Free 2008 Form 8812 - Federal

Form

8812

Additional Child Tax Credit

1040 1040A .......... 1040NR
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OMB No. 1545-0074

2008
8812
Attachment Sequence No.

Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service (99)

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

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Name(s) shown on return

Your social security number

Part I
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All Filers

Enter the amount from line 1 of your Child Tax Credit Worksheet on page 43 of the Form 1040 instructions, page 38 of the Form 1040A instructions, or page 19 of the Form 1040NR instructions. If you used Pub. 972, enter the amount from line 8 of the worksheet on page 4 of the publication Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 52, Form 1040A, line 33, or Form 1040NR, line 47

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3 Subtract line 2 from line 1. If zero, stop; you cannot take this credit 4a Earned income (see instructions on back). If your main home was in a Midwestern disaster area when the disaster occurred, and you are electing to use your 2007 earned income, check here

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b Nontaxable combat pay (see instructions on 4b back) 5 Is the amount on line 4a more than $8,500? No. Leave line 5 blank and enter -0- on line 6. 5 Yes. Subtract $8,500 from the amount on line 4a. Enter the result 6 Multiply the amount on line 5 by 15% (.15) and enter the result 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.

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Part II
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Certain Filers Who Have Three or More Qualifying Children

Withheld social security and Medicare taxes from Form(s) W-2, boxes 4 and 6. If married filing jointly, include your spouse's amounts with yours. If you worked for a railroad, see instructions on back 1040 filers: Enter the total of the amounts from Form 1040, lines 27 and 58, plus any taxes that you identified using code "UT" and entered on the dotted line next to line 61. Enter -0-. Enter the total of the amounts from Form 1040NR, line 53, plus any taxes that you identified using code "UT" and entered on the dotted line next to line 57.

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1040A filers: 1040NR filers:

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Add lines 7 and 8 1040 filers: Enter the total of the amounts from Form 1040, lines 64a and 65. 1040A filers: Enter the total of the amount from Form 1040A, line 40a, plus any excess social security and tier 1 RRTA taxes withheld that you entered to the left of line 43 (see instructions on back). 1040NR filers: Enter the amount from Form 1040NR, line 60.

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Subtract line 10 from line 9. If zero or less, enter -0Enter the larger of line 6 or line 11 Next, enter the smaller of line 3 or line 12 on line 13.

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Additional Child Tax Credit Part III This is your additional child tax credit
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Enter Form Form Form this amount on 1040, line 66, 1040A, line 41, or 1040NR, line 61.

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see back of form.

Cat. No. 10644E

Form

8812

(2008)

Form 8812 (2008)

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Instructions
What's New
If your main home was in a Midwestern Disaster area when the disaster occurred, you may be able to elect to use your 2007 earned income to figure your additional child tax credit. See Midwestern Disaster Area on this page. The earned income threshold generally needed to claim the credit has been reduced to $8,500.

Midwestern Disaster Area
You may be able to elect to use your 2007 earned income to figure your additional child tax credit if (a) your 2007 earned income is more than your 2008 earned income, and (b) your main home was in a Midwestern Disaster area on the date the disaster occurred. For the purpose of this election, your earned income is your earned income for the earned income credit (EIC) even if you did not take the EIC. This may be different than your earned income for the additional child tax credit. For details, see Pub. 4492-B, Information for Affected Taxpayers in the Midwestern Disaster Areas. If you make this election, be sure to check the box on line 4a. If you elected to use your 2007 earned income for the EIC on Form 1040, line 64a, or Form 1040A, line 40a, you must use your 2007 earned CAUTION income for the additional child tax credit. Enter on Form 8812, line 4a, your 2007 earned income that is identified as "PYEI" in the space next to Form 1040, line 64a, or Form 1040A, line 40a.

If you were an employee representative, 50% of the total tier 1 tax you paid for 2008.

1040A Filers
If you, or your spouse if filing jointly, had more than one employer for 2008 and total wages of over $102,000, figure any excess social security and tier 1 railroad retirement (RRTA) taxes withheld. See Pub. 505. Include any excess on Form 8812, line 10. Paperwork Reduction Act Notice. We ask for the information on this form to carry out the Internal Revenue laws of the United States. You are required to give us the information. We need it to ensure that you are complying with these laws and to allow us to figure and collect the right amount of tax. You are not required to provide the information requested on a form that is subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act unless the form displays a valid OMB control number. Books or records relating to a form or its instructions must be retained as long as their contents may become material in the administration of any Internal Revenue law. Generally, tax returns and return information are confidential, as required by Internal Revenue Code section 6103. The average time and expenses required to complete and file this form will vary depending on individual circumstances. For the estimated averages, see the instructions for your income tax return. If you have suggestions for making this form simpler, we would be happy to hear from you. See the instructions for your income tax return.

Purpose of Form
Use Form 8812 to figure your additional child tax credit. The additional child tax credit may give you a refund even if you do not owe any tax.

Who Should Use Form 8812
First, complete the Child Tax Credit Worksheet that applies to you. See the instructions for Form 1040, line 52, Form 1040A, line 33, or Form 1040NR, line 47. If you meet the condition given in the TIP at the end of your Child Tax Credit Worksheet, use Form 8812 to see if you can take the additional child tax credit.

Effect of Credit on Welfare Benefits
Any refund you receive as a result of taking the additional child tax credit will not be used to determine if you are eligible for the following programs, or how much you can receive from them. But if the refund you receive because of the additional child tax credit is not spent within a certain period of time, it may count as an asset (or resource) and affect your eligibility. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Medicaid and supplemental security income (SSI). Food stamps and low-income housing.

Nontaxable Combat Pay
Enter on line 4b the total amount of nontaxable combat pay that you, and your spouse if filing jointly, received in 2008. This amount should be shown in Form W-2, box 12, with code Q. But if you elected to use your 2007 earned income (see Midwestern Disaster Area above), enter -0- on line 4b.

Railroad Employees
If you worked for a railroad, include the following taxes in the total on Form 8812, line 7. Tier 1 tax withheld from your pay. This tax should be shown in box 14 of your Form(s) W-2 and identified as "Tier 1 tax."

Earned Income Chart--Line 4a
CAUTION

If your main home was in a Midwestern disaster area on the date the disaster occurred, see Midwestern Disaster Area above before using this chart.
AND you... use either optional method to figure those net earnings completed Worksheet B on page 51 of your Form 1040 instructions THEN enter on line 4a... the amount figured using Pub. 972.

IF you... have net earnings from selfemployment are taking the EIC on Form 1040, line 64a, or Form 1040A, line 40a

your earned income from Worksheet B, line 4b, plus all of your nontaxable combat pay if you did not elect to include it in earned income for the EIC. If you were a member of the clergy, subtract (a) the rental value of a home or the nontaxable portion of an allowance for a home furnished to you (including payments for utilities), and (b) the value of meals and lodging provided to you, your spouse, and your dependents for your employer's convenience. your earned income from Step 5 on page 48 of your 1040 instructions or page 42 of your 1040A instructions, plus all of your nontaxable combat pay if you did not elect to include it in earned income for the EIC. the amount figured using Pub. 972.

did not complete Worksheet B or filed Form 1040A were self-employed, or you are filing 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 Schedule SE, C, or C-EZ for the above reasons

are not taking the EIC

your earned income figured as follows: Line 7 of Form 1040 or Form 1040A, or line 8 of Form 1040NR Subtract, if included on line 7 (line 8 for Form 1040NR), any: Taxable scholarship or fellowship grant not reported on a Form W-2. 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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