September 29, 2023
To: Municipal Clerks and Treasurers
County Clerks and Treasurers
The Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR), State and Local Finance Division posted an estimate of your 2024 Video Service Provider Aid on our website. DOR will distribute this aid to each municipality on or before July 22, 2024 (sec. 79.097(3)(b), Wis. Stats.)
General Information
- Aid is based on the amounts reported to DOR in 2020 on Form SL-310: Video Service Provider Report and confirmed in the 2023 SL-311 form filed with DOR
- Video service provider aid is distributed to each municipality imposing the video service (cable) provider fee under sec. 66.0420(7), Wis. Stats.
- The aid equals 1.0% of the gross receipts used to calculate the actual 2019 fee revenues received by the municipality (sec. 79.097(1)(b), Wis. Stats.)
- Starting on January 1, 2021, the video service fee (percentage) imposed by a municipality must equal the percentage applied on December 31, 2018, less 1.0% (sec. 66.0420(7)(b)2m., Wis. Stats.)
Questions?
Contact us at lgs@wisconsin.gov.