Bills by subject

Corporation: Taxation

100 bills and resolutions. 15 became law and 39 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 1209 Modifying the income and franchise tax rate structure for individuals and corporations, creating a school aid fund, supplemental school aid, school district revenue limits, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 16, 2026
AB 375 Modifications to the historic rehabilitation tax credit. (FE)
Became law. Last action Apr 9, 2026
AB 676 Creating a tax credit for insurers for certain investments in community development entities. (FE)
Became law. Last action Apr 3, 2026
AB 50 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 12

Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 231: Creating a tax credit for expenses related to film production services and for capital investments made by a film production company, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 9, 2026
AB 375: Modifications to the historic rehabilitation tax credit. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 565: Qualified new business venture eligibility. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 566: Qualifying investments for purposes of claiming the early stage seed investment and angel investment credits. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 3, 2026
AB 676: Creating a tax credit for insurers for certain investments in community development entities. (FE)
Became law.
Apr 16, 2026
AB 1209: Modifying the income and franchise tax rate structure for individuals and corporations, creating a school aid fund, supplemental school aid, school district revenue limits, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 231: Creating a tax credit for expenses related to film production services and for capital investments made by a film production company, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 382: Modifications to the historic rehabilitation tax credit. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

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Mar 23, 2026
SB 563: Qualifying investments for purposes of claiming the early stage seed investment and angel investment credits. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 564: Qualified new business venture eligibility. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

2011–12 session: 44

Dec 12, 2011
AB 1: Processing refunds for the jobs tax credit.
Became law.
Jun 15, 2011
AB 2: Authorizing the designation of additional enterprise zones and requiring the designation of enterprise zones in rural areas.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 3: Tax incentives for job creation, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 15: An income and franchise tax credit for businesses that purchase goods and services from Wisconsin vendors and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 16: The jobs tax credit.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 17: Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 61: Creating an income and franchise tax credit for constructing and operating a data center that is designed for maximum energy efficiency and minimum environmental impact and providing an exemption from rule-making procedures.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 107: A property tax credit for business expansion and making an appropriation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 171: An income and franchise tax credit for qualified production activities income.
Stopped in committee.

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Mar 23, 2012
AB 186: An income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution, increasing the credit amounts for the dairy manufacturing facility, meat processing facility, and food processing facility investment credits, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 191: The Wisconsin Small Company Advancement program, requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to issue bonds and notes to raise capital for investment by venture capital funds in Wisconsin businesses, allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits, authorizing positions for the University of Wisconsin, and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 211: An income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 220: An income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 341: The eligibility for relocation tax benefits.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 356: Limiting the corporate income tax deduction for compensation paid to an employee.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 358: Creating a nonrefundable individual and corporate income and franchise tax credit for purchasing and installing a thermal biomass heating system.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 376: Authorizing the sale or transfer of tax credits in counties experiencing high rates of unemployment.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 392: Eliminating deductions for moving expenses for businesses that move out of the state.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 572: Tax credit programs administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 587: An income tax and franchise tax credit for training apprentices.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 601: The angel investment and early stage seed investment tax credit programs.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 637: Disregarding a taxpayer's election to include another in its combined group, disallowing certain carry-forward amounts for combined reporting purposes, repealing the income and franchise tax credit for qualified production activities income, repealing the changes made to the earned income tax credit in 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, restoring indexing provisions to the homestead tax credit, eliminating the individual income tax exclusion for long-term capital gains other than for farm assets, computing the estate tax based on 2002 federal law, and creating a new individual income tax upper bracket.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 10, 2012
AB 638: Technical changes to the qualified production activities income and franchise tax credit.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 651: Clean technology grants and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 697: Changes to BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core programs by the department of health services and by waiver, disallowing certain carry-forward amounts for combined reporting purposes, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 732: Research and research facilities tax credits related to internal combustion engines.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 3: Tax incentives for job creation, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 4: Authorizing the designation of additional enterprise zones and requiring the designation of enterprise zones in rural areas.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 5: Processing refunds for the jobs tax credit.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 14: Adopting federal bonus depreciation tax provisions for state income and franchise tax purposes.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 27: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 31: Creating an income and franchise tax credit for constructing and operating a data center that is designed for maximum energy efficiency and minimum environmental impact and providing an exemption from rule-making procedures.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 60: A property tax credit for business expansion and making an appropriation.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 120: An income and franchise tax credit for investments in a community development financial institution, increasing the credit amounts for the dairy manufacturing facility, meat processing facility, and food processing facility investment credits, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 122: The Wisconsin Small Company Advancement program, requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to issue bonds and notes to raise capital for investment by venture capital funds in Wisconsin businesses, allowing refunds for the early stage seed and angel investment tax credits, authorizing positions for the University of Wisconsin, and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 123: An income and franchise tax credit for qualified production activities income.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 164: An income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 250: Limiting the corporate income tax deduction for compensation paid to an employee.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 291: Authorizing the sale or transfer of tax credits in counties experiencing high rates of unemployment.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 10, 2012
SB 463: The angel investment and early stage seed investment tax credit programs.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 477: Tax credit programs administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 526: Technical changes to the qualified production activities income and franchise tax credit.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 538: Changes to BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core programs by the department of health services and by waiver, disallowing certain carry-forward amounts for combined reporting purposes, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 44

