U.S. Individual Income Tax Return

2013

Instructions for Form 6251

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

Alternative Minimum Tax—Individuals
Section references are to the Internal Revenue
Code unless otherwise noted.

General Instructions
Future Developments

For the latest information about
developments related to Form 6251 and
its instructions, such as legislation
enacted after they were published, go to
www.irs.gov/form6251.

What's New
Exemption amount. The exemption
amount on Form 6251, line 29, has
increased to $51,900 ($80,800 if
married filing jointly or qualifying
widow(er); $40,400 if married filing
separately).
AMT tax brackets. For 2013, the 26%
tax rate applies to the first $179,500
($89,750 if married filing separately) of
taxable excess (the amount on line 30).
This change is reflected in lines 31, 42,
and 59.
Tax rate on net capital gain and
qualified dividends. The maximum
tax rate of 15% on net capital gain and
qualified dividends has increased to
20% for some taxpayers. Part III of Form
6251 reflects this new, higher rate.
Medical and dental expenses. If you
or your spouse was born before January
2, 1949, the amount of your medical and
dental expenses you can deduct for the
AMT may be less than for the regular
tax. See line 2.
Limit on itemized deductions.
Beginning in 2013, you cannot deduct
all of your itemized deductions for
regular tax purposes if your adjusted
gross income is more than:
$150,000 if married filing separately,
$250,000 if single,
$275,000 if head of household, or
$300,000 if married filing jointly or
qualifying widow(er).
This limit does not apply for the AMT.
See the instructions for line 6.

Who Must File

Attach Form 6251 to your return if any of
the following statements is true.
1. Form 6251, line 31, is greater
than line 34.
Dec 16, 2013

2. You claim any general business
credit, and either line 6 (in Part I) or
line 25 of any Form 3800 is more than
zero.
3. You claim the qualified electric
vehicle credit, the personal use part of
the alternative fuel vehicle refueling
property credit, or the credit for prior
year minimum tax.
4. The total of Form 6251, lines 8
through 27, is negative and line 31
would be greater than line 34 if you did
not take into account lines 8 through 27.

limits and basis amounts also may differ
for the AMT. Therefore, you must keep
records of these different amounts.

Partners and Shareholders
If you are a partner in a partnership or a
shareholder in an S corporation, see
Schedule K-1 and its instructions to
figure your adjustments or preferences
from the partnership or S corporation to
include on Form 6251.

Nonresident Aliens

Use Form 6251 to figure the amount, if
any, of your alternative minimum tax
(AMT). The AMT applies to taxpayers
who have certain types of income that
receive favorable treatment, or who
qualify for certain deductions, under the
tax law. These tax benefits can
significantly reduce the regular tax of
some taxpayers with higher economic
incomes. The AMT sets a limit on the
amount these benefits can be used to
reduce total tax.

If you are a nonresident alien and you
disposed of U.S. real property interests
at a gain, you must make a special
computation. Fill in Form 6251 through
line 30. If your net gain from the
disposition of U.S. real property
interests and the amount on line 28 are
both greater than the tentative amount
you figured for line 30, replace the
amount on line 30 with the smaller of
that net gain or the amount on line 28.
Also, enter “RPI” on the dotted line next
to line 30. Otherwise, do not change
line 30.

Also use Form 6251 to help you
figure the tax liability limit on the credits
listed under Who Must File.

Credit for Prior Year
Minimum Tax

Purpose of Form

Recordkeeping

For the AMT, certain items of income,
deductions, etc., receive different tax
treatment than for the regular tax.
Therefore, you need to refigure items for
the AMT that you figured for the regular
tax. In some cases, you may wish to do
this by completing the applicable tax
form a second time. If you do complete
another form, do not attach it to your tax
return, but keep it for your records.
However, you may have to attach an
AMT Form 1116, Foreign Tax Credit, to
your return; see the instructions for
line 32.
For the regular tax, some deductions
and credits may result in carrybacks or
carryforwards to other tax years.
Examples are investment interest
expense, a net operating loss, a capital
loss, a passive activity loss, and the
foreign tax credit. Because you may
have to refigure these items for the
AMT, the carryback or carryforward
amount may be different for the AMT
than for the regular tax. Your at-risk
Cat. No. 64277P

See Form 8801, Credit for Prior Year
Minimum Tax—Individuals, Estates, and
Trusts, if you paid AMT for 2012 or you
had a minimum tax credit carryforward
on your 2012 Form 8801. If you pay
AMT for 2013, you may be able to take
a credit on Form 8801 for 2014.

Optional Write-Off for
Certain Expenditures

There is no AMT adjustment for the
following items if you elect for the
regular tax to deduct them ratably over
the period of time shown.
Circulation expenditures—3 years
(section 173).
Research and experimental
expenditures—10 years (section
174(a)).
Mining exploration and development
costs—10 years (sections 616(a) and
617(a)).
Intangible drilling costs—60 months
(section 263(c)).
For information on making the
election, see section 59(e) and

Home Mortgage Interest Adjustment
Worksheet—Line 4

Keep for Your Records

1.

Enter the total of the home mortgage interest you deducted on lines 10
through 12 of Schedule A (Form 1040) and any mortgage insurance
premiums you deducted on line 13 of Schedule A (Form 1040) . . . . . . . . .

2.

Enter the part, if any, of the interest included on line 1
above that was paid on an eligible mortgage (defined in
the line 4 instructions). Include any mortgage insurance
premiums included on line 1 above that were paid in
connection with an eligible mortgage . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.

1.

Enter the part, if any, of the interest included on line 1
above that was paid on a mortgage:
• Taken out before July 1, 1982, and
• Secured, at the time the mortgage was taken out, by
your main home or a qualified dwelling used by you or
your family (see definitions).
Do not include any amount entered on line 2 or line 3
above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.

Qualified dwelling. A qualified
dwelling is any house, apartment,
condominium, or mobile home not used
on a transient basis.
Family. Family includes only your
brothers and sisters (whether by whole
or half blood), your spouse, your
ancestors, and your lineal descendants.

4.

5.

Add lines 2 through 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.

6.

Subtract line 5 from line 1 and enter the result on Form 6251, line 4 . . . . . .

6.

Regulations section 1.59-1. Also see
Pub. 535, Business Expenses.

Specific Instructions
If you owe AMT, you may be
able to lower your total tax
(regular tax plus AMT) by
claiming itemized deductions on Form
1040, even if your total itemized
deductions are less than the standard
deduction. This is because the standard
deduction is not allowed for the AMT
and, if you claim the standard deduction
on Form 1040, you cannot claim
itemized deductions for the AMT.

TIP

Line 1

If Form 1040, line 43, includes a write-in
amount (such as a capital construction
fund deduction for commercial
fishermen), adjust line 1 by the write-in
amount.

Form 1040NR. If you are filing Form
1040NR, enter the amount from Form
1040NR, line 39. If less than zero, enter
as a negative amount.

Line 2—Medical Expenses

Do not complete line 2 unless either you
or your spouse was born before January
2, 1949.

Line 3—Taxes

Part I—Alternative
Minimum Taxable Income
(AMTI)

Enter the amount of all taxes from
Schedule A (Form 1040), line 9, except
any generation-skipping transfer taxes
on income distributions.

To avoid duplication, any
adjustment or preference for
CAUTION
line 5, 19, or 20 or for a tax
shelter farm activity on line 27 must not
be taken into account in figuring the
amount to enter for any other
adjustment or preference.

Be sure to include any state and local
general sales taxes from Schedule A,
line 5.

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Complete the Home Mortgage Interest
Adjustment Worksheet to figure the
amount to enter on this line. The
definitions of certain terms used in the
worksheet are as follows.
Eligible mortgage. An eligible
mortgage is a mortgage whose
proceeds were used to buy, build, or
substantially improve your main home
or a second home that is a qualified
dwelling. A mortgage whose proceeds
were used to refinance another
mortgage is not an eligible mortgage.

