Free 2008 Form 8906 - Federal

Form

8906

Distilled Spirits Credit
Attach to your tax return.

OMB No. 1545-1982

Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service

Attachment Sequence No. Identifying number

2008
150 0.29717

Name(s) shown on return

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Total number of cases of distilled spirits (see instructions) Average tax-financing cost per case Multiply line 1 by line 2 Distilled spirits credit from partnerships and S corporations Add lines 3 and 4. Partnerships and S corporations, report this amount on Schedule K; all others, report this amount on Form 3800, line 1n

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Instructions
Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code.

2. Multiply the result by a fraction, the numerator of which is the stated proof of the lot and the denominator of which is 80. 3. The result is the number of cases in the lot. Example. You purchased a lot of ninety 500-milliliter bottles of 150-proof rum. The number of liters in the lot is 45 (0.5 liters x 90). Divide 45 by 9 and the result is 5. Multiply 5 by 150/80 (1.875). The result is 9.375, which is the number of cases in the lot. 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 section 6103. The time needed to complete and file this form will vary depending on individual circumstances. The estimated burden for individual taxpayers filing this form is approved under OMB control number 1545-0074 and is included in the estimates shown in the instructions for their individual income tax return. The estimated burden for all other taxpayers who file this form is shown below. Recordkeeping Learning about the law or the form Preparing and sending the form to the IRS 1 hr., 25 min. 12 min. 13 min.

Purpose of Form
Use Form 8906 to claim the distilled spirits credit. The credit is part of the general business credit. Taxpayers that are not partnerships or S corporations, and whose only source of this credit is from those pass-through entities, are not required to complete or file this form. Instead, they can report this amount directly on line 1n of Form 3800.

How To Figure the Credit
Generally, the credit for the tax year is figured by multiplying the number of cases of bottled distilled spirits purchased or stored during the tax year by the average tax-financing cost per case for the most recent calendar year ending before the beginning of the tax year. See the instructions for line 1 below.

Line 1
If you are an eligible wholesaler, enter the number of cases of distilled spirits that were bottled in the United States and purchased by you during the tax year directly from the bottler of the spirits. An eligible wholesaler is any person who holds a permit under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act as a wholesaler of distilled spirits and is not a state or political subdivision thereof, or an agency of either. If you are not an eligible wholesaler, but you are subject to section 5005, enter the number of cases of bottled distilled spirits which are stored in a warehouse operated by, or on behalf of, a state or any political subdivision thereof, or an agency of either, and for which title has not passed on an unconditional sale basis. For purposes of this line, a case consists of twelve 80-proof 750-milliliter bottles. For any lot of distilled spirits that does not consist of cases of 80-proof 750-milliliter bottles, figure the number of cases in the lot as follows. 1. Divide the number of liters in the lot by 9.

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.
Form

Cat. No. 37715M

8906

(2008)