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AB369 • 2025

a tax credit for employer-provided child care

a tax credit for employer-provided child care

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The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representatives Armstrong, Allen, Behnke, Donovan, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, Kreibich, Maxey, O'Connor, Sortwell, Steffen, VanderMeer and Mursau, cosponsored by Senators Feyen, Nass and Quinn
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
A - Tabled
Effective date
Not listed

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a tax credit for employer-provided child care

a tax credit for employer-provided child care Status: A - Tabled

What This Bill Does

  • a tax credit for employer-provided child care Status: A - Tabled

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Asm.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2026-02-17 Asm.

    Laid on the table

  3. 2026-02-16 Asm.

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor

  4. 2026-02-13 Asm.

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026

  5. 2026-02-04 Asm.

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance , Ayes 15, Noes 0

  6. 2026-02-04 Asm.

    Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance , Ayes 15, Noes 0

  7. 2026-02-04 Asm.

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. 2026-02-03 Asm.

    Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance

  9. 2026-02-03 Asm.

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Joint Committee on Finance

  10. 2026-01-30 Asm.

    Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 24 (3)(a)

  11. 2025-09-15 Asm.

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means , Ayes 10, Noes 0

  12. 2025-09-15 Asm.

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means , Ayes 10, Noes 0

  13. 2025-09-15 Asm.

    Referred to committee on Rules

  14. 2025-09-04 Asm.

    Executive action taken

  15. 2025-08-21 Asm.

    Public hearing held

  16. 2025-08-19 Asm.

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Armstrong

  17. 2025-07-24 Asm.

    Representative Dittrich added as a coauthor

  18. 2025-07-24 Asm.

    Fiscal estimate received

  19. 2025-07-17 Asm.

    Introduced by Representatives Armstrong , Allen , Behnke , Donovan , Goeben , Green , Gundrum , Kreibich , Maxey , O'Connor , Sortwell , Steffen , VanderMeer and Mursau ; cosponsored by Senators Feyen , Nass and Quinn

  20. 2025-07-17 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

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a tax credit for employer-provided child care
Status: A - Tabled

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 369
July 17, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Armstrong
,
Allen
,
Behnke
,
Donovan
,
Goeben
,
Green
,
Gundrum
,
Kreibich
,
Maxey
,
O'Connor
,
Sortwell
,
Steffen
,
VanderMeer
and
Mursau
, cosponsored by Senators
Feyen
,
Nass
and
Quinn
. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
AB369,1,4
1
An Act

to amend
71.05 (6) (a) 15., 71.21 (4) (a), 71.26 (2) (a) 4., 71.34 (1k) (g)
2
and 71.45 (2) (a) 10.;
to create
71.07 (8s), 71.10 (4) (cu), 71.28 (8s), 71.30 (3)
3
(cu), 71.47 (8s) and 71.49 (1) (cu) of the statutes;
relating to:
a tax credit for
4
employer-provided child care.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill allows a person who is eligible to claim the federal employer-provided child care credit to claim a nonrefundable state income and franchise tax credit equal to the amount the person may claim for the federal employer-provided child care credit. Under current federal law, a person may claim a federal employer-provided child care tax credit of up to 25 percent of qualified child care expenditures associated with acquiring or constructing a child care facility and 10 percent of qualified child care resource and referral expenditures, up to a maximum credit of $150,000. Federal law provides that if a child care facility for which a federal employer-provided child care credit is claimed ceases to operate within 10 years, the person who claimed the credit must pay back a specified portion of the credit based on the duration that the person operated the facility. Under the bill, if a claimant must repay a portion of the federal employer-provided child care credit to the federal government, the claimant must also repay to the Department of Revenue an amount equal to the amount repaid to the federal government.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB369,1
1
Section

