72.30 Determination of tax.
(1) Filing requirements.
(a) Except as provided in par. (b), if a federal estate tax return is required, the personal representative, special administrator, trustee, distributee or other person interested shall prepare the return for the tax under this chapter, compute the tax due under this chapter, and on or before the due date, as extended, of the federal estate tax return file the return for the tax under this chapter with a copy of the federal estate tax return and a copy of all documents submitted with the federal estate tax return.
(b) The personal representative, special administrator, trustee, distributee, or other person interested shall prepare the return for the tax under this chapter in the manner prescribed by the department.
(3) Certificate of tax. Upon receipt of the return and payment of the tax, the department shall issue a dated certificate showing the amount of tax and any interest.
(4) Hearing in circuit court. The attorney general, department, district attorney or any person dissatisfied with the appraisal, assessment or determination of the tax due under this chapter may apply for a hearing before the circuit court within 6 months from the date the certificate in sub. (3) is issued. The applicant must give a written notice to the court stating the grounds of the application. No statute of limitations shall run against the department in cases of fraud or collusion or where property is not disclosed in the return.
(7) Collection. In addition to its powers to collect taxes due under this chapter, the department may proceed in the manner provided in ss. 71.91 (5) and (7). All payments under this chapter after their due date shall be applied first in discharging costs and interest and the balance applied on the tax principal.
History: 1971 c. 310; 1973 c. 90; 1975 c. 41 s. 52; 1975 c. 331; 1977 c. 449 s. 497; 1979 c. 1; 1985 a. 278; 1987 a. 27; 1987 a. 312 s. 17; 1991 a. 39; 1997 a. 27, 35, 252; 2001 a. 16.
Sub. (4) did not bar court review of a tax dispute that arose more than 6 months after the tax certificate was issued. The department must issue a certificate under sub. (3) each time a tax determination is made on an amended return. In Matter of Estate of Halsted, 116 Wis. 2d 23, 341 N.W.2d 389 (1983).
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