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Instructions for Form 1041 2006 Tax Year

Specific Instructions

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Table of Contents

Name of Estate or Trust

Copy the exact name of the estate or trust from the Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number, that you used to apply for the EIN. If the name of the trust was changed during the tax year for which you are filing, enter the trust's new name and check the Change in trust's name box in item F.

If a grantor type trust (discussed below), write the name, identification number, and address of the grantor(s) or other owner(s) in parentheses after the name of the trust.

Name and Title of Fiduciary

Enter the name and title of the fiduciary. If the name entered is different than the name on the prior year's return, see Change in Fiduciary's Name and Change in Fiduciary on page 14.

Address

Include the suite, room, or other unit number after the street address. If the Post Office does not deliver mail to the street address and the fiduciary has a P.O. box, show the box number instead.

If you want a third party (such as an accountant or an attorney) to receive mail for the estate or trust, enter on the street address line “C/O” followed by the third party's name and street address or P.O. box.

If the estate or trust has had a change of address (including a change to an “in care of” name and address) and did not file Form 8822, Change of Address, check the Change in fiduciary's address box in item F.

If the estate or trust has a change of mailing address (including a new "in care of" name and address) after filing its return, file Form 8822 to notify the IRS of the change.

A. Type of Entity

Check the appropriate box that describes the entity for which you are filing the return.

If only a portion of a trust is a grantor type trust or if only a portion of an electing small business trust is the S portion, then more then one box can be checked.

Caution:
There are special filing requirements for grantor type trusts, pooled income funds, electing small business trusts, and bankruptcy estates. See Special Filing Instructions for Grantor Type Trusts, Pooled Income Funds, and Electing Small Business Trusts on page 5, or Of Special Interest to Bankruptcy Trustees and Debtors-in-Possession on page 11.

Decedent's Estate

An estate of a deceased person is a taxable entity separate from the decedent. It generally continues to exist until the final distribution of the assets of the estate is made to the heirs and other beneficiaries. The income earned from the property of the estate during the period of administration or settlement must be accounted for and reported by the estate.

Simple Trust

A trust may qualify as a simple trust if:

  1. The trust instrument requires that all income must be distributed currently;

  2. The trust instrument does not provide that any amounts are to be paid, permanently set aside, or used for charitable purposes; and

  3. The trust does not distribute amounts allocated to the corpus of the trust.

Complex Trust

A complex trust is any trust that does not qualify as a simple trust as explained above.

Qualified Disability Trust

A qualified disability trust is any nongrantor trust:

  1. Described in 42 U.S.C. 1396p(c)(2)(B)(iv) and established solely for the benefit of an individual under 65 years of age who is disabled, and

  2. All the beneficiaries of which are determined by the Commissioner of Social Security to have been disabled for some part of the tax year within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. 1382c(a)(3).

A trust will not fail to meet 2 above just because the trust's corpus may revert to a person who is not disabled after the trust ceases to have any disabled beneficiaries.

ESBT (S Portion Only)

The S portion of an electing small business trust (ESBT) is the portion of the trust that consists of S corporation stock and that is not treated as owned by the grantor or another person. See page 7 of the instructions for more information about an ESBT.

Grantor Type Trust

A grantor type trust is a legal trust under applicable state law that is not recognized as a separate taxable entity for income tax purposes because the grantor or other substantial owners have not relinquished complete dominion and control over the trust.

Generally, for transfers made in trust after March 1, 1986, the grantor is treated as the owner of any portion of a trust in which he or she has a reversionary interest in either the income or corpus therefrom, if, as of the inception of that portion of the trust, the value of the reversionary interest is more than 5% of the value of that portion. Also, the grantor is treated as holding any power or interest that was held by either the grantor's spouse at the time that the power or interest was created or who became the grantor's spouse after the creation of that power or interest.

Mortgage pools.   The trustee of a mortgage pool, such as the Federal National Mortgage Association, collects principal and interest payments on each mortgage and makes distributions to the certificate holders. Each pool is considered a grantor type trust, and each certificate holder is treated as the owner of an undivided interest in the entire trust under the grantor trust rules. Certificate holders must report their proportionate share of the mortgage interest and other items of income on their individual tax returns.

Pre-need funeral trusts.   The purchasers of pre-need funeral services are the grantors and the owners of pre-need funeral trusts established under state laws. See Rev. Rul. 87-127, 1987-2 C.B. 156. However, the trustees of pre-need funeral trusts can elect to file the return and pay the tax for qualified funeral trusts. For more information, see Form 1041-QFT, U.S. Income Tax Return for Qualified Funeral Trusts.

Nonqualified deferred compensation plans.   Taxpayers may adopt and maintain grantor trusts in connection with nonqualified deferred compensation plans (sometimes referred to as “rabbi trusts”). Rev. Proc. 92-64, 1992-2 C.B. 422, provides a “model grantor trust” for use in rabbi trust arrangements. The procedure also provides guidance for requesting rulings on the plans that use these trusts.

Bankruptcy Estate

A chapter 7 or 11 bankruptcy estate is a separate and distinct taxable entity from the individual debtor for federal income tax purposes. See Of Special Interest to Bankruptcy Trustees and Debtors-in-Possession on page 11.

For more information, see section 1398 and Pub. 908, Bankruptcy Tax Guide.

Pooled Income Fund

A pooled income fund is a split-interest trust with a remainder interest for a public charity and a life income interest retained by the donor or for another person. The property is held in a pool with other pooled income fund property and does not include any tax-exempt securities. The income for a retained life interest is figured using the yearly rate of return earned by the trust. See section 642(c) and the related regulations for more information.

B. Number of Schedules K-1 Attached

Every trust or decedent's estate claiming an income distribution deduction on page 1, line 18, must enter the number of Schedules K-1 (Form 1041) that are attached to Form 1041.

C. Employer Identification Number

Every estate or trust that is required to file Form 1041 must have an EIN. An EIN may be applied for:

  • Online by clicking on the EIN link at www.irs.gov/businesses/small. The EIN is issued immediately once the application information is validated.

  • By telephone at 1-800-829-4933 from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. in the fiduciary's local time zone. Assistance provided to callers from Alaska and Hawaii will be based on the hours of operation in the Pacific time zone.

  • By mailing or faxing Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number.

If the estate or trust has not received its EIN by the time the return is due, write “Applied for” in the space for the EIN. For more details, see Pub. 583, Starting a Business and Keeping Records.

If you are filing a return for a mortgage pool, such as one created under the mortgage-backed security programs administered by the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) or the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”), the EIN stays with the pool if that pool is traded from one financial institution to another.

D. Date Entity Created

Enter the date the trust was created, or, if a decedent's estate, the date of the decedent's death.

E. Nonexempt Charitable and Split-Interest Trusts

Section 4947(a)(1) Trust

Check this box if the trust is a nonexempt charitable trust within the meaning of section 4947(a)(1).

A nonexempt charitable trust is a trust:

  • That is not exempt from tax under section 501(a);

  • In which all of the unexpired interests are devoted to one or more charitable purposes described in section 170(c)(2)(B); and

  • For which a deduction was allowed under section 170 (for individual taxpayers) or similar Code section for personal holding companies, foreign personal holding companies, or estates or trusts (including a deduction for estate or gift tax purposes).

Nonexempt charitable trust treated as a private foundation.   If a nonexempt charitable trust is treated as though it were a private foundation under section 509, then the fiduciary must file Form 990-PF, Return of Private Foundation, in addition to Form 1041.

  If a nonexempt charitable trust is treated as though it were a private foundation, and it has no taxable income under Subtitle A, it may file Form 990-PF instead of Form 1041 to meet its section 6012 filing requirement. But, be sure to answer Statement 13, on Part VII-A of Form 990-PF.

Excise taxes.   If a nonexempt charitable trust is treated as a private foundation, then it is subject to the same excise taxes under chapters 41 and 42 that a private foundation is subject to. If the nonexempt charitable trust is liable for any of these taxes (except the section 4940 tax), then it reports these taxes on Form 4720, Return of Certain Excise Taxes on Charities and Other Persons Under Chapters 41 and 42 of the Internal Revenue Code. Taxes paid by the trust on Form 4720 or on Form 990-PF (the section 4940 tax) cannot be taken as a deduction on Form 1041.

Not a Private Foundation

Check this box if the nonexempt charitable trust (section 4947(a)(1)) is not treated as a private foundation under section 509. For more information, see Regulations section 53.4947-1.

Other returns that must be filed.   If a nonexempt charitable trust is not treated as though it were a private foundation, the fiduciary must file, in addition to Form 1041, Form 990 (or Form 990-EZ), Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax, and Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ), Organization Exempt Under Section 501(c)(3), if the trust's gross receipts are normally more than $25,000.

  If a nonexempt charitable trust is not treated as though it were a private foundation, and it has no taxable income under Subtitle A, it can file either Form 990 or Form 990-EZ instead of Form 1041 to meet its section 6012 filing requirement.

Section 4947(a)(2) Trust

Check this box if the trust is a split-interest trust described in section 4947(a)(2).

A split-interest trust is a trust that:

  • Is not exempt from tax under section 501(a);

  • Has some unexpired interests that are devoted to purposes other than religious, charitable, or similar purposes described in section 170(c)(2)(B); and

  • Has amounts transferred in trust after May 26, 1969, for which a deduction was allowed under section 170 (for individual taxpayers) or similar Code section for personal holding companies, foreign personal holding companies, or estates or trusts (including a deduction for estate or gift tax purposes).

Other returns that must be filed.   The fiduciary of a split-interest trust must file Form 5227 (for amounts transferred in trust after May 26, 1969); and Form 1041-A if the trust's governing instrument does not require that all of the trust's income be distributed currently.

  If a split-interest trust has any unrelated business taxable income, however, it must file Form 1041 to report all of its income and to pay any tax due.

F. Initial Return, Amended Return, etc.

Amended Return

If you are filing an amended Form 1041:

  • Check the “Amended return” box,

  • Complete the entire return,

  • Correct the appropriate lines with the new information, and

  • Refigure the estate's or trust's tax liability.

If the total tax on line 23 is larger on the amended return than on the original return, you generally should pay the difference with the amended return. However, you should adjust this amount if there is any increase or decrease in the total payments shown on line 25.

Attach a sheet that explains the reason for the amendments and identifies the lines and amounts being changed on the amended return.

Amended Schedule K-1 (Form 1041).   If the amended return results in a change to income, or a change in distribution of any income or other information provided to a beneficiary, an amended Schedule K-1 (Form 1041) must also be filed with the amended Form 1041 and given to each beneficiary. Check the “Amended K-1” box at the top of the amended Schedule K-1.

Final Return

Check this box if this is a final return because the estate or trust has terminated. Also, check the “Final K-1” box at the top of Schedule K-1.

If, on the final return, there are excess deductions, an unused capital loss carryover, or a net operating loss carryover, see the instructions for Schedule K-1, box 11, on page 43.

Caution

Grantor type trusts that are required to follow the 2007 reporting rules for widely held fixed investment trusts (WHFITs) under Regulations section 1.671-5 (if the WHFIT rules apply to the entire trust) must check the final return box.

Change in Trust's Name

If the name of the trust has changed from the name shown on the prior year's return (or Form SS-4 if this is the first return being filed), be sure to check this box.

Change in Fiduciary

If a different fiduciary enters his or her name on the line for Name and title of fiduciary than was shown on the prior year's return (or Form SS-4 if this is the first return being filed) and you did not file a Form 8822, be sure to check this box. If there is a change in the fiduciary whose address is used as the mailing address for the estate or trust after the return is filed, use Form 8822 to notify the IRS.

Change in Fiduciary's Name

If the fiduciary changed his or her name from the name that he or she entered on the prior year's return (or Form SS-4 if this is the first return being filed), be sure to check this box.

Change in Fiduciary's Address

If the same fiduciary who filed the prior year's return (or Form SS-4 if this is the first return being filed) files the current year's return and changed the address on the return (including a change to an "in care of" name and address) and did not report the change on Form 8822, check this box.

If the address shown on Form 1041 changes after you file the form (including a change to an "in care of" name and address) file Form 8822 to notify the IRS of the change.

G. Pooled Mortgage Account

If you bought a pooled mortgage account during the year and still have that pool at the end of the tax year, check the “Bought” box and enter the date of purchase. If you sold a pooled mortgage account that was purchased during this, or a previous, tax year, check the “Sold” box and enter the date of sale. If you neither bought nor sold a pooled mortgage account, skip this item.

Income

Special Rule for Blind Trust

If you are reporting income from a qualified blind trust (under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978), do not identify the payer of any income to the trust but complete the rest of the return as provided in the instructions. Also write “Blind Trust” at the top of page 1.

Extraterritorial Income Exclusion

The estate or trust may exclude part of its extraterritorial income from gross income. For details and to figure the amount of the exclusion, see Form 8873, Extraterritorial Income Exclusion, and its separate instructions. The estate or trust must report the extraterritorial income exclusion on line 15a of Form 1041, page 1.

Although the extraterritorial income exclusion is entered on line 15a, it is an exclusion from income and should be treated as tax-exempt income when completing other parts of the return.

Line 1—Interest Income

Report the estate's or trust's share of all taxable interest income that was received during the tax year. Examples of taxable interest include interest from:

  • Accounts (including certificates of deposit and money market accounts) with banks, credit unions, and thrift institutions;

  • Notes, loans, and mortgages;

  • U.S. Treasury bills, notes, and bonds;

  • U.S. savings bonds;

  • Original issue discount; and

  • Income received as a regular interest holder of a real estate mortgage investment conduit (REMIC).

For taxable bonds acquired after 1987, amortizable bond premium is treated as an offset to the interest income instead of as a separate interest deduction. See Pub. 550.

For the year of the decedent's death, Forms 1099-INT issued in the decedent's name may include interest income earned after the date of death that should be reported on the income tax return of the decedent's estate. When preparing the decedent's final income tax return, report on line 1 of Schedule B (Form 1040) or Schedule 1 (Form 1040A) the total interest shown on Form 1099-INT. Under the last entry on line 1, subtotal all the interest reported on line 1. Below the subtotal, write “Form 1041” and the name and address shown on Form 1041 for the decedent's estate. Also, show the part of the interest reported on Form 1041 and subtract it from the subtotal.

Line 2a—Total Ordinary Dividends

Report the estate's or trust's share of all ordinary dividends received during the tax year.

For the year of the decedent's death, Forms 1099-DIV issued in the decedent's name may include dividends earned after the date of death that should be reported on the income tax return of the decedent's estate. When preparing the decedent's final income tax return, report on line 5 of Schedule B (Form 1040) or Schedule 1 (Form 1040A) the ordinary dividends shown on Form 1099-DIV. Under the last entry on line 5, subtotal all the dividends reported on line 5. Below the subtotal, write “Form 1041” and the name and address shown on Form 1041 for the decedent's estate. Also, show the part of the ordinary dividends reported on Form 1041 and subtract it from the subtotal.

Tip
Report capital gain distributions on Schedule D (Form 1041), line 9.

Line 2b—Qualified Dividends

Enter the beneficiary's allocable share of qualified dividends on line 2b(1) and enter the estate's or trust's allocable share on line 2b(2).

If the estate or trust received qualified dividends that were derived from income in respect of a decedent, you must reduce the amount on line 2b(2) by the portion of the estate tax deduction claimed on Form 1041, page 1, line 19, that is attributable to those qualified dividends. Do not reduce the amounts on line 2b by any other allocable expenses.

The beneficiary's share (as figured above) may differ from the amount entered on line 2b of Schedule K-1 (Form 1041).

Qualified dividends.   Qualified dividends are eligible for a lower tax rate than other ordinary income. Generally, these dividends are reported to the estate or trust in box 1b of Form(s) 1099-DIV. See Pub. 550 for the definition of qualified dividends if the estate or trust received dividends not reported on Form 1099-DIV.

Exception.   Some dividends may be reported to the estate or trust as qualified dividends in box 1b of Form 1099-DIV but are not qualified dividends. These include:
  • Dividends received on any share of stock that the estate or trust held for less than 61 days during the 121-day period that began 60 days before the ex-dividend date. The ex-dividend date is the first date following the declaration of a dividend on which the purchaser of a stock is not entitled to receive the next dividend payment. When counting the number of days the stock was held, include the day the estate or trust disposed of the stock but not the day it acquired the stock. However, you cannot count certain days during which the estate's or trust's risk of loss was diminished. See Pub. 550 for more details.

  • Dividends attributable to periods totaling more than 366 days that the estate or trust received on any share of preferred stock held for less than 91 days during the 181-day period that began 90 days before the ex-dividend date. When counting the number of days the stock was held, include the day the estate or trust disposed of the stock but not the day it acquired the stock. However, you cannot count certain days during which the estate's or trust's risk of loss was diminished. See Pub. 550 for more details. Preferred dividends attributable to periods totaling less than 367 days are subject to the 61-day holding period rule above.

  • Dividends on any share of stock to the extent that the estate or trust is under an obligation (including a short sale) to make related payments with respect to positions in substantially similar or related property.

  • Payments in lieu of dividends, but only if you know or have reason to know that the payments are not qualified dividends.

  
Tax tip
If you have an entry on line 2b(2), be sure you use Schedule D (Form 1041), the Schedule D Tax Worksheet, or the Qualified Dividends Tax Worksheet, whichever applies, to figure the estate's or trust's tax. Figuring the estate's or trust's tax liability in this manner will usually result in a lower tax.

Line 3—Business Income or (Loss)

If the estate operated a business, report the income and expenses on Schedule C (Form 1040), Profit or Loss From Business (or Schedule C-EZ (Form 1040), Net Profit From Business). Enter the net profit or (loss) from Schedule C (or Schedule C-EZ) on line 3.

Line 4—Capital Gain or (Loss)

Enter the gain from Schedule D (Form 1041), Part III, line 15, column (3); or the loss from Part IV, line 16.

Caution
Do not substitute Schedule D (Form 1040) for Schedule D (Form 1041).

Line 5—Rents, Royalties, Partnerships, Other Estates and Trusts, etc.

Use Schedule E (Form 1040), Supplemental Income and Loss, to report the estate's or trust's share of income or (losses) from rents, royalties, partnerships, S corporations, other estates and trusts, and REMICs. Enter the net profit or (loss) from Schedule E on line 5. See the instructions for Schedule E (Form 1040) for reporting requirements.

If the estate or trust received a Schedule K-1 from a partnership, S corporation, or other flow-through entity, use the corresponding lines on Form 1041 to report the interest, dividends, capital gains, etc., from the flow-through entity.

Line 6—Farm Income or (Loss)

If the estate or trust operated a farm, use Schedule F (Form 1040), Profit or Loss From Farming, to report farm income and expenses. Enter the net profit or (loss) from Schedule F on line 6.

Line 7—Ordinary Gain or (Loss)

Enter from line 17, Form 4797, Sales of Business Property, the ordinary gain or loss from the sale or exchange of property other than capital assets and also from involuntary conversions (other than casualty or theft).

Line 8—Other Income

Enter other items of income not included on lines 1, 2a, and 3 through 7. List the type and amount on an attached schedule if the estate or trust has more than one item.

Items to be reported on line 8 include:

  • Unpaid compensation received by the decedent's estate that is income in respect of a decedent, and

  • Any part of a total distribution shown on Form 1099-R, Distributions From Pensions, Annuities, Retirement or Profit-Sharing Plans, IRAs, Insurance Contracts, etc., that is treated as ordinary income. For more information, see the separate instructions for Form 4972, Tax on Lump-Sum Distributions.

Deductions

Depreciation, Depletion, and Amortization

A trust or decedent's estate is allowed a deduction for depreciation, depletion, and amortization only to the extent the deductions are not apportioned to the beneficiaries. An estate or trust is not allowed to make an election under section 179 to expense certain tangible property.

The estate's or trust's share of depreciation, depletion, and amortization should be reported on the appropriate lines of Schedule C (or C-EZ), E, or F (Form 1040), the net income or loss from which is shown on line 3, 5, or 6 of Form 1041. If the deduction is not related to a specific business or activity, then report it on line 15a.

Depreciation.   For a decedent's estate, the depreciation deduction is apportioned between the estate and the heirs, legatees, and devisees on the basis of the estate's income allocable to each.

  For a trust, the depreciation deduction is apportioned between the income beneficiaries and the trust on the basis of the trust income allocable to each, unless the governing instrument (or local law) requires or permits the trustee to maintain a depreciation reserve. If the trustee is required to maintain a reserve, the deduction is first allocated to the trust, up to the amount of the reserve. Any excess is allocated among the beneficiaries and the trust in the same manner as the trust's accounting income. See Regulations section 1.167(h)-1(b).

Depletion.   For mineral or timber property held by a decedent's estate, the depletion deduction is apportioned between the estate and the heirs, legatees, and devisees on the basis of the estate's income from such property allocable to each.

  For mineral or timber property held in trust, the depletion deduction is apportioned between the income beneficiaries and the trust based on the trust income from such property allocable to each, unless the governing instrument (or local law) requires or permits the trustee to maintain a reserve for depletion. If the trustee is required to maintain a reserve, the deduction is first allocated to the trust, up to the amount of the reserve. Any excess is allocated among the beneficiaries and the trust in the same manner as the trust's accounting income. See Regulations section 1.611-1(c)(4).

Amortization.   The deduction for amortization is apportioned between an estate or trust and its beneficiaries under the same principles for apportioning the deductions for depreciation and depletion.

  The deduction for the amortization of reforestation expenditures under section 194 is allowed only to an estate.

Allocation of Deductions for Tax-Exempt Income

Generally, no deduction that would otherwise be allowable is allowed for any expense (whether for business or for the production of income) that is allocable to tax-exempt income. Examples of tax-exempt income include:

  • Certain death benefits (section 101),

  • Interest on state or local bonds (section 103),

  • Compensation for injuries or sickness (section 104), and

  • Income from discharge of indebtedness in a title 11 case (section 108).

Exception.   State income taxes and business expenses that are allocable to tax-exempt interest are deductible.

   Expenses that are directly allocable to tax-exempt income are allocated only to tax-exempt income. A reasonable proportion of expenses indirectly allocable to both tax-exempt income and other income must be allocated to each class of income.

Deductions That May Be Allowable for Estate Tax Purposes

Administration expenses and casualty and theft losses deductible on Form 706 may be deducted, to the extent otherwise deductible for income tax purposes, on Form 1041 if the fiduciary files a statement waiving the right to deduct the expenses and losses on Form 706. The statement must be filed before the expiration of the statutory period of limitations for the tax year the deduction is claimed. See Pub. 559 for more information.

Accrued Expenses

Generally, an accrual basis taxpayer can deduct accrued expenses in the tax year that: (a) all events have occurred that determine the liability; and (b) the amount of the liability can be figured with reasonable accuracy. However, all the events that establish liability are treated as occurring only when economic performance takes place. There are exceptions for recurring items. See section 461(h).

Limitations on Deductions

At-Risk Loss Limitations

Generally, the amount the estate or trust has “at-risk” limits the loss it can deduct for any tax year. Use Form 6198, At-Risk Limitations, to figure the deductible loss for the year and file it with Form 1041. For more information, see Pub. 925, Passive Activity and At-Risk Rules.

Passive Activity Loss and Credit Limitations

In general.   Section 469 and the regulations thereunder generally limit losses from passive activities to the amount of income derived from all passive activities. Similarly, credits from passive activities are generally limited to the tax attributable to such activities. These limitations are first applied at the estate or trust level.

