Sales and Use Tax

Beginning January 1, 2024 – City of Milwaukee imposes new 2% sales and use tax; Milwaukee County sales and use tax increases from 0.5% to 0.9%

Business Registration, Permits, and Certificates

Do I need a permit or certificate?

Other taxes and fees

Online registration

Paper registration (Form BTR-101) and instructions

Registration questions

Certificate of Exempt Status application for certain exempt organizations

Starting a business

Closing a business

Name, address, or tax ID change

Resources

Sales and use tax guide (Pub 201)
- Other sales and use publications
Articles

Common questions

Fact sheets

Forms

Sales and Use Tax Reports

Status of proposed rules

Subscribe to e-news

Topical and Court Case Index

Training and seminars

Wisconsin Administrative Code

Wisconsin Statutes (chs. 66 and 77)

Wisconsin Tax Bulletins

Video center

What's Taxable and Exempt

What's taxable

What's exempt (Publication 201, part 11)

Exemption certificates
- Create an exemption certificate
- Nonprofit organizations and governments

Use tax

File and Pay

My Tax Account (MTA)

MTA log in/new user name

MTA Help

Other

Amending returns

Appeal a notice or bill

Business calendar

Buyer claim for refund

Can't pay on time

Credit card payments

Due dates

E-file waiver

Extension requests

File and pay by phone

File transmission (XML)

Form ST-12, Schedule CT, and instructions

Use tax Form UT-5 and instructions

Other Information

ACH Credit

Audits and credit reviews

County tax

Digital goods

Other Local taxes

Look up
- Wisconsin tax account number and filing frequency
- NAICS activity code

Marketplace providers and sellers

Remote sellers

Recordkeeping

Report fraud

Sampling in Sales and Use Tax Audits (Publication 515)

Streamlined sales tax

Successor liability/clearance certificates

Tax rates
- Rate and boundary database files
- Rate lookup by zip code

Temporary events

Voluntary disclosure

Wisconsin businesses selling in other states

External Links

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board

Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI)

Unemployment Insurance (WI Department of Workforce Development)

Worker's Compensation (WI Department of Workforce Development)