Taxes are a hot topic in Wisconsin, particularly since several reforms were included in the state budget. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce’s Director of Tax & Transportation Policy, Jason Culotta, discussed the details of some of those budget reforms with Rick Chandler, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, in this video from WMC:
Court Decides Important Mining Case
Date Thu, Aug. 22, 2013 - 7:40am By Hamilton
Right on the heels of the Great Lake Legal Foundation’s success in the Wisconsin’s Supreme Court’s Lake Koshkonong case comes another decisive win for the Foundation’s legal efforts. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has agreed with the position advocated by the Foundation in its Wisconsin Resources Protection Council v. Flambeau Mining […]
State Takes Steps to Move Residents from Medicaid to Federal Health Exchange
Date Thu, Aug. 22, 2013 - 7:33am By Hamilton
Earlier this year Gov. Walker announced that his administration would work toward insuring more people in the state, but with a goal of making as many Wisconsinites as possible less dependent on the government. To make this goal a reality, Walker and the Legislature, through the state budget, rejected federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding […]
Report Indicates Wisconsin’s Real Estate Market is Stable
Date Thu, Aug. 22, 2013 - 7:30am By Hamilton
Each year the Department of Revenue’s Equalization Bureau produces a report comparing the previous year’s equalized values to the current year’s. The report is used to assign the amount of taxes municipalities pay to the school district, technical college, special district and county for providing services. This year’s report suggests that Wisconsin’s real estate market […]
Memos Provide a Closer Look at Interesting Budget Provisions
Date Thu, Aug. 22, 2013 - 7:25am By Hamilton
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) has released three memos on the state budget that provide insight on issues of interest to all the fiscal hawks out there: changes to taxes and fees, changes to the use of certain funds, and policy items included in the budget. State Tax and Fee ModificationsThis memo identifies state tax […]
Senate Committee Considers Changes to Wisconsin’s Lemon Law
Date Thu, Aug. 22, 2013 - 7:22am By Hamilton
The Wisconsin Senate Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs will today vote on long-needed changes to Wisconsin’s Lemon Law. Wisconsin is universally known among automobile, motorcycle, truck, and recreational vehicle manufacturers as having the worst lemon law in the country. The law places unreasonable and unworkable requirements on vehicle manufacturers that […]
Assembly Majority Leader Stepping Down to Join PSC
Date Wed, Aug. 21, 2013 - 3:14pm By Hamilton
Assembly Majority Leader Scott Suder (R-Abbotsford) is resigning his elected office to become administrator of the Public Service Commission’s Water Compliance and Consumer Affairs Division. The No. 2 leader in the Assembly, who has represented the 69th Assembly District for 14 years, will step down Sept. 3. Suder released the following statement regarding his resignation: […]
TIF Bill Introduced
Date Wed, Aug. 21, 2013 - 2:04pm By Hamilton
Under current law, when an industrial or commercial property experiences long-term vacancy; when the property has sustained damage from a natural disaster; or when a property has been demolished, the base value of the property in a Tax Incremental Finance District (TIF) remains the same even though the actual or market value may have seriously […]
Going Global
Date Wed, Aug. 21, 2013 - 12:40pm By Hamilton
The majority of the world’s consumers lie outside the state of Wisconsin. Two upcoming events are designed to help Wisconsin businesses tap into that market. U.S. Rep. Pocan to Host Exporter Forum for Wisconsin Small Businesses with Export-Import Bank Chairman HochbergIn order to help provide local small business owners with the tools to increase their […]
Ban on Joint Ownership of Funeral Homes and Cemeteries Targeted for Repeal
Date Wed, Aug. 21, 2013 - 11:45am By Hamilton
Wisconsin is one of just a handful of states with a law on its books prohibiting the joint ownership of cemeteries and funeral homes. The archaic law has come under fire recently because a new study has estimated it will cost families in the Badger State an extra $15.5 million over the next ten years. […]