  Generally, an activity is a passive activity if it involves the conduct of any trade or business, and the taxpayer does not materially participate in the activity. Passive activities do not include working interests in oil and gas properties. See section 469(c)(3).

Material participation standards for estates and trusts have not been established by regulations.

  For a grantor trust, material participation is determined at the grantor level.

  If the estate or trust distributes an interest in a passive activity, the basis of the property immediately before the distribution is increased by the passive activity losses allocable to the interest, and such losses cannot be deducted. See section 469(j)(12).

  
Tip
Losses from passive activities are first subject to the at-risk rules. When the losses are deductible under the at-risk rules, the passive activity rules then apply.

Rental activities.   Generally, rental activities are passive activities, whether or not the taxpayer materially participates. However, certain taxpayers who materially participate in real property trades or businesses are not subject to the passive activity limitations on losses from rental real estate activities in which they materially participate. For more details, see section 469(c)(7).

  For tax years of an estate ending less than 2 years after the decedent's date of death, up to $25,000 of deductions and deduction equivalents of credits from rental real estate activities in which the decedent actively participated are allowed. Any excess losses and/or credits are suspended for the year and carried forward.

Portfolio income.   Portfolio income is not treated as income from a passive activity, and passive losses and credits generally may not be applied to offset it. Portfolio income generally includes interest, dividends, royalties, and income from annuities. Portfolio income of an estate or trust must be accounted for separately.

Forms to file.   See Form 8582, Passive Activity Loss Limitations, to figure the amount of losses allowed from passive activities. See Form 8582-CR, Passive Activity Credit Limitations, to figure the amount of credit allowed for the current year.

Transactions Between Related Taxpayers

Under section 267, a trust that uses the accrual method of accounting may only deduct business expenses and interest owed to a related party in the year the payment is included in the income of the related party. For this purpose, a related party includes:

  1. A grantor and a fiduciary of any trust;

  2. A fiduciary of a trust and a fiduciary of another trust, if the same person is a grantor of both trusts;

  3. A fiduciary of a trust and a beneficiary of such trust;

  4. A fiduciary of a trust and a beneficiary of another trust, if the same person is a grantor of both trusts;

  5. A fiduciary of a trust and a corporation more than 50% in value of the outstanding stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by or for the trust or by or for a person who is a grantor of the trust; and

  6. An executor of an estate and a beneficiary of that estate, except for a sale or exchange to satisfy a pecuniary bequest (that is a bequest of a sum of money).

Line 10—Interest

Enter the amount of interest (subject to limitations) paid or incurred by the estate or trust on amounts borrowed by the estate or trust, or on debt acquired by the estate or trust (for example, outstanding obligations from the decedent) that is not claimed elsewhere on the return.

If the proceeds of a loan were used for more than one purpose (for example, to purchase a portfolio investment and to acquire an interest in a passive activity), the fiduciary must make an interest allocation according to the rules in Temporary Regulations section 1.163-8T.

Do not include interest paid on indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase or carry obligations on which the interest is wholly exempt from income tax.

Personal interest is not deductible. Examples of personal interest include interest paid on:

  • Revolving charge accounts used to purchase personal use property;

  • Personal notes for money borrowed from a bank, credit union, or other person;

  • Installment loans on personal use property; and

  • Underpayments of federal, state, or local income taxes.

Interest that is paid or incurred on indebtedness allocable to a trade or business (including a rental activity) should be deducted on the appropriate line of Schedule C (or C-EZ), E, or F (Form 1040), the net income or loss from which is shown on line 3, 5, or 6 of Form 1041.

Types of interest to include on line 10 are:

  1. Any investment interest (subject to limitations—see below);

  2. Any qualified residence interest (see later); and

  3. Any interest payable under section 6601 on any unpaid portion of the estate tax attributable to the value of a reversionary or remainder interest in property for the period during which an extension of time for payment of such tax is in effect.

Investment interest.   Generally, investment interest is interest (including amortizable bond premium on taxable bonds acquired after October 22, 1986, but before January 1, 1988) that is paid or incurred on indebtedness that is properly allocable to property held for investment. Investment interest does not include any qualified residence interest, or interest that is taken into account under section 469 in figuring income or loss from a passive activity.

  Generally, net investment income is the excess of investment income over investment expenses. Investment expenses are those expenses (other than interest) allowable after application of the 2% floor on miscellaneous itemized deductions.

  The amount of the investment interest deduction may be limited. Use Form 4952, Investment Interest Expense Deduction, to figure the allowable investment interest deduction.

  If you must complete Form 4952, check the box on line 10 of Form 1041 and attach Form 4952. Then, add the deductible investment interest to the other types of deductible interest and enter the total on line 10.

Qualified residence interest.   Interest paid or incurred by an estate or trust on indebtedness secured by a qualified residence of a beneficiary of an estate or trust is treated as qualified residence interest if the residence would be a qualified residence (that is, the principal residence or the second residence selected by the beneficiary) if owned by the beneficiary. The beneficiary must have a present interest in the estate or trust or an interest in the residuary of the estate or trust. See Pub. 936, Home Mortgage Interest Deduction, for an explanation of the general rules for deducting home mortgage interest.

  See section 163(h)(3) for a definition of qualified residence interest and for limitations on indebtedness.

Line 11—Taxes

Enter any deductible taxes paid or incurred during the tax year that are not deductible elsewhere on Form 1041. Deductible taxes include the following.

  • State and local income taxes. You can deduct state and local income taxes unless you elect to deduct state and local general sales taxes. You cannot deduct both.

  • State and local general sales taxes. You can elect to deduct state and local general sales taxes instead of state and local income taxes. Generally, you can elect to deduct the actual state and local general sales taxes (including compensating use taxes) you paid in 2006 if the tax rate was the same as the general sales tax rate. However, sales taxes on food, clothing, medical supplies, and motor vehicles are deductible as a general sales tax even if the tax rate was less than the general sales tax rate. Sales taxes on motor vehicles are also deductible as a general sales tax if the tax rate was more than the general sales tax rate, but the tax is deductible only up to the amount of tax that would have been imposed at the general sales tax rate. Motor vehicles include cars, motorcycles, motor homes, recreational vehicles, sport utility vehicles, trucks, vans, and off-road vehicles. Also include any state and local general sales taxes paid for a leased motor vehicle. Do not include sales taxes paid on items used in a trade or business. An estate or trust cannot use the Optional Sales Tax Tables for individuals in Pub. 600, State and Local General Sales Taxes, to figure its deduction.

  • State, local, and foreign real property taxes.

  • State and local personal property taxes.

  • Foreign or U.S. possession income taxes. You may want to take a credit for the tax instead of a deduction. See the instructions for Schedule G, line 2a, on page 23 for more details.

  • The generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax imposed on income distributions.

Do not deduct:

  • Federal income taxes;

  • Estate, inheritance, legacy, succession, and gift taxes; or

  • Federal duties and excise taxes.

Line 12—Fiduciary Fees

Enter the deductible fees paid or incurred to the fiduciary for administering the estate or trust during the tax year.

Tip
Fiduciary fees deducted on Form 706 cannot be deducted on
Form 1041.

Line 15a—Other Deductions Not Subject to the 2% Floor

Attach your own schedule, listing by type and amount, all allowable deductions that are not deductible elsewhere on Form 1041.

Do not include any losses on worthless bonds and similar obligations and nonbusiness bad debts. Report these losses on Schedule D (Form 1041).

Do not deduct medical or funeral expenses on Form 1041. Medical expenses of the decedent paid by the estate may be deductible on the decedent's income tax return for the year incurred. See section 213(c). Funeral expenses are deductible only on Form 706.

The following are examples of deductions that are reported on line 15a.

Bond premium(s).   For taxable bonds acquired before October 23, 1986, if the fiduciary elected to amortize the premium, report the amortization on this line. You cannot deduct the amortization for tax-exempt bonds. In all cases where the fiduciary has made an election to amortize the premium, the basis must be reduced by the amount of amortization.

  For more information, see section 171 and Pub. 550.

  If you claim a bond premium deduction for the estate or trust, figure the deduction on a separate sheet and attach it to
Form 1041.

Casualty and theft losses.   Use Form 4684, Casualties and Thefts, to figure any deductible casualty and theft losses.

Domestic production activities deduction.   The estate or trust may be able to deduct up to 3% of its share of qualified production activities income (QPAI) from the following activities.
  1. Construction performed in the United States.

  2. Engineering or architectural services performed in the United States for construction projects in the United States.

  3. Any lease, rental, license, sale, exchange, or other disposition of:

    1. Tangible personal property, computer software, and sound recordings that the estate or trust manufactured, produced, grew, or extracted in whole or in significant part within the United States;

    2. Any qualified film the estate or trust produced; or

    3. Electricity, natural gas, or potable water the estate or trust produced in the United States.

  In certain cases, the United States includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

  The deduction does not apply to income derived from:
  • The sale of food and beverages the estate or trust prepared at a retail establishment;

  • Property the estate or trust leased, licensed, or rented for use by any related person; or

  • The transmission or distribution of electricity, natural gas, or potable water.

  The deduction cannot exceed 3% of modified AGI or 50% of certain Form W-2 wages. QPAI, as well as Form W-2 wages, must be apportioned between the trust or estate and its beneficiaries. For more details, see Form 8903, Domestic Production Activities Deduction, and its separate instructions.

Net operating loss deduction (NOLD).   An estate or trust is allowed the net operating loss deduction (NOLD) under section 172.

  If you claim an NOLD for the estate or trust, figure the deduction on a separate sheet and attach it to this return.

Estate's or trust's share of amortization, depreciation, and depletion not claimed elsewhere.   If you cannot deduct the amortization, depreciation, and depletion as rent or royalty expenses on Schedule E (Form 1040), or as business or farm expenses on Schedule C, C-EZ, or F (Form 1040), itemize the fiduciary's share of the deductions on an attached sheet and include them on line 15a. Itemize each beneficiary's share of the deductions and report them in the appropriate box of Schedule K-1 (Form 1041).

Line 15b—Allowable Miscellaneous Itemized Deductions Subject to the 2% Floor

Miscellaneous itemized deductions are deductible only to the extent that the aggregate amount of such deductions exceeds 2% of adjusted gross income (AGI).

Among the miscellaneous itemized deductions that must be included on line 15b are expenses for the production or collection of income under section 212, such as investment advisory fees, subscriptions to investment advisory publications, and the cost of safe deposit boxes.

Miscellaneous itemized deductions do not include deductions for:

  • Interest under section 163,

  • Taxes under section 164,

  • The amortization of bond premium under section 171,

  • Estate taxes attributable to income in respect of a decedent under section 691(c), or

  • Expenses paid or incurred in connection with the administration of the estate or trust that would not have been incurred if the property were not held in the estate or trust.

For other exceptions, see section 67(b).

How to figure AGI for estates and trusts.   You figure AGI by subtracting the following from total income on line 9 of page 1:
  1. The administration costs of the estate or trust (the total of lines 12, 14, and 15a to the extent they are costs incurred in the administration of the estate or trust) that would not have been incurred if the property were not held by the estate or trust;

  2. The income distribution deduction (line 18);

  3. The amount of the exemption (line 20);

  4. The domestic production activities deduction claimed on line 15a; and

  5. The net operating loss deduction claimed on line 15a.

  For those estates and trusts whose income distribution deduction is limited to the actual distribution, and not the DNI (that is, the income distribution is less than the DNI), when computing the AGI, use the amount of the actual distribution.

   For those estates and trusts whose income distribution deduction is limited to the DNI (that is, the actual distribution exceeds the DNI), the DNI must be figured taking into account the allowable miscellaneous itemized deductions (AMID) after application of the 2% floor. In this situation there are two unknown amounts: (a) the AMID; and (b) the DNI.

Computing line 15b.   To compute line 15b, use the equation below:

  AMID = Total miscellaneous itemized deductions - (.02(AGI))

  The following example illustrates how algebraic equations can be used to solve for these unknown amounts.

Example.   The Malcolm Smith Trust, a complex trust, earned $20,000 of dividend income, $20,000 of capital gains, and a fully deductible $5,000 loss from XYZ partnership (chargeable to corpus) in 2006. The trust instrument provides that capital gains are added to corpus. 50% of the fiduciary fees are allocated to income and 50% to corpus. The trust claimed a $2,000 deduction on line 12 of Form 1041. The trust incurred $1,500 of miscellaneous itemized deductions (chargeable to income), which are subject to the 2% floor. There are no other deductions. The trustee made a discretionary distribution of the accounting income of $17,500 to the trust's sole beneficiary.

  Because the actual distribution can reasonably be expected to exceed the DNI, the trust must figure the DNI, taking into account the allowable miscellaneous itemized deductions, to determine the amount to enter on line 15b.

  The trust also claims an exemption of $100 on line 20.

  Using the facts in this example:

  AMID = 1,500 - (.02(AGI))

  In all situations, use the following equation to compute the AGI:

  AGI = (line 9) - (the total of lines 12, 14, and 15a to the extent they are costs incurred in the administration of the estate or trust that would not have been incurred if the property were not held by the estate or trust) - (line 18) - (line 20).

There are no other deductions claimed by the trust on line 15a that are deductible in arriving at AGI.

  Figuring AGI in this example, we get:

  AGI = 35,000 - 2,000 - DNI - 100

  Since the value of line 18 is not known because it is limited to the DNI, you are left with the following:

  AGI = 32,900 - DNI

  Substitute the value of AGI in the equation:

  AMID = 1,500 - (.02(32,900 - DNI))

  The equation cannot be solved until the value of DNI is known. The DNI can be expressed in terms of the AMID. To do this, compute the DNI using the known values. In this example, the DNI is equal to the total income of the trust (less any capital gains allocated to corpus; or plus any capital loss from line 4); less total deductions from line 16 (excluding any miscellaneous itemized deductions); less the AMID.

  Thus, DNI = (line 9) - (line 15, column (2) of Schedule D (Form 1041)) - (line 16) - (AMID)

  Substitute the known values:

  DNI = 35,000 - 20,000 - 2,000 - AMID

  DNI = 13,000 - AMID

  Substitute the value of DNI in the equation to solve for AMID:

  AMID = 1,500 - (.02(32,900 - (13,000 - AMID)))

  AMID = 1,500 - (.02(32,900 - 13,000 + AMID))

  AMID = 1,500 - (658 - 260 + .02AMID)

  AMID = 1,102 - .02AMID

  1.02AMID = 1,102

  AMID = 1,080

  DNI = 11,920 (i.e., 13,000 - 1,080)

  AGI = 20,980 (i.e., 32,900 - 11,920)

The income distribution deduction is equal to the smaller of the distribution ($17,500) or the DNI ($11,920).

  Enter the value of AMID on line 15b (the DNI should equal line 7 of Schedule B) and complete the rest of Form 1041 according to the instructions.

  If the 2% floor is more than the deductions subject to the 2% floor, no deductions are allowed.

Line 18—Income Distribution Deduction

If the estate or trust was required to distribute income currently or if it paid, credited, or was required to distribute any other amounts to beneficiaries during the tax year, complete Schedule B to determine the estate's or trust's income distribution deduction. However, if you are filing for a pooled income fund, do not complete Schedule B. Instead, attach a statement to support the computation of the income distribution deduction.

If the estate or trust claims an income distribution deduction, complete and attach:

  • Part I (through line 26) and Part II of Schedule I to refigure the deduction on a minimum tax basis, and

  • Schedule K-1 (Form 1041) for each beneficiary to which a distribution was made or required to be made.

Cemetery perpetual care fund.   On line 18, deduct the amount, not more than $5 per gravesite, paid for maintenance of cemetery property. To the right of the entry space for line 18, enter the number of gravesites. Also write “Section 642(i) trust” in parentheses after the trust's name at the top of Form 1041. You do not have to complete Schedules B of Form 1041 and K-1 (Form 1041).

  Do not enter less than zero on line 18.

Line 19—Estate Tax Deduction (Including Certain Generation- Skipping Transfer Taxes)

If the estate or trust includes income in respect of a decedent (IRD) in its gross income, and such amount was included in the decedent's gross estate for estate tax purposes, the estate or trust is allowed to deduct in the same tax year that the income is included, that portion of the estate tax imposed on the decedent's estate that is attributable to the inclusion of the IRD in the decedent's estate. For an example of the computation, see Regulations section 1.691(c)-1 and Pub. 559.

If any amount properly paid, credited, or required to be distributed by an estate or trust to a beneficiary consists of IRD received by the estate or trust, do not include such amounts in determining the estate tax deduction for the estate or trust. Figure the deduction on a separate sheet. Attach the sheet to your return.

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If you claim a deduction for estate tax attributable to qualified dividends or capital gains, you may have to adjust the amount on Form 1041, page 1, line 2b(2), or Schedule D, line 18.

Also, a deduction is allowed for the GST tax imposed as a result of a taxable termination or a direct skip occurring as a result of the death of the transferor. See section 691(c)(3). Enter the estate's or trust's share of these deductions on
line 19.

Line 20—Exemption

Decedents' estates.   A decedent's estate is allowed a $600 exemption.

Trusts required to distribute all income currently.   A trust whose governing instrument requires that all income be distributed currently is allowed a $300 exemption, even if it distributed amounts other than income during the tax year.

Qualified disability trusts.   A qualified disability trust is allowed a $3,300 exemption if the trust's modified AGI is less than or equal to $150,500. If its modified AGI exceeds $150,500, complete the worksheet below to figure the amount of the trust's exemption. To figure modified AGI, follow the instructions for figuring AGI for line 15b on page 18, except use zero as the amount of the trust's exemption when figuring AGI.

  A qualified disability trust is any trust:
  1. Described in 42 U.S.C. 1396p(c)(2)(B)(iv) and established solely for the benefit of an individual under 65 years of age who is disabled, and

  2. All of the beneficiaries of which are determined by the Commissioner of Social Security to have been disabled for some part of the tax year within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. 1382c(a)(3).

  A trust will not fail to meet 2 above just because the trust's corpus may revert to a person who is not disabled after the trust ceases to have any disabled beneficiaries.

All other trusts.   A trust not described above is allowed a $100 exemption.

Exemption Worksheet for Qualified Disability Trusts Only—Line 20

Note: If the trust's modified AGI* is less than or equal to $150,500, enter $3,300 on Form 1041, line 20. Otherwise, complete the worksheet below to figure the trust's exemption.  
1. Maximum exemption 1. $3,300
2. Enter the trust's modified AGI* 2.      
3. Threshold amount 3. $150,500    
4. Subtract line 3 from line 2 4.      
Note:If line 4 is more than $122,500, enter $1,100 on line 9 below. Do not complete lines 5 through 8.      
5. Divide line 4 by $2,500. If the result is not a whole number, increase it to the next higher whole number (for example, increase 0.0004 to 1) 5.      
6. Multiply line 5 by 2% (.02) and enter the result as a decimal 6.      
7. Multiply line 1 by line 6 7.  
8. Divide line 7 by 1.5 8.  
9. Exemption. Subtract line 8 from line 1. Enter the result here and on Form 1041, line 20 9.  
  *Figure the trust's modified AGI in the same manner as AGI is figured in the line 15b instructions on page 18, except use zero when figuring the amount of the trust's exemption.    

Tax and Payments

Line 22—Taxable Income

Minimum taxable income.   Line 22 cannot be less than the larger of:
  • The inversion gain of the estate or trust, as figured under section 7874, if the estate or trust is an expatriated entity or a partner in an expatriated entity, or

  • The sum of the excess inclusions of the estate or trust from Schedule Q (Form 1066), line 2c.

Net operating loss.   If line 22 (figured without regard to the minimum taxable income rule stated above) is a loss, the estate or trust may have a net operating loss (NOL). Do not include the deductions claimed on lines 13, 18, and 20 when figuring the amount of the NOL.

  Generally, an NOL may be carried back to the prior 2 tax years (3 years to the extent the loss is an eligible loss; 5 years to the extent the loss is a farming loss; 10 years to the extent the loss is a specified liability loss). An estate or trust may also elect to carry an NOL forward only, instead of first carrying it back. For more information, see the Instructions for Form 1045.

  Complete Schedule A of Form 1045, Application for Tentative Refund, to figure the amount of the NOL that is available for carryback or carryover. Use Form 1045 or file an amended return to apply for a refund based on an NOL carryback. For more details, see Pub. 536, Net Operating Losses (NOLs) for Individuals, Estates, and Trusts.

  On the termination of the estate or trust, any unused NOL carryover that would be allowable to the estate or trust in a later tax year, but for the termination, is allowed to the beneficiaries succeeding to the property of the estate or trust. See the instructions for Schedule K-1, box 11, codes D and E.

Excess deductions on termination.   If the estate or trust has for its final year deductions (excluding the charitable deduction and exemption) in excess of its gross income, the excess is allowed as an itemized deduction to the beneficiaries succeeding to the property of the estate or trust.

  In general, an unused NOL carryover that is allowed to beneficiaries (as explained above) cannot also be treated as an excess deduction. However, if the final year of the estate or trust is also the last year of the NOL carryover period, the NOL carryover not absorbed in that tax year by the estate or trust is included as an excess deduction. See the instructions for Schedule K-1, box 11, code A.

Line 24a—2006 Estimated Tax Payments and Amount Applied From 2005 Return

Enter the amount of any estimated tax payment you made with Form 1041-ES for 2006 plus the amount of any overpayment from the 2005 return that was applied to the 2006 estimated tax.

If the estate or trust is the beneficiary of another trust and received a payment of estimated tax that was credited to the trust (as reflected on the Schedule K-1 issued to the trust), then report this amount separately with the notation “section 643(g)” in the space next to line 24a and include this amount in the amount entered on line 24a.

Caution
Do not include on Form 1041 estimated tax paid by an individual before death. Instead, include those payments on the decedent's final income tax return.

Line 24b—Estimated Tax Payments Allocated to Beneficiaries

The trustee (or executor, for the final year of the estate) may elect under section 643(g) to have any portion of its estimated tax treated as a payment of estimated tax made by a beneficiary or beneficiaries. The election is made on Form 1041-T, Allocation of Estimated Tax Payments to Beneficiaries, which must be filed by the 65th day after the close of the trust's tax year. Form 1041-T shows the amounts to be allocated to each beneficiary. This amount is reported on the beneficiary's Schedule K-1, box 13, using code A.

Attach Form 1041-T to your return only if you have not yet filed it; however, attaching Form 1041-T to Form 1041 does not extend the due date for filing Form 1041-T. If you have already filed Form 1041-T, do not attach a copy to your return.

Caution
Failure to file Form 1041-T by the due date (March 6, 2007, for calendar year estates and trusts) will result in an invalid election. An invalid election will require the filing of amended Schedules K-1 for each beneficiary who was allocated a payment of estimated tax.

Line 24d—Tax Paid With Form 7004

If you filed Form 7004 to request an extension of time to file Form 1041, enter the amount that you paid with the extension request.

Line 24e—Federal Income Tax Withheld

Use line 24e to claim a credit for any federal income tax withheld (and not repaid) by: (a) an employer on wages and salaries of a decedent received by the decedent's estate; (b) a payer of certain gambling winnings (for example, state lottery winnings); or (c) a payer of distributions from pensions, annuities, retirement or profit-sharing plans, IRAs, insurance contracts, etc., received by a decedent's estate or trust. Attach a copy of Form W-2, Form W-2G, or Form 1099-R to the front of the return.

Caution
Except for backup withholding (as explained below), withheld income tax may not be passed through to beneficiaries on either Schedule K-1 or Form 1041-T.