Enter the part, if any, of the interest included on line 1
above that was paid on a mortgage whose proceeds
were used in a refinancing (including a second or later
refinancing) of an eligible mortgage. Include any
mortgage insurance premiums included on line 1 above
that were paid in connection with such a mortgage. Do
not include any interest paid on (or any mortgage
insurance premiums paid in connection with) the part of
the balance of the new mortgage that exceeded the
balance of the original eligible mortgage immediately
before it was refinanced (or, if smaller, the balance of any
prior refinanced mortgage immediately before that
mortgage was refinanced) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.

4.

Line 4—Home Mortgage
Interest Adjustment

Form 1040NR. If you are filing Form
1040NR, enter the amount of all taxes
from Schedule A (Form 1040NR), line 1,
except any generation-skipping transfer
taxes on income distributions.

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Example. In 2013, Dave and
Jennifer paid $10,000 in interest on a
mortgage they took out to buy their
home (an eligible mortgage). In May
2013, they refinanced that mortgage
and paid $9,000 in interest through the
rest of the year. The balance of the new
mortgage is the same as the balance of
the old mortgage. In July 2013, they
obtained a home equity loan on their
home and used the proceeds to buy a
new car. They paid $5,000 in interest on
the home equity loan in 2013. They
enter the following amounts on the
Home Mortgage Interest Adjustment
Worksheet: $24,000 on line 1 ($10,000
plus $9,000 plus $5,000), $10,000 on
line 2, $9,000 on line 3, $ -0- on line 4,
$19,000 on line 5 ($10,000 plus
$9,000), and $5,000 on line 6 ($24,000
minus $19,000).

Line 5—Miscellaneous
Deductions

If you are filing Form 1040NR, enter the
amount from Schedule A (Form
1040NR), line 13.

Line 6—Overall Limit on
Itemized Deductions

If Form 1040, line 38, is over $250,000
($275,000 if head of household;
$300,000 if married filing jointly or
qualifying widow(er); or $150,000 if
married filing separately), enter the
amount from line 9 of the Itemized
Deductions Worksheet in the
Instructions for Schedule A (Form
1040). Enter it as a negative amount.

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Form 1040NR. Enter the amount from
line 9 of the Itemized Deductions
Worksheet in the instructions for Form
1040NR if you are filing Form 1040NR
and line 37 of Form 1040NR is over the
amount listed below for your filing
status:
$250,000 and you checked filing
status box 1 or 2,
$150,000 and you checked filing
status box 3, 4, or 5, or
$300,000 and you checked filing
status box 6.
Enter it as a negative amount.

Line 7—Refund of Taxes

Include any refund from Form 1040,
line 10 (or Form 1040NR, line 11), that
is attributable to state or local income
taxes. Also include any refunds
received in 2013 and included in income
on Form 1040, line 21, that are
attributable to state or local personal
property taxes or general sales taxes,
foreign income taxes, or state, local, or
foreign real property taxes. Enter the
total as a negative amount. If you
include an amount from Form 1040,
line 21, you must enter a description
and the amount next to the entry space
for line 7. For example, if you include a
refund of real property taxes, enter “real
property” and the amount next to the
entry space.

Line 8—Investment Interest

If you filled out Form 4952, Investment
Interest Expense Deduction, for your
regular tax, you will need to fill out a
second Form 4952 for the AMT as
follows.

Step 1. Follow the Form 4952
instructions for line 1, but also include
the following amounts when completing
line 1.
Any interest expense on Form 6251,
line 4, that was paid or accrued on
indebtedness attributable to property
held for investment within the meaning
of 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 tax-exempt interest on
private activity bonds were includible in
gross income.
Step 2. Enter your AMT disallowed
investment interest expense from 2012
on line 2. Complete line 3.
Step 3. When completing Part II,
refigure the following amounts, taking
into account all adjustments and
preferences.
Instructions for Form 6251 (2013)

Gross income from property held for
investment.
Net gain from the disposition of
property held for investment.
Net capital gain from the disposition
of property held for investment.
Investment expenses.
Include on line 4a any tax-exempt
interest income from private activity
bonds that must be included on Form
6251, line 12. If you have any
investment expenses that would have
been deductible if the interest on the
bonds were includible in gross income
for the regular tax, you can use them to
reduce the amount on line 4a or include
them on line 5.
On line 4g, enter the smaller of:
1. The amount from line 4g of your
regular tax Form 4952, or
2. The total of lines 4b and 4e of this
AMT Form 4952.
Step 4. Complete Part III.
Enter on Form 6251, line 8, the
difference between line 8 of your AMT
Form 4952 and line 8 of your regular tax
Form 4952. If your AMT expense is
greater, enter the difference as a
negative amount.
Investment interest expense that is
not an itemized deduction. If you did
not itemize deductions and you had
investment interest expense, do not
enter an amount on Form 6251, line 8,
unless you reported investment interest
expense on Schedule E, Supplemental
Income and Loss (Form 1040). If you
did, follow the steps above for
completing Form 4952. Allocate the
investment interest expense allowed on
line 8 of the AMT Form 4952 in the
same way you did for the regular tax.
Enter on Form 6251, line 8, the
difference between the amount allowed
on Schedule E for the regular tax and
the amount allowed on Schedule E for
the AMT.

Line 9—Depletion

Refigure your depletion deduction for
the AMT. To do so, use only 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, your 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 you are an independent
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producer or royalty owner claiming
percentage depletion for oil and gas
wells under section 613A(c). Figure this
limit separately for each property. When
refiguring the property's adjusted basis,
take into account any AMT adjustments
you made this year or in previous years
that affect basis (other than current year
depletion).
Enter 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 10—Net Operating Loss
Deduction

If you are filing Form 1040NR, enter
your net operating loss deduction from
Form 1040NR, line 21, as a positive
amount.

Line 11—Alternative Tax Net
Operating Loss Deduction
(ATNOLD)

The ATNOLD is the sum of the
alternative tax net operating loss
(ATNOL) carrybacks and carryforwards
to the tax year, subject to the limitation
explained later. Figure your ATNOLD as
follows.
Your ATNOL for a loss year is the
excess of the deductions allowed for
figuring AMTI (excluding the ATNOLD)
over the income included in AMTI.
Figure this excess with the
modifications in section 172(d), taking
into account your AMT adjustments and
preferences (that is, the section 172(d)
modifications must be separately
figured for the ATNOL). For example,
the limitation of nonbusiness deductions
to the amount of nonbusiness income
must be separately figured for the
ATNOL, using only nonbusiness income
and deductions that are included in
AMTI.
Your ATNOLD may be limited. To
figure the ATNOLD limitation, you must
first figure your AMTI without regard to
the ATNOLD and any domestic
production activities deduction. To do
this, first figure a tentative amount for
line 9 by treating line 11 as if it were
zero. Next, figure a tentative total of
lines 1 through 27 using the tentative
line 9 amount and treating line 11 as if it
were zero. This is your AMTI figured
without regard to the ATNOLD. Add any
domestic production activities deduction
to this tentative total. Your ATNOLD is
limited to 90% of the result.
However, the 90% limit does not
apply to an ATNOL that is attributable to

qualified disaster losses (as defined in
section 172(j)), qualified Gulf
Opportunity Zone losses (as defined in
section 1400N(k)(2)), qualified recovery
assistance losses (as defined in Pub.
4492-A, Information for Taxpayers
Affected by the May 4, 2007, Kansas
Storms and Tornadoes), qualified
disaster recovery assistance losses (as
defined in Pub. 4492-B, Information for
Affected Taxpayers in the Midwestern
Disaster Areas), or a 2008 or 2009 loss
that you elected to carry back more than
2 years under section 172(b)(1)(H).
Therefore, if an ATNOL that is carried
back or carried forward to the tax year is
attributable to any of those losses, the
ATNOLD for the tax year is limited to the
sum of:
1. The smaller of:
a. The sum of the ATNOL
carrybacks and carryforwards to the tax
year attributable to net operating losses
other than those losses described in 2a
below, or
b. 90% 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:
a. The sum of the ATNOL
carrybacks and carryforwards to the tax
year attributable to qualified disaster
losses, qualified Gulf Opportunity Zone
losses, qualified recovery assistance
losses, qualified disaster recovery
assistance losses, and any 2008 or
2009 loss that you elected to carry back
more than 2 years under section 172(b)
(1)(H), or
b. 100% of 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).
Enter on line 11 the smaller of the
ATNOLD or the ATNOLD limitation.
Enter it as a negative amount.

