Sch R (1040) Credit for the Elderly or the Disabled

Schedule R

Credit for the Elderly or the Disabled

(Form 1040)

1040
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1040-SR
Attach to Form 1040 or 1040-SR.
▶ Go to www.irs.gov/ScheduleR for instructions and the latest information.
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Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service (99)

OMB No. 1545-0074

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2020

R

Name(s) shown on return

Attachment
Sequence No. 16
Your social security number

You may be able to take this credit and reduce your tax if by the end of 2020:
• You were age 65 or older
or
• You were under age 65, you retired on permanent and total disability, and
you received taxable disability income.
But you must also meet other tests. See instructions.
TIP

In most cases, the IRS can figure the credit for you. See instructions.

Part I
Check the Box for Your Filing Status and Age
If your filing status is:
And by the end of 2020:
Single,
Head of household, or
Qualifying widow(er)

Check only one box:

1 You were 65 or older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1

2 You were under 65 and you retired on permanent and total disability

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2

3 Both spouses were 65 or older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

4 Both spouses were under 65, but only one spouse retired on permanent and
total disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4
Married filing
jointly

5 Both spouses were under 65, and both retired on permanent and total
disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5
6 One spouse was 65 or older, and the other spouse was under 65 and retired
on permanent and total disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6
7 One spouse was 65 or older, and the other spouse was under 65 and not
retired on permanent and total disability . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7

Married filing
separately

Did you check
box 1, 3, 7, or 8?

8 You were 65 or older and you lived apart from your spouse for all of 2020 . .

8

9 You were under 65, you retired on permanent and total disability, and you
lived apart from your spouse for all of 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . .
9

Yes

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Skip Part II and complete Part III on the back.

No

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Complete Parts II and III.

Part II
Statement of Permanent and Total Disability (Complete only if you checked box 2, 4, 5, 6, or 9 above.)
If: 1 You filed a physician’s statement for this disability for 1983 or an earlier year, or you filed or got a
statement for tax years after 1983 and your physician signed line B on the statement, and

2 Due to your continued disabled condition, you were unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity
in 2020, check this box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ▶
• If you checked this box, you don’t have to get another statement for 2020.
• If you didn’t check this box, have your physician complete the statement in the instructions. You must
keep the statement for your records.
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see your tax return instructions.

Cat. No. 11359K

Schedule R (Form 1040) 2020

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Schedule R (Form 1040) 2020

Part III
Figure Your Credit
10 If you checked (in Part I):
Enter:
Box 1, 2, 4, or 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000
Box 3, 5, or 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500
Box 8 or 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,750
Did you check
box 2, 4, 5, 6,
or 9 in Part I?
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Yes

▶ You must complete line 11.

No

▶ Enter the amount from line 10

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on line 12 and go to line 13.
If you checked (in Part I):
• Box 6, add $5,000 to the taxable disability income of the
spouse who was under age 65. Enter the total.
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• Box 2, 4, or 9, enter your taxable disability income.
• Box 5, add your taxable disability income to your spouse’s
taxable disability income. Enter the total.

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For more details on what to include on line 11, see Figure Your Credit in the instructions.

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If you completed line 11, enter the smaller of line 10 or line 11. All others, enter the amount
from line 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13 Enter the following pensions, annuities, or disability income that you
(and your spouse if filing jointly) received in 2020.
a Nontaxable part of social security benefits and nontaxable part of
railroad retirement benefits treated as social security (see instructions) 13a
b Nontaxable veterans’ pensions and any other pension, annuity, or
disability benefit that is excluded from income under any other
13b
provision of law (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
c Add lines 13a and 13b. (Even though these income items aren’t
taxable, they must be included here to figure your credit.) If you didn’t
receive any of the types of nontaxable income listed on line 13a or
13c
13b, enter -0- on line 13c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14 Enter the amount from Form 1040 or 1040-SR,
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line 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15 If you checked (in Part I):
Enter:
Box 1 or 2 . . . . . . . . .
$7,500
15
Box 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 . . . . . . $10,000
Box 8 or 9 . . . . . . . . .
$5,000
16 Subtract line 15 from line 14. If zero or less, enter
16
-0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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17 Enter one-half of line 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18 Add lines 13c and 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19 Subtract line 18 from line 12. If zero or less, stop; you can’t take the credit. Otherwise,
go to line 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20 Multiply line 19 by 15% (0.15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21 Tax liability limit. Enter the amount from the Credit Limit Worksheet in the instructions . .
22 Credit for the elderly or the disabled. Enter the smaller of line 20 or line 21. Also enter
this amount on Schedule 3 (Form 1040), line 6 (check box c and enter “Sch R” on the line
next to that box) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Schedule R (Form 1040) 2020