Free 2008 Form 8839 - Federal

Form

8839

Qualified Adoption Expenses
Attach to Form 1040 or 1040NR. See separate instructions.

OMB No. 1545-0074

Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service (99)

Attachment Sequence No.

2008
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Name(s) shown on return

Your social security number

Before you begin: See Definitions on page 1 of the instructions.

Part I
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Information About Your Eligible Child or Children--You must complete this part. See page 2 of the instructions for details, including what to do if you need more space.
Check if child was-- (a) Child's name First Last (b) Child's year of birth (c) born before 1991 and disabled (d) a child with special needs (e) a foreign child (f) Child's identifying number

Child 1 Child 2

Caution. If the child was a foreign child, see Special rules in the instructions for line 1, column (e), that begin on page 2, before you complete Part II or Part III. If you received employer-provided adoption benefits, complete Part III on the back next.

Part II

Adoption Credit
Child 1 Child 2

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Maximum adoption credit per child Did you file Form 8839 for a prior year for the same child? No. Enter -0-. Yes. See page 3 of the instructions for the amount to enter. Subtract line 3 from line 2 Qualified adoption expenses (see page 3 of the instructions)

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$11,650

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$11,650

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Caution. Your qualified adoption expenses may not be equal to the adoption expenses you paid in 2008. 6 Enter the smaller of line 4 or line 5 Add the amounts on line 6. If zero, skip lines 8 through 11 and enter -0- on line 12 8 Modified adjusted gross income (see page 3 of the instructions) Is line 8 more than $174,730? No. Skip lines 9 and 10, and enter -0- on line 11. 9 Yes. Subtract $174,730 from line 8 Divide line 9 by $40,000. Enter the result as a decimal (rounded to at least three places). Do not enter more than 1.000 Multiply line 7 by line 10 Subtract line 11 from line 7 Credit carryforward from prior years (line 23 of your Credit Carryforward Worksheet on page 5 of the 2007 Form 8839 instructions) Add lines 12 and 13 15 Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 46, or Form 1040NR, line 43 1040 filers:
Enter the total of any amounts from Form 1040, lines 47 through 51; line 12 of the Line 11 Worksheet in Pub. 972 (see page 3 of the instructions); and Form 8396, line 11. 1040NR, lines 44 through 46; line 12 of the Line 11 Worksheet in Pub. 972 (see page 3 of the instructions); and Form 8396, line 11.

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1040NR filers: Enter the total of any amounts from Form

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Subtract line 16 from line 15 Adoption credit. Enter the smaller of line 14 or line 17 here and include on Form 1040, line 53, or Form 1040NR, line 48. Check box b on that line. If line 17 is smaller than line 14, you may have a credit carryforward (see page 5 of the instructions)
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For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see page 6 of the instructions.

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Form 8839 (2008)

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Part III Employer-Provided Adoption Benefits
Child 1 19 20 Maximum exclusion per child Did you receive employer-provided adoption benefits for a prior year for the same child? No. Enter -0-. Yes. See page 6 of the instructions for the amount to enter. Subtract line 20 from line 19 Employer-provided adoption benefits you received in 2008. This amount should be shown in box 12 of your 2008 Form(s) W-2 with code T Add the amounts on line 22 Enter the smaller of line 21 or line 22. But if the child was a child with special needs and the adoption became final in 2008, enter the amount from line 21 20 21 19 Child 2

$11,650

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$11,650

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Add the amounts on line 24. If zero, skip lines 26 through 29, enter -0- on line 30, and go to line 31 Modified adjusted gross income (from the worksheet on page 6 of the instructions) Is line 26 more than $174,730? No. Skip lines 27 and 28, and enter -0- on line 29. Yes. Subtract $174,730 from 27 line 26 Divide line 27 by $40,000. Enter the result as a decimal (rounded to at least three places). Do not enter more than 1.000 Multiply line 25 by line 28 Excluded benefits. Subtract line 29 from line 25 Taxable benefits. Is line 30 more than line 23?

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No. Subtract line 30 from line 23. Also, include this amount, if more than zero, on line 7 of Form 1040 or line 8 of Form 1040NR. On the dotted line next to line 7 of Form 1040 or line 8 of Form 1040NR, enter "AB." Yes. Subtract line 23 from line 30. Enter the result as a negative number. Reduce the total you would enter on line 7 of Form 1040 or line 8 of Form 1040NR by the amount on Form 8839, line 31. Enter the result on line 7 of Form 1040 or line 8 of Form 1040NR. Enter "SNE" on the dotted line next to the entry line. 31

You may be able to claim the adoption credit in Part II on the front of this form if any of the following apply. You paid adoption expenses in 2007, those expenses were not fully reimbursed by your employer or otherwise, and the adoption was not final by the end of 2007. The total adoption expenses you paid in 2008 were not fully reimbursed by your employer or otherwise, and the adoption became final in 2008 or earlier. You adopted a child with special needs and the adoption became final in 2008.
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