Wisconsin State e-filing Requirement for Tax Practitioners

Wisconsin State e-filing Requirement for Tax Practitioners
Article ID: 34199

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Beginning January 2011, practitioners who filed 50 or more Wisconsin income tax returns in the previous tax year are required to e-file returns. A practitioner can ask for a waiver from the electronic filing requirement if the requirement causes an undue hardship; in addition if a taxpayer wishes to file a paper tax return, the practitioner is not required to electronically file that return. Admin. Rule Section Tax 2.08(3)(b)
Added two new mandates by administrative rule for the
Annual Reconciliation of Withholding Tax (Form WT-7) and for Pass-Through Entity Withholding (Form PW-1). There are free web-based efiling applications as well as direct XML filing alternatives available for both.
Sales and use returns are also now required to be filed electronically after 90 days notice, beginning with monthly filing frequency taxpayers. Waivers are available.
Mandated X12-EDI Motor Fuel Excise tax filing via direct modem or Internet (since 1996)

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Created on: Jun 15, 2013