Line 12—Interest From Private
Activity Bonds

Enter on line 12 interest income 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 the regular tax. Each
payer of this type of interest should
send you a Form 1099-INT showing the
amount of this interest in box 9.
Generally, the term “specified private
activity bond” means any private activity
bond (as defined in section 141) the
interest on which is not includible in
gross income for the regular tax, if the
bond was issued after August 7, 1986.
But specified private activity bonds
generally do not include any bonds
issued in 2009 or 2010. See section
57(a)(5) for other exceptions and more
details.
Do not include interest on qualified
Gulf Opportunity Zone bonds or
qualified Midwestern disaster area
bonds.
Exempt-interest dividends paid by a
mutual fund or other regulated
investment company are treated as
interest income on specified private
activity bonds to the extent the
dividends are attributable to interest on
the bonds received by the company,
minus an allocable share of the
expenses paid or incurred by the
company in earning the interest. This
amount should be reported to you on
Form 1099-DIV in box 11.
If you are filing Form 8814, Parents'
Election To Report Child's Interest and
Dividends, include on this line any
tax-exempt interest income from line 1b
of that form that is a preference item.

Line 13—Qualified Small
Business Stock

Any ATNOL not used may be carried
back 2 years or forward up to 20 years.
In some cases, the carryback period is
longer than 2 years; for details, see Pub.
536.

If you 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
Form 8949 in column (g)) by 7% (.07).
Enter the result on line 13 as a positive
amount.

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

Line 14—Exercise of Incentive
Stock Options

If you elected under section 172(b)
(3) to forgo the carryback period for the
regular tax, the election also applies for
the AMT.

For the regular tax, no income is
recognized when an incentive stock
option (ISO), as defined in section
422(b), is exercised. However, this rule
does not apply for the AMT. Instead,
you generally must include on line 14
the excess, if any, of:
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1. The fair market value of the stock
acquired through exercise of the option
(determined without regard to any lapse
restriction) when your 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 you paid for the
stock, including any amount you paid for
the ISO used to acquire the stock.
Even if your 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 fair market value
(determined without regard to any lapse
restriction) over the exercise price upon
the transfer to you of the stock acquired
through exercise of the option. You
must make the election by the 30th day
after the date of the transfer. See Pub.
525, Taxable and Nontaxable Income,
for more details.
If you acquired stock by exercising
an ISO and you 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 your AMT basis in any stock
acquired through the exercise of an ISO
by the amount of the adjustment. Keep
adequate records for both the AMT and
regular tax so that you can figure your
adjustment. See the instructions for
line 17.
Form 3921. If you received a Form
3921, it may help you figure your
adjustment.
Example. You exercised an ISO to
acquire 100 shares of stock in 2013.
Your rights in the acquired stock first
became transferable on the date you
exercised the ISO and were not subject
to a substantial risk of forfeiture. You did
not pay anything for the ISO. You did
not sell the acquired stock during 2013.
You received a Form 3921 that shows
$10 in box 3 (the exercise price you
paid for each share), $25 in box 4 (the
fair market value of each share on the
exercise date), and 100 shares in box 5
(the number of shares you acquired). To
figure your adjustment, multiply the
amount in box 4, $25, by the 100 shares
in box 5. The result is $2,500, the fair
market value of all the shares. Then
multiply the amount in box 3, $10, by the
100 shares in box 5. The result is
$1,000, the amount you paid for all the
shares. Your adjustment is $1,500
($2,500 − $1,000). Enter it on Form
6251, line 14.
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Line 16—Large Partnerships

If you were a partner in an electing large
partnership, enter the amount from
Schedule K-1 (Form 1065-B), box 6.
Take into account any amount from
box 5 on Form 6251, line 19.

Line 17—Disposition of
Property

Your AMT gain or loss from the
disposition of property may be different
from your gain or loss for the regular tax.
This is because the property may have
a different adjusted basis for the AMT.
Use this line to report any AMT
adjustment 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 already taken
into account in (1) or (2) or on any other
line on Form 6251, 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 Form 8949, Sales and
Other Dispositions of Capital Assets, or
Schedule D (Form 1040), Capital Gains
and Losses.
First figure any ordinary income
adjustment related to (3) above. Then,
refigure Form 4684, Form 4797, Form
8949, and Schedule D for the AMT, if
applicable, by taking into account any
adjustments you made this year or in
previous years that affect your basis or
otherwise result in a different amount for
the AMT.
If you have a capital loss after
refiguring Schedule D for the AMT,
apply the $3,000 capital loss limitation
separately to the AMT loss. Because
the amount of your gains and losses
may be different for the AMT, the
amount of any capital loss carryover
also may be different for the AMT. See
the following example. To figure your
AMT capital loss carryover, fill out an
AMT Capital Loss Carryover Worksheet
in the Schedule D instructions.
For each of the four items listed
earlier, figure the difference between the
amount included in taxable income for
the regular tax and the amount included
in income for the AMT. Include the
difference as a negative amount on
line 17 if (a) both the AMT and regular
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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 is zero or more.
Enter on line 17 the combined
adjustments for the four items listed
earlier.
Example. On March 13, 2012,
Victor Ash, whose filing status is single,
paid $20,000 to exercise an incentive
stock option (which was granted to him
on January 3, 2011) to buy 200 shares
of stock worth $200,000. The $180,000
difference between his cost and the
value of the stock at the time he
exercised the option is not taxable for
the regular tax. His regular tax basis in
the stock at the end of 2012 is $20,000.
For the AMT, however, Ash must
include the $180,000 as an adjustment
on his 2012 Form 6251. His AMT basis
in the stock at the end of 2012 is
$200,000.
On January 18, 2013, Ash sold 100
of the shares for $75,000. Because Ash
did not hold these shares more than 1
year, that sale is a disqualifying
disposition. For the regular tax, Ash has
ordinary income of $65,000 ($75,000
minus his $10,000 basis in the 100
shares). Ash has no capital gain or loss
for the regular tax resulting from the
sale. For the AMT, Ash has no ordinary
income, but has a short-term capital
loss of $25,000 ($75,000 minus his
$100,000 AMT basis in the 100 shares).
On April 21, 2013, Ash sold the other
100 shares for $60,000. Because he
held the shares for more than 1 year
and more than 2 years had passed
since the option was granted to him, the
sale is not a disqualifying disposition.
For the regular tax, Ash has a long-term
capital gain of $50,000 ($60,000 minus
his regular tax basis of $10,000). For the
AMT, Ash has a long-term capital loss
of $40,000 ($60,000 minus his AMT
basis of $100,000).
Ash has no other sales of stock or
other capital assets for 2013. Ash enters
a total negative adjustment of $118,000
on line 17 of his 2013 Form 6251,
figured as follows:
Ash figures a negative adjustment of
$65,000 for the difference between the
$65,000 of regular tax ordinary income
and the $0 of AMT ordinary income for
the first sale.
For the regular tax, Ash has $50,000
capital gain net income from the second
sale. For the AMT, Ash has a $25,000
short-term capital loss from the first
sale, and a $40,000 long-term capital
loss from the second sale, resulting in a
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net capital loss of $65,000 for the AMT.
However, only $3,000 of the $65,000
net capital loss is allowed for 2013 for
the AMT. The difference between the
regular tax gain of $50,000 and the
$3,000 loss allowed for the AMT results
in a $53,000 negative adjustment to
include on line 17.
Ash has an AMT capital loss
carryover from 2013 to 2014 of $62,000,
of which $22,000 is short-term and
$40,000 is long-term. If he has no other
Form 8949 or Schedule D transactions
for 2014, his adjustment reported on his
2014 Form 6251 would be limited to
($3,000), the amount of his capital loss
limitation for 2014.