Apr 28, 2010
AB 38: Excluding from taxable income gains from a Wisconsin business.
Stopped in committee.
May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 80: An education tax credit for businesses.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 91: An income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 184: Increasing expense deductions for income and franchise tax purposes.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 205: Adopting changes to the Internal Revenue Code for state income tax purposes related to deductions for energy efficient commercial buildings.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 234: An income and franchise tax for hiring certain individuals.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 294: A lifelong learning accounts program and creating income tax modifications and an income tax credit for contributions and withdrawals related to lifelong learning accounts, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 478: Ending combined reporting.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 641: A postsecondary education tax credit for businesses; increasing annual limits on angel investment tax credits; awarding grants to the WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc.; business plan competitions and an emerging technology center in the University of Wisconsin System; rural outsourcing grants; requiring the Department of Commerce to award grants to a high-technology business development corporation and grants for converting manufacturing facilities; increasing funding for certain economic development programs; a pilot program providing microloans for the creation of new businesses; increasing funding for certain technical college training program grants; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.

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Apr 28, 2010
AB 712: A sales and use tax exemption for extended-range electric vehicles; a property tax exemption for tangible personal property used to recharge electric vehicles; the motor vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program, extended-range electric vehicle grants; an income and franchise tax credit for research conducted in this state by a corporation; a property and sales and use tax exemption for certain machinery and tangible personal property used to conduct research; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 716: Professional employer organizations.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 726: Creating a nonrefundable individual income and corporate income and franchise tax credit for contributions to certain public school programs and to private school scholarship funds.
Stopped in committee.
May 26, 2010
AB 757: A food processing plant and food warehouse investment tax credit, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 794: Nonrefundable individual and corporate income and franchise tax credits for purchasing a thermal biomass heating system and fuel for such a system, property tax exemptions for thermal biomass heating systems and facilities used to store fuel for such systems, and a sales and use tax exemption for purchasing a thermal biomass heating system.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 817: Employer-assisted housing.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 848: Disclosing income and franchise tax settlements and audits.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 853: Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
May 11, 2010
AB 864: Authorizing the Department of Commerce to certify for tax benefits a business located in an enterprise zone and having a Wisconsin supply chain.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 868: An income and franchise tax credit for shipbuilding.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 909: An income and franchise tax credit for new small businesses that hire interns.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 941: Creating an income and franchise tax credit for businesses that contribute to a scholarship-granting organization or to an educational improvement organization and a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for education expenses paid for dependents who attend elementary and secondary schools.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 961: Targets for the allocation of federal tax credits by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
May 20, 2010
AB 969: Income and franchise tax deductions for full-time jobs.
Stopped in committee.
May 20, 2010
AB 971: Development zone tax credits for providing full-time jobs to veterans of the U.S. armed forces.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 28: Excluding from taxable income gains from a Wisconsin business.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 52: An education tax credit for businesses.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 56: An income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 2, 2009
SB 62: State finances and appropriations and making diverse other changes in the statutes.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 63: A postsecondary education tax credit for businesses.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 187: An income and franchise tax credit for wages paid to an employee who is deployed or called to active duty with the national guard or a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 246: A lifelong learning accounts program and creating income tax modifications and an income tax credit for contributions and withdrawals related to lifelong learning accounts, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 312: The electronic medical records tax credit.
Stopped in committee.
May 26, 2010
SB 409: A postsecondary education tax credit for businesses; increasing annual limits on angel investment tax credits; awarding grants to the WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc.; business plan competitions and an emerging technology center in the University of Wisconsin System; rural outsourcing grants; requiring the Department of Commerce to award grants to a high-technology business development corporation and grants for converting manufacturing facilities; increasing funding for certain economic development programs; a pilot program providing microloans for the creation of new businesses; increasing funding for certain technical college training program grants; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
Became law.
Mar 19, 2010
SB 504: Professional employer organizations.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 509: Creating a nonrefundable individual income and corporate income and franchise tax credit for contributions to certain public school programs and to private school scholarship funds.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 521: A sales and use tax exemption for extended-range electric vehicles; a property tax exemption for tangible personal property used to recharge electric vehicles; the motor vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program, extended-range electric vehicle grants; an income and franchise tax credit for research conducted in this state by a corporation; a property and sales and use tax exemption for certain machinery and tangible personal property used to conduct research; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 534: Employer-assisted housing.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 539: Tax incentives for job creation.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 550: A food processing plant and food warehouse investment tax credit, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 621: Tax benefits for hiring new employees and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 14, 2010
SB 651: Loans to manufacturing businesses for energy improvements, job creation, retooling, or clean energy production; the administration of energy utility programs; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; requiring the exercise of emergency rule-making procedures; and making appropriations.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 695: Targets for the allocation of federal tax credits by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Jun 17, 2010
SB 705: An income and franchise tax exemption for income derived from manufacturing, farming, and research.
Stopped in committee.

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