Form 8910 Form 8910 Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit

Form

8910

OMB No. 1545-1998

Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit
▶ See

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

2011

separate instructions.
to your tax return.

Attachment
Sequence No. 152
Identifying number

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Name(s) shown on return

Note.
• Use this form to claim the credit for certain alternative motor vehicles or plug-in electric vehicle conversions.
• Claim the credit for certain two- or three-wheeled or low-speed four-wheeled plug-in electric vehicles on Form 8834.
• Claim the credit for certain other plug-in electric vehicles on Form 8936.

Part I

Tentative Credit

Use a separate column for each vehicle. If you need more columns,
use additional Forms 8910 and include the totals on lines 14 and 18.
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Year, make, and model of vehicle .

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(b) Vehicle 2

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Section 179 expense deduction (see instructions) . .
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Subtract line 6 from line 5 . . . . . . . . .
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Multiply line 7 by 10% (.10) . . . . . . . . .
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4,000 00
4,000 00
Maximum plug-in conversion credit amount allowable
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Enter the smaller of line 8 or line 9 . . . . . .
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Tentative credit. Add lines 4 and 10 . . . . . .
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Next: If you did NOT use your vehicle for business or investment purposes and did not have a credit from a partnership or
S corporation, skip Part II and go to Part III. All others, go to Part II.

Credit for Business/Investment Use Part of Vehicle

Business/investment use percentage (see instructions)
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Multiply line 11 by line 12 . . . . . . . . . .
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Add columns (a) and (b) on line 13
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Alternative motor vehicle credit from partnerships and S corporations . . . . . .
Business/investment use part of credit. Add lines 14 and 15. Partnerships and S
corporations, report this amount on Schedule K. All others, report this amount on
Form 3800, line 1r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part III
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Vehicle identification number (see instructions) . .
Enter date vehicle was placed in service (MM/DD/YYYY)
Credit allowable (see instructions for amount to enter)
If you are not claiming the plug-in conversion credit,
skip lines 5 through 9, enter -0- on line 10, and go to
line 11. Otherwise, enter the cost of converting the
vehicle to a qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle

Part II
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(a) Vehicle 1

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Credit for Personal Use Part of Vehicle

If you skipped Part II, enter the amount from line 11. If
you completed Part II, subtract line 13 from line 11 .

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Add columns (a) and (b) on line 17
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Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 46, or Form 1040NR, line 44 . . . . . .
Personal credits from Form 1040 or 1040NR (see instructions) . . . . . . . .
Subtract line 20 from line 19. If zero or less, stop. You cannot claim the personal use
part of the credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Personal use part of credit. Enter the smaller of line 18 or line 21 here and on Form
1040, line 53 (or Form 1040NR, line 50). Check box c on that line and enter “8910” in
the space next to that box. If line 21 is smaller than line 18, see instructions . . . .

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see separate instructions.

Cat. No. 37720F

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Form 8910 (2011)