Line 18—Post-1986
Depreciation

This section describes when
depreciation must be refigured for the
AMT and how to figure the amount to
enter on line 18.
Do not use line 18 for depreciation
related to the following.
Employee business expenses
claimed on line 21 of Schedule A (Form
1040) or line 7 of Schedule A (Form
1040NR). You should have already
taken this adjustment into account on
line 5 when you entered on that line the
total of your miscellaneous itemized
deductions.
Passive activities. Take this
adjustment into account on line 19.
An activity for which you are not at
risk. Take this adjustment into account
on line 20.
Income or loss from a partnership or
an S corporation if the basis limitations
apply. Take this adjustment into account
on line 20.
A tax shelter farm activity. Take this
adjustment into account on line 27.

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-, and
10-year property under the modified
accelerated cost recovery system
(MACRS), except for qualified property
eligible for the special depreciation
allowance (discussed later));
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.
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 a special depreciation
allowance if the depreciable basis of the
property for the AMT is the same as for
the regular tax. This applies to any
special depreciation allowance,
including those for disaster assistance
property, reuse and recycling property,
cellulosic biofuel plant property, second
generation biofuel plant property, New
York Liberty Zone property, Gulf
Opportunity Zone property, and Kansas
disaster area recovery assistance
property. 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.
Any part of the cost of any property
for which you elected to take a section
179 expense deduction. The reduction
to the depreciable basis of section 179
property by the amount of the section
179 expense deduction is the same for
the regular tax and the AMT.
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.
Indian reservation property that
meets the requirements of section
168(j).
Qualified revitalization expenditures
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 following table 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
straight line method
(other than section
over the property's
1250 property)
AMT class life.
depreciated using
straight line method for
the regular tax
any other tangible
property

150% declining
balance method,
switching to straight
line method 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.

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

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How Is the 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 19—Passive Activities

Refigure your passive activity gains and
losses for the AMT by taking into
account all adjustments and
preferences and any AMT prior year
unallowed losses that apply to that
activity. You may fill out a second Form
8582, Passive Activity Loss Limitations,
and the other forms or schedules on
which your passive activities are
reported, to determine your passive
activity loss allowed for the AMT, but do
not file the second set of forms and
schedules with your tax return.
Example. You are a partner in a
partnership and the Schedule K-1 (Form
1065) you received shows the following.
A passive activity loss of $4,125,
A depreciation adjustment of $500 on
post-1986 property, and
An adjustment of $225 on the
disposition of property.
Because the two adjustments above
are from the passive activity and are not
allowed for the AMT, you must first
reduce the passive activity loss by those
amounts. The result is a passive activity
loss for the AMT of $3,400. You then
enter this amount on the AMT Form
8582 and refigure the allowable passive
activity loss for the AMT.
The amount of any AMT
passive activity loss that is not
deductible and is carried
forward is likely to differ from the regular
tax amount, if any. Therefore, keep
adequate records for both the AMT and
regular tax.

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Enter the difference between the
amount that would be reported for the
activity on Schedule C, C-EZ, E, or F or
Form 4835, Farm Rental Income and
Expenses, 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) you have an AMT loss and a regular
tax gain, enter the adjustment as a
negative amount.
Enter any adjustment for amounts
reported on Form 8949, Schedule D,
Form 4684, or Form 4797 for the activity
on line 17 instead of line 19. See the
instructions for line 17.

Publicly Traded Partnership (PTP)
If you had a loss from a PTP, refigure
the loss using any AMT adjustments
and preferences and any AMT prior
year unallowed loss.

Tax Shelter Passive Farm
Activities
Refigure any gain or loss from a tax
shelter passive farm activity taking into
account all AMT adjustments and
preferences and any AMT prior year
unallowed losses. If the amount is a
gain, include it on the AMT Form 8582.
If the amount is a loss, do not include it
on the AMT Form 8582. Carry the loss
forward to 2014 to see if you have a
gain or loss from tax shelter passive
farm activities for 2014.

Insolvency
If at the end of the tax year your
liabilities exceed the fair market value of
your assets, increase your passive
activity loss allowed by that excess (but
not by more than your total loss). See
section 58(c)(1).

Line 20—Loss Limitations

For passive activities, see the line 19
instructions instead. For tax shelter farm
activities (that are not passive), see the
line 27 instructions.
Refigure your gains and losses from
activities for which you are not at risk
and basis limitations applicable to
partnerships and S corporations by
taking into account all AMT adjustments
and preferences that apply. See
sections 59(h), 465, 704(d), and
1366(d).
Enter the difference between the
amount that would be reported for the
activity on Schedule C, C-EZ, E, or F or
Form 4835 for the AMT and the regular
tax amount. If (a) the AMT loss is more
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than the regular tax loss, (b) the AMT
gain is less than the regular tax gain, or
(c) you have an AMT loss and a regular
tax gain, enter the adjustment as a
negative amount.
The AMT amount of any gain or loss
from activities for which you are not at
risk is likely to differ from the regular tax
amount. Your AMT basis in partnerships
and S corporations is also likely to differ
from your regular tax basis. Therefore,
keep adequate records for both the
AMT and regular tax.
Enter any adjustment for amounts
reported on Form 8949, Schedule D,
Form 4684, or Form 4797 for the activity
on line 17 instead of line 20.

Line 21—Circulation Costs
Do not make this adjustment
for costs for which you elected
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the optional 3-year write-off for
the regular tax.

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Circulation costs (expenditures to
establish, maintain, or increase the
circulation of a newspaper, magazine,
or other periodical) deducted in full for
the regular tax in the year they were
paid or incurred must be capitalized and
amortized over 3 years for the AMT.
Enter 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.
If you had a loss on property for
which circulation costs have not been
fully amortized for the AMT, your 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 22—Long-Term Contracts

For the AMT, you generally must use
the percentage-of-completion method
described in section 460(b) to
determine your income from any
long-term contract (defined in section
460(f)). However, this rule does not
apply to any home construction contract
(as defined in section 460(e)(6)). For
contracts excepted from the
percentage-of-completion method for
the regular tax by section 460(e)(1), use
the simplified procedures for allocating
costs outlined in section 460(b)(3) to
determine the percentage of
completion.
Enter the difference between the
AMT and regular tax income. If the AMT
income is smaller, enter the difference
as a negative amount.
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Note. If you are required to use the
percentage-of-completion method for
either the regular tax or the AMT, you
may owe or be entitled to a refund of
interest for the tax year the contract is
completed or adjusted. For details, see
Form 8697, Interest Computation Under
the Look-Back Method for Completed
Long-Term Contracts.

Line 23—Mining Costs
Do not make this adjustment
for costs for which you elected
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the optional 10-year write-off
for the regular tax.

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Mining exploration and development
costs deducted in full for the regular tax
in the tax year they were paid or
incurred must be capitalized and
amortized over 10 years for the AMT.
Enter 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.
If you had a loss on property for
which mining costs have not been fully
amortized for the AMT, your 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 24—Research and
Experimental Costs
Do not make this adjustment
for costs paid or incurred in
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connection with an activity in
which you materially participated under
the passive activity rules or for costs for
which you elected the optional 10-year
write-off for the regular tax.

!

Research and experimental costs
deducted in full for the regular tax in the
tax year they were paid or incurred must
be capitalized and amortized over 10
years for the AMT. Enter 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.
If you had a loss on property for
which research and experimental costs
have not been fully amortized for the
AMT, your 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 25—Installment Sales

The installment method does not apply
for the AMT to any nondealer

disposition of property after August 16,
1986, but before January 1, 1987, if an
installment obligation to which the
proportionate disallowance rule applied
arose from the disposition. Enter the
amount of installment sale income
reported for the regular tax as a
negative amount on line 25.

Line 26—Intangible Drilling
Costs (IDCs)
Do not make this adjustment
for costs for which you elected
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the optional 60-month write-off
for the regular tax.

!

IDCs from oil, gas, and geothermal
wells are a preference to the extent that
the excess IDCs are more than 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.
Excess IDCs. Figure excess IDCs as
follows.
Step 1. Determine the amount of
your IDCs allowed for the regular tax
under section 263(c), but do not include
any section 263(c) deduction for
nonproductive wells.
Step 2. Subtract from the amount
determined in step 1 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. If you prefer
not to use the 120-month period, you
can elect to use any method that is
permissible in determining cost
depletion.
Net income. Determine net income by
reducing the gross income that you
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
Form 6251 through line 27, including the
IDC preference and treating line 11 as if
it were zero, and combine lines 1
through 27. If the amount of the IDC
preference exceeds 40% of the total of
lines 1 through 27 (figured as described

in the preceding sentence), enter the
excess on line 26 (your benefit from this
exception is limited). Otherwise, do not
enter an amount on line 26 (your benefit
from this exception is not limited).