Backup withholding.   If the estate or trust received a 2006 Form 1099 showing federal income tax withheld (that is, backup withholding) on interest income, dividends, or other income, check the box and include the amount withheld on income retained by the estate or trust in the total for line 24e.

  Report on Schedule K-1 (Form 1041), box 13, using code B, any credit for backup withholding on income distributed to the beneficiary.

Line 24f—Credit for Federal Telephone Excise Tax Paid

If the estate or trust was billed after February 28, 2003, and before August 1, 2006, for the federal telephone excise tax on long distance or bundled service, the estate or trust may be able to request a credit for the tax paid. The estate or trust had bundled service if its local and long distance service was provided under a plan that does not separately state the charge for local service. The estate or trust cannot request the credit if it has already received a credit or refund from its service provider. If the estate or trust requests the credit, it cannot ask its service provider for a credit or refund and must withdraw any request previously submitted to its provider.

The estate or trust can request the credit by attaching Form 8913, Credit for Federal Telephone Excise Tax Paid, showing the actual amount the estate or trust paid. The entity also may be able to request the credit based on an estimate of the amount paid. See Form 8913 for details. In either case, the entity must keep records to substantiate the amount of the credit requested.

Line 24g—Credit For Tax Paid on Undistributed Capital Gains

Attach Copy B of Form 2439, Notice to Shareholder of Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gains.

Line 24h—Credit for Federal Tax on Fuels

Enter any credit for federal excise taxes paid on fuels that are ultimately used for nontaxable purposes (for example, an off-highway business use). Attach Form 4136, Credit for Federal Tax Paid on Fuels. See Pub. 510, Excise Taxes for 2006, for more information.

Line 26—Estimated Tax Penalty

If line 27 is at least $1,000 and more than 10% of the tax shown on Form 1041, or the estate or trust underpaid its 2006 estimated tax liability for any payment period, it may owe a penalty. See Form 2210 to determine whether the estate or trust owes a penalty and to figure the amount of the penalty.

The penalty may be waived under certain conditions. See Pub. 505, Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax, for details.

Line 27—Tax Due

You must pay the tax in full when the return is filed. Make the check or money order payable to the “United States Treasury.” Write the EIN and “2006 Form 1041” on the payment. Enclose, but do not attach, the payment with Form 1041.

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You may use EFTPS to pay the tax due for a trust. See Electronic Deposits on page 8.

Line 29a—Credited to 2007 Estimated Tax

Enter the amount from line 28 that you want applied to the estate's or trust's 2007 estimated tax.

Schedule A—Charitable Deduction

General Instructions

Generally, any part of the gross income of an estate or trust (other than a simple trust) that, under the terms of the will or governing instrument, is paid (or treated as paid) during the tax year for a charitable purpose specified in section 170(c) is allowed as a deduction to the estate or trust. It is not necessary that the charitable organization be created or organized in the United States.

A pooled income fund, a nonexempt charitable trust treated as a private foundation, or a trust with unrelated business income should attach a separate sheet to Form 1041 instead of using Schedule A of Form 1041 to figure the charitable deduction.

Additional return to be filed by trusts.   Trusts that claim a charitable deduction must also file Form 1041-A. See Form 1041-A for exceptions.

Election to treat contributions as paid in the prior tax year.   The fiduciary of an estate or trust may elect to treat as paid during the tax year any amount of gross income received during that tax year or any prior tax year that was paid in the next tax year for a charitable purpose.

  For example, if a calendar year estate or trust makes a qualified charitable contribution on February 7, 2007, from income earned in 2006 or prior, then the fiduciary can elect to treat the contribution as paid in 2006.

  To make the election, the fiduciary must file a statement with Form 1041 for the tax year in which the contribution is treated as paid. This statement must include:
  1. The name and address of the fiduciary;

  2. The name of the estate or trust;

  3. An indication that the fiduciary is making an election under section 642(c)(1) for contributions treated as paid during such tax year;

  4. The name and address of each organization to which any such contribution is paid; and

  5. The amount of each contribution and date of actual payment or, if applicable, the total amount of contributions paid to each organization during the next tax year, to be treated as paid in the prior tax year.

  The election must be filed by the due date (including extensions) for Form 1041 for the next tax year. If the original return was filed on time, you may make the election on an amended return filed no later than 6 months after the due date of the return (excluding extensions). Write “Filed pursuant to section 301.9100-2” at the top of the amended return and file it at the same address you used for your original return.

  For more information about the charitable deduction, see section 642(c) and related regulations.

Specific Instructions

Line 1—Amounts Paid or Permanently Set Aside for Charitable Purposes From Gross Income

Enter amounts that were paid for a charitable purpose out of the estate's or trust's gross income, including any capital gains that are attributable to income under the governing instrument or local law. Include amounts paid during the tax year from gross income received in a prior tax year, but only if no deduction was allowed for any prior tax year for these amounts.

Estates, and certain trusts, may claim a deduction for amounts permanently set aside for a charitable purpose from gross income. Such amounts must be permanently set aside during the tax year to be used exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, or for the establishment, acquisition, maintenance, or operation of a public cemetery not operated for profit.

For a trust to qualify, the trust may not be a simple trust, and the set aside amounts must be required by the terms of a trust instrument that was created on or before October 9, 1969.

Further, the trust instrument must provide for an irrevocable remainder interest to be transferred to or for the use of an organization described in section 170(c); or the trust must have been created by a grantor who was at all times after October 9, 1969, under a mental disability to change the terms of the trust.

Also, certain testamentary trusts that were established by a will that was executed on or before October 9, 1969, may qualify. See Regulations section 1.642(c)-2(b).

Do not include any capital gains for the tax year allocated to corpus and paid or permanently set aside for charitable purposes. Instead, enter these amounts on line 4.

Line 2—Tax-Exempt Income Allocable to Charitable Contributions

Any estate or trust that pays or sets aside any part of its income for a charitable purpose must reduce the deduction by the portion allocable to any tax-exempt income. If the governing instrument specifically provides as to the source from which amounts are paid, permanently set aside, or to be used for charitable purposes, the specific provisions control. In all other cases, determine the amount of tax-exempt income allocable to charitable contributions by multiplying line 1 by a fraction, the numerator of which is the total tax-exempt income of the estate or trust, and the denominator of which is the gross income of the estate or trust. Do not include in the denominator any losses allocated to corpus.

Line 4—Capital Gains for the Tax Year Allocated to Corpus and Paid or Permanently Set Aside for Charitable Purposes

Enter the total of all capital gains for the tax year that are:

  • Allocated to corpus, and

  • Paid or permanently set aside for charitable purposes.

Line 6—Section 1202 Exclusion Allocable to Capital Gains Paid or Permanently Set Aside for Charitable Purposes

If the exclusion of gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small business stock was claimed, enter the part of the gain included on Schedule A, lines 1 and 4, that was excluded under section 1202.

Schedule B—Income Distribution Deduction

General Instructions

If the estate or trust was required to distribute income currently or if it paid, credited, or was required to distribute any other amounts to beneficiaries during the tax year, complete Schedule B to determine the estate's or trust's income distribution deduction.

Use Schedule I to compute the DNI and income distribution deduction on a minimum tax basis.

Pooled income funds.    Do not complete Schedule B for these funds. Instead, attach a separate statement to support the computation of the income distribution deduction. See Pooled Income Funds on page 7 for more information.

Separate share rule.   If a single trust or an estate has more than one beneficiary, and if different beneficiaries have substantially separate and independent shares, their shares are treated as separate trusts or estates for the sole purpose of determining the DNI allocable to the respective beneficiaries.

  If the separate share rule applies, figure the DNI allocable to each beneficiary on a separate sheet and attach the sheet to this return. Any deduction or loss that is applicable solely to one separate share of the trust or estate is not available to any other share of the same trust or estate.

  For more information, see section 663(c) and related regulations.

Withholding of tax on foreign persons.   The fiduciary may be liable for withholding tax on distributions to beneficiaries who are foreign persons. For more information, see Pub. 515, Withholding of Tax on Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Entities, and Forms 1042 and 1042-S.

Specific Instructions

Line 1—Adjusted Total Income

Generally, enter on line 1, Schedule B, the amount from line 17 on page 1 of Form 1041. However, if both line 4 and line 17 on page 1 of Form 1041 are losses, enter on line 1, Schedule B, the smaller of those losses. If line 4 is zero or a gain and line 17 is a loss, enter zero on line 1, Schedule B.

If you are filing for a simple trust, subtract from adjusted total income any extraordinary dividends or taxable stock dividends included on page 1, line 2, and determined under the governing instrument and applicable local law to be allocable to corpus.

Line 2—Adjusted Tax-Exempt Interest

To figure the adjusted tax-exempt interest:

Step 1. Add tax-exempt interest income on line 2 of Schedule A, any expenses allowable under section 212 allocable to tax-exempt interest, and any interest expense allocable to tax-exempt interest.

Step 2. Subtract the Step 1 total from the amount of tax-exempt interest (including exempt-interest dividends) received.

Section 212 expenses that are directly allocable to tax-exempt interest are allocated only to tax-exempt interest. A reasonable proportion of section 212 expenses that are indirectly allocable to both tax-exempt interest and other income must be allocated to each class of income.

Figure the interest expense allocable to tax-exempt interest according to the guidelines in Rev. Proc. 72-18, 1972-1 C.B. 740.

See Regulations sections 1.643(a)-5 and 1.265-1 for more information.

Line 3

Include all capital gains, whether or not distributed, that are attributable to income under the governing instrument or local law. For example, if the trustee distributed 50% of the current year's capital gains to the income beneficiaries (and reflects this amount in column (1), line 15 of Schedule D (Form 1041)), but under the governing instrument all capital gains are attributable to income, then include 100% of the capital gains on line 3. If the amount on Schedule D (Form 1041), line 15, column (1) is a net loss, enter zero.

If the exclusion of gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small business stock was claimed, do not reduce the gain on line 3 by any amount excluded under section 1202.

Line 5

In figuring the amount of long-term and short-term capital gain for the tax year included on Schedule A, line 1, the specific provisions of the governing instrument control if the instrument specifically provides as to the source from which amounts are paid, permanently set aside, or to be used for charitable purposes.

In all other cases, determine the amount to enter by multiplying line 1 of Schedule A by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of net capital gains that are included in the accounting income of the estate or trust (that is, not allocated to corpus) and are distributed to charities, and the denominator of which is all items of income (including the amount of such net capital gains) included in the DNI.

Reduce the amount on line 5 by any allocable section 1202 exclusion.

Line 8—Accounting Income

If you are filing for a decedent's estate or a simple trust, skip this line. If you are filing for a complex trust, enter the income for the tax year determined under the terms of the governing instrument and applicable local law. Do not include extraordinary dividends or taxable stock dividends determined under the governing instrument and applicable local law to be allocable to corpus.

Lines 9 and 10

Do not include any:

  • Amounts deducted on prior year's return that were required to be distributed in the prior year;

  • Amount that is properly paid or credited as a gift or bequest of a specific amount of money or specific property. (To qualify as a gift or bequest, the amount must be paid in three or fewer installments.) An amount that can be paid or credited only from income is not considered a gift or bequest; or

  • Amount paid or permanently set aside for charitable purposes or otherwise qualifying for the charitable deduction.

Line 9—Income Required To Be Distributed Currently

Line 9 is to be completed by all simple trusts as well as complex trusts and decedent's estates, that are required to distribute income currently, whether it is distributed or not. The determination of whether trust income is required to be distributed currently depends on the terms of the governing instrument and the applicable local law.

The line 9 distributions are referred to as first tier distributions and are deductible by the estate or trust to the extent of the DNI. The beneficiary includes such amounts in his or her income to the extent of his or her proportionate share of the DNI.

Line 10—Other Amounts Paid, Credited, or Otherwise Required To Be Distributed

Line 10 is to be completed only by a decedent's estate or complex trust. These distributions consist of any other amounts paid, credited, or required to be distributed and are referred to as second tier distributions. Such amounts include annuities to the extent not paid out of income, mandatory and discretionary distributions of corpus, and distributions of property in kind.

If Form 1041-T was timely filed to elect to treat estimated tax payments as made by a beneficiary, the payments are treated as paid or credited to the beneficiary on the last day of the tax year and must be included on line 10.

Unless a section 643(e)(3) election is made, the value of all noncash property actually paid, credited, or required to be distributed to any beneficiaries is the smaller of:

  1. The estate's or trust's adjusted basis in the property immediately before distribution, plus any gain or minus any loss recognized by the estate or trust on the distribution (basis of beneficiary), or

  2. The fair market value (FMV) of such property.

If a section 643(e)(3) election is made by the fiduciary, then the amount entered on line 10 will be the FMV of the property.

A fiduciary of a complex trust or a decedent's estate may elect to treat any amount paid or credited to a beneficiary within 65 days following the close of the tax year as being paid or credited on the last day of that tax year. To make this election, see the instructions for Question 6 on page 25.

The beneficiary includes the amounts on line 10 in his or her income only to the extent of his or her proportionate share of the DNI.

Complex trusts.   If the second tier distributions exceed the DNI allocable to the second tier, the trust may have an accumulation distribution. See the line 11 instructions below.

Line 11—Total Distributions

If line 11 is more than line 8, and you are filing for a complex trust that has previously accumulated income, see the instructions on page 39 to see if you must complete Schedule J (Form 1041).

Line 12—Adjustment for Tax-Exempt Income

In figuring the income distribution deduction, the estate or trust is not allowed a deduction for any item of the DNI that is not included in the gross income of the estate or trust. Thus, for purposes of figuring the allowable income distribution deduction, the DNI (line 7) is figured without regard to any tax-exempt interest.

If tax-exempt interest is the only tax-exempt income included in the total distributions (line 11), and the DNI (line 7) is less than or equal to line 11, then enter on line 12 the amount from line 2.

If tax-exempt interest is the only tax-exempt income included in the total distributions (line 11), and the DNI is more than line 11 (that is, the estate or trust made a distribution that is less than the DNI), then figure the adjustment by multiplying line 2 by a fraction, the numerator of which is the total distributions (line 11), and the denominator of which is the DNI (line 7). Enter the result on line 12.

If line 11 includes tax-exempt income other than tax-exempt interest, figure line 12 by subtracting the total of the following from tax-exempt income included on
line 11:

  1. The charitable contribution deduction allocable to such tax-exempt income, and

  2. Expenses allocable to tax-exempt income.

Expenses that are directly allocable to tax-exempt income are allocated only to tax-exempt income. A reasonable proportion of expenses indirectly allocable to both tax-exempt income and other income must be allocated to each class of income.

Schedule G—Tax Computation

Line 1a

2006 tax rate schedule.   For tax years beginning in 2006, figure the tax using the Tax Rate Schedule below and enter the tax on line 1a. However, see the instructions for Schedule D and the Qualified Dividends Tax Worksheet below.
2006 Tax Rate Schedule
If taxable income is:      
Over— But not over— Its tax is: Of the amount over—
$0 $2,050 15% $0
2,050 4,850 $307.50 + 25% 2,050
4,850 7,400 1007.50 + 28% 4,850
7,400 10,050 1,721.50 + 33% 7,400
10,050 ----- 2,596.00 + 35% 10,050
         

Schedule D and Schedule D Tax Worksheet.   Use Part V of Schedule D or the Schedule D Tax Worksheet, whichever is applicable, to figure the estate's or trust's tax if the estate or trust files Schedule D and has:
  • A net capital gain and any taxable income, or

  • Qualified dividends on line 2b(2) of Form 1041 and any taxable income.

Qualified Dividends Tax Worksheet.    If you do not have to complete Part I or Part II of Schedule D and the estate or trust has an amount entered on line 2b(2) of Form 1041 and any taxable income (line 22), then figure the estate's or trust's tax using the worksheet below and enter the tax on line 1a.

You must reduce the amount you enter on line 2b(2) of Form 1041 by the portion of the section 691(c) deduction claimed on line 19 of Form 1041 if the estate or trust received qualified dividends that were income in respect of a decedent.

Caution:Do notuse this worksheet if the estate or trust must complete Schedule D.
 
1.   Enter the amount from Form 1041, line 22 1.        
2.   Enter the amount from Form 1041, line 2b(2) 2.            
3.   If you are claiming investment interest expense on Form 4952, enter the amount from line 4g; otherwise enter -0- 3.            
4.   Subtract line 3 from line 2. If zero or less, enter -0- 4.        
5.   Subtract line 4 from line 1. If zero or less, enter -0- 5.        
6.   Enter the smaller of the amount on line 1 or $2,050 6.        
7.   Is the amount on line 5 equal to or more than the amount on line 6?          
   
Yes.
Skip lines 7 through 9; go to line 10 and check the "No" box.          
   
No.
Enter the amount from line 5 7.        
8.   Subtract line 7 from line 6 8.        
9.   Multiply line 8 by 5% (.05) 9.    
10.   Are the amounts on lines 4 and 8 the same?          
   
Yes.
Skip lines 10 through 13; go to line 14.          
   
No.
Enter the smaller of line 1 or line 4 10.        
11.   Enter the amount from line 8 (if line 8 is blank, enter -0-) 11.        
12.   Subtract line 11 from line 10 12.        
13.   Multiply line 12 by 15% (.15) 13.    
14.   Figure the tax on the amount on line 5. Use the 2006 Tax Rate Schedule 14.    
15.   Add lines 9, 13, and 14 15.    
16.   Figure the tax on the amount on line 1. Use the 2006 Tax Rate Schedule 16.    
17.   Tax on all taxable income. Enter the smaller of line 15 or line 16 here and on Sch. G, line 1a 17.    

Line 2a—Foreign Tax Credit

Attach Form 1116, Foreign Tax Credit (Individual, Estate, or Trust), if you elect to claim credit for income or profits taxes paid or accrued to a foreign country or a U.S. possession. The estate or trust may claim credit for that part of the foreign taxes not allocable to the beneficiaries (including charitable beneficiaries). Enter the estate's or trust's share of the credit on line 2a. See Pub. 514, Foreign Tax Credit for Individuals, for details.

Line 2b—Other Nonbusiness Credits

Qualified electric vehicle credit.   Complete and attach Form 8834, Qualified Electric Vehicle Credit, if the estate or trust claims a credit for a new qualified electric vehicle placed in service in 2006. Include the credit on line 2b.

Alternative motor vehicle credit.   Complete and attach Form 8910, Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit, if the estate claims a credit for alternative motor vehicles. Include the credit for nondepreciable property on line 2b.

Alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit.   Complete and attach Form 8911, Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit, if the estate claims a credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property. Include the credit for nondepreciable property on line 2b.

Line 2c—General Business Credit

Caution
Do not include any amounts that are allocated to a beneficiary. Credits that are allocated between the estate or trust and the beneficiaries are listed in the instructions for Schedule K-1, box 13, on page 44. Generally, these credits are apportioned on the basis of the income allocable to the estate or trust and the beneficiaries.

Enter on line 2c the estate's or trust's total general business credit.

If the estate or trust is filing Form 8844, Empowerment Zone and Renewal Community Employment Credit; Form 6478, Credit for Alcohol Used as Fuel; or Form 8835, Renewable Electricity, Refined Coal, and Indian Coal Production Credit; that has a credit from Section B, check the “Forms” box, enter the form number in the space provided and include the allowable credit on line 2c.

The estate or trust must file Form 3800, General Business Credit, to claim any of the following general business credits listed on that form. If the estate or trust claims any of these credits, check the “Form 3800” box and include the allowable credit on line 2c. Do not enter on line 2c any of the source credit form numbers listed below for any credit claimed on Form 3800.

  • Investment credit (Form 3468).

  • Work opportunity credit (Form 5884).

  • Welfare-to-work credit (Form 8861).

  • Credit for increasing research activities (Form 6765).

  • Low-income housing credit (Form 8586).

  • Enhanced oil recovery credit (only from partnerships and S corporations) (Form 8830).

  • Disabled access credit (Form 8826).

  • Renewable electricity, refined coal, and Indian coal production credit (Form 8835, Section A only).

  • Indian employment credit (Form 8845).

  • Credit for employer social security and Medicare taxes paid on certain employee tips (Form 8846).

  • Orphan drug credit (Form 8820).

  • New markets credit (Form 8874).

  • Credit for small employer pension plan startup costs (Form 8881).

  • Credit for employer-provided child care facilities and services (Form 8882).

  • Qualified railroad track maintenance credit (Form 8900).

  • Biodiesel and renewable diesel fuels credit (Form 8864).

  • Low sulfur diesel fuel production credit (Form 8896).

  • Distilled spirits credit (Form 8906).

  • Nonconventional source fuel credit (Form 8907).

  • Energy efficient home credit (Form 8908).

  • Energy efficient appliance credit (Form 8909).

  • Alternative motor vehicle credit (Form 8910).

  • Alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit (Form 8911).

  • Mine rescue team training credit (Form 8923).

  • Credit for contributions to selected community development corporations (Form 8847).

  • General credits from an electing large partnership. Report these credits on Form 3800, line 1z.

  • Credits for employers affected by Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or Wilma (Form 5884-A).

Line 2d—Credit for Prior Year Minimum Tax

An estate or trust that paid alternative minimum tax in a previous year may be eligible for a minimum tax credit in 2006. See Form 8801, Credit for Prior Year Minimum Tax—Individuals, Estates, and Trusts.

Line 3—Total Credits

Qualified zone academy bond credit.   If the estate or trust received a qualified zone academy bond credit as a shareholder in an S corporation, include the credit in the line 3 total. To figure the amount of the allowable credit, the estate or trust must complete Form 8860, Qualified Zone Academy Bond Credit. On the dotted line to the left of the entry, write “QZAB” and the amount of the credit.

Clean renewable energy bond (CREB) and Gulf tax credit bond (GTCB) credits.   Complete and attach Form 8912, Credit for Clean Renewable Energy and Gulf Tax Credit Bonds, if the estate or trust claims a credit for holding a CREB or GTCB. Include the credit on line 3. On the dotted line to the left of the entry, write “CREB” or “GTCB” and the amount of the credit. Also, see the instructions for Form 8912 to determine if the estate or trust must include the amount of the credit in interest income.

Line 5—Recapture Taxes

Recapture of investment credit.   If the estate or trust disposed of investment credit property or changed its use before the end of the recapture period, see Form 4255, Recapture of Investment Credit, to figure the recapture tax allocable to the estate or trust.

Recapture of low-income housing credit.   If the estate or trust disposed of property (or there was a reduction in the qualified basis of the property) on which the low-income housing credit was claimed, see Form 8611, Recapture of Low-Income Housing Credit, to figure any recapture tax allocable to the estate or trust.

Recapture of qualified electric vehicle credit.   If the estate or trust claimed the qualified electric vehicle credit in a prior tax year for a vehicle that ceased to qualify for the credit, part or all of the credit may have to be recaptured. See Pub. 535 for details. If the estate or trust owes any recapture tax, include it on line 5 and write “QEVCR” on the dotted line to the left of the entry space.

Recapture of the Indian employment credit.   Generally, if the estate or trust terminates a qualified employee less than 1 year after the date of initial employment, any Indian employment credit allowed for a prior tax year by reason of wages paid or incurred to that employee must be recaptured. See Form 8845 for details. If the estate or trust owes any recapture tax, include it on line 5 and write “IECR” on the dotted line to the left of the entry space.

Recapture of the new markets credit.   If the estate or trust owes any new markets recapture tax, include it on line 5 and write “NMCR” on the dotted line to the left of the entry space. For more information, including how to figure the recapture amount, see section 45D(g).

