8844 Empowerment Zone and Renewal Community Employment Credit

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8844

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

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Action

Revised proofs
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Empowerment Zone and Renewal
Community Employment Credit

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OMB No. 1545-1444

2008

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Attachment
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Attach to your tax return.

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Identifying number

Enter the total qualified wages paid or incurred during calendar year 2008 only (see instructions)
Qualified empowerment zone wages
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X 20% (.20)
X 15% (.15)
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Qualified renewal community wages
Add lines 1a and 1b
Enter the amount from Form 3800, line 1w, that is attributable to employees whose wages were used
to figure the credit on line 1c above

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Employment zone and renewable community employment credit from partnerships, S corporations,
cooperatives, estates, and trusts

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Add lines 2b and 3. Partnerships and S corporations, report this amount on Schedule K; all others,
go to line 5

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Empowerment zone and renewal community employment credit included on line 4 from passive
activities (see instructions)
Subtract line 5 from line 4
Passive activity credit allowed for 2008 (see instructions)
Carryforward of empowerment zone and renewal community employment credit to 2008
Carryback of empowerment zone and renewal community employment credit from 2009 (see instructions)

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Add lines 6 through 9. Cooperatives, estates, and trusts, go to line 11. All others, report this amount
on Form 3800, line 24
Amount allocated to the patrons of the cooperative or the beneficiaries of the estate or trust (see
instructions)
Cooperatives, estates, and trusts. Subtract line 11 from line 10. Report this amount on Form 3800,
line 24

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b Subtract line 2a from line 1c. If zero or less, enter -0-. See instructions for the adjustment you must
make to salaries and wages
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Cat. No. 16145S

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Form 8844 (2008)