Line 27—Other Adjustments

Enter on line 27 the total of any other
adjustments that apply to you, including
the following.

Depreciation Figured Using
Pre-1987 Rules
This preference generally only applies
to property placed in service after 1987,
but depreciated using pre-1987 rules
due to transitional provisions of the Tax
Reform Act of 1986.
For the AMT, you must use the
straight line method to figure
depreciation on real property for which
accelerated depreciation was
determined using pre-1987 rules. Use a
recovery period of 19 years for 19-year
real property and 15 years for
low-income housing. For leased
personal property other than recovery
property, enter the amount by which
your 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 your regular tax depreciation
exceeds the depreciation 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 the excess of the regular tax
depreciation over the AMT depreciation
separately for each property and include
on line 27 only positive amounts.

Patron's Adjustment
Distributions you received from a
cooperative may be includible in
income. Unless the distributions are
nontaxable, include on line 27 the total
AMT patronage dividend adjustment
reported to you by the cooperative, such
as on Form 1099-PATR.

Pollution Control Facilities
The section 169 election to amortize the
basis of a certified pollution control
facility over a 60-month or 84-month
period is not available for the AMT. For
facilities placed in service before 1999,
figure the AMT deduction using ADS.
For facilities placed in service after
1998, figure the AMT deduction under
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MACRS using the straight line method.
Enter 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.

Tax Shelter Farm Activities
Figure this adjustment only if you have a
gain or loss from a tax shelter farm
activity (as defined in section 58(a)(2))
that is not a passive activity. If the
activity is passive, you must include it
with your other passive activities on
line 19.
Refigure all gains and losses you
reported for the regular tax from tax
shelter farm activities by taking into
account any AMT adjustments and
preferences. Determine your tax shelter
farm activity gain or loss for the AMT
using the same rules you used for the
regular tax with the following
modifications.
No refigured loss is allowed, except
to the extent you are insolvent (see
section 58(c)(1)).
Do not use a refigured loss in the
current tax year to offset gains from
other tax shelter farm activities. Instead,
suspend any refigured loss and carry it
forward indefinitely until (a) you have a
gain in a subsequent tax year from that
same activity or (b) you dispose of the
activity.
Enter the difference between the
amount that would be reported for the
activity on Schedule E or F or Form
4835 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) you
have an AMT loss and a regular tax
gain, enter the adjustment as a negative
amount.
Enter any adjustment for amounts
reported on Form 8949, Schedule D,
Form 4684, or Form 4797 for the activity
on line 17 instead of line 27.

Charitable Contributions of Certain
Property
If you made a charitable contribution of
property to which section 170(e) applies
and you had a different basis for AMT
purposes, you may have to make an
adjustment. See section 170(e) for
details.

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Biofuel Producer Credit and
Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel
Fuels Credit
If your taxable income includes an
amount from the biofuel producer credit
on Form 6478 or the biodiesel and
renewable diesel fuels credit on Form
8864, include that amount as a negative
amount on line 27.

Related Adjustments
If you have an entry on line 8 because
you deducted investment interest
allocable to an interest in a trade or
business, or on line 9, 13, 14, or 16
through 26, or you have any amount
included on line 27 from pre-1987
depreciation, patron's adjustment,
pollution control facilities, or tax shelter
farm activities, you may have to refigure
any item of income or deduction based
on a limit of income other than AGI or
modified AGI.
Affected items include the following.
Section 179 expense deduction
(Form 4562, Depreciation and
Amortization, line 12).
Expenses for business or rental use
of your home.

Exemption Worksheet—
Line 29

Conservation expenses (Schedule F,
line 12).
Taxable IRA distributions (Form
1040, line 15b, or Form 1040NR,
line 16b), if prior year IRA deductions
were different for the AMT and the
regular tax.
Self-employed health insurance
deduction (Form 1040, line 29, or Form
1040NR, line 29).
Self-employed SEP, SIMPLE, and
qualified plans deduction (Form 1040,
line 28, or Form 1040NR, line 28).
IRA deduction (Form 1040, line 32, or
Form 1040NR, line 32), affected by the
earned income limitation of section
219(b)(1)(B).
Figure the difference between the
AMT and regular tax amount for each
item. Combine the amounts for all your
related adjustments and include the
total on line 27. Keep a copy of all
computations for your records, including
any AMT carryover and basis amounts.
Do not include on line 27 any
adjustment for an item you
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refigured on another line of this
form (for example, line 9).

!

Keep for Your Records

Note. If Form 6251, line 28, is equal to or more than: $323,000 if single or head of household,
$477,100 if married filing jointly or qualifying widow(er), or $238,550 if married filing separately, your
exemption is zero. Do not complete this worksheet; instead, enter the amount from Form 6251,
line 28, on line 30 and go to line 31.

1. Enter: $51,900 if single or head of household; $80,800 if married
filing jointly or qualifying widow(er); $40,400 if married filing
separately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.
2. Enter your alternative minimum taxable
income (AMTI) from Form 6251,
line 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.
3. Enter: $115,400 if single or head of
household; $153,900 if married filing jointly or
qualifying widow(er); $76,950 if married filing
separately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.
4. Subtract line 3 from line 2. If zero or less,
enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.
5. Multiply line 4 by 25% (.25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.
6. Subtract line 5 from line 1. If zero or less, enter -0-. If any of the
three conditions under Certain Children Under Age 24 apply to
you, complete lines 7 through 10. Otherwise, stop here and
enter this amount on Form 6251, line 29, and go to Form 6251,
line 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.
7. Minimum exemption amount for certain children under age
24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.
8. Enter your earned income, if any (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . 8.

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Line 28—Alternative Minimum
Taxable Income

If your filing status is married filing
separately and line 28 is more than
$238,550, you must include an
additional amount on line 28. If line 28 is
$400,150 or more, include an additional
$40,400. Otherwise, include 25% of the
excess of the amount on line 28 over
$238,550. For example, if the amount
on line 28 is $258,550, enter $263,550
instead—the additional $5,000 is 25%
of $20,000 ($258,550 minus $238,550).

Special Rule for Holders of a
Residual Interest in a REMIC

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9. Add lines 7 and 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.
10. Enter the smaller of line 6 or line 9 here and on Form 6251,
line 29, and go to Form 6251, line 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.

Example. On your Schedule C
(Form 1040) you have a net profit of
$9,000 before figuring your section 179
deduction. You do not report any other
business income on your return. During
the year, you purchased an asset for
$10,000 for which you elect to take the
section 179 deduction. You also have
an AMT depreciation adjustment of
$700 for other assets depreciated on
your Schedule C.
Your section 179 deduction for the
regular tax is limited to your net profit
(before any section 179 deduction) of
$9,000. The $1,000 excess is a section
179 deduction carryforward for the
regular tax.
For the AMT, your net profit is
$9,700, and you are allowed a section
179 deduction of $9,700 for the AMT.
You have a section 179 deduction
carryforward of $300 for the AMT.
You include a $700 negative
adjustment on line 27 because your
section 179 deduction for the AMT is
$700 greater than your allowable
regular tax deduction. In the following
year, when you use the $1,000 regular
tax carryforward, you will have a $700
positive related adjustment for the AMT
because your AMT carryforward is only
$300.

$7,150

If you held a residual interest in a real
estate mortgage investment conduit
(REMIC) in 2013, the amount you enter
on line 28 may not be less than the
amount on Schedule E, line 38, column
(c). If the amount in column (c) is larger
than the amount you would otherwise
enter on line 28, enter the amount from
column (c) instead and enter “Sch. Q”
on the dotted line next to line 28.
If your filing status is married filing
separately, be sure to include the
additional amount that must be added to
line 28 (as explained above) before you

compare line 28 with the amount on
Schedule E, line 38, column (c).