Recapture of the credit for employer-provided child care facilities.   If the facility ceased to operate as a qualified child care facility or there was a change in ownership, part or all of the credit may have to be recaptured. See Form 8882 for details. If the estate or trust owes any recapture tax, include it on line 5 and write “ECCFR” on the dotted line to the left of the entry space.

Line 6—Household Employment Taxes

If any of the following apply, get Schedule H (Form 1040), Household Employment Taxes, and its instructions, to see if the estate or trust owes these taxes.

  1. The estate or trust paid any one household employee cash wages of $1,500 or more in 2006. Cash wages include wages paid by checks, money orders, etc. When figuring the amount of cash wages paid, combine cash wages paid by the estate or trust with cash wages paid to the household employee in the same calendar year by the household of the decedent or beneficiary for whom the administrator, executor, or trustee of the estate or trust is acting.

  2. The estate or trust withheld federal income tax during 2006 at the request of any household employee.

  3. The estate or trust paid total cash wages of $1,000 or more in any calendar quarter of 2005 or 2006 to household employees.

Line 7—Total Tax

Tax on electing small business trusts (ESBTs).   Attach the tax computation to the return. To the left of the line 7 entry space, write “Sec. 641(c)” and the amount of tax on the S corporation items. Include this amount in the total tax on line 7.

  See Electing Small Business Trusts on page 7 for the special tax computation rules that apply to the portion of an ESBT consisting of stock in one or more S corporations.

Interest on deferred tax attributable to installment sales of certain timeshares and residential lots and certain nondealer real property installment obligations.   If an obligation arising from the disposition of real property to which section 453(l) or 453A applies is outstanding at the close of the year, the estate or trust must include the interest due under section 453(l)(3)(B) or 453A(c), whichever is applicable, in the amount to be entered on line 7 of Schedule G, Form 1041, with the notation “Section 453(l) interest” or “Section 453A(c) interest,” whichever is applicable. Attach a schedule showing the computation.

Form 4970, Tax on Accumulation Distribution of Trusts.   Include on this line any tax due on an accumulation distribution from a trust. To the left of the entry space, write “From Form 4970” and the amount of the tax.

Form 8697, Interest Computation Under the Look-Back Method for Completed Long-Term Contracts.   Include the interest due under the look-back method of section 460(b)(2).
To the left of the entry space, write “From Form 8697” and the amount of interest due.

Form 8866, Interest Computation Under the Look-Back Method for Property Depreciated Under the Income Forecast Method.   Include the interest due under the look-back method of section 167(g)(2). To the left of the entry space, write “From Form 8866” and the amount of interest due.

Interest on deferral of gain from certain constructive ownership transactions.   Include the interest due under section 1260(b) on any deferral of gain from certain constructive ownership transactions. To the left of the entry space, write “1260(b)” and the amount of interest due.

Form 5329, Additional Taxes on Qualified Plans (Including IRAs) and Other Tax-Favored Accounts.   If the estate or trust fails to receive the minimum distribution under section 4974, use Form 5329 to pay the excise tax. To the left of the entry space, write “From Form 5329” and the amount of the tax.

Other Information

Question 1

If the estate or trust received tax-exempt income, figure the allocation of expenses between tax-exempt and taxable income on a separate sheet and attach it to the return. Enter only the deductible amounts on the return. Do not figure the allocation on the return itself. For more information, see the instructions for Allocation of Deductions for Tax-Exempt Income on page 16.

Report the amount of tax-exempt interest income received or accrued in the space provided below Question 1.

Also, include any exempt-interest dividends the estate or trust received as a shareholder in a mutual fund or other regulated investment company.

Question 2

All salaries, wages, and other compensation for personal services must be included on the return of the person who earned the income, even if the income was irrevocably assigned to a trust by a contract assignment or similar arrangement.

The grantor or person creating the trust is considered the owner if he or she keeps “beneficial enjoyment” of or substantial control over the trust property. The trust's income, deductions, and credits are allocable to the owner.

If you checked “Yes” for Question 2, see Special Filing Instructions for Grantor Type Trusts, Pooled Income Funds, and Electing Small Business Trusts on
page 5.

Question 3

Check the “Yes” box and enter the name of the foreign country if either 1 or 2 below applies.

  1. The estate or trust owns more than 50% of the stock in any corporation that owns one or more foreign bank accounts.

  2. At any time during the year the estate or trust had an interest in or signature or other authority over a bank, securities, or other financial account in a foreign country.

Exception.   Check “No” if either of the following applies to the estate or trust:
  • The combined value of the accounts was $10,000 or less during the whole year, or

  • The accounts were with a U.S. military banking facility operated by a U.S. financial institution.

  Get Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts, to see if the estate or trust is considered to have an interest in or signature or other authority over a bank, securities, or other financial account in a foreign country. You can get Form TD F 90-22.1 from the IRS website at www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f9022-1.pdf.

  If you checked “Yes” for Question 3, file Form TD F 90-22.1 by June 30, 2007, with the Department of the Treasury at the address shown on the form. Form TD F 90-22.1 is not a tax return, so do not file it with Form 1041.

caution
If you are required to file Form TD F 90-22.1 but do not, you may have to pay a penalty of up to $10,000 (more in some cases).

Question 4

The estate or trust may be required to file Form 3520, Annual Return To Report Transactions With Foreign Trusts and Receipt of Certain Foreign Gifts, if:

  • It directly or indirectly transferred property or money to a foreign trust. For this purpose, any U.S. person who created a foreign trust is considered a transferor;

  • It is treated as the owner of any part of the assets of a foreign trust under the grantor trust rules; or

  • It received a distribution from a foreign trust.

    Tip
    An owner of a foreign trust must ensure that the trust files an annual information return on Form 3520-A, Annual Information Return of Foreign Trust With a U.S. Owner.

Question 5

An estate or trust claiming an interest deduction for qualified residence interest (as defined in section 163(h)(3)) on seller-provided financing, must include on an attachment to the 2006 Form 1041 the name, address, and taxpayer identifying number of the person to whom the interest was paid or accrued (that is, the seller).

If the estate or trust received or accrued such interest, it must provide identical information on the person liable for such interest (that is, the buyer). This information does not need to be reported if it duplicates information already reported on Form 1098.

Question 6

To make the section 663(b) election to treat any amount paid or credited to a beneficiary within 65 days following the close of the tax year as being paid or credited on the last day of that tax year, check the box. This election can be made by the fiduciary of a complex trust or the executor of a decedent's estate. For the election to be valid, you must file Form 1041 by the due date (including extensions). Once made, the election is irrevocable.

Question 7

To make the section 643(e)(3) election to recognize gain on property distributed in kind, check the box and see the instructions for Schedule D (Form 1041).

Question 9

Generally, a beneficiary is a skip person if the beneficiary is in a generation that is two or more generations below the generation of the transferor to the trust.

To determine if a beneficiary that is a trust is a skip person, and for exceptions to the general rules, see the definition of a skip person in the instructions for Schedule R of Form 706.

Schedule I—Alternative Minimum Tax

General Instructions

Use Schedule I to compute:

  1. The estate's or trust's alternative minimum taxable income;

  2. The income distribution deduction on a minimum tax basis; and

  3. The estate's or trust's alternative minimum tax (AMT).

Who Must Complete

  • Complete Schedule I, Parts I and II, if the estate or trust is required to complete Schedule B.

  • Complete Schedule I if the estate's or trust's share of alternative minimum taxable income (Part I, line 29) exceeds $22,500.

  • Complete Schedule I if the estate or trust claims a credit on line 2b, 2c, or 2d of Schedule G.

Recordkeeping

Schedule I contains adjustments and tax preference items that are treated differently for regular tax and AMT purposes. If you, as fiduciary for the estate or trust, completed a form to figure an item for regular tax purposes, you may have to complete it a second time for AMT purposes. Generally, the difference between the amounts on the two forms is the AMT adjustment or tax preference item to enter on Schedule I. Except for Form 1116, any additional form completed for AMT purposes does not have to be filed with Form 1041.

For regular tax purposes, some deductions and credits may result in carrybacks or carryforwards to other tax years. Examples are: investment interest expense; a net operating loss deduction; a capital loss; and the foreign tax credit. Because these items may be refigured for the AMT, the carryback or carryforward amount may be different for regular and AMT purposes. Therefore, you should keep records of these different carryforward and carryback amounts for the AMT and regular tax. The AMT carryforward will be important in completing Schedule I for 2007.

Credit for Prior Year Minimum Tax

Estates and trusts that paid alternative minimum tax in 2005, or had a minimum tax credit carryforward from the 2005 Form 8801, may be eligible for a minimum tax credit in 2006. See
Form 8801.

Partners and Shareholders

An estate or trust that is a partner in a partnership or a shareholder in an S corporation must take into account its share of items of income and deductions that enter into the computation of its adjustments and tax preference items.

Allocation of Deductions to Beneficiaries

The distributable net alternative minimum taxable income (DNAMTI) of the estate or trust does not include amounts of depreciation, depletion, and amortization that are allocated to the beneficiaries, just as the distributable net income (DNI) of the estate or trust does not include these items for regular tax purposes.

Report separately in box 12 of Schedule K-1 (Form 1041) any adjustments or tax preference items attributable to depreciation (code G), depletion (code H), and amortization (code I) that were allocated to the beneficiaries.

Optional Write-Off for Certain Expenditures

There is no AMT adjustment for the following items if the estate or trust elects to deduct them ratably over the period of time shown for the regular tax.

  • Circulation expenditures—3 years (section 173).

  • Research and experimental expenditures—10 years (section 174).

  • Intangible drilling costs—60 months (section 263(c)).

  • Mining exploration and development costs—10 years (sections 616(a) and 617(a)).

The election must be made in the year the expenditure was made and may be revoked only with IRS consent. See section 59(e) and Regulations section 1.59-1 for more details.

Specific Instructions

Part I—Estate's or Trust's Share of Alternative Minimum Taxable Income

Line 2—Interest

In determining the alternative minimum taxable income, qualified residence interest (other than qualified housing interest defined in section 56(e)) is not allowed.

If you completed Form 4952 for regular tax purposes, you may have an adjustment on this line. Refigure your investment interest expense on a separate AMT Form 4952 as follows.

Step 1.   On line 1 of the AMT Form 4952, follow the instructions for that line, but also include the following amounts.
  • Any qualified residence interest (other than qualified housing interest) that was paid or accrued on a loan or part of a loan that is allocable to property held for investment as defined in section 163(d)(5) (for example, interest on a home equity loan whose proceeds were invested in stocks or bonds).

  • Any interest that would have been deductible if interest on specified private activity bonds had been included in income. See the instructions for line 8 for the definition of specified private activity bonds.

Step 2.   On line 2, enter the AMT disallowed investment interest expense from 2005.

Step 3.   When completing Part II of the AMT Form 4952, refigure gross income from property held for investment, any net gain from the disposition of property held for investment, net capital gain from the disposition of property held for investment, and any investment expenses, taking into account all AMT adjustments and tax preference items that apply. Include any interest income and investment expenses from private activity bonds issued after August 7, 1986.

  When completing line 4g of the AMT Form 4952, enter the smaller of:
  • The amount from line 4g of the regular tax Form 4952, or

  • The total of lines 4b and 4e of the AMT Form 4952.

Step 4.   Complete Part III.

  Enter on Schedule I, line 2, the difference between line 8 of the AMT Form 4952 and line 8 of the regular tax Form 4952. If the AMT deduction is greater, enter the difference as a negative amount.

Line 3—Taxes

Enter any state, local, or foreign real property taxes; state or local personal property taxes; state, local, or foreign income taxes; and any state and local general sales taxes that were included on line 11 of page 1.

Line 5—Refund of Taxes

Enter any refunds received in 2006 of taxes described for line 3 above and included in income.

Line 6—Depletion

Refigure the depletion deduction for AMT purposes by using only the income and deductions allowed for the AMT when refiguring the limit based on taxable income from the property under section 613(a) and the limit based on taxable income, with certain adjustments, under section 613A(d)(1). Also, the depletion deduction for mines, wells, and other natural deposits under section 611 is limited to the property's adjusted basis at the end of the year, as refigured for the AMT, unless the estate or trust is an independent producer or royalty owner claiming percentage depletion for oil and gas wells. Figure this limit separately for each property. When refiguring the property's adjusted basis, take into account any AMT adjustments made this year or in previous years that affect basis (other than the current year's depletion).

Enter on line 6 the difference between the regular tax and AMT deduction. If the AMT deduction is more than the regular tax deduction, enter the difference as a negative amount.

Line 7—Net Operating Loss Deduction

Enter any net operating loss deduction (NOLD) from line 15a of page 1 as a positive amount.

Line 8—Interest From Specified Private Activity Bonds Exempt From the Regular Tax

Enter the interest earned from specified private activity bonds reduced (but not below zero) by any deduction that would have been allowable if the interest were includible in gross income for regular tax purposes. Each payer of this type of interest may send a Form 1099-INT to the estate or trust showing the amount of this interest in box 9. Specified private activity bonds are any qualified bonds (as defined in section 141) issued after August 7, 1986. See section 57(a)(5) for more information.

Do not include interest on qualified Gulf Opportunity Zone bonds described in section 1400N(a). Exempt-interest dividends paid by a regulated investment company are treated as interest from specified private activity bonds to the extent the dividends are attributable to interest received by the company on the bonds, minus an allocable share of the expenses paid or incurred by the company in earning the interest. This amount may also be reported to the estate or trust on Form 1099-INT in box 9.

Line 9—Qualified Small Business Stock

If the estate or trust claimed the exclusion under section 1202 for gain on qualified small business stock held more than 5 years, multiply the excluded gain (as shown on Schedule D (Form 1041)) by 7% (.07). Enter the result on line 9 as a positive amount.

Line 10—Exercise of Incentive Stock Options

For regular tax purposes, no income is recognized when an incentive stock option (as defined in section 422(b)) is exercised. However, this rule does not apply for AMT purposes. Instead, the estate or trust must generally include on line 10 the excess, if any, of:

  1. The FMV of the stock acquired through exercise of the option (determined without regard to any lapse restriction) when its rights in the acquired stock first become transferable or when these rights are no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, over

  2. The amount paid for the stock, including any amount paid for the option used to acquire the stock.

Tip
Even if the estate's or trust's rights in the stock are not transferable and are subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, you may elect to include in AMT income the excess of the stock's FMV (determined without regard to any lapse restriction) over the exercise price upon the transfer to the estate or trust of the stock acquired through exercise of the option. See section 83(b) for more details. The election must be made no later than 30 days after the date of transfer.

If the estate or trust acquired stock by exercising an option and it disposed of that stock in the same year, the tax treatment under the regular tax and the AMT is the same, and no adjustment is required.

Increase the AMT basis of any stock acquired through the exercise of an incentive stock option by the amount of the adjustment.

Line 11—Other Estates and Trusts

If the estate or trust is the beneficiary of another estate or trust, enter the adjustment for minimum tax purposes from box 12, code A, Schedule K-1 (Form 1041).

Line 12—Electing Large Partnerships

If the estate or trust is a partner in an electing large partnership, enter on line 12 the amount from Schedule K-1 (Form 1065-B), box 6. Take into account any amount from Schedule K-1 (Form 1065-B), box 5, when figuring the amount to enter on line 15.

Line 13—Disposition of Property

Use this line to report any AMT adjustment related to the disposition of property resulting from refiguring:

  1. Gain or loss from the sale, exchange, or involuntary conversion of property reported on Form 4797, Sales of Business Property;

  2. Casualty gain or loss to business or income-producing property reported on Form 4684, Casualties and Thefts;

  3. Ordinary income from the disposition of property not taken into account in 1 or 2 above or on any other line on Schedule I, such as a disqualifying disposition of stock acquired in a prior year by exercising an incentive stock option; and

  4. Capital gain or loss (including any carryover that is different for the AMT) reported on Schedule D (Form 1041).

Caution
The $3,000 capital loss limitation for the regular tax applies separately for the AMT.

First, figure any ordinary income adjustment related to 3 above. Then, refigure Form 4684, Form 4797, and Schedule D for the AMT, if applicable, by taking into account any adjustments you made this year or in previous years that affect the estate's or trust's basis or otherwise result in a different amount for AMT. If the estate or trust has a capital loss after refiguring Schedule D for the AMT, apply the $3,000 capital loss limitation separately to the AMT loss. For each of the four items listed above, figure the difference between the amount included in taxable income for the regular tax and the amount included in income for the AMT. Treat the difference as a negative amount if (a) both the AMT and regular tax amounts are zero or more and the AMT amount is less than the regular tax amount or (b) the AMT amount is a loss, and the regular tax amount is a smaller loss, or zero or more.

Enter on line 13 the combined adjustments for the four items earlier.

Line 14—Depreciation of Assets Placed in Service After 1986

This section describes when depreciation must be refigured for the AMT and how to figure the amount to enter on line 14.

Do not include on this line any depreciation adjustment from:

  • An activity for which the estate or trust is not at risk or income or loss from a partnership or an S corporation if the basis limitations under section 704(d) or 1366(d) apply. Take this adjustment into account on line 16;

  • A tax shelter farm activity. Take this adjustment into account on line 23; or

  • A passive activity. Take this adjustment into account on line 15.

What depreciation must be refigured for the AMT?   Generally, you must refigure depreciation for the AMT, including depreciation allocable to inventory costs, for:
  • Property placed in service after 1998 that is depreciated for the regular tax using the 200% declining balance method (generally 3-, 5-, 7-, or 10-year property under the modified cost recovery system (MACRS)),

  • Section 1250 property placed in service after 1998 that is not depreciated for the regular tax using the straight line method, and

  • Tangible property placed in service after 1986 and before 1999. If the transitional election was made under section 203(a)(1)(B) of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, this rule applies to property placed in service after July 31, 1986.

What depreciation is not refigured for the AMT?   Do not refigure depreciation for the AMT for the following items.
  • Residential rental property placed in service after 1998.

  • Nonresidential real property with a class life of 27.5 years or more placed in service after 1998 that is depreciated for the regular tax using the straight line method.

  • Other section 1250 property placed in service after 1998 that is depreciated for the regular tax using the straight line method.

  • Property (other than section 1250 property) placed in service after 1998 that is depreciated for the regular tax using the 150% declining balance method or the straight line method.

  • Property for which you elected to use the alternative depreciation system (ADS) of section 168(g) for the regular tax.

  • Qualified property that is or was eligible for the special depreciation allowance under section 168(k), 168(l) (in the case of qualified cellulosic biomass ethanol plant property), 1400L(b) (in the case of qualified New York Liberty Zone property), or 1400N(d) (in the case of qualified Gulf Opportunity Zone property) if the depreciable basis of the property for the AMT is the same as for the regular tax. The special allowance is deductible for the AMT, and there also is no adjustment required for any depreciation figured on the remaining basis of the qualified property if the depreciable basis of the property for the AMT is the same as for the regular tax. Property for which an election is in effect to not have the special allowance apply is not qualified property. See section 168(k) for the definition of qualified property, 168(l) for the definition of qualified cellulosic biomass ethanol plan property, 1400L(b)(2) for the definition of qualified New York Liberty Zone property, and 1400N(d)(2) for the definition of qualified Gulf Opportunity Zone property.

  • Motion picture films, videotapes, or sound recordings.

  • Property depreciated under the unit-of-production method or any other method not expressed in a term of years.

  • Qualified Indian reservation property.

  • Qualified revitalization expenditures for a building for which you elected to claim the commercial revitalization deduction under section 1400I.

  • A natural gas gathering line placed in service after April 11, 2005.

How is depreciation refigured for the AMT?
Property placed in service before 1999.   Refigure depreciation for the AMT using ADS with the same convention used for the regular tax. See the table below for the method and recovery period to use.

  
Property Placed in Service Before 1999
IF the property is... THEN use the...
Section 1250 property. Straight line method over 40 years.
Tangible property (other than section 1250 property) depreciated using straight line for the regular tax. Straight line method over the property's AMT class life.
Any other tangible property. 150% declining balance method, switching to straight line the first tax year it gives a larger deduction, over the property's AMT class life.

Property placed in service after 1998.   Use the same convention and recovery period used for the regular tax. For property other than section 1250 property, use the 150% declining balance method, switching to straight line the first tax year it gives a larger deduction. For section 1250 property, use the straight line method.

How is the AMT class life determined?   The class life used for the AMT is not necessarily the same as the recovery period used for the regular tax. The class lives for the AMT are listed in Rev. Proc. 87-56, 1987-2 C.B. 674, and in Pub. 946, How To Depreciate Property. Use 12 years for any tangible personal property
not assigned a class life.

  
Tip
See Pub. 946 for optional tables that can be used to figure AMT depreciation. Rev. Proc. 89-15, 1989-1 C.B. 816, has special rules for short tax years and for property disposed of before the end of the recovery period.

How is the line 14 adjustment figured?   Subtract the AMT deduction for depreciation from the regular tax deduction and enter the result. If the AMT deduction is more than the regular tax deduction, enter the difference as a negative amount.

  In addition to the AMT adjustment to your deduction for depreciation, you must also adjust the amount of depreciation that was capitalized, if any, to account for the difference between the rules for the regular tax and the AMT. Include on this line the current year adjustment to taxable income, if any, resulting from the difference.

Line 15—Passive Activities

Caution
Do not enter again elsewhere on this schedule any AMT adjustment or tax preference item included on this line.

For AMT purposes, the rules described in section 469 apply, except that in applying the limitations, minimum tax rules apply.

Refigure passive activity gains and losses on an AMT basis. Refigure a passive activity gain or loss by taking into account all AMT adjustments or tax preference items that pertain to that activity.

You may complete a second Form 8582 to determine the passive activity losses allowed for AMT purposes, but do not send this AMT Form 8582 to the IRS.

Enter the difference between the loss reported on page 1, and the AMT loss, if any.

Tip
The amount of any passive activity loss that is not deductible (and is therefore carried forward) for AMT purposes is likely to differ from the amount (if any) that is carried forward for regular tax purposes. Therefore, it is essential that you retain adequate records for both AMT and regular tax purposes.

Publicly traded partnerships (PTPs).   If the estate or trust had a loss from a PTP, refigure the loss using any AMT adjustments, tax preference items, and any AMT prior year unallowed loss.

Line 16—Loss Limitations

Caution
If the loss is from a passive activity, use line 15 instead. If the loss is from a tax shelter farm activity (that is not passive), use line 23.

Refigure your allowable losses for AMT purposes from activities for which you are not at risk and basis limitations applicable to interests in partnerships and stock in S corporations, by taking into account your AMT adjustments and tax preference items. See sections 59(h), 465, 704(d), and 1366(d).

Enter the difference between the loss reported for regular tax purposes and the AMT loss. If the AMT loss is more than the loss reported for regular tax purposes, enter the adjustment as a negative amount.

Line 17—Circulation Costs

Caution
Do not make this adjustment for expenditures for which you elected the optional 3-year write-off period for regular tax purposes.

Circulation expenditures deducted under section 173(a) for regular tax purposes must be amortized for AMT purposes over 3 years beginning with the year the expenditures were paid or incurred.

Enter the difference between the regular tax and AMT deduction. If the AMT deduction is greater, enter the difference as a negative amount.

If the estate or trust had a loss on property for which circulation expenditures have not been fully amortized for the AMT, the AMT deduction is the smaller of (a) the amount of the loss allowable for the expenditures had they remained capitalized or (b) the remaining expenditures to be amortized for the AMT.

