Irs 8812 Fillable Form – Fill Out and Use This PDF

8812

ADDITIONAL CHILD TAX CREDIT

1040

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OMB No. 1545-0074

Form

1040A

2011

1040NR

Department of the Treasury

8812

Attachment

Complete and attach to Form 1040, Form 1040A, or Form 1040NR.

Sequence No. 47

Internal Revenue Service (99)

Name(s) shown on return

Your social security number

Part I

All Filers

1

1040 filers:

Enter the amount from line 6 of your Child Tax Credit Worksheet (see the

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Instructions for Form 1040, line 51).

1040A filers:

Enter the amount from line 6 of your Child Tax Credit Worksheet (see the

Instructions for Form 1040A, line 33).

1

1040NR filers: Enter the amount from line 6 of your Child Tax Credit

Worksheet (see

the

Instructions for Form 1040NR, line 48).

2

Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 51, Form 1040A, line 33, or Form 1040NR, line 48

2

3

Subtract line 2 from line 1. If zero, stop; you cannot take this credit

3

4a

Earned income (see instructions on back)

4a

back)

4b

5

Is the amount on line 4a more than $3,000?

No. Leave line 5 blank and enter -0- on line 6.

Yes. Subtract $3,000 from the amount on line 4a. Enter the result . . .

5

6

Multiply the amount on line 5 by 15% (.15) and enter the result

. . . . . . . . .

6

Next. Do you have three or more qualifying children?

No. If line 6 is zero, stop; you cannot take this credit. Otherwise, skip Part II and enter the smaller of

line 3 or line 6 on line 13.

Yes. If line 6 is equal to or more than line 3, skip Part II and enter the amount from line 3 on line 13.

Otherwise, go to line 7.

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see your tax return instructions.

Cat. No. 10644E

Form 8812 (2011)

Form 8812 (2011)

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IF you...

AND you...

THEN enter on line 4a...

have net earnings

use either optional method to figure

the amount figured using Pub. 972.

from self-

those net earnings

employment

completed Worksheet B of the EIC

your earned income from Worksheet B, line 4b, plus all of your nontaxable combat pay if you did not elect to include it in

are taking the EIC

instructions in your Form 1040

earned income for the EIC. If you were a member of the clergy, subtract (a) the rental value of a home or the nontaxable

instructions

portion of an allowance for a home furnished to you (including payments for utilities), and (b) the value of meals and

on Form 1040, line

lodging provided to you, your spouse, and your dependents for your employer’s convenience.

64a, or Form

1040A, line 38a

did not complete Worksheet B or

your earned income from Step 5 of the EIC instructions in your tax return instructions, plus all of your nontaxable combat

filed Form 1040A

pay if you did not elect to include it in earned income for the EIC.

were self-employed, or you are filing

the amount figured using Pub. 972.

Schedule SE because you were a

member of the clergy or you had

church employee income, or you are

filing Schedule C or C-EZ as a

statutory employee

are not self-employed or filing

your earned income figured as follows:

Schedule SE, C, or C-EZ for the

Line 7 of Form 1040 or Form 1040A, or line 8 of Form 1040NR

above reasons

Subtract, if included on line 7 (line 8 for Form 1040NR), any:

are not taking the

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Taxable scholarship or fellowship grant not reported on a Form W-2.

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EIC

•

Amount received for work performed while an inmate in a penal institution (put

“PRI” and the amount subtracted in the space next to line 7 of Form 1040 or

1040A (line 8 for Form 1040NR)).

•

Amount received as a pension or annuity from a nonqualified deferred

compensation plan or a nongovernmental section 457 plan (put “DFC” and the

–

amount subtracted in the space next to line 7 of Form 1040 or Form 1040A (line 8

for Form 1040NR)). This amount may be shown in box 11 of your Form W-2. If

you received such an amount but box 11 is blank, contact your employer for the

amount received as a pension or annuity.

• Amount from Form 2555, line 43, or Form 2555-EZ, line 18.

Add all your nontaxable combat pay from Form(s) W-2, box 12, with code Q

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