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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 60
February 21, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
Spreitzer
,
L. Johnson
,
Dassler-Alfheim
,
Wall
,
Carpenter
,
Drake
,
Habush Sinykin
,
Hesselbein
,
Keyeski
,
Larson
,
Ratcliff
,
Roys
,
Pfaff
,
Smith
and
Wirch
, cosponsored by Representatives
Bare
,
Miresse
,
Brown
,
Anderson
,
Andraca
,
Arney
,
Billings
,
Clancy
,
Cruz
,
DeSanto
,
DeSmidt
,
Doyle
,
Emerson
,
Fitzgerald
,
Goodwin
,
Haywood
,
Hong
,
Hysell
,
J. Jacobson
,
Joers
,
Johnson
,
Kirsch
,
Madison
,
Mayadev
,
McCarville
,
Moore Omokunde
,
Neubauer
,
Ortiz-Velez
,
Palmeri
,
Phelps
,
Prado
,
McGuire
,
Rivera-Wagner
,
Roe
,
Sheehan
,
Sinicki
,
Snodgrass
,
Spaude
,
Stroud
,
Stubbs
,
Subeck
,
Taylor
,
Tenorio
,
Udell
and
Vining
. Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue.
SB60,1,4
1
An Act

to repeal
71.54 (1) (g) 5. and 71.54 (1) (g) 7.;
to amend
71.54 (1) (g)
2
(intro.), 71.54 (1) (g) 4., 71.54 (1) (g) 6. (intro.), 71.54 (2) (b) 4. and 71.54 (2m);
3
to create
71.54 (1) (h) and 71.54 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes;
relating to:

4
expanding the homestead income tax credit.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the homestead tax credit is a refundable income tax credit that may be claimed by homeowners and renters. The credit is based on the claimant’s household income and the amount of property taxes or rent constituting property taxes on his or her Wisconsin homestead. Because the credit is refundable, if the credit exceeds the claimant’s income tax liability, he or she receives the excess as a refund check. Under current law, there are three key dollar amounts used when calculating the credit:
1. If household income is $8,060 or less, the credit is 80 percent of the property taxes or rent constituting property taxes. If household income exceeds $8,060, the property taxes or rent constituting property taxes are reduced by 8.785 percent of the household income exceeding $8,060, and the credit is 80 percent of the reduced property taxes or rent constituting property taxes.
2. The credit may not be claimed if household income exceeds $24,680.
3. The maximum property taxes or rent constituting property taxes used to calculate the credit is $1,460.
Beginning with claims filed for the 2025 tax year, this bill reduces the percentage used for household income over $8,060 from 8.785 to 5.614 percent and increases the maximum income amount from $24,680 to $35,000. The bill also indexes the $8,060, $35,000, and $1,460 amounts for inflation during future tax years.
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:
SB60,1
1
Section
1
.
71.54 (1) (g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB60,2,4
2
71.54
(1)
(g)
2012
and thereafter

to 2025
.
(intro.) The amount of any claim
3
filed in 2012
and thereafter

to 2025
and based on property taxes accrued or rent
4
constituting property taxes accrued during the previous year is limited as follows:
SB60,2
5
Section
2
.
71.54 (1) (g) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB60,2,12
6
71.54
(1)
(g) 4.
Except as provided in subds. 5. and 7., for

For
claims filed in
7
2018 and thereafter and based on property taxes accrued or rent constituting
8
property taxes accrued during the previous year, no credit may be allowed under
9
this paragraph
if the claimant has no earned income in the taxable year to which
10
the claim relates
unless
the claimant is disabled and provides the proof required
11
under subd. 6. or
the claimant or the claimant’s spouse is over the age of 61 at the
12
close of the year to which the claim relates.
SB60,3
13
Section
3
.
71.54 (1) (g) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
SB60,4
14
Section
4
.
71.54 (1) (g) 6. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB60,3,2
15
71.54
(1)
(g) 6. (intro.)
With regard to a claimant who is disabled, the