Part II—Alternative
Minimum Tax
Line 29—Exemption Amount

If line 28 is more than the amount shown
for your filing status in the middle
column of the chart on line 29, see the
Exemption Worksheet to figure the
amount to enter on line 29.
Form 1040NR. If you are filing Form
1040NR, use the following chart to
figure the amount to enter on line 29.
However, if line 28 is more than the
amount shown for your filing status in
the middle column of the chart, use the
Exemption Worksheet to figure the
amount to enter on line 29.
IF you check
filing status
box...

AND line 28
is not over...

THEN enter
on line 29...

1 or 2

$115,400

$51,900

3, 4, or 5

76,950

40,400

6

153,900

80,800

Certain Children Under Age 24
Your exemption amount is limited to the
amount of your earned income plus
$7,150 if condition 1, 2, or 3 below
applies to you.
1. You were under age 18 at the end
of 2013.

2. You were age 18 at the end of
2013 and did not have earned income
that was more than half of your support.
3. You were a full-time student over
age 18 and under age 24 at the end of
2013 and did not have earned income
that was more than half of your support.
If condition 1, 2, or 3 applies to you,
complete the Exemption Worksheet,
including lines 7 through 10, to figure
the amount to enter on Form 6251,
line 29.
Exception. If you filed a joint return for
2013 or neither of your parents was
alive at the end of 2013, do not
complete lines 7 through 10 of the
Exemption Worksheet. However, you
still must complete lines 1 through 6 of
the worksheet if Form 6251, line 28, is
more than the amount shown for your
filing status in the middle column of the
chart on line 29 (or the chart earlier in
the line 29 instructions if you file Form
1040NR).
Certain January 1 birthdays. If you
were born on January 1, 1996, you are
considered to be 18 at the end of 2013.
Your exemption amount is limited only if
you did not have earned income that
was more than half of your support.
If you were born on January 1, 1995,
you are considered to be 19 at the end
of 2013. Your exemption amount is
limited only if you were a full-time
student who did not have earned
income that was more than half of your
support.

Line 8 of the worksheet. Earned
income includes wages, tips, and other
amounts received for personal services
performed. If you are a sole proprietor or
a partner in a trade or business in which
both personal services and capital are
material income-producing factors,
earned income also includes a
reasonable allowance for compensation
for personal services, but not more than
30% of your share of the net profits from
that trade or business (after subtracting
the deduction for part of your
self-employment tax). However, the
30% limit does not apply if there are no
net profits from the trade or business. If
capital is not an income-producing
factor and your personal services
produced the business income, all of
your gross income from the trade or
business is considered earned income.

Line 31

If you claimed the foreign earned
income exclusion, housing exclusion, or
housing deduction on Form 2555 or
Form 2555-EZ, you must use the
Foreign Earned Income Tax Worksheet
in these instructions to figure the
amount to enter on line 31.

Form 1040NR. If you are filing Form
1040NR and you reported capital gain
distributions directly on Form 1040NR,
line 14; you reported qualified dividends
on Form 1040NR, line 10b; or you had a
gain on both lines 15 and 16 of

Keep for Your Records

Foreign Earned Income Tax Worksheet—Line 31
Before you begin:

If you were born on January 1, 1990,
you are considered to be 24 at the end
of 2013. Your exemption amount is not
limited.

If Form 6251, line 30, is zero, do not complete this worksheet.

1. Enter the amount from Form 6251, line 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.

2. Enter the amount from your (and your spouse's if filing jointly) Form 2555, lines 45 and 50, or Form 2555-EZ,
line 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. Add lines 1 and 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.

4. Tax on the amount on line 3.
If you reported capital gain distributions directly on Form 1040, line 13; or you reported qualified
dividends on Form 1040, line 9b; or you had a gain on both lines 15 and 16 of Schedule D (Form 1040) (as
refigured for the AMT, if necessary), enter the amount from line 3 of this worksheet on Form 6251, line 36.
Complete the rest of Part III of Form 6251. However, before completing Part III, see Forms 2555 and
2555-EZ, later, to see if you must complete Part III with certain modifications. Then enter the amount from
Form 6251, line 60, here.
All others: If line 3 is $179,500 or less ($89,750 or less if married filing separately), multiply line 3 by 26%
(.26). Otherwise, multiply line 3 by 28% (.28) and subtract $3,590 ($1,795 if married filing separately) from
the result.
5. Tax on the amount on line 2. If line 2 is $179,500 or less ($89,750 or less if married filing separately), multiply
line 2 by 26% (.26). Otherwise, multiply line 2 by 28% (.28) and subtract $3,590 ($1,795 if married filing
separately) from the result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6. Subtract line 5 from line 4. Enter the result here and on Form 6251, line 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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3.

4.

5.
6.

Instructions for Form 6251 (2013)

Schedule D (Form 1040) (as refigured
for the AMT, if necessary), complete
Part III of Form 6251 and enter the
amount from line 60 on line 31. All other
Form 1040NR filers, do not complete
Part III. Instead, if Form 6251, line 30, is
$179,500 or less ($89,750 or less if you
checked filing status box 3, 4, or 5 on
Form 1040NR), figure the amount to
enter on line 31 by multiplying line 30 by
26% (.26). Otherwise, figure the amount
to enter on line 31 by multiplying line 30
by 28% (.28) and subtracting $3,590
($1,795 if you checked filing status
box 3, 4, or 5) from the result.

Line 32—Alternative Minimum
Tax Foreign Tax Credit
(AMTFTC)
To see if you need to figure
your AMTFTC, fill in Form
6251, line 34, as instructed.
(You will first need to figure your foreign
tax credit for the regular tax and
complete Form 1040, line 47, or Form
1040NR, line 45.) If the amount on
line 34 is greater than or equal to the
amount on line 31, you do not owe the
AMT. Enter -0- on line 35 and see Who
Must File, earlier, to find out if you must
attach Form 6251 to your return.
However, even if you do not owe the
AMT, you may need to complete line 32
to see if you have an AMTFTC
carryback or carryforward to other tax
years.

TIP

If you made an election to claim the
foreign tax credit on Form 1040 (or
Form 1040NR) without filing Form 1116,
your AMTFTC is the same as the
foreign tax credit on Form 1040, line 47
(or Form 1040NR, line 45). Enter that
amount on Form 6251, line 32.
Otherwise, your AMTFTC is your foreign
tax credit refigured as follows.
Step 1. Use a separate AMT Form
1116 for each separate category of
income. Write “AMT” and specify the
category of income in the top margin of
each Form 1116.
When applying the separate
categories of income, use the applicable
AMT rate instead of the regular tax rate
to determine if any income is
“high-taxed.”
Step 2. If you previously made or are
making the simplified limitation election,
skip Part I and enter on the AMT Form
1116, line 17, 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, complete Part I and lines 15
Instructions for Form 6251 (2013)

through 17 of the AMT Form 1116 using
regular tax amounts.
If the election does not apply,
complete Part I using only income and
deductions that are allowed for the AMT
and attributable to sources outside the
United States. If you have any foreign
source qualified dividends or foreign
source capital gains (including any
foreign source capital gain distributions)
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 1a or line 5 of the AMT Form 1116.
Step 3. Follow the instructions below, if
applicable, to determine the amount of
foreign source qualified dividends,
capital gain distributions, and other
capital gains and losses to include on
line 1a and line 5 of the AMT Form
1116.
Foreign qualified dividends. You
must adjust your foreign source
qualified dividends before you include
those amounts on line 1a of the AMT
Form 1116 if:
Line 58 of Form 6251 is smaller than
line 59, and
Line 41 of Form 6251 is greater than
zero.
But you do not need to make any
adjustments if:
You qualify for the adjustment
exception under Qualified Dividends
and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet
(Individuals) or Adjustments to foreign
qualified dividends under Schedule D
Filers in the Form 1116 instructions, and
Line 41 of Form 6251 is not more
than $179,500 ($89,750 if married filing
separately).
Use your 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.
To adjust your foreign source
qualified dividends, multiply your foreign
source qualified dividends in each
separate category by 0.5357 if the
foreign source qualified dividends are
taxed at a rate of 15%, and by 0.7143 if
they are taxed at a rate of 20%. Include
the results on line 1a of the applicable
AMT Form 1116.
You adjust your foreign source
qualified dividends taxed at the 0% rate
by not including them on line 1a.
Amounts taxed at the 0% rate are on
line 11 of the Qualified Dividends and
Capital Gain Tax Worksheet in the Form
1040 instructions, line 9 of the Qualified
Dividends and Capital Gain Tax
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Worksheet in the Form 1040NR
instructions, or line 20 of the
Schedule D Tax Worksheet.
Do not adjust the amount of
any foreign source qualified
CAUTION
dividends you elected to
include on line 4g of AMT Form 4952.

