Sales and Use Tax Common Questions

​Businesses (buying or selling)

• Closing My Business
• Selling a Business or Business Assets
• Successor Liability and Clearance Certificates

Exemptions

• Exemptions
• Exemption for Fuel and Electricity Consumed in Manufacturing
• Exemption for Fuel and Electricity Consumed in Qualified Research
• Exemption for Qualified Data Center
• Occasional Sale Exemption

Filing

• Amended Returns
• Electronic Filing Options
• Extensions
• Filing Deadline
• Filing Sales and Use Tax Returns
• Filing a Buyer's Claim for Refund
• Retailer's Discount

Miscellaneous

• General Questions
• Keeping Records
• Making Changes to My Account
• Marketplace Providers
• Marketplace Sellers
• One-Time Sales Tax Reduction - Field Audit
• Remote Sellers - Wayfair Decision
• Tax Rates
  • Wisconsin State and Local Sales Tax Rate Lookup
• Vendors Doing Business With State Agencies and Authorities
• What Is Taxable?

Specific Tax Topics

• Car Manufacturer's Rebate
  
• Computer - Hardware, Software, Services
• Contractors
• County and City Sales and Use Tax
  • Wisconsin State and Local Sales Tax Rate Lookup
  • City of Milwaukee Sales and Use Taxes
• Difference Between Sales Tax and Use Tax
• Digital Goods
• Disaster Relief Payments
• Disregarded Entities (Sales and Use and Withholding Taxes)
• Drop Shipments
• Food
• Frac Sand Mining and Processing
• Horses
• Sales Made Via the Internet
• Transportation Charges
• Use Tax
• Use Tax on Motor Vehicle Dealer Plates

Permits/Certificates

• Federal and Wisconsin Governmental Units - Certificate of Exempt Status
• Nonprofit Organization - Certificate of Exempt Status
• Permits