76.01 Railroads and utilities, assessment. The department of revenue shall make an annual assessment of the property of all railroad companies, of all conservation and regulation companies, of all air carriers, and of all pipeline companies, within this state, for the purpose of levying and collecting taxes thereon, as provided in this subchapter. History: 1971 […]
76.02 Definitions. In ss. 76.01 to 76.26: (1) “Air carrier company” means any person engaged in the business of transportation in aircraft of persons or property for hire on regularly scheduled flights, except an air carrier company whose property is exempt from taxation under s. 70.11 (42) (b). In this subsection, “aircraft” means a completely […]
76.025 Miscellaneous provisions. (1) The property taxable under s. 76.13 shall include all franchises, and all real and personal property of the company used or employed in the operation of its business, excluding property that is exempt from the property tax under s. 70.11 (39) and (39m), such motor vehicles as are exempt under s. […]
76.03 Unit assessment and situs for taxation. (1) The property, both real and personal, including all rights, franchises and privileges used in and necessary to the prosecution of the business of any company enumerated in s. 76.02 shall be deemed personal property for the purposes of taxation, and shall be valued and assessed together as […]
76.04 Reports of companies; penalty. (1) Every company defined in s. 76.02 shall, annually, file a true and accurate statement in such manner and form and setting forth such facts as the department shall deem necessary to enforce ss. 76.01 to 76.26. The annual reports shall be filed on or before May 1. (1m) For […]
76.05 Refusal or neglect to report. (1) If any company defined in s. 76.02 or its officers or agents shall refuse or neglect to make any reports required by s. 76.04 or by the department, or shall refuse or neglect to permit an inspection and examination of its records, books, accounts or papers when requested […]
76.06 General powers of investigation. In any matter material to the valuation, assessment or taxation of property under this subchapter, the department may, in its discretion, exercise any and all of the powers conferred upon it by ss. 73.03 and 73.04 (1); and every state, county, city, village, town and other public officer shall make […]
76.07 Assessment. (1) Duty of department. The department on or before September 15 in each year shall, according to its best knowledge and judgment, ascertain and determine the full market value of the property of each company within the state. (2) Relation to state valuation; description. The value of the property of each of said […]
76.075 Adjustments of assessments. Within 4 years after the due date, or extended due date, of the report under s. 76.04, any person subject to taxation under this subchapter may request the department to make, or the department may make, an adjustment to the data under s. 76.07 (4g) or (4r) submitted by the person. […]
76.08 Review of assessment. (1) Notice of the assessments determined under s. 76.07 and of adjustments under s. 76.075 shall be given by certified mail to each company the property of which has been assessed, and the notice of assessment shall be mailed on or before the assessment date specified in s. 76.07 (1). Any […]
76.09 Assessment of omitted property. Any property subject to assessment under this subchapter which has been omitted from assessment or which has not been included in any assessment already made in any of the 5 next previous years by mistake or inadvertence unless previously reassessed for the same year or years, shall be entered by […]
76.10 Review of state assessment; notice of hearing; decision; time limits; notice of decision; action to review decision; error adjusted. (1) Every company defined in s. 76.02 shall, on or before October 1 in each year, be entitled, on its own motion, to present evidence before the department relating to the state assessment made in […]
76.11 Aggregate of all general property taxes. (1) The department on or before August 15, upon returns from the secretary of state or from county, town, city and village officers, or both, shall ascertain and determine the aggregate tax in the whole state for state, county and local purposes levied on the general property of […]
76.125 Net tax rate for commercial and manufacturing property. (1) Using the statement of assessments under s. 70.53 and the statement of taxes under s. 69.61, the department shall determine the net rate of taxation of commercial property under s. 70.32 (2) (a) 2., of manufacturing property under s. 70.32 (2) (a) 3. and of […]
76.126 Average net rate of taxation. The department shall compute the average net rate of taxation by subtracting the aggregate state property tax credits paid under s. 79.10 from the aggregate tax determined under s. 76.11 and dividing that result by the state assessment of the general property of the state upon which those taxes […]
76.13 Levy; tax roll; lien. (1) The department shall compute and levy a tax upon the property of each company defined in s. 76.02, as assessed in the manner specified in ss. 76.07 and 76.08, at the average net rate of taxation determined under s. 76.126. The amount of tax to be paid by each […]
76.14 Remedies for nonpayment of taxes. All taxes levied under this subchapter upon the property of any company defined in s. 76.02, which are not paid at the time provided by law, shall thereupon become delinquent and bear interest at the rate of 1.5 percent per month until actually paid. Upon a showing by the […]
76.15 Reassessment. (1) If any tax levied under the provisions of s. 76.13 shall be adjudged illegal and nonenforceable, or shall be set aside by any court of the state of competent jurisdiction, it shall be the duty of the department, whether any part of the taxes assessed and levied have been paid or not, […]
76.16 Separate valuation of repair facilities, docks, piers, wharves, ore yards, elevators, car ferries and oil pipeline terminal facilities. After the property of a company is first valued as a whole, if any repair facilities, docks, ore yards, piers, wharves, grain elevators or car ferries used in transferring freight or passengers between cars and vessels […]
76.17 Immaterial irregularities. No tax assessed upon any of the general property of the state and no average rate determined by said department as herein required, shall be held invalid on account of any assessment or tax roll not having been made or proceedings had within the time required by law, or on account of […]