!

Individuals with capital gain
distributions only. If you have no
capital gains or losses other than capital
gain distributions from box 2a of
Form(s) 1099-DIV or substitute
statement(s), you must adjust your
foreign source capital gain distributions
if you are required to adjust your foreign
source qualified dividends under the
rules just described or you would be
required to adjust your foreign source
qualified dividends if you had any.
To adjust your foreign source capital
gain distributions, multiply your foreign
source capital gain distributions in each
separate category by 0.5357 if the
foreign source capital gain distributions
are taxed at a rate of 15%, and by
0.7143 if they are taxed at a rate of
20%. Include the results on line 1a of
the applicable AMT Form 1116.
You adjust your foreign source
capital gain distributions taxed at the 0%
rate by not including them on line 1a.
Amounts taxed at the 0% rate are on
line 11 of the Qualified Dividends and
Capital Gain Tax Worksheet in the Form
1040 instructions, line 9 of the Qualified
Dividends and Capital Gain Tax
Worksheet in the Form 1040NR
instructions, or line 20 of the
Schedule D Tax Worksheet.
Do not adjust the amount of
any foreign source capital gain
CAUTION
distributions you elected to
include on line 4g of AMT Form 4952.

!

Individuals with other capital
gains or losses. If any capital gain or
loss is different for the AMT, use
amounts as refigured for the AMT to
complete this step. Use Worksheet A in
the instructions for Form 1116 to
determine the adjustments you must
make to your foreign source capital
gains or losses (as refigured for the
AMT) if you have foreign source capital
gains or losses (as refigured for the
AMT) in no more than two separate
categories and any of the following
apply.
You are not required to make
adjustments to your foreign source
qualified dividends under the rules
described earlier (or you would not be
required to make those adjustments if

you had foreign source qualified
dividends).
Line 15 or 16 of the AMT Schedule D
(Form 1040) is zero or a loss.
On the AMT Qualified Dividends and
Capital Gain Tax Worksheet in the Form
1040 instructions, (a) line 3 of that
worksheet minus the amount on Form
4952, line 4e, that you elected to include
on Form 4952, line 4g, is zero or less,
(b) line 7 of that worksheet is zero, or (c)
line 25 of that worksheet is equal to or
greater than line 26.
On the AMT Qualified Dividends and
Capital Gain Tax Worksheet in the Form
1040NR instructions, (a) line 3 of that
worksheet is zero, (b) line 5 of that
worksheet is zero, or (c) line 23 of that
worksheet is equal to or greater than
line 24.
On the AMT Schedule D Tax
Worksheet (Form 1040), (a) line 18 is
zero, (b) line 9 is zero or less, or (c)
line 43 is equal to or greater than
line 44.
Use Worksheet B if you:
Cannot use Worksheet A,
Have foreign source capital gains and
losses in no more than two separate
categories,
Did not have any item of
unrecaptured section 1250 gain or 28%
rate gain or loss for the AMT, and
Do not have any capital gains taxed
at a rate of 0% or 20%.
Instructions for Worksheets A and
B. When you complete Worksheet A or
Worksheet B, use foreign source capital
gains and losses, as refigured for the
AMT if necessary, and do not use any
foreign source capital gains you elected
to include on line 4g of AMT Form 4952.
If you are required to complete a
Schedule D for the AMT, use line 16 of
that AMT Schedule D to complete line 3
of Worksheet A or line 4 of the Line 2
Worksheet for Worksheet B. Use
0.5357 instead of 0.3788 to complete
lines 11, 13, and 15 of Worksheet B and
to complete lines 8, 11, and 17 of the
Line 15 Worksheet for Worksheet B.
If you do not qualify to use
Worksheet A or Worksheet B, use the
instructions for Capital Gains and
Losses in Pub. 514 to determine the
adjustments you make.
Step 4. Complete Part II and lines 9
through 14 of the AMT Form 1116. Use
your AMTFTC carryover, if any, on
line 10.
Step 5. If the simplified limitation
election does not apply, complete lines
15 through 17 of the AMT Form 1116.

Step 6. If you did not complete Part III
of Form 6251, enter the amount from
line 28 of Form 6251 on line 18 of the
AMT Form 1116 and go to Step 7. If you
completed Part III of Form 6251, you
must complete, for the AMT, the
Worksheet for Line 18 in the Form 1116
instructions to determine the amount to
enter on line 18 of the AMT Form 1116
if:
Line 58 of Form 6251 is smaller than
line 59, and
Line 41 of Form 6251 is greater than
zero.
But you do not need to complete the
Worksheet for Line 18 if:
You qualify for the adjustment
exception under Qualified Dividends
and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet
(Individuals) or Adjustments to foreign
qualified dividends under Schedule D
Filers in the Form 1116 instructions, and
Line 41 of Form 6251 is not more
than $179,500 ($89,750 if married filing
separately).
Note. Use your 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.
If you do not need to complete the
Worksheet for Line 18, enter the amount
from line 28 of Form 6251 on line 18 of
the AMT Form 1116.
Instructions for AMT Worksheet
for Line 18. Follow these steps to
complete, for the AMT, the Worksheet
for Line 18 in the Form 1116
instructions.
1. Enter the amount from Form
6251, line 28, on line 1 of the worksheet.
2. Skip lines 2 and 3 of the
worksheet.
3. Enter the amount from Form
6251, line 56, on line 4 of the worksheet.
4. Multiply line 4 of the worksheet by
0.1071 (instead of 0.3687). Enter the
result on line 5 of the worksheet.
5. Enter the amount from Form
6251, line 53, on line 6 of the worksheet.
6. Multiply line 6 of the worksheet by
0.2857 (instead of 0.4949). Enter the
result on line 7 of the worksheet.
7. Enter the amount from Form
6251, line 50, on line 8 of the worksheet.
8. Multiply line 8 of the worksheet by
0.4643 (instead of 0.6212). Enter the
result on line 9 of the worksheet.
9. Enter the amount from Form
6251, line 47, on line 10 of the
worksheet.
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10. Complete lines 11 and 12 of the
worksheet as instructed on the
worksheet.
Step 7. Enter the amount from Form
6251, line 31, on the AMT Form 1116,
line 20. Complete lines 19, 21, and 22 of
the AMT Form 1116.
Step 8. Complete Part IV of the first
AMT Form 1116 only.
Enter on Form 6251, line 32, the
amount from line 30 of the first AMT
Form 1116.
Attach to your tax return, after Form
6251, all AMT Forms 1116 you used to
figure your AMTFTC. But do not attach
AMT Forms 1116 if your AMTFTC is the
same as your regular tax foreign tax
credit.

AMTFTC Carryback and
Carryforward
If your AMTFTC is limited, the unused
amount generally may be carried back
or forward according to section 904(c).
However, if you made the election to
claim the foreign tax credit on Form
1040 (or Form 1040NR) without filing
Form 1116, any unused AMTFTC
cannot be carried back or forward. In
addition, no unused AMTFTC from
another year can be used in any year for
which the election has been made.

Simplified Limitation Election
You may elect to use a simplified
section 904 limitation to figure your
AMTFTC. If you do, use your regular tax
income for Form 1116, Part I, instead of
refiguring your foreign source income
for the AMT, as described earlier. You
must make the election for the first tax
year after 1997 for which you claim an
AMTFTC. If you do not make the
election for that year, you 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.

Line 34

If you used Schedule J, Income
Averaging for Farmers and Fishermen,
to figure your tax on Form 1040, line 44
(or Form 1040NR, line 42), you must
refigure that tax (including any tax from
Form 8814) without using Schedule J
before completing this line. This is only
for Form 6251; do not change the
amount on Form 1040, line 44 (or Form
1040NR, line 42).

