Sales tax is back on residential electricity bills across Wisconsin.
- Sales tax is charged on residential electricity and natural gas bills in Wisconsin from May through October
- Bills are exempt from sales tax from November through April
- State Sen. Andre Jacques (R-De Pere) has previously introduced bills to eliminate the year-round tax; The bills didn’t go through.
We’re now at the time of year when Wisconsin residents will pay sales tax on their residential electricity bills.
“I don’t like it,” Linda Swisher of De Pere said of the tax return.
At the state level, there is a sales tax on electricity and natural gas bills for six months from May through October.
“I’m a senior citizen, so every dollar I can save, yeah, I would appreciate not having (the tax) there,” Swisher said.
In every Wisconsin county in our viewing area, the sales tax is 5.5 percent, except for Manitowoc and Winnebago counties, where it is 5 percent.
Republican State Sen. Andre Jacques of De Pere has introduced bills that would eliminate this tax on electricity and natural gas bills. The bills didn’t go through.
“Anything that will help with some of the household expenses, that’s something that really has very broad support,” Jack said.
“I hope it’s just an idea whose time has not yet come.”
Electricity and natural gas bills during the six months from November to April are already exempt from sales tax.
State estimates indicate that Wisconsin would lose $100 million annually if this specific tax were to disappear entirely.
The next bill customers won’t see sales tax on their electric or natural gas bills is the one that arrives in November.
(tags for translation) Electricity