A

16
claimant
who is disabled
shall provide with his or her return proof that his or her
1
disability is in effect for the taxable year to which the claim relates. Proof of
2
disability may be demonstrated by any of the following:
SB60,5
3
Section
5
.
71.54 (1) (g) 7. of the statutes is repealed.
SB60,6
4
Section
6
.
71.54 (1) (h) of the statutes is created to read:
SB60,3,7
5
71.54
(1)
(h)
2026 and thereafter.
Subject to sub. (2m), the amount of any
6
claim filed in 2026 and thereafter and based on property taxes accrued or rent
7
constituting property taxes accrued during the previous year is limited as follows:
SB60,3,11
8
1. If the household income was $8,060 or less in the year to which the claim
9
relates, the claim is limited to 80 percent of the property taxes accrued or rent
10
constituting property taxes accrued or both in that year on the claimant’s
11
homestead.
SB60,3,16
12
2. If the household income was more than $8,060 in the year to which the
13
claim relates, the claim is limited to 80 percent of the amount by which the property
14
taxes accrued or rent constituting property taxes accrued or both in that year on the
15
claimant’s homestead exceeds 5.614 percent of the household income exceeding
16
$8,060.
SB60,3,17
17
3. No credit may be allowed if the household income exceeds $35,000.
SB60,3,19
18
4. Notwithstanding the time limitations described in par. (g) (intro.), the
19
provisions of par. (g) 4. apply to claims filed under this paragraph.
SB60,7
20
Section
7
.
71.54 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB60,3,22
21
71.54
(2)
(b) 4. In calendar years 2011
or any subsequent calendar year

to
22
2024
, $1,460.
SB60,8
23
Section
8
.
71.54 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
SB60,4,2
1
71.54
(2)
(b) 5. Subject to sub. (2m), in calendar year 2025 or any subsequent
2
calendar year, $1,460.
SB60,9
3
Section
9
.
71.54 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB60,4,21
4
71.54
(2m)

Indexing for inflation;
2010

2026 and thereafter
.
(a) For
5
calendar years beginning after December 31,
2009, and before January 1, 2011

6
2025
, the dollar amounts of the threshold income under sub. (1)
(f)

(h)
1. and 2., the
7
maximum household income under sub. (1)
(f)

(h)
3.
,
and the maximum property
8
taxes under sub. (2) (b)
3.

5.
shall be increased each year by a percentage equal to
9
the percentage change between the U.S. consumer price index for all urban
10
consumers, U.S. city average, for the 12-month average of the U.S. consumer price
11
index for the month of August of the year before the previous year through the
12
month of July of the previous year and the U.S. consumer price index for all urban
13
consumers, U.S. city average, for the 12-month average of the U.S. consumer price
14
index for August
2007

2023
through July
2008

2024
, as determined by the federal
15
department of labor, except that the adjustment may occur only if the percentage is
16
a positive number. Each amount that is revised under this paragraph shall be
17
rounded to the nearest multiple of $10 if the revised amount is not a multiple of $10
18
or, if the revised amount is a multiple of $5, such an amount shall be increased to
19
the next higher multiple of $10. The department of revenue shall annually adjust
20
the changes in dollar amounts required under this paragraph and incorporate the
21
changes into the income tax forms and instructions.
SB60,5,4
22
(b) The department of revenue shall
annually
adjust the slope under sub. (1)
23
(f)

(h)
2.
such

so
that, as a claimant’s income increases from the threshold income as
1
calculated

adjusted
under par. (a)
,
to an amount that exceeds the maximum
2
household income as
calculated

adjusted
under par. (a), the credit that may be
3
claimed is reduced to $0
,
and the department of revenue shall incorporate the
4
changes into the income tax forms and instructions.
SB60,10
5
Section

10
. Initial applicability.
SB60,5,7
6
(
1
)
Homestead tax credit.
The treatment of s. 71.54 (1) (h) first applies to
7
claims filed for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.
SB60,5,8
8
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