1
.
71.05 (6) (a) 15. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB369,2,7
2
71.05
(6)
(a) 15. The amount of the credits computed under s. 71.07 (2dm),
3
(2dx), (2dy), (3g), (3h), (3n), (3q), (3s), (3t), (3w), (3wm), (3y), (4k), (4n), (5i), (5j), (5k),
4
(5r), (5rm), (6n),
(8s),
and (10) and not passed through by a partnership, limited
5
liability company, or tax-option corporation that has added that amount to the
6
partnership’s, company’s, or tax-option corporation’s income under s. 71.21 (4) or
7
71.34 (1k) (g).
AB369,2
8
Section
2
.
71.07 (8s) of the statutes is created to read:
AB369,2,10
9
71.07
(8s)

Additional employer-provided child care credit.
(a)
10
Definitions.
In this subsection:
AB369,2,13
11
1. “Claimant” means a person who is eligible for and claims the federal
12
employer-provided child care credit for the taxable year to which the claim under
13
this subsection relates.
AB369,2,15
14
2. “Federal employer-provided child care credit” means the tax credit under
15
section
45F
of the Internal Revenue Code.
AB369,2,20
16
(b)
Filing claims.
For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, a
17
claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.02, up to the
18
amount of those taxes, an amount equal to the amount of the federal employer-
19
provided child care credit claimed by the claimant on his or her federal income tax
20
return for the taxable year to which the claim under this subsection relates.
AB369,3,4
1
(c)
Limitations.
1. The credit under this subsection may not be claimed for
2
any amount of the federal employer-provided child care credit claimed for any
3
expenditure paid or incurred for a child care facility located outside this state or for
4
services provided outside this state.
AB369,3,9
5
2. A claimant who claims a credit under this subsection and whose federal
6
income tax is increased under section
45F
(d) of the Internal Revenue Code shall
7
add to the claimant’s liability for taxes imposed under s. 71.02, an amount equal to
8
the amount that the claimant’s federal income tax is increased under section
45F

9
(d) of the Internal Revenue Code.
AB369,3,11
10
(d)
Administration.
Section 71.28 (4) (e) to (h), as it applies to the credit under
11
s. 71.28 (4), applies to the credit under this subsection.
AB369,3
12
Section
3
.
71.10 (4) (cu) of the statutes is created to read:
AB369,3,14
13
71.10
(4)
(cu) Additional employer-provided child care credit under s. 71.07
14
(8s).
AB369,4
15
Section

4
.
71.21 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB369,3,19
16
71.21
(4)
(a) The amount of the credits computed by a partnership under s.
17
71.07 (2dm), (2dx), (2dy), (3g), (3h), (3n), (3q), (3s), (3t), (3w), (3wm), (3y), (4k), (4n),
18
(5g), (5i), (5j), (5k), (5r), (5rm), (6n),
(8s),
and (10) and passed through to partners
19
shall be added to the partnership’s income.
AB369,5
20
Section

5
.
71.26 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB369,4,2
21
71.26
(2)
(a) 4. Plus the amount of the credit computed under s. 71.28 (1dm),
22
(1dx), (1dy), (3g), (3h), (3n), (3q), (3t), (3w), (3wm), (3y), (5g), (5i), (5j), (5k), (5r),
23
(5rm), (6n),
(8s),
and (10) and not passed through by a partnership, limited liability
24
company, or tax-option corporation that has added that amount to the
1
partnership’s, limited liability company’s, or tax-option corporation’s income under
2
s. 71.21 (4) or 71.34 (1k) (g).
AB369,6
3
Section
6
.
71.28 (8s) of the statutes is created to read:
AB369,4,5
4
71.28
(8s)

Additional employer-provided child care credit.
(a)
5
Definitions.
In this subsection:
AB369,4,8
6
1. “Claimant” means a person who is eligible for and claims the federal
7
employer-provided child care credit for the taxable year to which the claim under
8
this subsection relates.
AB369,4,10
9
2. “Federal employer-provided child care credit” means the tax credit under
10
section
45F
of the Internal Revenue Code.
AB369,4,15
11
(b)
Filing claims.
For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, a
12
claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.23, up to the
13
amount of those taxes, an amount equal to the amount of the federal employer-
14
provided child care credit claimed by the claimant on his or her federal income tax
15
return for the taxable year to which the claim under this subsection relates.
AB369,4,19
16
(c)
Limitations.
1. The credit under this subsection may not be claimed for
17
any amount of the federal employer-provided child care credit claimed for any
18
expenditure paid or incurred for a child care facility located outside this state or for
19
services provided outside this state.
AB369,4,24
20
2. A claimant who claims a credit under this subsection and whose federal
21
income tax is increased under section
45F
(d) of the Internal Revenue Code shall
22
add to the claimant’s liability for taxes imposed under s. 71.23, an amount equal to
23
the amount that the claimant’s federal income tax is increased under section
45F

