personal property tax. These tax laws required the owners of exempt computers, cash registers and fax machines to annually report the value of this exempt property on their Statement of Personal Property.
2017 Wisconsin Act 59 repealed the requirement that owners of exempt computers, cash registers, and fax machines report the value of their property tax exempt computers, related equipment and software, cash registers and fax machines on their Statement of Personal Property.