Form 8817 – Fill Out and Use This PDF

Income

Deductions

	Taxable Income						(a)	(b)
							Patronage	Nonpatronage
1a	Gross receipts or sales						1a
b	Returns and allowances						1b
c	Balance. Subtract line 1b from line 1a						1c
2	Cost of goods sold (attach schedule)						2
3	Gross profit. Subtract line 2 from line 1c						3
4a	Patronage dividends and per-unit retain allocations						4a
b	Other dividends						4b
5	Interest						5
6a	Gross rents						6a
b	Total expenses related to gross rents		6b
7	Gross royalties						7
8	Capital gain net income						8
9	Net gain (loss) from Form 4797, line 18						9
10	Other income (attach schedule)						10
11	Total income. Combine lines 3 through 10						11
12	Compensation of officers						12
13	Salaries and wages (less employment credits)						13
14	Repairs and maintenance						14
15	Bad debts						15
16	Rents						16
17	Taxes and licenses						17
18	Interest						18
19	Charitable contributions						19
20a	Depreciation						20a
b	Depreciation claimed on line 2 and elsewhere on form						20b
c	Subtract line 20b from line 20a						20c
21	Depletion						21
22	Advertising						22
23	Pension, profit-sharing, etc., plans						23
24	Employee benefit programs						24
25	Other deductions (attach schedule)						25
26a	Total deductions. Add lines 12 through 19, and 20c through 25						26a
b	Subtract line 26a from line 11						26b
c	Deductions and adjustments under section 1382						26c

27Taxable income before net operating loss deduction and special

	deductions. Subtract line 26c from line 26b	27
28a	Net operating loss deduction (see instructions)	28a
b	Special deductions	28b
29	Taxable income. Subtract the total of lines 28a and 28b from line 27	29
30	Combined taxable income. Add line 29, columns (a) and (b) (see instructions)		30
31	Unused patronage loss (see instructions)		31
32	Unused nonpatronage loss (see instructions)		32

General Instructions

Section references are to the Inter nal Revenue Code.

Purpose of form. Form 8817 is filed by certain cooperatives to report their income and deductions by patronage and nonpatronage sources.

Who must file. Form 8817 MUST be filed by cooperatives described in section 1381(a)(2) that have both patronage and nonpatronage income and deductions. However, exempt farmers cooperatives (section 521) and taxable cooperatives with gross receipts of less than $10 million, are not required to file Form 8817.

How to file. Attach Form 8817 to the cooperative’s income tax return.

Specific Instructions

Enter for each line, in the appropriate column, the amount of income or deduction. The total of both columns for each line must agree with the amount reported on the corresponding line of the cooperative’s income tax return. For more details about any line on this form not described below, see the specific instruction for that line in the instructions for the cooperative’s income tax return.

A patronage allocation schedule may be attached in lieu of completing lines 1a through 26c. However, lines 27 through 32 MUST be completed even if a patronage allocation schedule is attached.

Taxable Income

Income

Line 1a. Enter gross receipts or sales from all business operations, except those required to be reported on lines 4a through 10.

Line 2. Enter in the appropriate columns the cost of goods sold. Attach a schedule showing your computations.

Line 6a. Enter the gross amount received for the rent of property. Report related expenses such as repairs, interest, taxes, and depreciation on the proper lines for those deductions.

Line 6b. Enter in the space provided, the cooperative’s total expenses related to gross rents.

Line 10. Enter any other taxable income not listed above, and explain its nature and source (patronage or nonpatronage) on an attached schedule. If “other income” consists of only one item, describe it in parentheses on line 10 and enter the amount in the appropriate column.

Deductions

If the books and records do not separately show the patronage and nonpatronage portion of an expense, use an approximate percentage to determine the patronage and nonpatronage portion of the expense.

Line 25. Enter any other deductions not listed on lines 12 through 24, and explain the nature and source (patronage and nonpatronage) on an attached schedule. If “other deductions” consists of only one item, describe it in parentheses on line 25 and enter the amount in the appropriate column.

Line 28a. Attach a schedule showing the computation of the NOL deduction.

Line 28b. Attach a schedule showing the computation of the special deductions.

Line 30. Add columns (a) and (b), line 29, and enter the total on this line. The taxable income reported on line 30 of the cooperative’s tax return may not exceed the taxable income shown on line 30 of this form.

Note: Any patronage source losses (line 29, column (a)) cannot be used to offset nonpatronage income (line 29, column (b)).

Line 31. Enter any patronage loss from line 29, column

(a).

Line 32. Enter any nonpatronage loss from line 29, column (b).

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The time needed to complete and file this form will vary depending on individual circumstances. The estimated average time is:

Recordkeeping	16 hrs., 44 min.
Learning about the
law or the form	30 min.
Preparing, copying, assembling,
and sending the form to the IRS	47 min.

If you have comments concerning the accuracy of these time estimates or suggestions for making this form simpler, we would be happy to hear from you.

See the instructions for the tax return with which this form is filed.