Line 18—Long-Term Contracts

For AMT purposes, the percentage of completion method of accounting described in section 460(b) generally must be used. However, this rule does not apply to any home construction contract (as defined in section 460(e)(6)).

Contracts described in section 460(e)(1) are subject to the simplified method of cost allocation of section 460(b)(4).

Enter the difference between the AMT and regular tax income. If the AMT income is smaller, enter the difference as a negative amount.

Line 19—Mining Costs

Caution
Do not make this adjustment for costs for which you elected the optional 10-year write-off period under section 59(e) for regular tax purposes.

Expenditures for the development or exploration of a mine or certain other mineral deposits (other than an oil, gas, or geothermal well) deducted under sections 616(a) and 617(a) for regular tax purposes must be amortized for AMT purposes over 10 years beginning with the year the expenditures were paid or incurred.

Enter the difference between the amount allowed for AMT purposes and the amount allowed for regular tax purposes. If the amount allowed for AMT purposes exceeds the amount deducted for regular tax purposes, enter the difference as a negative amount.

If the estate or trust had a loss on property for which mining expenditures have not been fully amortized for the AMT, the AMT deduction is the smaller of (a) the amount of the loss allowable for the expenditures had they remained capitalized or (b) the remaining expenditures to be amortized for the AMT.

Line 20—Research and Experimental Costs

Caution
Do not make this adjustment for costs paid or incurred in connection with an activity in which the estate or trust materially participated under the passive activity rules or for costs for which you elected the optional 10-year write-off for research and experimental expenditures under section 59(e) for regular tax purposes.

Research and experimental expenditures deducted under section 174(a) for regular tax purposes generally must be amortized for AMT purposes over 10 years beginning with the year the expenditures were paid or incurred.

Enter the difference between the amount allowed for AMT purposes and the amount allowed for regular tax purposes. If the amount for AMT purposes exceeds the amount allowed for regular tax purposes, enter the difference as a negative amount.

If the estate or trust had a loss on property for which research and experimental costs have not been fully amortized for the AMT, the AMT deduction is the smaller of (a) the loss allowable for the costs had they remained capitalized or (b) the remaining costs to be amortized for the AMT.

Line 21—Income From Certain Installment Sales Before January 1, 1987

The installment method does not apply for AMT purposes to any nondealer disposition of property that occurred after August 16, 1986, but before the first day of your tax year that began in 1987, if an installment obligation to which the proportionate disallowance rule applied arose from the disposition. Enter on line 21 the amount of installment sale income that was reported for regular tax purposes.

Line 22—Intangible Drilling Costs Preference (IDCs)

Caution
Do not make this adjustment for costs for which you elected the optional 60-month write-off under section 59(e) for regular tax purposes.

IDCs from oil, gas, and geothermal wells are a preference to the extent that the excess IDCs exceed 65% of the net income from the wells. Figure the preference for all oil and gas properties separately from the preference for all geothermal properties.

Figure excess IDCs as follows:

  1. Determine the amount of the estate's or trust's IDCs allowed for the regular tax under section 263(c), but do not include any section 263(c) deduction for nonproductive wells, then

  2. Subtract the amount that would have been allowed had you amortized these IDCs over a 120-month period starting with the month the well was placed in production.

Caution
Cost depletion can be substituted for the amount allowed using amortization over 120 months.

Net income.   Determine net income by reducing the gross income that the estate or trust received or accrued during the tax year from all oil, gas, and geothermal wells by the deductions allocable to those wells (reduced by the excess IDCs). When refiguring net income, use only income and deductions allowed for the AMT.

Exception.   The preference for IDCs from oil and gas wells does not apply to taxpayers who are independent producers (that is, not integrated oil companies as defined in section 291(b)(4)). However, this benefit may be limited. First, figure the IDC preference as if this exception did not apply. Then, for purposes of this exception, complete Schedule I through line 23, including the IDC preference and combine lines 1 through 23. If the amount of the IDC preference exceeds 40% of the total of lines 1 through 23, enter the excess on line 22 (the benefit of this exception is limited). Otherwise, do not enter an amount on line 22 (the estate's or trust's benefit from this exception is not limited).

Line 23—Other Adjustments

Enter on line 23 the total of any other adjustments that apply including the following.

  • Depreciation figured using pre-1987 rules. For AMT purposes, use the straight line method to figure depreciation on real property. Use a recovery period of 19 years for 19-year real property and 15 years for low-income housing. Enter the excess of depreciation claimed for regular tax purposes over depreciation refigured using the straight line method. Figure this amount separately for each property and include on line 23 only positive amounts.

    For leased personal property other than recovery property, enter the amount by which the regular tax depreciation using the pre-1987 rules exceeds the depreciation allowable using the straight line method. For leased 10-year recovery property and leased 15-year public utility property, enter the amount by which the depreciation deduction determined for regular tax purposes is more than the deduction allowable using the straight line method with a half-year convention, no salvage value, and a recovery period of 15 years (22 years for 15-year public utility property). Figure this amount separately for each property and include on line 23 only positive amounts.

  • Patron's adjustment. Distributions the estate or trust received from a cooperative may be includible in income. Unless the distributions are nontaxable, include on line 23 the total AMT patronage dividend adjustment reported to the estate or trust from the cooperative.

  • Amortization of pollution control facilities. The amortization deduction under section 169 must be refigured for the AMT. For facilities placed in service after 1986 and before 1999, figure the amortization deduction for the AMT using the ADS described in section 168(g). For facilities placed in service after 1998, figure the AMT deduction under MACRS using the straight line method. Enter the difference between the regular tax and AMT deduction. If the AMT amount is greater, enter the difference as a negative amount.

  • Tax shelter farm activities. Figure this adjustment only if the tax shelter farm activity (as defined in section 58(a)(2)) is not a passive activity. If the activity is passive, include it with any other passive activities on line 15.

    Refigure all gains and losses reported for the regular tax from tax shelter farm activities by taking into account any AMT adjustments and preferences. Determine tax shelter farm activity gain or loss for the AMT using the same rules used for the regular tax with the following modifications. No refigured loss is allowed, except to the extent an estate or trust is insolvent (see section 58(c)(1)). A refigured loss may not be used in the current tax year to offset gains from other tax shelter farm activities. Instead, any refigured loss must be suspended and carried forward indefinitely until (a) the estate or trust has a gain in a subsequent tax year from the same activity or (b) the activity is disposed of.

    The AMT amount of any tax shelter farm activity loss that is not deductible and is carried forward is likely to differ from the regular tax amount. Keep adequate records for both the AMT and regular tax.

    Enter the difference between the amount that would be reported for the activity on Schedule E or F for the AMT and the regular tax amount. If (a) the AMT loss is more than the regular tax loss, (b) the AMT gain is less than the regular tax gain, or (c) there is an AMT loss and a regular tax gain, then enter the adjustment as a negative amount.

    Enter any adjustment for amounts reported on Schedule D, Form 4684, or Form 4797 for the activity on line 13 instead.

  • Alcohol fuel credit or biodiesel and renewable diesel fuels credit. If the adjusted total income (line 17, of page 1) includes the amount of the alcohol fuel credit or the biodiesel and renewable diesel fuels credit under section 87, include that amount as a negative amount on line 23.

  • Related adjustments. AMT adjustments and tax preference items may affect deductions that are based on an income limit other than AGI or modified AGI (for example, farm conservation expenses). Refigure these deductions using the income limit as modified for the AMT. Include the difference between the regular tax and AMT deduction on line 23. If the AMT deduction is more than the regular tax deduction, include the difference as a negative amount.

Caution
Do not make an adjustment on line 23 for an item you refigured on another line of Schedule I (for example, line 6).

Line 24—Alternative Tax Net Operating Loss Deduction (ATNOLD)

The ATNOLD is the sum of the alternative tax net operating loss (ATNOL) carryovers and carrybacks to the tax year, subject to the limitation explained below.

The net operating loss (NOL) under section 172(c) is modified for alternative tax purposes by (a) taking into account the adjustments made under sections 56 and 58; and (b) reducing the NOL by any item of tax preference under section 57. For an estate or trust that held a residual interest in a real estate mortgage investment conduit (REMIC), figure the ATNOLD without regard to any excess inclusion.

If this estate or trust is the beneficiary of another estate or trust that terminated in 2006, include any ATNOL carryover that was reported in box 11, code E of Schedule K-1 (Form 1041).

The estate's or trust's ATNOLD may be limited. To figure the ATNOLD limitation, first figure AMTI without regard to the ATNOLD and any domestic production activities deduction. For this purpose, figure a tentative amount for line 6 of Schedule I by treating line 24 as if it were zero. Then, figure a tentative total by combining lines 1-23 of Schedule I using the line 6 tentative amount. Add any domestic production activities deduction to this tentative total. The ATNOLD limitation is 90% of the result.

However, if an ATNOL that is carried back or carried forward to the tax year is attributable to qualified Gulf Opportunity Zone losses as defined in section 1400N(k)(2), the ATNOLD for the tax year is limited to the sum of:

  1. The smaller of:

    1. The sum of the ATNOL carrybacks and carryforwards to the tax year attributable to net operating losses other than qualified Gulf Opportunity Zone losses, or

    2. Ninety percent of AMTI for the tax year (figured without regard to the ATNOLD and any domestic production activities deduction, as discussed earlier), plus

  2. The smaller of:

    1. The sum of the ATNOL carrybacks and carryforwards to the tax year attributable to qualified Gulf Opportunity Zone losses, or

    2. AMTI for the tax year (figured without regard to the ATNOLD and any domestic production activities deduction, as discussed earlier) reduced by the amount determined under (1), above.

Enter on line 27 the smaller of the ATNOLD or the ATNOLD limitation.

Any ATNOL not used may be carried back 2 years or forward up to 20 years (15 years for loss years beginning before 1998). In some cases, the carryback period is longer than 2 years; see section 172(b) and 1400N(k) for details.

The treatment of ATNOLs does not affect your regular tax NOL.

Tip
If you elected under section 172(b)(3) to forego the carryback period for regular tax purposes, the election will also apply for the AMT.

Line 29—Estate's or Trust's Share of Alternative Minimum Taxable Income

For an estate or trust that held a residual interest in a REMIC, line 29 may not be less than the estate's or trust's share of the amount on Schedule E (Form 1040), line 38, column (c). If that amount is larger than the amount you would otherwise enter on line 29, enter that amount instead and write “Sch. Q” on the dotted line next to line 29.

Part II—Income Distribution Deduction on a Minimum Tax Basis

Line 30—Adjusted Alternative Minimum Taxable Income

Generally, enter on line 30, Schedule I, the amount from line 25, Schedule I. However, if both line 4 on page 1 and line 25, Schedule I, are losses, enter on line 30, Schedule I, the smaller of those losses. If line 4 is zero or a gain and line 25 is a loss, enter zero on line 30,
Schedule I.

Line 31—Adjusted Tax-Exempt Interest

To figure the adjusted tax-exempt interest (including exempt-interest dividends received as a shareholder in a mutual fund or other regulated investment company), subtract the total of any:

  1. Tax-exempt interest from line 2 of Schedule A of Form 1041 figured for AMT purposes, and

  2. Section 212 expenses allowable for AMT purposes allocable to tax-exempt interest, from the amount of tax-exempt interest received.

Do not subtract any deductions reported on lines 2 through 4.

Section 212 expenses that are directly allocable to tax-exempt interest are allocated only to tax-exempt interest. A reasonable proportion of section 212 expenses that are indirectly allocable to both tax-exempt interest and other income must be allocated to each class of income.

Line 33

Reduce the amount on line 33 by any allocable section 1202 exclusion (as refigured for AMT purposes).

Line 34

Enter any capital gains that were paid or permanently set aside for charitable purposes from the current year's income included on line 1 of Schedule A. Reduce the amount on line 34 by any allocable section 1202 exclusion (as refigured for AMT purposes).

Lines 35 and 36

Capital gains and losses must take into account any basis adjustments from line 13, Part I.

Line 41—Adjustment for Tax-Exempt Income

In figuring the income distribution deduction on a minimum tax basis, the estate or trust is not allowed a deduction for any item of DNAMTI (line 37) that is not included in the gross income of the estate or trust figured on an AMT basis. Thus, for purposes of figuring the allowable income distribution deduction on a minimum tax basis, the DNAMTI is figured without regard to any tax-exempt interest (except for amounts from line 8).

If tax-exempt interest is the only tax-exempt income included in the total distributions (line 40), and the DNAMTI (line 37) is less than or equal to line 40, then enter on line 41 the amount from
line 31.

If tax-exempt interest is the only tax-exempt income included in the total distributions (line 40), and the DNAMTI is more than line 40 (that is, the estate or trust made a distribution that is less than the DNAMTI), then figure the adjustment by multiplying line 31 by a fraction, the numerator of which is the total distributions (line 40), and the denominator of which is the DNAMTI (line 37). Enter the result on line 41.

If line 40 includes tax-exempt income other than tax-exempt interest (except for amounts from line 8), figure line 41 by subtracting the total expenses allocable to tax-exempt income that are allowable for AMT purposes from tax-exempt income included on line 40.

Expenses that are directly allocable to tax-exempt income are allocated only to tax-exempt income. A reasonable proportion of expenses indirectly allocable to both tax-exempt income and other income must be allocated to each class of income.

Line 44—Income Distribution Deduction on a Minimum Tax Basis

Allocate the income distribution deduction figured on a minimum tax basis among the beneficiaries in the same manner as income was allocated for regular tax purposes. You need the allocated income distribution deduction figured on a minimum tax basis to figure the beneficiary's adjustment for minimum tax purposes, as explained under the instructions for box 12, code A on
page 43.

Part III—Alternative Minimum Tax Computation

Line 53—Alternative Minimum Foreign Tax Credit

Tip
To see if you need to figure the estate's or trust's AMT foreign tax credit, fill in line 55 of Schedule I as instructed. If the amount on line 55 is greater than or equal to the amount on line 52, the estate or trust does not owe the AMT. Enter zero on line 56 and see Who Must Complete on page 26 to find out if you must file Schedule I with Form 1041. However, even if the estate or trust does not owe AMT, you may need to complete line 53 to see if you have an AMT foreign tax credit carryback or carryforward to other tax years.

To figure the AMT foreign tax credit, follow the steps discussed below.

Step 1.   Complete and attach a separate AMT Form 1116, with the notation at the top, “Alt Min Tax” for each separate limitation category specified at the top of Form 1116.

Note.   When applying the separate limitation categories, use the applicable AMT rate instead of the regular tax rate to determine if any income is “high-taxed.

Step 2.   If you (on behalf of the estate or trust) previously made or are making the Simplified limitation election (see page 32), skip Part I and enter on the AMT Form 1116, line 16, the same amount you entered on that line for the regular tax. If you did not complete Form 1116 for the regular tax and you previously made or are making the simplified limitation election (on behalf of the estate or trust), complete Part I and lines 14 through 16 of the AMT Form 1116 using regular tax amounts.

  If the election does not apply, complete Part I, using only income and deductions allowed for the AMT that are attributable to sources outside the United States. If the estate or trust has any foreign source qualified dividends or foreign source capital gains or losses, use the instructions under Step 3 to determine whether you must make adjustments to those amounts before you include the amounts on line 1 or line 5 of the AMT Form 1116.

Step 3.   Follow the instructions later, if applicable, to determine the amount of foreign source qualified dividends and foreign source capital gains and losses to include on line 1 and line 5 of the AMT Form 1116.

Foreign qualified dividends.   You must adjust the estate's or trust's foreign source qualified dividends before you include those amounts on line 1 of the AMT Form 1116 if:
  • Schedule I, line 62 is greater than zero,

  • Schedule I, line 74 is smaller than Schedule I, line 75, and

  • The Exception for foreign qualified dividends below does not apply.

  To adjust foreign source qualified dividends, multiply the estate's or trust's foreign source qualified dividends in each separate category by 0.5357. Include the results on line 1 of the AMT Form 1116.

  Note. Use the estate's or trust's capital gains and losses as refigured for the AMT to determine whether your total amounts are less than the $20,000 threshold under the adjustment exception.

  
Caution
Do not adjust the amount of any foreign source qualified dividends you elected to include on line 4g of the AMT Form 4952.

Exception for foreign qualified dividends.   You do not need to make any adjustments if both of the following apply.
  • The estate or trust qualifies for the Adjustment exception discussed under Qualified Dividends Tax Worksheet (Estates and Trusts) or the Adjustments to foreign qualified dividends discussed under Schedule D Filers (both discussions are in the Instructions for Form 1116) when you completed a Form 1116 for the regular tax (or you would have qualified for that adjustment exception if you had completed a Form 1116 for the regular tax), and

  • Schedule I, line 62 is $175,000 or less.

Foreign capital gains or losses.   If any capital gain or loss from U.S. or foreign sources is different for the AMT, use the refigured amounts to complete this step.

  To figure the adjustment for the estate's or trust's foreign source capital gains or losses, you must first determine whether you can use Worksheet A or Worksheet B in the Instructions for Form 1116. Otherwise, you must use the instructions for Capital Gains and Losses in Pub. 514 to figure the adjustments you must make to the estate's or trust's foreign source capital gains and losses.

  Use Worksheet A if the estate or trust has foreign source capital gains or losses in no more than two separate categories, and any of the following apply.
  • Schedule D line 14a, column (2) or line 15, column (2), as refigured for the AMT if necessary, is zero or a loss.

  • Schedule D line 18, as refigured for the AMT if necessary, minus the amount on Form 4952 line 4e that you elected to include on Form 4952 line 4g is zero.

  • The amount on line 9 of the Schedule D Tax Worksheet, as refigured for the AMT if necessary, minus the amount on Form 4952, line 4e that you elected to include on Form 4952, line 4g, is zero or less.

  • You were not required to make adjustments to the estate's or trust's foreign source qualified dividends under the rules described earlier (or if the estate or trust had foreign source qualified dividends, you would not have been required to make those adjustments).

  Use Worksheet B if you:
  • Cannot use Worksheet A,

  • Have foreign source capital gains and losses in no more than 2 separate categories, and

  • Did not have any item of unrecaptured section 1250 gain or any item of 28% rate gain or loss for either regular tax or AMT.

Instructions for Worksheets A and B.   When you complete Worksheet A or B, use foreign source capital gains and losses as refigured for the AMT, if necessary, and do not use any foreign source capital gains that you elected to include on line 4g of the AMT Form 4952. Use 0.5357 instead of 0.4286 to complete lines 11, 13, and 15 of Worksheet B and to complete Steps 4 and 5 of the Line 15 Worksheet for Worksheet B.

Step 4.   Complete Part II and lines 9 through 13 of the AMT Form 1116. Use the estate's or trust's AMT foreign tax credit carryover, if any, on line 10.

Step 5.   If the simplified limitation election does not apply, complete lines 14 through 16 of the AMT Form 1116.

Step 6.   If you did not complete Part IV of Schedule I, enter the amount from Schedule I, line 29 on line 17 of the AMT Form 1116 and go to Step 7 later.

  Complete an AMT Worksheet for Line 17 in the Instructions for Form 1116 to figure the amount to enter on Form 1116, line 17 if:
  • Schedule I, line 62 is greater than zero,

  • Schedule I, line 74 is smaller than Schedule I, line 75, and

  • The Exception for the line 17 worksheet below does not apply.


If you do not have to complete an AMT Worksheet for Line 17, enter the amount from Schedule I, line 29 on line 17 of the AMT Form 1116.

Exception for the line 17 worksheet.   You do not have to complete an AMT Worksheet for Line 17 in the Instructions for Form 1116 if:
  • The estate or trust qualifies for the Adjustment exception discussed under Qualified Dividends Tax Worksheet (Estates and Trusts) or the Adjustments to foreign qualified dividends discussed under Schedule D Filers (both discussions are in the Instructions for Form 1116) when you completed a Form 1116 for the regular tax (or you would have qualified for that adjustment exception if you had completed a Form 1116 for the regular tax), and

  • Schedule I, line 62 is $175,000 or less.

  Note. Use the estate's or trust's capital gains and losses as refigured for the AMT to determine whether your total amounts are less than the $20,000 threshold under the adjustment exception.

Instructions for completing an AMT Worksheet for Line 17.   To complete an AMT Worksheet for Line 17 in the Instructions for Form 1116, follow these instructions.
  1. Enter the amount from Schedule I, line 29 on line 1 of the worksheet.

  2. Skip lines 2 and 3 of the worksheet.

  3. Enter the amount from Schedule I, line 72 on line 4 of the worksheet.

  4. Multiply line 4 of the worksheet by 0.1071 (instead of 0.2857) and enter the results on line 5 of the worksheet.

  5. Enter the amount from Schedule I, line 70 on line 6 of the worksheet.

  6. Multiply line 6 of the worksheet by 0.4643 (instead of 0.5714 and enter the result on line 7 of the worksheet.

  7. Complete lines 8 and 9 of the worksheet as instructed on the worksheet.

Step 7.   Enter the amount from Schedule I, line 52, on the AMT Form 1116, line 19. Complete lines 18, 20, and 21 of the AMT Form 1116.

Step 8.   Complete Part IV of the first AMT Form 1116 only.

  Enter on line 53 of Schedule I of Form 1041 the amount from line 33 of the first AMT Form 1116.

  Attach to the estate's or trust's return, all AMT Forms 1116 you used to figure your AMTFTC.

AMT foreign tax credit carryback and carryforward.   If the AMT foreign tax credit is limited, any unused amount can be carried back or forward in accordance with sections 59(a)(2)(B) and 904(c). The election to forego the carryback period for regular tax purposes also applies for the AMT.

Simplified limitation election.   The estate or trust may elect to use a simplified section 904 limitation to figure its AMT foreign tax credit. To do so, use the estate's or trust's regular tax income for Form 1116, Part I, instead of refiguring the estate's or trust's foreign source income for the AMT, as described in Step 2 on page 31. The estate or trust must make the election for the first tax year after 1997 for which it claims an alternative minimum tax foreign tax credit. If it does not make the election for that year, it may not make it for a later year. Once made, the election applies to all later tax years and may be revoked only with IRS consent.

Part IV—Line 52 Computation Using Maximum Capital Gains Rates

Lines 58, 59, and 60

If you used Schedule D, the Schedule D Tax Worksheet, or the Qualified Dividend Tax Worksheet, you generally may enter the amounts as instructed on Schedule I, lines 58, 59, and 60. But do not use those amounts if either of the following applies.

  1. Any gain or loss on Schedule D is different for the AMT (for example, because the AMT basis was different due to depreciation adjustments or an incentive stock option adjustment or the AMT capital loss carryover from 2005 was different).

  2. You did not complete Part V of Schedule D, the Schedule D Tax Worksheet, or the Qualified Dividends Tax Worksheet because Form 1041, line 22, was zero or less.

  3. The estate or trust received a Schedule K-1 (Form 1041) that shows an amount in box 12 with code B, C, D, E, or F. If this applies, see If the estate or trust is a beneficiary of another estate or trust.

If 1 or 3 above applies, complete Parts I through IV of an AMT Schedule D by refiguring the amounts of your gains and losses for the AMT. Next, if 1, 2, or 3 above applies, complete the following lines of the applicable schedule or worksheet:

  • Lines 18 through 22 of an AMT Schedule D,

  • Lines 2 through 13 of an AMT Schedule D Tax Worksheet, or

  • Lines 2 through 4 of a Qualified Dividends Tax Worksheet.