24
(d) of the Internal Revenue Code.
AB369,5,2
1
(d)
Administration.
Subsection (4) (e) to (h), as it applies to the credit under
2
sub. (4), applies to the credit under this subsection.
AB369,7
3
Section
7
.
71.30 (3) (cu) of the statutes is created to read:
AB369,5,5
4
71.30
(3)
(cu) Additional employer-provided child care credit under s. 71.28
5
(8s).
AB369,8
6
Section

8
.
71.34 (1k) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB369,5,10
7
71.34
(1k)
(g) An addition shall be made for credits computed by a tax-option
8
corporation under s. 71.28 (1dm), (1dx), (1dy), (3), (3g), (3h), (3n), (3q), (3t), (3w),
9
(3wm), (3y), (4), (5), (5g), (5i), (5j), (5k), (5r), (5rm), (6n),
(8s),
and (10) and passed
10
through to shareholders.
AB369,9
11
Section

9
.
71.45 (2) (a) 10. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB369,5,18
12
71.45
(2)
(a) 10. By adding to federal taxable income the amount of credit
13
computed under s. 71.47 (1dm) to (1dy), (3g), (3h), (3n), (3q), (3w), (3y), (5g), (5i),
14
(5j), (5k), (5r), (5rm), (6n),
(8s),
and (10) and not passed through by a partnership,
15
limited liability company, or tax-option corporation that has added that amount to
16
the partnership’s, limited liability company’s, or tax-option corporation’s income
17
under s. 71.21 (4) or 71.34 (1k) (g) and the amount of credit computed under s. 71.47
18
(3), (3t), (4), (4m), and (5).
AB369,10
19
Section
10
.
71.47 (8s) of the statutes is created to read:
AB369,5,21
20
71.47
(8s)

Additional employer-provided child care credit.
(a)
21
Definitions.
In this subsection:
AB369,5,24
22
1. “Claimant” means a person who is eligible for and claims the federal
23
employer-provided child care credit for the taxable year to which the claim under
24
this subsection relates.
AB369,6,2
1
2. “Federal employer-provided child care credit” means the tax credit under
2
section
45
F of the Internal Revenue Code.
AB369,6,7
3
(b)
Filing claims.
For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, a
4
claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.43, up to the
5
amount of those taxes, an amount equal to the amount of the federal employer-
6
provided child care credit claimed by the claimant on his or her federal income tax
7
return for the taxable year to which the claim under this subsection relates.
AB369,6,11
8
(c)
Limitations.
1. The credit under this subsection may not be claimed for
9
any amount of the federal employer-provided child care credit claimed for any
10
expenditure paid or incurred for a child care facility located outside this state or for
11
services provided outside this state.
AB369,6,16
12
2. A claimant who claims a credit under this subsection and whose federal
13
income tax is increased under section
45F
(d) of the Internal Revenue Code shall
14
add to the claimant’s liability for taxes imposed under s. 71.43, an amount equal to
15
the amount that the claimant’s federal income tax is increased under section
45F

16
(d) of the Internal Revenue Code.
AB369,6,18
17
(d)
Administration.
Section 71.28 (4) (e) to (h), as it applies to the credit under
18
s. 71.28 (4), applies to the credit under this subsection.
AB369,11
19
Section
11
.
71.49 (1) (cu) of the statutes is created to read:
AB369,6,21
20
71.49
(1)
(cu) Additional employer-provided child care credit under s. 71.47
21
(8s).
AB369,6,22
22
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