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
  
  
• 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
  
  
• Find Wisconsin State and County Sales Tax Rate
  
  
• Temporary Events Program
  
  
• Vendors Doing Business with State Agencies
  
  
• What Is Taxable?

Specific Tax Topics

• Car Manufacturer's Rebate
  
  
• Computer - Hardware, Software, Services
  
  
• Contractors
  
  
• County Sales and Use Tax
  
  
  • Find Wisconsin State and County Sales Tax Rate
    
    
• 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

Permits/Certificates

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