Free 2008 Form 1040A (Schedule 3) - Federal

Schedule 3
(Form 1040A)

Department of the Treasury--Internal Revenue Service

Credit for the Elderly or the Disabled for Form 1040A Filers (99)

2008

OMB No. 1545-0074 Your social security number

Name(s) shown on Form 1040A

You may be able to take this credit and reduce your tax if by the end of 2008: You were age 65 or older or You were under age 65, you retired on permanent and total disability, and you received taxable disability income.

But you must also meet other tests. See the separate instructions for Schedule 3. TIP In most cases, the IRS can figure the credit for you. See the instructions.

Part I
Check the box for your filing status and age

If your filing status is: Single, Head of household, or Qualifying widow(er)

And by the end of 2008: 1 You were 65 or older

Check only one box: 1

2 You were under 65 and you retired on permanent and total disability 2 3 Both spouses were 65 or older 3

4 Both spouses were under 65, but only one spouse retired on permanent and total disability 4 5 Both spouses were under 65, and both retired on permanent and total disability 5 6 One spouse was 65 or older, and the other spouse was under 65 and retired on permanent and total disability 6 7 One spouse was 65 or older, and the other spouse was under 65 and not retired on permanent and total disability 7 8 You were 65 or older and you lived apart from your spouse for all of 2008 8 Married filing separately 9 You were under 65, you retired on permanent and total disability, and you lived apart from your spouse for all of 2008 9 Yes No Skip Part II and complete Part III on the back. Complete Parts II and III.

Married filing jointly

Did you check box 1, 3, 7, or 8?

Part II
Statement of permanent and total disability
Complete this part only if you checked box 2, 4, 5, 6, or 9 above.

If:

1 You filed a physician's statement for this disability for 1983 or an earlier year, or you filed or got a statement for tax years after 1983 and your physician signed line B on the statement, and 2 Due to your continued disabled condition, you were unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity in 2008, check this box If you checked this box, you do not have to get another statement for 2008. If you did not check this box, have your physician complete the statement on page 4 of the instructions. You must keep the statement for your records.
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For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see Form 1040A instructions.

Schedule 3 (Form 1040A) 2008

Schedule 3 (Form 1040A) 2008

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Part III
Figure your credit

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If you checked (in Part I): Box 1, 2, 4, or 7 Box 3, 5, or 6 Box 8 or 9

Enter: $5,000 $7,500 $3,750 You must complete line 11. Enter the amount from line 10 on line 12 and go to line 13.

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Did you check box 2, 4, 5, 6, or 9 in Part I?
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Yes No

If you checked (in Part I): Box 6, add $5,000 to the taxable disability income of the spouse who was under age 65. Enter the total. Box 2, 4, or 9, enter your taxable disability income. Box 5, add your taxable disability income to your spouse's taxable disability income. Enter the total. For more details on what to include on line 11, see TIP the instructions. If you completed line 11, enter the smaller of line 10 or line 11; all others, enter the amount from line 10. Enter the following pensions, annuities, or disability income that you (and your spouse if filing a joint return) received in 2008. a Nontaxable part of social security benefits and Nontaxable part of railroad retirement benefits treated as social security (see the instructions). 13a b Nontaxable veterans' pensions and Any other pension, annuity, or disability benefit that is excluded from income under any other provision of law (see the instructions). 13b

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c Add lines 13a and 13b. (Even though these income items are not taxable, they must be included here to figure your credit.) If you did not receive any of the types of nontaxable income listed on line 13a or 13b, enter -0- on line 13c. 13c 14 Enter the amount from Form 1040A, line 22. 14 15 If you checked (in Part I): Enter: Box 1 or 2 $7,500 Box 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 $10,000 Box 8 or 9 $5,000 15 16 Subtract line 15 from line 14. If zero or less, enter -0-. 16 17 Enter one-half of line 16. 17 18 Add lines 13c and 17. 19 Subtract line 18 from line 12. If zero or less, stop; you cannot take the credit. Otherwise, go to line 20. 20 Multiply line 19 by 15% (.15). Enter the amount from Form 1040A, line 28, minus any amount on 21 Form 1040A, line 29. 22 Credit for the elderly or the disabled. Enter the smaller of line 20 or line 21 here and on Form 1040A, line 30.

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Schedule 3 (Form 1040A) 2008