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When Quality of Life Closes the Location Decision Deal

Mark Crawford (Dec/Jan 10)
When it comes to choosing a location, quality of life is a minor consideration for some. But for others, it makes all the difference. More

States Use Incentives to Attract Renewable Energy Business

Richard K. Greene, Senior Associate, The Williams Group Real Estate Advisors (Nov 09)
As the economy recovers, one particularly bright spot will be manufacturing for the renewable energy industry, which is already enjoying healthy popular and government support. More

Wisconsin: Maintaining Stability through Exports and Emerging Industries

Lisa A. Bastian, CBC (Oct/Nov 09)
Always firmly in the middle of booms and busts, Wisconsin's economy is holding steady against the recession. More

Following the Talent: How the Search for Highly Skilled Workers Affects a Location Decision

Sam Newberg (June/July 09)
Companies that seek highly educated, talented labor need to consider locating in places that attract this caliber of worker. More
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Wisconsin  At A Glance
POPULATION: 5,580,000

LABOR FORCE: 3,081,700

RIGHT TO WORK: No

TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIES: Manufacturing, agriculture, forestry, tourism

EXPANDING INDUSTRIES: Trade, finance, biotechnology, high-technology manufacturing, printing, healthcare

COLLEGE GRADUATES: (Age 25 and over) 22.8%

BASIC BUSINESS TAXES:
Single-factor tax treatment

Corporate Income Tax: 7.9 percent of net income

Sales and Use Tax: 5 percent of gross receipts from sales, leasing, or renting tangible personal property and certain services, with exemptions

Property Tax: Rates vary by taxing jurisdiction (towns, villages, cities, counties, school districts, & special districts); nonmanufacturing assessments are done at the local level at some percentage of market value; taxes are levied within taxing jurisdictions using the local assessment; property tax exemptions are offered for manufacturing machinery, equipment, inventories, machinery used exclusively for R&D, computers, and computer equipment; a sales tax exemption for equipment and energy used in the manufacturing process

BUSINESS INCENTIVES:
Brownfields Initiative
Community Development Block Grant Programs
Economic Development Tax Credit Programs (consolidated)
Industrial revenue bonds
Forward Innovation Fund
Low-interest loans
Training grants
Tax incremental financing
Wisconsin Entrepreneurial Network
Technology Commercialization Programs
Angel Investor Tax Credit Program
Early Stage Seed Investment Tax Credit Program
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