Since it took aim at public sector unions in 2011, Wisconsin s Republican-run Legislature passed a series of laws designed to undercut private sector unions and keep local governments from raising .
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The calls for lawmakers to protect business owners across Wisconsin from a Paycheck Protection Program tax are growing louder.
The stateâs largest business group, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, on Thursday said Gov. Tony Eversâ plan to place the Department of Revenue tax on PPP grants provided to the state is a $450 million surprise.
âCongress never intended for these loans to be taxable. There is no evidence the state legislature did either,â WMCâs Cory Fish said. âPolicymakers should not allow DOR to âsleep walkâ into a tax increase that no one ever intended to be enacted.â
The Department of Revenue quietly released a rules update this month that put nearly 90,000 businesses in the state, many of them small businesses, on notice that they will be taxed on any PPP loans they received.