{"id":14009,"date":"2024-11-15T17:03:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T18:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=14009"},"modified":"2024-11-15T21:01:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T21:01:42","slug":"wisconsin-ev-chargers-must-register-with-3-cent-tax-starting-on-january-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=14009","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin EV Chargers Must Register with 3-Cent Tax Starting on January 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsindailystar.com\/news\/wisconsin-ev-chargers-must-register-with-3-cent-tax-starting-on-january-1\/tcsquare\/2024\/11\/15\/\">https:\/\/wisconsindailystar.com\/news\/wisconsin-ev-chargers-must-register-with-3-cent-tax-starting-on-january-1\/tcsquare\/2024\/11\/15\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<h5>by Jon Styf<\/h5>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin\u2019s new 3-cent per kilowatt hour state tax on electricity sales for electric vehicles starts Jan. 1.<\/p>\n<p>Any owner, operator, manager, or lessee of an EV charging station must now register with the Wisconsin Department of Revenue\u2019s Online Business Tax Registration if the charging station is subject to the tax.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe excise tax represents a crucial source of revenue for maintaining Wisconsin\u2019s roadways and infrastructure,\u201d said Department of Revenue Secretary Designee David Casey. \u201cIt will help ensure continued funding for road repairs and construction as Wisconsin drivers increasingly make the switch to electric vehicles, while creating a more equitable system in which all drivers contribute to road maintenance costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/wisconsin\/article_187c698a-e6d7-11ee-b0ad-3785b123dfe2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">signed Act 121<\/a>\u00a0into law in March to ensure EV owners contribute fairly to road repairs.<\/p>\n<p>WisDOT\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/wisconsin\/article_9f7732ae-b602-11ee-948a-7bba773f1436.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">estimated the tax<\/a>\u00a0could lead to $27,000 annually in taxes to start while the Department of Revenue said it could bring in up to $930,000 annually.<\/p>\n<p>The charging station owner must register and the excise tax applies regardless of whether the charging station is available for public use and whether there is a charge to the consumer for the electricity from the EV charging station.<\/p>\n<p>Hotels also must register charging stations.<\/p>\n<p>The excise tax does not apply and registration is not required for residential EV charging stations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n<p><em>Jon Styf is an award-winning editor and reporter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/wisconsin\/article_48fe0d32-a2fe-11ef-b378-5ffb0e2a520a.html\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">The Center Square<\/a> who has worked in Illinois, Texas, Wisconsin, Florida and Michigan in local newsrooms over the past 20 years, working for Shaw Media, Hearst and several other companies.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsindailystar.com\/news\/wisconsin-ev-chargers-must-register-with-3-cent-tax-starting-on-january-1\/tcsquare\/2024\/11\/15\/\">Wisconsin EV Chargers Must Register with 3-Cent Tax Starting on January 1<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsindailystar.com\">The Wisconsin Daily Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/wisconsindailystar.com\/news\/wisconsin-ev-chargers-must-register-with-3-cent-tax-starting-on-january-1\/tcsquare\/2024\/11\/15\/ by Jon Styf \u00a0 Wisconsin\u2019s new 3-cent per kilowatt&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":3495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wi-daily-star"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14010,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14009\/revisions\/14010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}