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Wisconsin Income Tax
Income taxes should be filed by April 15th.
Wisconsin has an earned income credit to help working families with children. To claim this credit file Form 1A or 1. The size of the credit depends on family’s income and the number of children.
Wisconsin Tax Filing Guide
Here are detailed instructions for filing taxes in the state of Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin Residents
If your domicile residence was in Wisconsin for the entire year, you are a full-year Wisconsin resident. If you are a full-year resident of Wisconsin, you will need to file a income tax return with Wisconsin if your gross income is greater than the amount permitted in the table (attached below). To file a full-year resident return use Form 1 (attached below) for any additional information see Instructions for Form 1.
Related Tax Forms
- Form WI-Z - Wisconsin Individual Resident Income Tax Return (Short)
- Form 1A - Wisconsin Individual Resident Income Tax Return (Intermediate)
- Form 1 - Wisconsin Individual Resident Income Tax Return (Long)
Part-Year Wisconsin Residents
If your permanent (domicile) home was in Wisconsin for only part of the year, you are a part-year resident of Wisconsin. Your domicile home might be in Wisconsin for only part of the year if you moved in or out of Wisconsin during the year. If your gross income was more than $2000 for the year, you will have to file a Wisconsin, part-year resident return. Wisconsin will tax all income earned while you were a resident and only income earned from Wisconsin sources while you were a nonresident. To know how to file while your part year return for the period of time that you were a resident, see the Wisconsin Resident or Wisconsin Resident Who Worked In Another State sections. To know how to file your part-year return during the period of time that you were a nonresident see the Wisconsin Nonresident Working or Wisconsin Nonresident Who Sold Property section.
Related Tax Forms
- Form-1NPR - Wisconsin Individual Part-year and Non-resident Income Tax Return
Wisconsin Residents who work in another state
If your domicile residence was in Wisconsin for the entire year, you are a full-year Wisconsin resident. If you are a full-year resident of Wisconsin, you will need to file a income tax return with Wisconsin if your gross income is greater than the amount permitted in the table (attached below). To file a full-year resident return use Form 1 (attached below) for any additional information see Instructions for Form 1.
If you are a Wisconsin resident that works in another state, you will be taxed on all income no matter where it is earned by Wisconsin. However the state in which you earned the income may also tax this income. To avoid facing dual taxation on this income, file a return with Wisconsin (using Form 1) and the other state. Once you have done this fill out Schedule OS (attached) and attach it to your Wisconsin return along with the other state’s return and your W-2 (which can be obtained from your employer). If you are working in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, or Minnesota you will be taxed by Wisconsin and not one of the other states, due to reciprocal agreements. These agreements are only for income from salaries, wages, and commissions (ie. personal service income).
Related Tax Forms
- Schedule OS - Wisconsin Credit for Tax Paid To Another State
- Form 1 - Wisconsin Individual Resident Income Tax Return (Long)
Non-Residents who work in Wisconsin
If your domicile home was not in Wisconsin for any part of the tax year, you are a nonresident of Wisconsin. If you are a nonresident of Wisconsin who made more than $2000 from Wisconsin wages, salaries, and commissions you will have to file a Wisconsin, part-year resident return. Use Form-1NPR to file your Wisconsin nonresident return. For additional information see Form-1NPR Instructions.
Related Tax Forms
- Form-1NPR - Wisconsin Individual Part-year and Non-resident Income Tax Return
Non-Residents who sold property in Wisconsin
If your domicile home was not in Wisconsin for any part of the tax year, you are a nonresident of Wisconsin. If you are a nonresident who made more than $2000 of taxable income from Wisconsin sources you will have to file a Wisconsin, nonresident return.
Sources of taxable Wisconsin income include:
• Wages, salaries, commissions
• Rents and royalties from property in Wisconsin
• Gains or losses from sales of property in Wisconsin,
• Profits or losses from businesses, professions, and farming in Wisconsin
• Income from the Wisconsin state lottery
• Gambling winnings from places that reside on Native American land
You may exclude up to $250,000 ($500,000 if married and filing a joint return) of capital gains from the sale of your main home on both your Wisconsin and Federal return.
Use Form-1NPR to file your Wisconsin nonresident return. For additional information see Form 1NPR Instructions.
Related Tax Forms
- Form-1NPR - Wisconsin Individual Part-year and Non-resident Income Tax Return
Wisconsin State Tax Forms
- Form-1NPR - Wisconsin Individual Part-year and Non-resident Income Tax Return
- Schedule OS - Wisconsin Credit for Tax Paid To Another State
- Form 1A - Wisconsin Individual Resident Income Tax Return (Intermediate)
- Form WI-Z - Wisconsin Individual Resident Income Tax Return (Short)
- Form 1 - Wisconsin Individual Resident Income Tax Return (Long)
- Schedule 1 - Wisconsin Schedule to Adjust Federal AIG and Itemized Deductions To Wisconsin Allowable Amounts
- Schedule MT - Wisconsin Alternative Minimum Tax
- Schedule CR - Wisconsin Other Credits
Relevant Links
- State of Wisconsin Tax Website - Official Site
- State of Wisconsin E-File Service - Offered by Wisconsin's Official Website
- Which Form to File? - An Explanation of Which Individual Income Tax Form to File
- Additional Tax Forms - A Comprehensive Collection of Wisconsin Tax Forms
Wisconsin Mailing Address
Wondering where to mail your Wisconsin taxes? Here's the address:Mail your return to: Wisconsin Department of Revenue
If tax due: PO Box 268, Madison WI 53790-0001
If refund or no tax due: PO Box 59, Madison WI 53785-0001
If homestead credit claimed: PO Box 34, Madison WI 53786-0001
Wisconsin Sales Tax
Wisconsin has a state sales tax of 5%. There is an additional 0.5% of sales tax issued by sixty counties. Purchases such as aircraft, all-terrain vehicles, mobile homes shorter than 45 feet, trailers, cars, snowmobiles, and boats are taxed by the county’s use tax instead of sales tax.