If you were required to complete an AMT Form 4952, use it to figure the amount to enter on line 21 of the AMT Schedule D, lines 3 and 4 of the AMT Schedule D Tax Worksheet, and line 3 of the Qualified Dividends Tax Worksheet. Use amounts from the AMT Schedule D, AMT Schedule D Tax Worksheet, or Qualified Dividends Tax Worksheet to complete Schedule I, lines 58, 59, and 60. Keep the AMT Schedule D and worksheet for your records. Do not attach the AMT Schedule D to Form 1041.

Caution
Do not decrease the estate's or trust's section 1202 exclusion by the amount, if any, included on line 9.

If the estate or trust is a beneficiary of another estate or trust.   If the estate or trust received a Schedule K-1 (Form 1041) from another estate or trust that shows an amount in box 12 with code B, C, D, E, or F, follow the instructions in the table below.

IF the code in box 12 is... THEN include that amount in the total on...
B line 2 of an AMT Qualified Dividends Tax Worksheet; line 19 of an AMT Schedule D (Form 1041); or line 2 of an AMT Schedule D Tax Worksheet, whichever applies.
C line 3, column (f), of an AMT Schedule D.
D line 8, column (f), of an AMT Schedule D.
E line 11 of an AMT Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain Worksheet.
F line 4 of an AMT 28% Rate Gain Worksheet.

Schedule D (Form 1041)— Capital Gains and Losses

What's New

  • If the estate or trust sold or exchanged a qualified community asset held for more than 5 years, it may be able to exclude any qualified capital gain. See Pub. 954.

  • The trust can elect to treat musical compositions and copyrights in musical works as capital assets if it sold or exchanged them in a tax year beginning after May 17, 2006, and acquired the assets under circumstances entitling it to the basis of the person who created the property or for whom it was prepared or produced.

General Instructions

Purpose of Form

Use Schedule D (Form 1041) to report gains and losses from the sale or exchange of capital assets by an estate or trust.

To report the sale or exchange of property used in a trade or business, involuntary conversions (other than casualties and thefts), and certain ordinary gains and losses, see Form 4797 and related instructions.

If property is involuntarily converted because of a casualty or theft, use Form 4684.

Section 1256 contracts and straddles are reported on Form 6781, Gains and Losses From Section 1256 Contracts and Straddles.

Capital Asset

Each item of property held by the estate or trust (whether or not connected with its trade or business) is a capital asset except the following.

  • Inventoriable assets or property held primarily for sale to customers.

  • Depreciable or real property used in a trade or business, even if it is fully depreciated.

  • Copyrights, literary, musical or artistic compositions, letters or memoranda, or similar property (a) prepared or produced for the estate or trust (in the case of letters, memoranda, or similar property); or (b) that the trust received from someone who created them or for whom they were created in a way (such as by gift) that entitled the trust to the basis of the previous owner. However, the trust can elect to treat musical compositions and copyrights in musical works as capital assets if it sold or exchanged them in a tax year beginning after May 17, 2006, and acquired the assets under circumstances entitling it to the basis of the person who created the property or for whom it was prepared or produced.

  • Accounts or notes receivable acquired in the ordinary course of a trade or business for services rendered or from the sale of inventoriable assets or property held primarily for sale to customers.

  • Certain U.S. Government publications not purchased at the public sale price.

  • Certain “commodities derivative financial instruments” held by a dealer (see section 1221(a)(6)).

  • Certain hedging transactions entered into in the normal course of a trade or business (see section 1221(a)(7)).

  • Supplies regularly used in a trade or business.

You may find additional helpful information in the following publications.

  • Pub. 544, Sales and Other Dispositions of Assets.

  • Pub. 551, Basis of Assets.

Short-Term or Long-Term

Separate the capital gains and losses according to how long the estate or trust held or owned the property. The holding period for short-term capital gains and losses is 1 year or less. The holding period for long-term capital gains and losses is more than 1 year. Property acquired from a decedent is considered as held for more than 1 year.

When you figure the length of the period the estate or trust held property, begin counting on the day after the estate or trust acquired the property and include the day the estate or trust disposed of it. Use the trade dates for the date of acquisition and sale of stocks and bonds traded on an exchange or over-the- counter market.

Section 643(e)(3) Election

For noncash property distributions, a fiduciary may elect to have the estate or trust recognize gain or loss in the same manner as if the distributed property had been sold to the beneficiary at its FMV. The distribution deduction is the property's FMV. This election applies to all distributions made by the estate or trust during the tax year and, once made, may be revoked only with IRS consent.

Note that section 267 does not allow a trust or a decedent's estate to claim a deduction for any loss on property to which a section 643(e)(3) election applies. In addition, when a trust or a decedent's estate distributes depreciable property, section 1239 applies to deny capital gains treatment for any gain on property to which a section 643(e)(3) election applies.

Related Persons

A trust cannot deduct a loss from the sale or exchange of property directly or indirectly between any of the following:

  • A grantor and a fiduciary of a trust,

  • A fiduciary and a fiduciary or beneficiary of another trust created by the same grantor,

  • A fiduciary and a beneficiary of the same trust,

  • A trust fiduciary and a corporation of which more than 50% in value of the outstanding stock is owned directly or indirectly by or for the trust or by or for the grantor of the trust, or

  • An executor of an estate and a beneficiary of that estate, except when the sale or exchange is to satisfy a pecuniary bequest (that is, a bequest of a sum of money).

Items for Special Treatment

  • Bonds and other debt instruments. See Pub. 550.

  • Wash sales of stock or securities (including contracts or options to acquire or sell stock or securities) (section 1091).

  • Gain or loss on options to buy or sell. See Pub. 550.

  • Certain real estate subdivided for sale that may be considered a capital asset (section 1237).

  • Gain on disposition of stock in an interest charge domestic international sales corporation (section 995(c)).

  • Gain on the sale or exchange of stock in certain foreign corporations (section 1248).

  • Sales of stock received under a qualified public utility dividend reinvestment plan. See Pub. 550 for details.

  • Transfer of appreciated property to a political organization (section 84).

  • Amounts received by shareholders in corporate liquidations. See Pub. 550.

  • Cash received in lieu of fractional shares of stock as a result of a stock split or stock dividend. See Pub. 550.

  • Mutual fund load charges, which may not be taken into account in determining gain or loss on certain dispositions of stock in mutual funds if reinvestment rights were exercised. See Pub. 564.

  • The sale or exchange of S corporation stock or an interest in a trust held for more than 1 year, which may result in collectibles gain (28% rate gain). See the instructions for line 14c beginning on page 37.

  • Gain or loss on the disposition of securities futures contracts. See Pub. 550.

  • Gains from certain constructive ownership transactions. Gain in excess of the gain the estate or trust would have recognized if the estate or trust had held a financial asset directly during the term of a derivative contract must be treated as ordinary income. See section 1260 for details.

  • The sale of qualified empowerment zone assets acquired after December 21, 2000, that the estate or trust held for more than 1 year, if you elect to postpone gain by purchasing other qualified empowerment zone assets during the 60-day period that began on the date of the sale. See Pub. 550 and Pub. 954.

  • If the estate or trust sold or exchanged a District of Columbia Enterprise Zone (DC Zone) asset that it held for more than 5 years, it can exclude the amount of “qualified capital gain” from gross income. See Pub. 954.

  • If the estate or trust sold or exchanged a qualified community asset held for more than 5 years, it can exclude the amount of any qualified capital gain from gross income. This exclusion applies to an interest in, or property of, certain businesses operating in a renewal community. See Pub. 954.

  • If qualified dividends include extraordinary dividends, any loss on the sale or exchange of the stock is a long-term capital loss to the extent of the extraordinary dividends. An extraordinary dividend is a dividend that is at least 10% (5% in the case of preferred stock) of the basis in the stock.

  • The sale of publicly traded securities, if the estate or trust elects to postpone gain by purchasing common stock or a partnership interest in a specialized small business investment company during the 60-day period that began on the date of the sale. See Pub. 550.

Constructive Sales Treatment for Certain Appreciated Positions

Generally, the estate or trust must recognize gain (but not loss) on the date it enters into a constructive sale of any appreciated position in stock, a partnership interest, or certain debt instruments as if the position were disposed of at FMV on that date.

The estate or trust is treated as making a constructive sale of an appreciated position when it (or a related person, in some cases) does one of the following:

  • Enters into a short sale of the same or substantially identical property (that is, a “short sale against the box”),

  • Enters into an offsetting notional principal contract relating to the same or substantially identical property,

  • Enters into a futures or forward contract to deliver the same or substantially identical property, or

  • Acquires the same or substantially identical property (if the appreciated position is a short sale, offsetting notional principal contract, or a futures or forward contract).

Exception. Generally, constructive sale treatment does not apply if:

  • The estate or trust closed the transaction before the end of the 30th day after the end of the year in which it was entered into,

  • The estate or trust held the appreciated position to which the transaction relates throughout the 60-day period starting on the date the transaction was closed, and

  • At no time during that 60-day period was the estate's or trust's risk of loss reduced by holding certain other positions.

For details and other exceptions to these rules, see Pub. 550.

Exclusion of Gain on Qualified Small Business Stock (Section 1202)

Section 1202 provides for an exclusion of 50% of the gain on the sale or exchange of qualified small business (QSB) stock. The section 1202 exclusion applies only to qualified small business stock held for more than 5 years. To be qualified small business stock, the stock must meet all of the following tests.

  • It must be stock in a C corporation (that is, not S corporation stock).

  • It must have been originally issued after August 10, 1993.

  • As of the date the stock was issued, the corporation was a qualified small business. A qualified small business is a domestic C corporation with total gross assets of $50 million or less (a) at all times after August 9, 1993, and before the stock was issued, and (b) immediately after the stock was issued. Gross assets include those of any predecessor of the corporation. All corporations that are members of the same parent-subsidiary controlled group are treated as one corporation.

  • The estate or trust acquired the stock at its original issue (either directly or through an underwriter), either in exchange for money or other property or as pay for services (other than as an underwriter) to the corporation. In certain cases, the estate or trust may meet the test if it acquired the stock from another person who met this test (such as by gift or at death) or through a conversion or exchange of qualified small business stock the estate or trust held.

  • During substantially all the time the estate or trust held the stock:

    1. The corporation was a C corporation,

    2. At least 80% of the value of the corporation's assets were used in the active conduct of one or more qualified businesses (defined below), and

    3. The corporation was not a foreign corporation, DISC, former DISC, corporation that has made (or that has a subsidiary that has made) a section 936 election, regulated investment company, real estate investment trust, REMIC, FASIT, or cooperative.

      A specialized small business investment company (SSBIC) is treated as having met test 2 above.

Qualified business.   A qualified business is any business other than the following:
  • One involving services performed in the fields of health, law, engineering, architecture, accounting, actuarial science, performing arts, consulting, athletics, financial services, or brokerage services;

  • One whose principal asset is the reputation or skill of one or more employees;

  • Any banking, insurance, financing, leasing, investing, or similar business;

  • Any farming business (including the raising or harvesting of trees);

  • Any business involving the production of products for which percentage depletion can be claimed; or

  • Any business of operating a hotel, motel, restaurant, or similar business.

  For more details about limits and additional requirements that may apply, see section 1202.

Empowerment zone business stock.   Generally, the estate or trust can exclude up to 60% of its gain on certain qualified small business stock if it meets the following additional requirements.
  1. The stock sold or exchanged was stock in a corporation that qualified as an empowerment zone business during substantially all of the time the estate or trust held the stock.

  2. The estate or trust acquired the stock after December 21, 2000.

  Requirement 1 will still be met if the corporation ceased to qualify after the 5-year period that began on the date the estate or trust acquired the stock. However, the gain that qualifies for the 60% exclusion cannot be more than the gain the estate or trust would have had if it had sold the stock on the date the corporation ceased to qualify.

  For more information about empowerment zone businesses, see Pub. 954.

Pass-through entities.   If the estate or trust held an interest in a pass-through entity (a partnership, S corporation, mutual fund, or other regulated investment company) that sold qualified small business stock, the estate or trust generally must have held the interest on the date the pass-through entity acquired the qualified small business stock and at all times thereafter until the stock was sold to qualify for the exclusion.

How to report.   Report in column (f) of line 6 the entire gain realized on the sale of qualified small business stock. Complete all other columns as indicated. Directly below the line on which you reported the gain, enter in column (a) “Section 1202 exclusion,” and enter as a (loss) in column (f) the amount of the allowable exclusion. On line 2 of the 28% Rate Gain Worksheet, include an amount equal to the 50% exclusion (⅔ of the exclusion if you claimed a 60% exclusion). Also, see the instructions for Schedule I, line 9, for information on the amount of the exclusion to include on Schedule I.

Gain from Form 1099-DIV.   If the estate or trust received a Form 1099-DIV with a gain in box 2c, part or all of that gain (which is also included in box 2a) may be eligible for the section 1202 exclusion. In column (a) of line 6, enter the name of the corporation whose stock was sold. In column (f), enter the amount of the allowable exclusion as a (loss). Also, include the amount of the 50% exclusion as a gain on line 2 of the 28% Rate Gain Worksheet (include ⅔ of the exclusion if you claimed a 60% exclusion).

Gain from Form 2439.   If the estate or trust received a Form 2439, Notice to Shareholder of Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gains, with a gain in box 1c, part or all of that gain (which is also included in box 1a) may be eligible for the section 1202 exclusion. In column (a) of line 6, enter the name of the corporation whose stock was sold. In column (f), enter the amount of the allowable exclusion as a (loss). Also, include the amount of the 50% exclusion as a gain on line 2 of the 28% Rate Gain Worksheet (include ⅔ of the exclusion if you claimed a 60% exclusion).

Gain from an installment sale of QSB stock.   If all payments are not received in the year of sale, a sale of QSB stock that is not traded on an established securities market generally is treated as an installment sale and is reported on Form 6252. Part or all of any gain from the sale that is reported on Form 6252 for the current year may be eligible for the section 1202 exclusion. In column (a) of line 6, enter the name of the corporation whose stock was sold. In column (f), enter the amount of your allowable exclusion as a loss. Also, include the amount of the 50% exclusion as a gain on line 2 of the 28% Rate Gain Worksheet (include ⅔ of the exclusion if you claimed a 60% exclusion).

Rollover of gain from qualified small business stock.   If the estate or trust held qualified small business stock (as defined above) for more than 6 months, it may elect to postpone gain if it purchased other qualified small business stock during the 60-day period that began on the date of the sale.

  The estate or trust must recognize gain to the extent the sale proceeds exceed the cost of the replacement stock. Reduce the basis of the replacement stock by any postponed gain.

  The estate or trust must make the election no later than the due date (including extensions) for filing Form 1041 for the tax year in which the stock was sold. If the original Form 1041 was filed on time, the election may be made on an amended return filed no later than 6 months after the due date of the original return (excluding extensions). Write “Filed pursuant to section 301.9100-2” at the top of the amended return, and file it at the same address used for the original Form 1041.

  To make the election, report the entire gain realized on the sale on line 1 or 6. Directly below the line on which you reported the gain, enter in column (a) “Section 1045 Rollover” and enter as a (loss) in column (f) the amount of the postponed gain.

Specific Instructions

Lines 1 and 6

Short-term and long-term capital gains and losses.   Enter all sales of stocks, bonds, etc.

Redemption of stock to pay death taxes.   If stock is redeemed under the provisions of section 303, list and identify it on line 6 and give the name of the decedent and the IRS office where the estate tax or generation-skipping transfer tax return was filed.

  If you are reporting capital gain from a lump-sum distribution, see the instructions for Form 4972 for information about the federal estate tax.

Column (d)—Sales Price

Enter either the gross sales price or the net sales price from the sale. On sales of stocks and bonds, report the gross amount as reported to the estate or trust on Form 1099-B or similar statement. However, if the estate or trust was advised that gross proceeds less commissions and option premiums were reported to the IRS, enter that net amount in column (d).

Column (e)—Cost or Other Basis

Basis of trust property.   Generally, the basis of property acquired by gift is the same as the basis in the hands of the donor. If the FMV of the property at the time it was transferred to the trust is less than the transferor's basis, then the FMV is used for determining any loss on disposition.

  If the property was transferred to the trust after 1976, and a gift tax was paid under Chapter 12, then increase the donor's basis as follows:

  Multiply the amount of the gift tax paid by a fraction, the numerator of which is the net appreciation in value of the gift (defined below), and the denominator of which is the amount of the gift. For this purpose, the net appreciation in value of the gift is the amount by which the FMV of the gift exceeds the donor's adjusted basis.

Basis of decedent's estate property.   Generally, the basis of property acquired by a decedent's estate is the FMV of the property at the date of the decedent's death, or the alternate valuation date if the executor elected to use an alternate valuation under section 2032.

  See Pub. 551 for a discussion of the valuation of qualified real property under section 2032A.

Basis of assets held on January 1, 2001, where an election to recognize gain was made.   If you elected on behalf of an estate or trust to recognize gain on an asset held on January 1, 2001, the basis in the asset is its closing market price or fair market value, whichever applies, on the date of the deemed sale and reacquisition, whether the deemed sale resulted in a gain or an unallowed loss.

Adjustments to basis.   Before figuring any gain or loss on the sale, exchange, or other disposition of property owned by the estate or trust, adjustments to the property's basis may be required.

  Some items that may increase the basis include:
  1. Broker's fees and commissions,

  2. Reinvested dividends that were previously reported as income,

  3. Reinvested capital gains that were previously reported as income,

  4. Costs that were capitalized, and

  5. Original issue discount that has been previously included in income.

  Some items that may decrease the basis include:
  1. Nontaxable distributions that consist of return of capital,

  2. Deductions previously allowed or allowable for depreciation, and

  3. Casualty or theft loss deductions.

  See Pub. 551 for additional information.

  See section 852(f) for treatment of load charges incurred in acquiring stock in a regulated investment company.

Carryover basis.   Carryover basis determined under repealed section 1023 applies to property acquired from a decedent who died after December 31, 1976, and before November 7, 1978, only if the executor elected it on a Form 5970-A, Election of Carryover Basis, that was filed on time.

Column (f)—Gain or (Loss)

Make a separate entry in this column for each transaction reported on lines 1 and 6 and any other lines that apply to the estate or trust. For lines 1 and 6, subtract the amount in column (e) from the amount in column (d). Enter negative amounts in parentheses.

Lines 2 and 7

Undistributed capital gains.   Include on line 7, column (f), the amount from box 1a of Form 2439. This represents the estate's or trust's share of the undistributed long-term capital gains of the regulated investment company (mutual fund) or real estate investment trust.

  If there is an amount in box 1b of Form 2439, include that amount on line 11 of the Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain Worksheet later if you are required to complete line 14b, column (2) of Schedule D. If there is an amount in box 1c of Form 2439, see Exclusion of Gain on Qualified Small Business Stock (Section 1202) on page 34. If there is an amount in box 1d of Form 2439, include that amount on line 4 of the 28% Rate Gain Worksheet.

  Enter on Form 1041, line 24g, the tax paid as shown in box 2 of Form 2439. Add to the basis of your stock the excess of the amount included in income over the amount of the credit for tax paid. See Pub. 550 for more details.

  
Caution
The instructions above assume the estate or trust is a cash basis calendar year taxpayer.

Installment sales.   If the estate or trust sold property (other than publicly traded stocks or securities) at a gain during the tax year and will receive a payment in a later tax year, you generally report the sale on the installment method and file Form 6252, Installment Sale Income, unless you elect not to do so.

  Also, use Form 6252 to report any payment received in 2006 from a sale made in an earlier tax year that was reported on the installment method.

  To elect out of the installment method, report the full amount of the gain on a timely filed return (including extensions). If the original return was filed on time, the election may be made on an amended return filed no later than 6 months after the due date of the original return (excluding extensions). Write “Filed pursuant to section 301.9100-2” at the top of the amended return, and file it at the same address used for the original
Form 1041.

Exchange of “like-kind” property.   Generally, no gain or loss is recognized when property held for productive use in a trade or business or for investment is exchanged solely for property of a like-kind to be held either for productive use in a trade or business or for investment. However, if a trust exchanges like-kind property with a related person (see Related Persons on page 33), and before 2 years after the date of the last transfer that was part of the exchange the related person disposes of the property, or the trust disposes of the property received in exchange from the related person, then the original exchange will not qualify for nonrecognition. See section 1031(f) for exceptions.

  Complete and attach Form 8824, Like-Kind Exchanges, to Form 1041 for each exchange.

Line 9—Capital Gain Distributions

Enter as a long-term capital gain on line 9, column (f), the total capital gain distributions paid during the year, regardless of how long the estate or trust held its investment. This amount is shown in box 2a of Form 1099-DIV. If there is an amount in box 2b, include that amount on line 11 of the Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain Worksheet later if you are required to complete the worksheet. If there is an amount in box 2c, see Exclusion of Gain on Qualified Small Business Stock on page 34. If there is an amount in box 2d of Form 1099-DIV, include the amount on line 4 of the 28% Rate Gain Worksheet.

Caution
The instructions above assume the estate or trust is a cash basis calendar year taxpayer.

Line 13, Column (1)—Beneficiaries' Net Short-Term Capital Gain or Loss

Enter the amount of net short-term capital gain or loss allocable to the beneficiary or beneficiaries. Include only those short-term capital losses that are taken into account in determining the amount of gain from the sale or exchange of capital assets that is paid, credited, or required to be distributed to any beneficiary during the tax year. See Regulations section 1.643(a)-3 for more information about allocation of capital gains and losses.

If the losses from the sale or exchange of capital assets are more than the gains, the net loss must be allocated to the estate or trust and not to the beneficiaries.

Line 13, Column (2)—Estate's or Trust's Net Short-Term Capital Gain or Loss

Enter the amount of the net short-term capital gain or loss allocable to the estate or trust. Include any capital gain paid or permanently set aside for a charitable purpose specified in section 642(c).

Line 13, Column (3)—Total

Enter the total of the amounts entered in columns (1) and (2). The amount in column (3) should be the same as the amount on line 5.

Line 14a—Net Long-Term Capital Gain or Loss

Allocate the net long-term capital gain or loss on line 14a in the same manner as the net short-term capital gain or loss on line 13. However, do not take the section 1202 exclusion on gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small business stock into account when figuring net long-term capital gain or loss allocable to the beneficiaries.

Line 14b—Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain

Complete the worksheet on page 35 if any of the following apply.

  • During the tax year, the estate or trust sold or otherwise disposed of section 1250 property (generally, real property that was depreciated) held more than 1 year.

  • The estate or trust received installment payments during the tax year for section 1250 property held more than 1 year for which it is reporting gain on the installment method.

  • The estate or trust received a Schedule K-1 from an estate or trust, partnership, or S corporation that shows “unrecaptured section 1250 gain” reportable for the tax year.

  • The estate or trust received a Form 1099-DIV or Form 2439 from a real estate investment trust or regulated investment company (including a mutual fund) that reports “unrecaptured section 1250 gain” for the tax year.

  • The estate or trust reported a long-term capital gain from the sale or exchange of an interest in a partnership that owned section 1250 property.

Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain Worksheet—Line 14b

  If the estate or trust is not reporting a gain on Form 4797, line 7, skip lines 1 through 9 and go to line 10.  
1. If the estate or trust has a section 1250 property in Part III of Form 4797 for which you made an entry in Part I of Form 4797 (but not on Form 6252), enter the smaller of line 22 or line 24 of Form 4797 for that property. If the estate or trust did not have any such property, go to line 4. If it had more than one such property, see instructions 1.      
2. Enter the amount from Form 4797, line 26g, for the property for which you made an entry on line 1 2.      
3. Subtract line 2 from line 1 3.      
4. Enter the total unrecaptured section 1250 gain included on line 26 or line 37 of Form(s) 6252 from installment sales of trade or business property held more than 1 year (see instructions) 4.      
5. Enter the total of any amounts reported to the estate or trust on a Schedule K-1 from a partnership or an S corporation as “unrecaptured section 1250 gain 5.      
6. Add lines 3 through 5 6.      
7. Enter the smaller of line 6 or the gain from Form 4797, line 7 7.      
8. Enter the amount, if any, from Form 4797, line 8 8.      
9. Subtract line 8 from line 7. If zero or less, enter -0- 9.      
10. Enter the amount of any gain from the sale or exchange of an interest in a partnership attributable to unrecaptured section 1250 gain (see instructions) 10.      
11. Enter the total of any amounts reported to the estate or trust on a Schedule K-1, Form 1099-DIV, or Form 2439 as “unrecaptured section 1250 gain” from an estate, trust, real estate investment trust, or mutual fund (or other regulated investment company) 11.      
12. Enter the total of any unrecaptured section 1250 gain from sales (including installment sales) or other dispositions of section 1250 property held more than 1 year for which you did not make an entry in Part I of Form 4797 for the year of sale (see instructions) 12.      
13. Add lines 9 through 12 13.      
14. If the estate or trust had any section 1202 gain or collectibles gain or (loss), enter the total of lines 1 through 4 of the 28% Rate Gain Worksheet on page 37. Otherwise, enter -0- 14.      
15. Enter the (loss), if any, from Schedule D, line 5. If Schedule D, line 5, is zero or a gain, enter -0- 15.   ()  
16. Enter the estate's or trust's long-term capital loss carryovers from Schedule D, line 11, and from Schedule K-1 (Form 1041), box 11, code C, from another estate or trust 16.   ()  
17. Combine lines 14 through 16. If the result is a (loss), enter it as a positive amount. If the result is zero or a gain, enter -0- 17.      
18. Unrecaptured section 1250 gain. Subtract line 17 from line 13. If zero or less, enter -0-. Enter the result here and in the appropriate columns of Schedule D, line 14b 18.      
 

Instructions for the Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain Worksheet

Lines 1 through 3.   If the estate or trust had more than one property described on line 1, complete lines 1 through 3 for each property on a separate worksheet. Enter the total of the line 3 amounts for all properties on line 3 and go to line 4.

Line 4.   To figure the amount to enter on line 4, follow the steps below for each installment sale of trade or business property held more than 1 year.

Step 1.   Figure the smaller of (a) the depreciation allowed or allowable or (b) the total gain for the sale. This is the smaller of line 22 or line 24 of the 2006 Form 4797 (or the comparable lines of Form 4797 for the year of sale) for that property.

Step 2.   Reduce the amount figured in step 1 by any section 1250 ordinary income recapture for the sale. This is the amount from line 26g of the 2006 Form 4797 (or the comparable line of Form 4797 for the year of sale) for that property. The result is the total unrecaptured section 1250 gain that must be allocated to the installment payments received from the sale.

Step 3.   Generally, the amount of section 1231 gain on each installment payment is treated as unrecaptured section 1250 gain until the total unrecaptured section 1250 gain figured in step 2 has been used in full. Figure the amount of gain treated as unrecaptured section 1250 gain for installment payments received during the tax year, as the smaller of (a) the amount from line 26 or line 37 of the 2006 Form 6252, whichever applies, or (b) the amount of unrecaptured section 1250 gain remaining to be reported. This amount is generally the total unrecaptured section 1250 gain for the sale reduced by all gain reported in prior years (excluding section 1250 ordinary income recapture). However, if you chose not to treat all of the gain from payments received after May 6, 1997, and before August 24, 1999, as unrecaptured section 1250 gain, use only the amount you chose to treat as unrecaptured section 1250 gain for those payments to reduce the total unrecaptured section 1250 gain remaining to be reported for the sale. Include this amount on line 4.

Line 10.   Include on line 10 the estate's or trust's share of the partnership's unrecaptured section 1250 gain that would result if the partnership had transferred all of its section 1250 property in a fully taxable transaction immediately before the estate or trust sold or exchanged its interest in that partnership. If the estate or trust recognized less than all of the realized gain, the partnership will be treated as having transferred only a proportionate amount of each section 1250 property.

Line 12.   An example of an amount to include on line 12 is unrecaptured section 1250 gain from the sale of a vacation home previously used as a rental property but converted to personal use prior to the sale. To figure the amount to enter on line 12, follow the applicable instructions below.

Installment sales.   To figure the amount to include on line 12, follow the steps below for each installment sale of property held more than 1 year for which you did not make an entry in Part I of Form 4797 for the year of sale.

Step 1.   Figure the smaller of (a) the depreciation allowed or allowable or (b) the total gain for the sale. This is the smaller of line 22 or line 24 of the 2006 Form 4797 (or comparable lines of Form 4797 for the year of sale) for that property.

Step 2.   Reduce the amount figured in step 1 by any section 1250 ordinary income recapture for the sale. This is the amount from line 26g of the 2006 Form 4797 (or the comparable line of Form 4797 for the year of sale) for that property. The result is the total unrecaptured section 1250 gain that must be allocated to the installment payments received from the sale

Step 3.   Generally, the amount of capital gain on each installment payment is treated as unrecaptured section 1250 gain until the total unrecaptured section 1250 gain figured in step 2 has been used in full. Figure the amount of gain treated as unrecaptured section 1250 gain for installment payments received during the tax year, as the smaller of (a) the amount from line 26 or line 37 of the 2006 Form 6252, whichever applies, or (b) the amount of unrecaptured section 1250 gain remaining to be reported. This amount is generally the total unrecaptured section 1250 gain for the sale reduced by all gain reported in prior years (excluding section 1250 ordinary income recapture). However, if you chose not to treat all of the gain from payments received after May 6, 1997, and before August 24, 1999, as unrecaptured section 1250 gain, use only the amount you chose to treat as unrecaptured section 1250 gain for those payments to reduce the total unrecaptured section 1250 gain remaining to be reported for the sale. Include this amount on line 12

Other sales or dispositions of section 1250 property.   For each sale of property held more than 1 year (for which an entry was not made in Part I of Form 4797), figure the smaller of (a) the depreciation allowed or allowable or (b) the total gain for the sale. This is the smaller of line 22 or line 24 of Form 4797 for that property. Next, reduce that amount by any section 1250 ordinary income recapture for the sale. This is the amount from line 26g of Form 4797 for that property. The result is the total unrecaptured section 1250 gain for the sale. Include this amount on line 12.

Line 14c—28% Rate Gain

28% Rate Gain Worksheet—Line 14c

1. Enter the total of all collectibles gain or (loss) from items reported on line 6, column (f), of Schedule D 1.    
2. Enter as a positive number the amount of any section 1202 exclusion reported on line 6, column (f), of Schedule D, for which you excluded 50% of the gain, plus ⅔ of any section 1202 exclusion reported on line 6, column (f), for which you excluded 60% of the gain 2.    
3. Enter the total of all collectibles gain or (loss) from Form 4684, line 4 (but only if Form 4684, line 15, is more than zero); Form 6252; Form 6781, Part II; and Form 8824 3.    
4. Enter the total of any collectibles gain reported to the estate or trust on:
  • Form 1099-DIV, box 2d;

  • Form 2439, box 1d; and

  • Schedule K-1 from a partnership, S corporation, estate, or trust.

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  4.    
5. Enter the estate's or trust's long-term capital loss carryovers from Schedule D, line 11, and from box 11, code C of Schedule K-1 (Form 1041) from another estate or trust 5. ()  
6. If Schedule D, line 5, is a (loss), enter that (loss) here. Otherwise, enter -0- 6. ()  
7. Combine lines 1 through 6. If zero or less, enter -0-. If more than zero, also enter this amount in the appropriate columns of Schedule D, line 14c 7.    
 

Complete the 28% Rate Gain Worksheet if lines 14a and 15 for column (3) are both greater than zero and at least one of the following apply:

  • The estate or trust reports in Part II, column (f), a section 1202 exclusion from the eligible gain on qualified small business stock (see page 34), or

  • The estate or trust reports in Part II, column (f), a collectibles gain or (loss).

A collectibles gain or loss is any long-term gain or deductible long-term loss from the sale or exchange of a collectible that is a capital asset.

Collectibles includes works of art, rugs, antiques, metals (such as gold, silver, and platinum bullion), gems, stamps, coins, alcoholic beverages, and certain other tangible property.

Also include gain (but not loss) from the sale or exchange of an interest in a partnership, S corporation, or trust held for more than 1 year and attributable to unrealized appreciation of collectibles. For details, see Regulations section 1.1(h)-1. Also attach the statement required under Regulations section 1.1(h)-1(e).

Capital Loss Carryover Worksheet Keep for Records

Use this worksheet to figure the estate's or trust's capital loss carryovers from 2006 to 2007 if Schedule D, line 16, is a loss and (a) the loss on Schedule D, line 15, col. (3), is more than $3,000 or (b) Form 1041, page 1, line 22, is a loss.
 
1. Enter taxable income or (loss) from Form 1041, line 22 1.    
2. Enter the loss from line 16 of Schedule D as a positive amount 2.    
3. Enter amount from Form 1041, line 20 3.    
4. Adjusted taxable income. Combine lines 1, 2, and 3. If zero or less, enter -0- 4.    
5. Enter the smaller of line 2 or line 4 5.    
  Note: If line 5 of Schedule D is a loss, go to line 6; otherwise, enter -0- on line 6 and go to line 10.      
6. Enter loss from Schedule D, line 5, as a positive amount 6.    
7. Enter gain, if any, from Schedule D, line 12. If that line is blank or shows a loss,
enter -0-
7.        
8. Add lines 5 and 7 8.    
9. Short-term capital loss carryover to 2007. Subtract line 8 from line 6. If zero or less, enter -0-. If this is the final return of the estate or trust, also enter on Schedule K-1 (Form 1041), box 11, using code B 9.    
  Note: If line 12 of Schedule D is a loss, go to line 10; otherwise, skip lines 10 through 14.      
10. Enter loss from Schedule D, line 12, as a positive amount 10.    
11. Enter gain, if any, from Schedule D, line 5. If that line is blank or shows a loss,
enter -0-
11.        
12. Subtract line 6 from line 5. If zero or less, enter -0- 12.        
13. Add lines 11 and 12 13.    
14. Long-term capital loss carryover to 2007. Subtract line 13 from line 10. If zero or less, enter -0-. If this is the final return of the estate or trust, also enter on Schedule K-1 (Form 1041), box 11, using code C 14.    

Part IV—Capital Loss Limitation

If the sum of all the capital losses is more than the sum of all the capital gains, then these capital losses are allowed as a deduction only to the extent of the smaller of the net loss or $3,000.

For any year (including the final year) in which capital losses exceed capital gains, the estate or trust may have a capital loss carryover. Use the Capital Loss Carryover Worksheet (above) to figure any capital loss carryover. A capital loss carryover may be carried forward indefinitely. Capital losses keep their character as either short-term or long-term when carried over to the following year.

Part V—Tax Computation Using Maximum Capital Gains Rates

Line 22

If the estate or trust received capital gains or qualified dividends that were derived from income in respect of a decedent and a section 691(c) deduction was claimed, you must reduce line 22 (line 10 of the Schedule D Tax Worksheet, if applicable) by the portion of the section 691(c) deduction claimed on Form 1041, page 1, line 19 that is attributable to the amount on Schedule D, line 22 (or line 10 of the Schedule D Tax Worksheet, if applicable).

Line 35

If the tax using the maximum capital gains rates is less than the regular tax, enter the amount from line 35 on line 1a of Schedule G, Form 1041.

Schedule D Tax Worksheet

If you completed the Schedule D Tax Worksheet instead of Part V of Schedule D, be sure to enter the amount from line 37 of the worksheet on line 1a of Schedule G, Form 1041.

Schedule D Tax Worksheet Keep for your records

Complete this worksheet only if line 14b, column (2), or line 14c, column (2), of Schedule D is more than zero.
Exception: Do not use this worksheet to figure the estate's or trust's tax if line 14a, column (2), or line 15, column (2), of Schedule D or Form 1041, line 22, is zero or less; instead, see the Instructions for Schedule G, line 1a of Form 1041.
 
1. Enter the estate's or trust's taxable income from Form 1041, line 22 1.    
2. Enter qualified dividends, if any, from Form 1041, line 2b(2) 2.                  
3. Enter the amount from Form 4952, line 4g 3.                        
4. Enter the amount from Form 4952, line 4e* 4.          
5. Subtract line 4 from line 3. If zero or less, enter -0- 5.                  
6. Subtract line 5 from line 2. If zero or less, enter -0- 6.              
7. Enter the smaller of line 14a, col. (2) or line 15, col. (2) from Sch. D 7.                  
8. Enter the smaller of line 3 or line 4 8.                  
9. Subtract line 8 from line 7. If zero or less, enter -0- 9.            
10. Add lines 6 and 9 10.        
11. Add lines 14b, column (2) and 14c, column (2) from Schedule D 11.              
12. Enter the smaller of line 9 or line 11 12.        
13. Subtract line 12 from line 10. 13.    
14. Subtract line 13 from line 1. If zero or less, enter -0-. 14.    
15. Enter the smaller of line 1 or $2,050 15.              
16. Enter the smaller of line 14 or line 15 16.              
17. Subtract line 10 from line 1. If zero or less, enter -0- 17.                  
18. Enter the larger of line 16 or line 17 18.        
  If lines 15 and 16 are the same, skip lines 19 and 20 and go to line 21. Otherwise,
go to line 19.
     
19. Subtract line 16 from line 15 19.        
20. Multiply line 19 by 5% (.05) 20.    
  If lines 1 and 15 are the same, skip lines 21 through 33 and go to line 34. Otherwise, go to line 21.      
21. Enter the smaller of line 1 or line 13 21.              
22. Enter the amount from line 19 (if line 19 is blank, enter -0-) 22.              
23. Subtract line 22 from line 21. If zero or less, enter -0- 23.        
24. Multiply line 23 by 15% (.15) 24.    
  If Schedule D, line 14b, column (2) is zero or blank, skip lines 25 through 30 and go to line 31. Otherwise, go to
line 25.
     
25. Enter the smaller of line 9 (above) or line 14b, col. (2) (from Schedule D) 25.              
26. Add lines 10 and 18 26.                    
27. Enter the amount from line 1 above 27.                    
28. Subtract line 27 from line 26. If zero or less, enter -0- 28.              
29. Subtract line 28 from line 25. If zero or less, enter -0- 29.        
30. Multiply line 29 by 25% (.25) 30.    
  If Schedule D, line 14c, column (2) is zero or blank, skip lines 31 through 33 and go to line 34. Otherwise, go to line 31.        
31. Add lines 18, 19, 23, and 29 31.        
32. Subtract line 31 from line 1 32.        
33. Multiply line 32 by 28% (.28) 33    
34. Figure the tax on the amount on line 18. Use the 2006 Tax Rate Schedule on page 23 34.    
35. Add lines 20, 24, 30, 33, and 34 35.    
36. Figure the tax on the amount on line 1. Use 2006 Tax Rate Schedule on page 23 36.    
37. Tax on all taxable income (including capital gains and qualified dividends). Enter the smaller of line 35 or line 36 here and on line 1a of Sch. G, Form 1041 37.    
*If applicable, enter instead the smaller amount entered on the dotted line next to line 4e of Form 4952.  

Schedule J (Form 1041) — Accumulation Distribution for Certain Complex Trusts

General Instructions

Use Schedule J (Form 1041) to report an accumulation distribution for a domestic complex trust that was:

  • Previously treated at any time as a foreign trust (unless an exception is provided in future regulations), or

  • Created before March 1, 1984, unless that trust would not be aggregated with other trusts under the rules of section 643(f) if that section applied to the trust.

An accumulation distribution is the excess of amounts properly paid, credited, or required to be distributed (other than income required to be distributed currently) over the DNI of the trust reduced by income required to be distributed currently. To have an accumulation distribution, the distribution must exceed the accounting income of the trust.

Specific Instructions

Part I—Accumulation Distribution in 2006

Line 1—Distribution Under Section 661(a)(2)

Enter the amount from Schedule B of Form 1041, line 10, for 2006. This is the amount properly paid, credited, or required to be distributed other than the amount of income for the current tax year required to be distributed currently.

Line 2—Distributable Net Income

Enter the amount from Schedule B of Form 1041, line 7, for 2006. This is the amount of distributable net income (DNI) for the current tax year determined under section 643(a).

Line 3—Distribution Under Section 661(a)(1)

Enter the amount from Schedule B of Form 1041, line 9, for 2006. This is the amount of income for the current tax year required to be distributed currently.

Line 5—Accumulation Distribution

If line 11, Schedule B of Form 1041 is more than line 8, Schedule B of Form 1041, complete the rest of Schedule J and file it with Form 1041, unless the trust has no previously accumulated income.

Generally, amounts accumulated before a beneficiary reaches age 21 may be excluded by the beneficiary. See sections 665 and 667(c) for exceptions relating to multiple trusts. The trustee reports to the IRS the total amount of the accumulation distribution before any reduction for income accumulated before the beneficiary reaches age 21. If the multiple trust rules do not apply, the beneficiary claims the exclusion when filing Form 4970, Tax on Accumulation Distribution of Trusts, as you may not be aware that the beneficiary may be a beneficiary of other trusts with other trustees.

For examples of accumulation distributions that include payments from one trust to another trust, and amounts distributed for a dependent's support, see Regulations section 1.665(b)-1A(b).

Part II—Ordinary Income Accumulation Distribution

Enter the applicable year at the top of each column for each throwback year.

Line 6—Distributable Net Income for Earlier Years

Enter the applicable amounts as follows:

Throwback year(s)   Amount from line
1969-1977 Schedule C, Form 1041, line 5
1978-1979 Form 1041, line 61
1980 Form 1041, line 60
1981-1982 Form 1041, line 58
1983-1996 Schedule B, Form 1041, line 9
1997-2005 Schedule B, Form 1041, line 7

For information about throwback years, see the instructions for line 13. For purposes of line 6, in figuring the DNI of the trust for a throwback year, subtract any estate tax deduction for income in respect of a decedent if the income is includible in figuring the DNI of the trust for that year.

Line 7—Distributions Made During Earlier Years

Enter the applicable amounts as follows:

Throwback year(s)   Amount from line
1969-1977 Schedule C, Form 1041, line 8
1978 Form 1041, line 64
1979 Form 1041, line 65
1980 Form 1041, line 64
1981-1982 Form 1041, line 62
1983-1996 Schedule B, Form 1041, line 13
1997-2005 Schedule B, Form 1041, line 11

Line 11—Prior Accumulation Distribution Thrown Back to any Throwback Year

Enter the amount of prior accumulation distributions thrown back to the throwback years. Do not enter distributions excluded under section 663(a)(1) for gifts, bequests, etc.

Line 13—Throwback Years

Allocate the amount on line 5 that is an accumulation distribution to the earliest applicable year first, but do not allocate more than the amount on line 12 for any throwback year. An accumulation distribution is thrown back first to the earliest preceding tax year in which there is undistributed net income (UNI). Then, it is thrown back beginning with the next earliest year to any remaining preceding tax years of the trust. The portion of the accumulation distribution allocated to the earliest preceding tax year is the amount of the UNI for that year. The portion of the accumulation distribution allocated to any remaining preceding tax year is the amount by which the accumulation distribution is larger than the total of the UNI for all earlier preceding tax years.

A tax year of a trust during which the trust was a simple trust for the entire year is not a preceding tax year unless (a) during that year the trust received outside income, or (b) the trustee did not distribute all of the trust's income that was required to be distributed currently for that year. In this case, UNI for that year must not be more than the greater of the outside income or income not distributed during that year.

The term “outside income means amounts that are included in the DNI of the trust for that year but that are not “income” of the trust as defined in Regulations section 1.643(b)-1. Some examples of outside income are: (a) income taxable to the trust under section 691; (b) unrealized accounts receivable that were assigned to the trust; and (c) distributions from another trust that include the DNI or UNI of the other trust.

Line 16—Tax-Exempt Interest Included on Line 13

For each throwback year, divide line 15 by line 6 and multiply the result by the following:

Throwback year(s)   Amount from line
1969-1977 Schedule C, Form 1041, line 2(a)
1978-1979 Form 1041, line 58(a)
1980 Form 1041, line 57(a)
1981-1982 Form 1041, line 55(a)
1983-2005 Schedule B, Form 1041, line 2

Part III—Taxes Imposed on Undistributed Net Income

For the regular tax computation, if there is a capital gain, complete lines 18 through 25 for each throwback year. If the trustee elected the alternative tax on capital gains, complete lines 26 through 31 instead of lines 18 through 25 for each applicable year. If there is no capital gain for any year, or there is a capital loss for every year, enter on line 9 the amount of the tax for each year identified in the instruction for line 18 and do not complete Part III. If the trust received an accumulation distribution from another trust, see Regulations section 1.665(b)-1A.

The alternative tax on capital gains was repealed for tax years beginning after December 31, 1978. The maximum rate on net capital gain for 1981, 1987, and 1991 through 2005 is not an alternative tax for this purpose.

Line 18—Regular Tax

Enter the applicable amounts as follows:

Throwback year(s)   Amount from line
1969-1976 Form 1041, page 1, line 24
1977 Form 1041, page 1, line 26
1978-1979 Form 1041, line 27
1980-1984 Form 1041, line 26c
1985-1986 Form 1041, line 25c
1987 Form 1041, line 22c
1988-2005 Schedule G, Form 1041, line 1a

Line 19—Trust's Share of Net Short-Term Gain

For each throwback year, enter the smaller of the capital gain from the two lines indicated. If there is a capital loss or a zero on either or both of the two lines indicated, enter zero on line 19.

