Assembly Bill 184
Increasing expense deductions for income and franchise tax purposes
Topics: Corporation: Taxation, Franchise: Taxation, Income tax: Deduction
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 2, 2009
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under recent changes to federal law, the amount that a business may claim as an expense deduction for federal income tax purposes increased from $25,000 to $100,000 for property placed in service in 2003, 2004, and 2005. Under current law.
the increase in the expense deduction, for state income and franchise tax purposes, applies only to property used in farming that is acquired and placed in service beginning on or after January 1, 2008. An expense deduction for all other property is subject to a $25,000 limit.
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This bill increases the expense deduction limit to $50,000 for property that is not used in farming and that is acquired and placed in service beginning on or after January 1, 2008.
Who's behind it
12 lawmakers are its . 11 are Republicans and 1 is a Independent.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (12)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Roger Roth · Republican, Senate
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Ziegelbauer · Independent, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Jobs vote on an amendment
Passed, 13 to 0 · Feb 22, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business, Ayes 13, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 22, 2010
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Feb 22, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 13 to 0.
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May 12, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 20, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 2, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business.
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Apr 2, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 2, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Roth, Ziegelbauer, Vos, Townsend, Petrowski, A. Ott, Murtha, Mursau, LeMahieu, Kleefisch, Gunderson and Brooks;Cosponsored by Senators Taylor, Olsen, Grothman and Darling
- Apr 2, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business
- Apr 20, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- May 12, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Sep 17, 2009 · Assembly
Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Roth
- Oct 13, 2009 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 22, 2010 · Assembly
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business, Ayes 13, Noes 0
- Feb 22, 2010 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business, Ayes 13, Noes 0
- Feb 22, 2010 · Assembly
Referred to joint committee on Finance
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote