Wisconsin § 72.11 - Subjects liable.

§ 72.11. Subjects liable.

72.11(1) (1) Residents and nonresidents. A tax is imposed upon any transfer of property to any distributee in the following cases: 72.11(1)(a) (a) When the transfer is from a person who dies while a resident of this state. 72.11(1)(b) (b) When the transfer is of property within the jurisdiction of this state and the decedent was not a resident of this state at the time of the decedent’s death. 72.11(2) (2) Exception; reciprocity as to nonresident decedents. A transfer, which is made taxable under this chapter and is of a nonresident decedent’s intangible personal property is not subject to the tax imposed by this chapter if a like exemption is allowed at the time of the death of the decedent by the laws of the state, territory or district of the decedent’s residence in favor of residents of this state or if the state, territory, or district of the decedent’s residence does not impose a tax on the transfer at death at the time of the death of the decedent. 72.11 History History: 1971 c. 307 , 310 ; 1973 c. 90 ; 1987 a. 27 s. 3200 (47) ; 1991 a. 316 ; 2003 a. 258 .