Throwback year(s) Amount from line
1969-1970 Schedule D, line 10, column 2, or
  Schedule D, line 12, column 2
1971-1978 Schedule D, line 14, column 2, or
  Schedule D, line 16, column 2
1979 Schedule D, line 18, column (b), or
  Schedule D, line 20, column (b)
1980-1981 Schedule D, line 14, column (b), or
  Schedule D, line 16, column (b)
1982 Schedule D, line 16, column (b), or
  Schedule D, line 18, column (b)
1983-1996 Schedule D, line 15, column (b), or
  Schedule D, line 17, column (b)
1997-2002 Schedule D, line 14, column (2), or
  Schedule D, line 16, column (2)
2003 Schedule D, line 14a, column (2), or
  Schedule D, line 16a, column (2)
2004-2005 Schedule D, line 13, column (2), or
  Schedule D, line 15, column (2)

Line 20—Trust's Share of Net Long-Term Gain

Enter the applicable amounts as follows:

Throwback year(s)   Amount from line
1969-1970 50% of Schedule D, line 13(e)
1971-1977 50% of Schedule D, line 17(e)
1978 Schedule D, line 17(e), or line
  31, whichever is applicable,
  less Form 1041, line 23
1979 Schedule D, line 25 or line 27,
  whichever is applicable, less
  Form 1041, line 23
1980-1981 Schedule D, line 21, less
  Schedule D, line 22
1982 Schedule D, line 23, less
  Schedule D, line 24
1983-1986 Schedule D, line 22, less
  Schedule D, line 23
1987-1996 Schedule D, the smaller
of any gain on line 16
or line 17, column (b)
1997-2001 Schedule D, the smaller
  of any gain on line 15c or
  line 16, column (2)
2002 Schedule D, the smaller
  of any gain on line 15a or
  line 16, column (2)
2003 Schedule D, the smaller
  of any gain on line 15a or
  line 16a, column (2)
2004-2005 Schedule D, the smaller
  of any gain on line 14a
or line 15, column (2)

Line 22—Taxable Income

Enter the applicable amounts as follows:

Throwback year(s)   Amount from line
1969-1976 Form 1041, page 1, line 23
1977 Form 1041, page 1, line 25
1978-1979 Form 1041, line 26
1980-1984 Form 1041, line 25
1985-1986 Form 1041, line 24
1987 Form 1041, line 21
1988-1996 Form 1041, line 22
1997 Form 1041, line 23
1998-2005 Form 1041, line 22

Line 26—Tax on Income Other Than Long-Term Capital Gain

Enter the applicable amounts as follows:

Throwback year(s)   Amount from line
1969 Schedule D, line 20
1970 Schedule D, line 19
1971 Schedule D, line 50
1972-1975 Schedule D, line 48
1976-1978 Schedule D, line 27

Line 27—Trust's Share of Net Short-Term Gain

If there is a loss on any of the following lines, enter zero on line 27 for the applicable throwback year. Otherwise, enter the applicable amounts as follows:

Throwback year(s) Amount from line
1969-1970 Schedule D, line 10, column 2
1971-1978 Schedule D, line 14, column 2

Line 28—Trust's Share of Taxable Income Less Section 1202 Deduction

Enter the applicable amounts as follows:

Throwback year(s) Amount from line
1969 Schedule D, line 19
1970 Schedule D, line 18
1971 Schedule D, line 38
1972-1975 Schedule D, line 39
1976-1978 Schedule D, line 21

Part IV—Allocation to Beneficiary

Complete Part IV for each beneficiary. If the accumulation distribution is allocated to more than one beneficiary, attach an additional copy of Schedule J with Part IV completed for each additional beneficiary. Give each beneficiary a copy of his or her respective Part IV information. If more than 5 throwback years are involved, use another Schedule J, completing Parts II and III for each additional throwback year.

If the beneficiary is a nonresident alien individual or a foreign corporation, see section 667(e) about retaining the character of the amounts distributed to determine the amount of the U.S. withholding tax.

The beneficiary uses Form 4970 to figure the tax on the distribution. The beneficiary also uses Form 4970 for the section 667(b)(6) tax adjustment if an accumulation distribution is subject to estate or generation-skipping transfer tax. This is because the trustee may not be the estate or generation-skipping transfer tax return filer.

Schedule K-1 (Form 1041)— Beneficiary's Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc.

General Instructions

Use Schedule K-1 (Form 1041) to report the beneficiary's share of income, deductions, and credits from a trust or a decedent's estate.

Caution
Grantor type trusts do not use Schedule K-1 (Form 1041) to report the income, deductions, or credits of the grantor (or other person treated as owner). See Special Filing Instructions for Grantor Type Trusts, Pooled Income Funds, and Electing Small Business Trusts on page 5.

Who Must File

The fiduciary (or one of the joint fiduciaries) must file Schedule K-1. A copy of each beneficiary's Schedule K-1 is attached to the Form 1041 filed with the IRS and each beneficiary is given a copy of his or her respective Schedule K-1. One copy of each Schedule K-1 must be retained for the fiduciary's records.

Beneficiary's Identifying Number

As a payer of income, you are required to request and provide a proper identifying number for each recipient of income. Enter the beneficiary's number on the respective Schedule K-1 when you file Form 1041. Individuals and business recipients are responsible for giving you their TIN upon request. You may use Form W-9, Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification, to request the beneficiary's identifying number.

Penalty.   You may be charged a $50 penalty for each failure to provide a required TIN, unless reasonable cause is established for not providing it. Explain any reasonable cause in a signed affidavit and attach it to this return.

Tax Shelter Identification Number

See Form 8271, Investor Reporting of Tax Shelter Registration Number, for information regarding the fiduciary's reporting requirements.

Substitute Forms

You do not need IRS approval to use a substitute Schedule K-1 if it is an exact copy of the IRS schedule. The boxes must use the same numbers and titles and must be in the same order and format as on the comparable IRS Schedule K-1. The substitute schedule must include the OMB number and the 6-digit form ID code in the upper right hand corner of the schedule.

You must provide each beneficiary with the Instructions for Beneficiary Filing Form 1040 or other prepared specific instructions for each item reported on the beneficiary's Schedule K-1.

Inclusion of Amounts in Beneficiaries' Income

Simple trust.   The beneficiary of a simple trust must include in his or her gross income the amount of the income required to be distributed currently, whether or not distributed, or if the income required to be distributed currently to all beneficiaries exceeds the distributable net income (DNI), his or her proportionate share of the DNI. The determination of whether trust income is required to be distributed currently depends on the terms of the trust instrument and applicable local law. See Regulations section 1.652(c)-4 for a comprehensive example.

Estates and complex trusts.   The beneficiary of a decedent's estate or complex trust must include in his or her gross income the sum of:
  1. The amount of the income required to be distributed currently, or if the income required to be distributed currently to all beneficiaries exceeds the DNI (figured without taking into account the charitable deduction), his or her proportionate share of the DNI (as so figured), and

  2. All other amounts properly paid, credited, or required to be distributed, or if the sum of the income required to be distributed currently and other amounts properly paid, credited, or required to be distributed to all beneficiaries exceeds the DNI, his or her proportionate share of the excess of DNI over the income required to be distributed currently.

  See Regulations section 1.662(c)-4 for a comprehensive example.

  For complex trusts that have more than one beneficiary, and if different beneficiaries have substantially separate and independent shares, their shares are treated as separate trusts for the sole purpose of determining the amount of DNI allocable to the respective beneficiaries. A similar rule applies to treat substantially separate and independent shares of different beneficiaries of an estate as separate estates. For examples of the application of the separate share rule, see the regulations under section 663(c).

Gifts and bequests.   Do not include in the beneficiary's income any gifts or bequests of a specific sum of money or of specific property under the terms of the governing instrument that are paid or credited in three installments or less.

  Amounts that can be paid or credited only from income of the estate or trust do not qualify as a gift or bequest of a specific sum of money.

Past years.   Do not include in the beneficiary's income any amounts deducted on Form 1041 for an earlier year that were credited or required to be distributed in that earlier year.

Character of income.   The beneficiary's income is considered to have the same proportion of each class of items entering into the computation of DNI that the total of each class has to the DNI (for example, half dividends and half interest if the income of the estate or trust is half dividends and half interest).

Allocation of deductions.   Generally, items of deduction that enter into the computation of DNI are allocated among the items of income to the extent such allocation is not inconsistent with the rules set out in section 469 and its regulations, relating to passive activity loss limitations, in the following order.

  First, all deductions directly attributable to a specific class of income are deducted from that income. For example, rental expenses, to the extent allowable, are deducted from rental income.

  Second, deductions that are not directly attributable to a specific class of income generally may be allocated to any class of income, as long as a reasonable portion is allocated to any tax-exempt income. Deductions considered not directly attributable to a specific class of income under this rule include fiduciary fees, safe deposit box rental charges, and state income and personal property taxes. The charitable deduction, however, must be ratably apportioned among each class of income included in DNI.

  Finally, any excess deductions that are directly attributable to a class of income may be allocated to another class of income. However, in no case can excess deductions from a passive activity be allocated to income from a nonpassive activity, or to portfolio income earned by the estate or trust. Excess deductions attributable to tax-exempt income cannot offset any other class of income.

  In no case can deductions be allocated to an item of income that is not included in the computation of DNI, or attributable to corpus.

  You cannot show any negative amounts for any class of income shown in boxes 1 through 8 of Schedule K-1. However, for the final year of the estate or trust, certain deductions or losses can be passed through to the beneficiary(ies). See the instructions for box 11 for more information on these deductions and losses. Also, the beneficiary's share of depreciation and depletion is apportioned separately. These deductions may be allocated to the beneficiary(ies) in amounts greater than their income. See Depreciation, Depletion, and Amortization on page 15 and Rev. Rul. 74-530, 1974-2 C.B. 188.

Beneficiary's Tax Year

The beneficiary's income from the estate or trust must be included in the beneficiary's tax year during which the tax year of the estate or trust ends. See Pub. 559 for more information, including the effect of the death of a beneficiary during the tax year of the estate or trust.

General Reporting Information

If the return is for a fiscal year or a short tax year, fill in the tax year space at the top of each Schedule K-1. On each Schedule K-1, enter the information about the estate or trust and the beneficiary in Parts I and II (items A through J). In Part III, enter the beneficiary's share of each item of income, deduction, credit, and any other information the beneficiary needs to file their income tax return.

Codes.   In box 9 and boxes 11 through 14, identify each item by entering a code in the column to the left of the entry space for the dollar amount. These codes are identified in these instructions and on the back of the Schedule K-1.

Attached statements.   Enter an asterisk (*) after the code, if any, in the column to the left of the dollar amount entry space for each item for which you have attached a statement providing additional information. For those informational items that cannot be reported as a single dollar amount, enter the code and asterisk in the left-hand column and enter “STMT” in the entry space to the right to indicate that the information is provided on an attached statement. More than one attached statement can be placed on the same sheet of paper and should be identified in alphanumeric order by box number followed by the letter code (if any). For example: “Box 9, Code A—Depreciation” (followed by the information the beneficiary needs).

Too few entry spaces on Schedule K-1?   If the estate or trust has more coded items than the number of spaces in box 9 or boxes 11 through 14, do not enter a code or dollar amount in the last entry space of the box. In the last entry space, enter an asterisk in the left column and enter “STMT” in the entry space to the right. Report the additional items on an attached statement and provide the box number, the code, description, and dollar amount or information for each additional item. For example: “Box 13, Code H—Alcohol Fuel Credit—$500.00.

Specific Instructions

Part I. Information About the Estate or Trust

On each Schedule K-1, enter the name, address, and identifying number of the estate or trust. Also, enter the name and address of the fiduciary.

Item D

If the fiduciary of a trust or decedent's estate filed Form 1041-T, you must check this box and enter the date it was filed.

Item E

If this is the final year of the estate or trust, you must check this box.

Note.    If this is the final K-1 for the beneficiary, check the “Final K-1” box at the top of Schedule K-1.

Item F

If the estate or trust is a registration-required tax shelter, you must check this box and enter the tax shelter registration number in Item F.

Item G

If the estate or trust has invested in a registration-required tax shelter, you must check this box and furnish a copy of its Form 8271, Investor Reporting of Tax Shelter Registration Number, to the beneficiary(ies).

Part II. Information About the Beneficiary

Complete a Schedule K-1 for each beneficiary. On each Schedule K-1, enter the beneficiary's name, address, and identifying number.

Item J

Check the foreign beneficiary box if the beneficiary is a nonresident alien individual, foreign corporation, or a foreign estate or trust. Otherwise, check the domestic beneficiary box.

Part III. Beneficiary's Share of Current Year Income, Deductions, Credits, and Other Items

Box 1—Interest

Enter the beneficiary's share of the taxable interest income minus allocable deductions.

Box 2a—Total Ordinary Dividends

Enter the beneficiary's share of ordinary dividends minus allocable deductions.

Box 3—Net Short-Term Capital Gain

Enter the beneficiary's share of the net short-term capital gain from line 13, column (1), Schedule D (Form 1041), minus allocable deductions. Do not enter a loss on line 3. If, for the final year of the estate or trust, there is a capital loss carryover, enter in box 11, using code B, the beneficiary's share of short-term capital loss carryover. However, if the beneficiary is a corporation, enter in box 11, using code B, the beneficiary's share of all short- and long-term capital loss carryovers as a single item. See section 642(h) and related regulations for more information.

Boxes 4a through 4c—Net Long-Term Capital Gain

Enter the beneficiary's share of the net long-term capital gain from lines 14a through 14c, column (1), Schedule D (Form 1041) minus allocable deductions.

Do not enter a loss in boxes 4a through 4c. If, for the final year of the estate or trust, there is a capital loss carryover, enter in box 11, using code C, the beneficiary's share of the long-term capital loss carryover. (If the beneficiary is a corporation, see the instructions for line 3.) See section 642(h) and related regulations for more information.

Gains or losses from the complete or partial disposition of a rental, rental real estate, or trade or business activity that is a passive activity, must be shown on an attachment to Schedule K-1.

Box 5—Other Portfolio and Nonbusiness Income

Enter the beneficiary's share of annuities, royalties, or any other income, minus allocable deductions (other than directly apportionable deductions), that is not subject to any passive activity loss limitation rules at the beneficiary level. Use boxes 6 through 8 to report income items subject to the passive activity rules at the beneficiary's level.

Boxes 6 through 8—Ordinary Business Income, Rental Real Estate, and Other Rental Income

Enter the beneficiary's share of trade or business, rental real estate, and other rental income, minus allocable deductions (other than directly apportionable deductions). To assist the beneficiary in figuring any applicable passive activity loss limitations, also attach a separate schedule showing the beneficiary's share of income derived from each trade or business, rental real estate, and other rental activity.

Box 9—Directly Apportioned Deductions

Caution
The limitations on passive activity losses and credits under section 469 apply to estates and trusts. Estates and trusts that distribute income to beneficiaries are allowed to apportion depreciation, depletion, and amortization deductions to the beneficiaries. These deductions are referred to as “directly apportionable deductions.

Rules for treating a beneficiary's income and directly apportionable deductions from an estate or trust and other rules for applying the passive loss and credit limitations to beneficiaries of estates and trusts have not yet been issued.

Any directly apportionable deduction, such as depreciation, is treated by the beneficiary as having been incurred in the same activity as incurred by the estate or trust. However, the character of such deduction may be determined as if the beneficiary incurred the deduction directly.

To assist the beneficiary in figuring any applicable passive activity loss limitations, also attach a separate schedule showing the beneficiary's share of directly apportionable deductions derived from each trade or business, rental real estate, and other rental activity.

Enter the beneficiary's share of directly apportioned deductions using codes A through C.

Depreciation (code A).   Enter the beneficiary's share of the depreciation deductions directly apportioned to each activity reported in boxes 5 through 8. See the instructions on page 16 for a discussion of how the depreciation deduction is apportioned between the beneficiaries and the estate or trust. Report any AMT adjustment or tax preference item attributable to depreciation separately in box 12, using code G.

An estate or trust cannot make an election under section 179 to expense certain tangible property.

Depletion (code B).   Enter the beneficiary's share of the depletion deduction under section 611 directly apportioned to each activity reported in boxes 5 through 8. See the instructions on page 16 for a discussion of how the depletion deduction is apportioned between the beneficiaries and the estate or trust. Report any tax preference item attributable to depletion separately in box 12, using code H.

Amortization (code C).   Itemize the beneficiary's share of the amortization deductions directly apportioned to each activity reported in boxes 5 through 8. Apportion the amortization deductions between the estate or trust and the beneficiaries in the same way that the depreciation and depletion deductions are divided. Report any AMT adjustment attributable to amortization separately in box 12, using code I.

Box 10—Estate Tax Deduction (Including Certain Generation-Skipping Transfer Taxes)

If the distribution deduction consists of any income in respect of a decedent, and the estate or trust was allowed a deduction under section 691(c) for the estate tax paid attributable to such income (see the line 19 instructions on page 19), then the beneficiary is allowed an estate tax deduction in proportion to his or her share of the distribution that consists of such income. For an example of the computation, see Regulations section 1.691(c)-2. Figure the computation on a separate sheet and attach it to the return.

Box 11, Code A—Excess Deductions on Termination

If this is the final return of the estate or trust, and there are excess deductions on termination (see the instructions for line 22 on page 19), enter the beneficiary's share of the excess deductions in box 11, using code A. Figure the deductions on a separate sheet and attach it to the return.

Excess deductions on termination occur only during the last tax year of the trust or decedent's estate when the total deductions (excluding the charitable deduction and exemption) are greater than the gross income during that tax year.

Generally, a deduction based on an NOL carryover is not available to a beneficiary as an excess deduction. However, if the last tax year of the estate or trust is also the last year in which an NOL carryover may be taken (see section 172(b)), the NOL carryover is considered an excess deduction on the termination of the estate or trust to the extent it is not absorbed by the estate or trust during its final tax year. For more information, see Regulations section 1.642(h)-4 for a discussion of the allocation of the carryover among the beneficiaries.

Only the beneficiary of an estate or trust that succeeds to its property is allowed to deduct that entity's excess deductions on termination. A beneficiary who does not have enough income in that year to absorb the entire deduction may not carry the balance over to any succeeding year. An individual beneficiary must be able to itemize deductions in order to claim the excess deductions in determining taxable income.

Box 11, Codes B and C—Unused Capital Loss Carryover

Upon termination of the trust or decedent's estate, the beneficiary succeeding to the property is allowed as a deduction any unused capital loss carryover under section 1212. If the estate or trust incurs capital losses in the final year, use the Capital Loss Carryover Worksheet on page 39 to figure the amount of capital loss carryover to be allocated to the beneficiary.

Box 11, Codes D and E—Net Operating Loss (NOL) Carryover

Upon termination of a trust or decedent's estate, a beneficiary succeeding to its property is allowed to deduct any unused NOL (and any ATNOL) carryover for regular and AMT purposes if the carryover would be allowable to the estate or trust in a later tax year but for the termination. Enter in box 11, using codes D and E, the unused carryover amounts.

Box 12—Alternative Minimum Tax Items

Adjustment for minimum tax purposes (code A).   Enter the beneficiary's share of the adjustment for minimum tax purposes.

  To figure the adjustment, subtract the beneficiary's share of the income distribution deduction figured on Schedule B, line 15, from the beneficiary's share of the income distribution deduction on a minimum tax basis figured on Schedule I, line 44. The difference is the beneficiary's share of the adjustment for minimum tax purposes.

Schedule B, line 15 equals the sum of all Schedule K-1s, box 1, 2a, 3, 4a, 5, 6, 7, and 8.

AMT adjustment attributable to qualified dividends, net short-term capital gains, or net long-term capital gains (codes B through D).   If any part of the amount reported in box 12, code A, is attributable to qualified dividends (code B), net short-term capital gain (code C), or net long-term capital gain (code D), enter that part using the applicable code.

AMT adjustment attributable to unrecaptured section 1250 gain or 28% rate gain (codes E and F).   Enter the beneficiary's distributive share of any AMT adjustments to the unrecaptured section 1250 gain (code E) or 28% rate gain (code F), whichever is applicable, in box 12.

Accelerated depreciation, depletion, and amortization (codes G through I).   Enter any adjustments or tax preference items attributable to depreciation, depletion, or amortization that were directly apportioned to the beneficiary. For property placed in service before 1987, report separately the accelerated depreciation of real and leased personal property.

Exclusion Items (code J).   Enter the beneficiary's share of the adjustment for minimum tax purposes from Schedule K-1, box 12, code A, that is attributable to exclusion items (Schedule I, lines 2 through 6 and 8).

Box 13—Credits and Credit Recapture

Enter each beneficiary's share of the credits and credit recapture using the applicable codes. Listed below are the credits that can be allocated to the beneficiary(ies). Attach a statement if additional information must be provided to the beneficiary as explained below.

  • Credit for estimated taxes (code A)—Payment of estimated tax to be credited to the beneficiary (section 643(g)).

    Caution:
    See the instructions for line 24b on page 20 before you make an entry to allocate any estimated tax payments to a beneficiary. If the fiduciary does not make a valid election, then the IRS will disallow the estimated tax payment that is reported on Schedule K-1 and claimed on the beneficiary's return.

  • Credit for backup withholding (code B).

  • The low-income housing credit
    (code C).

  • Qualified rehabilitation expenditures (code D). Attach a statement that shows the amount and corresponding line on Form 3468 for reporting each type of expenditure.

  • Basis of other investment credit property (code E). Attach a statement that shows the basis of and corresponding lines for reporting property qualifying for the energy credit, qualifying advanced coal project credit, and qualifying gasification project credit. If the statement shows an amount for line 2c, it must also include an amount to enter on line 2d, and if it shows an amount for line 2f, it must also include an amount to enter on line 2g.

  • Work opportunity credit (code F).

  • Welfare-to-work credit (code G).

  • Alcohol fuel credit (code H). If the credit includes the small ethanol producer credit, attach a statement that shows the beneficiary's share of the small ethanol producer credit, the number of gallons claimed for the small ethanol producer credit, and the estate's or trust's productive capacity for alcohol.

  • Credit for increasing research activities (code I).

  • Renewable electricity, refined coal, and Indian coal production credit (code J). Attach a statement that shows the amount of the credit the beneficiary must report on line 9 and line 23 of Form 8835, in case the beneficiary is required to file that form in addition to Form 3800.

  • Empowerment zone and renewal community employment credit (code K).

  • Indian employment credit (code L).

  • Orphan drug credit (code M).

  • Credit for employer provided child care and facilities (code N).

  • Biodiesel and renewable diesel fuels credit (code O). If the credit includes the small agri-biodiesel credit, attach a statement that shows the beneficiary's share of the small agri-biodiesel credit, the number of gallons claimed for the small agri-biodiesel credit, and the estate's or trust's productive capacity for agri-biodiesel.

  • Nonconventional source fuel credit (code P).

  • Clean renewable energy bond and Gulf tax credit bond credits (code Q). Attach a statement that shows the amount of the credit the beneficiary must report on line 3 and line 9 of Form 8912.

  • Credits for employers affected by Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or Wilma (code R). Attach a statement that shows the amount of the credit the beneficiary must report on line 3 and line 7 of Form 5884-A, in case the beneficiary is required to file that form in addition to Form 3800.

  • Energy efficient appliance credit (code S).

  • Recapture of credits (code T). On an attached statement to Schedule K-1, provide any information the beneficiary will need to report recapture of credits.

Box 14—Other Information

Enter the dollar amounts and applicable codes for the items listed under Other Information.

Domestic production activities information.   The estate or trust allocates qualified production activity income (QPAI) (whether positive or negative) and Form W-2 wages based on the relative proportion of the trust's or estate's DNI that is distributed or required to be distributed to the beneficiary. If the estate or trust has no DNI for the tax year, QPAI and Form W-2 wages are allocated entirely to the estate or trust.

Qualified production activities income (code C).   Enter the beneficiary's share, if any, of the estate's or trust's QPAI. The QPAI will be less than zero if the cost of goods sold and deductions allocated and apportioned to domestic production gross receipts (DPGR) is more than the estate's or trust's DPGR. See Form 8903, Domestic Production Activities Deduction, and its instructions for more details.

Form W-2 wages (code D).    Use code D to report the beneficiary's share, if any, of Form W-2 wages. Do not enter more than 6% of the beneficiary's share, if any, of the estate's or trust's QPAI. See Form 8903 and its instructions for more details.

Foreign trading gross receipts (code G).   Enter the beneficiary's share, if any, of foreign trading gross receipts. See Form 8873, Extraterritorial Income Exclusion, for more information.

Other Information (code H).   List on a separate sheet the tax information the beneficiary will need to complete their return that is not entered elsewhere on Schedule K-1.

Caution
Income tax withheld on wages cannot be distributed to the beneficiary.

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