Form 1040NR. If you are filing Form
1040NR, enter the tax from Form
1040NR, line 42 (minus any tax from
Form 4972, Tax on Lump-Sum
Instructions for Form 6251 (2013)

Distributions, and any foreign tax credit
from Form 1040NR, line 45). If you used
Schedule J to figure your tax, the
amount on line 42 of Form 1040NR
must be refigured without using
Schedule J (see preceding paragraph).

Line 35

If you are filing Form 1040NR, enter the
amount from line 35 on Form 1040NR,
line 43.

Part III—Tax Computation
Using Maximum Capital
Gains Rates
Lines 37, 38, and 39

You generally can fill out lines 37, 38,
and 39 using the amounts from the
Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain
Tax Worksheet or the Schedule D Tax
Worksheet, whichever applies, and
Schedule D (Form 1040), if you
completed Schedule D. But do not use
those amounts if any of the following
statements apply.
1. The gain or loss from any
transaction reported on Form 8949 or
Schedule D is different for the AMT (for
example, because of a different basis
for the AMT due to depreciation
adjustments, an incentive stock option
adjustment, or a different AMT capital
loss carryover from 2012).
2. You did not complete either the
Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain
Tax Worksheet or the Schedule D Tax
Worksheet because Form 1040, line 43
(or Form 1040NR, line 41), is zero.
3. You 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 Beneficiaries of estates or
trusts. Then read the following
instructions.
If (1) applies, complete an AMT Form
8949. Next, if (1) or (3) applies,
complete lines 1 through 20 of an AMT
Schedule D. Then, if (1), (2), or (3)
applies, complete lines 2 through 6 of
an AMT Qualified Dividends and Capital
Gain Tax Worksheet or lines 2 through
13 of an AMT Schedule D Tax
Worksheet, whichever applies. (See
line 20 of your AMT Schedule D, if you
completed one, to determine which
worksheet applies.) Complete line 5 of
the AMT Qualified Dividends and
Capital Gain Tax Worksheet or lines 3
and 4 of the AMT Schedule D Tax
Worksheet, whichever applies, using
your AMT Form 4952. Use amounts
from Schedule D or the AMT
Schedule D, whichever applies, and
Instructions for Form 6251 (2013)

either the AMT Qualified Dividends and
Capital Gain Tax Worksheet or the AMT
Schedule D Tax Worksheet, whichever
applies, to complete lines 37, 38, and 39
of Form 6251. Keep the AMT Form
8949, AMT Schedule D, and the
applicable AMT worksheet for your
records, but do not attach any of them to
your tax return.
Note. Do not decrease your section
1202 exclusion by the amount, if any, on
line 13.
Forms 2555 and 2555-EZ. If you are
filing either of these forms and you have
a capital gain excess, you must
complete Part III of Form 6251 with
certain modifications. To see if you have
a capital gain excess, subtract Form
6251, line 30, from line 6 of your AMT
Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain
Tax Worksheet (or line 10 of your AMT
Schedule D Tax Worksheet). If the
result is greater than zero, that amount
is your capital gain excess.
If you have capital gain excess, figure
the amounts to enter on lines 37, 38,
and 39 of Form 6251 using the following
modifications (only for purposes of Part
III of Form 6251).
1. Reduce the amount you would
otherwise enter on line 3 of your AMT
Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain
Tax Worksheet or line 9 of your AMT
Schedule D Tax Worksheet (but not
below zero) by your capital gain excess.
2. Reduce the amount you would
otherwise enter on line 2 of your AMT
Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain
Tax Worksheet or line 6 of your AMT
Schedule D Tax Worksheet (but not
below zero) by any of your capital gain
excess not used in (1).
3. Reduce the amount on your AMT
Schedule D (Form 1040), line 18, (but
not below zero) by your capital gain
excess.
4. Include your capital gain excess
as a loss on line 16 of your AMT
Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain
Worksheet in the Instructions for
Schedule D (Form 1040).
Also see the instructions for line 44.
Beneficiaries of estates or trusts. If
you received a Schedule K-1 (Form
1041) that shows an adjustment in
box 12, follow the instructions in the
following table.

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IF the code in
box 12 is...

THEN include that
adjustment in figuring the
amount on...

B

line 2 of an AMT Qualified
Dividends and Capital Gain
Tax Worksheet or an AMT
Schedule D Tax Worksheet,
whichever applies.

C

line 5, column (h), of an AMT
Schedule D.

D

line 12, column (h), 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.

Form 1040NR. If you are filing Form
1040NR, enter on Form 6251, line 37,
the amount from line 4 of the Qualified
Dividends and Capital Gain Tax
Worksheet in the instructions for Form
1040NR, line 42, or the amount from
line 13 of the Schedule D Tax
Worksheet in the instructions for
Schedule D (Form 1040), whichever
applies (as refigured for the AMT, if
necessary).

Line 42

If you are filing Form 1040NR and Form
6251, line 41, is $179,500 or less
($89,750 or less if you checked filing
status box 3, 4, or 5), multiply line 41 by
26% (.26). Otherwise, multiply line 41 by
28% (.28) and subtract $3,590 ($1,795
if you checked filing status box 3, 4, or
5) from the result.

Line 43

If you are filing Form 1040NR, enter
$36,250 ($72,500 if you checked filing
status box 6).

Line 44

If you are filing Form 1040NR, enter on
Form 6251, line 44, the amount from
line 5 of the Qualified Dividends and
Capital Gain Tax Worksheet in the
instructions for Form 1040NR, line 42,
or the amount from line 14 of the
Schedule D Tax Worksheet in the
instructions for Schedule D (Form
1040), whichever applies (as figured for
the regular tax). If you did not complete
either worksheet for the regular tax,
enter the amount from Form 1040NR,
line 41; but do not enter less than -0-.

Forms 2555 and 2555-EZ. If you are
filing either of these forms and you did
not complete either the Qualified
Dividends and Capital Gain Tax
Worksheet or the Schedule D Tax
Worksheet for the regular tax, enter the

amount from line 3 of the Foreign
Earned Income Tax Worksheet in the
Form 1040 instructions (as figured for
the regular tax).

Line 49

Complete the Line 49 Worksheet to
figure the amount to enter on this line.
If you are filing Form 1040NR, enter
on line 3 of the Line 49 Worksheet, the
amount from line 5 of the Qualified
Dividends and Capital Gain Tax
Worksheet in the instructions for Form
1040NR, line 42, or the amount from
line 19 of the Schedule D Tax
Worksheet in the instructions for
Schedule D (Form 1040), whichever
applies (as figured for the regular tax). If
you did not complete either worksheet
for the regular tax, enter the amount
from Form 1040NR, line 41; but do not
enter less than -0-.

Line 59

If you are filing Form 1040NR and Form
6251, line 36, is $179,500 or less
($89,750 or less if you checked filing
status box 3, 4, or 5), multiply line 36 by
26% (.26). Otherwise, multiply line 36 by
28% (.28) and subtract $3,590 ($1,795
if you checked filing status box 3, 4, or
5) from the result.

Line 49 Worksheet
1. Enter:
$400,000 if single
$225,000 if married filing separately
$450,000 if married filing jointly or
qualifying widow(er)
$425,000 if head of household

Keep for Your Records

. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.

2. Enter the amount from Form 6251, line 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.
3. Enter the amount from line 7 of the Qualified Dividends
and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet in the instructions for
Form 1040, line 44, or the amount from line 19 of the
Schedule D Tax Worksheet, whichever applies (as figured
for the regular tax). If you did not complete either
worksheet for the regular tax, enter the amount from Form
1040, line 43; but do not enter less than -0-. If you did not
complete either worksheet for the regular tax and you are
filing Form 2555 or Form 2555-EZ, enter the amount from
line 3 of the Foreign Earned Income Tax Worksheet in the
Form 1040 instructions (as figured for the regular
tax) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.
4. Add line 2 and line 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.
5. Subtract line 4 from line 1 and enter the result here and on
line 49, but do not enter less than -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.

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