POS built for Wisconsin convenience, grocery and liquor stores

In most cases yes. The 5% state rate is uniform, but county tax is a local option and 70 of the 72 counties charge 0.5%, which makes 5.5% the normal combined rate. Waukesha and Winnebago charge no county tax, so a flat 5% is still possible, while Milwaukee County is 0.9% and the City of Milwaukee adds a 2% municipal tax for 7.9% inside the city. Premier resort area taxes sit on top in a handful of tourist municipalities: 0.5% in Bayfield, Eagle River, Rhinelander, Ephraim, Sister Bay, Stockholm and, since 1 July 2026, the City of Sturgeon Bay and the Town of Minocqua, with 1.25% in Wisconsin Dells and Lake Delton. Storeveu inherits the state rate for every Wisconsin store and takes a per-store override for the county, city and resort layers.

Candy, soft drinks, dietary supplements and prepared food are the four carve-outs, and they ring at the full combined rate. A sweetened drink under 0.5% alcohol is a soft drink unless it is milk or a milk substitute, or more than 50% fruit or vegetable juice by volume, so soda, sports drinks and sweetened tea are taxable while 100% juice, milk and unsweetened flavoured or carbonated water are not. Powders and frozen concentrates are not soft drinks because they are not liquid. Candy has to be sold in the form of bars, drops or pieces, so cotton candy, spray candy and tub frosting fall outside it, and anything containing flour or requiring refrigeration is exempt food instead. Storeveu holds per-department tax rules so a mixed basket rings correctly on one receipt, which also keeps a split-tender FoodShare order straight.

Two rates, not one. Wis. Stat. 565.10(14)(b) pays 6.25% of retail price on instant and scratch tickets and 5.5% on draw games where the player or the terminal picks the numbers, so a single blended number will overstate what you actually earn on Powerball, Mega Millions, Megabucks and the daily draws. Storeveu keeps the rate on the game family rather than on the store, so scratch books and draw sales settle at their own rates. Extra money above those rates comes from the discretionary Retailer Performance Program run by the Division of Lottery inside the Department of Revenue, so Storeveu reports it separately instead of folding it into commission. Books move through inventory, active, depleted and settled, and the end-of-shift ticket scan works out tickets sold so the report reconciles.

No. The Unfair Sales Act at Wis. Stat. 100.30 sets a statutory minimum retail markup of 6% over invoice cost on beer, liquor, cigarettes and tobacco products, so loss leaders in those categories are unlawful. Motor fuel sold at a retail station carries 9.18% over the average posted terminal price for refiners and wholesalers, and other retailers price at the higher of cost plus 6% or that same benchmark. General merchandise has no prescribed minimum, so the rule bites hardest on the categories that move the most volume. Meeting a competitor's lawful price is a defence, but you have to be able to document it, so keep the evidence attached to the price change. Storeveu keeps price changes behind role-scoped access, so only staff you authorise can price a regulated category.