Instructions for Form 8895 |
2006 Tax Year |
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The form and instructions contain references to specific lines on Form 1120. If you are filing Form 1120-L, 1120-PC, or 990-C,
use the comparable
line of your tax return for the line referenced for Form 1120.
Note.
If you are a domestic life insurance company filing Form 1120-L, you are not eligible for the section 965 DRD with respect
to any amount added to
life insurance company taxable income by reason of section 814(e)(2) (dealing with contiguous country branches). See Notice
2005-38, Section 9.02.
Note also.
If you are a corporation filing Form 1120S, you are not eligible to claim the section 965 DRD. See section 1373(a).
Part I–Qualifying Information
See Notice 2005-10, Section 4, for detailed information about domestic reinvestment plans (DRPs).
If the corporation is a member of a controlled group, see Notice 2005-38, Sections 2.03 and 4, and Notice 2005-64, Section
10.03. Also see Notice
2005-64, Section 10.04, for information relating to restatements of financial statements.
Part II–Dividends Received Deduction
Enter the gross “cash dividends” the corporation received from all CFCs during the tax year. See Notice 2005-10, Section 3, Notice 2005-38,
Section 9.06, and Notice 2005-64, Section 3.01, regarding “cash dividends.”
Line 3. Section 965(b)(1) Limit
If the corporation is a member of a controlled group, see Notice 2005-38, Sections 2.03 and 4, and Notice 2005-64, Section
10.03.
Line 5. Section 965(b)(2) Limit
Subtract line 4 from line 1. If zero or less, the corporation is not entitled to claim the section 965 DRD and should not
file Form 8895.
Line 6. Section 965(b)(4) Limit
Enter amounts to be reinvested in the United States under a DRP. See Notice 2005-10, Sections 5, 6, and 8, for detailed information.
Also see
Notice 2005-38, Sections 2.05, 8, 9.03, 9.05, 10, and 11, and Notice 2005-64, Sections 10 and 11.
Lines 8 Through 10. Section 965(b)(3) Limit
For purposes of determining related party indebtedness of the CFC on lines 8 and 9, all CFCs with respect to which the corporation
is a U.S.
shareholder are treated as a single CFC. Also, for these purposes, use the definition of “related person” in section 954(d)(3). For more
information, see Notice 2005-38, Sections 2.04, 7, and 10, and Notice 2005-64, Section 10.
Line 11. Qualifying Dividends
Subtract line 10 from line 7. If zero or less, the corporation is not entitled to claim the section 965 DRD and should not
file Form 8895.
Line 11 is the portion of the gross “cash dividends” reported on line 1 that qualify for the DRD (after taking into account all of the limits
contained in sections 965(b)(1) through (4)). If line 11 is more than zero, enter it on Form 1120, Schedule C, line 12, column
(a) (dividends from
CFCs subject to the 85% deduction).
Section 965(c)(4) states that no deduction is allowed under section 243 or 245 for any dividend for which a deduction is allowed
under section 965.
As such, do not enter on Form 1120, Schedule C, lines 3, 6, 7, 8, or 11, any amount from Form 8895, line 11 (which is carried
over to Form 1120,
Schedule C, line 12).
Enter all section 965(a)(2) amounts included on line 11. See the instructions for Part V beginning on page 3. These amounts
are included on Form
1120, Schedule C, line 12, column (a). Do not include on Form 1120, Schedule C, line 14, column (a), any section 965(a)(2)
amount included on Form
1120, Schedule C, line 12, column (a).
Line 13. Deductible Portion of Qualifying Dividends
Multiply line 11 by 85%. This is the deductible portion of line 11 qualifying dividends.
Note.
The corporation cannot take a foreign tax credit or deduction for foreign taxes paid, accrued, or deemed paid on line 13 dividends.
See the
instructions for Part IV on page 3 for additional information.
Line 14. Expenses Disallowed Under Section 965(d)(2) With Respect to Line 13 Amount
Enter the amount of expenses disallowed under section 965(d)(2) with respect to the amount entered on line 13. See Notice
2005-38, Section 9.01,
and Notice 2005-64, Section 5, for additional information.
Do not include any of these line 14 expenses on Form 1120 (i.e., page 1, lines 12 through 27; Schedule A; or any other expense
or deduction line of
Form 1120).
Line 15. Nondeductible CFC Dividends
Subtract line 13 from line 11. (This also equals 15% of line 11.) The amount entered on line 15 is the amount of nondeductible
CFC dividends (as
defined in section 965(e)(3)). The corporation's taxable income (Form 1120, line 30) cannot be less than this amount (see
section 965(e)(2)(A)). For
more information, see Notice 2005-64, Section 7.
Part III–Regular Tax Liability for Computing Credit Limitations and Alternative Minimum Tax
Line 16. Corporation's Taxable Income
Enter the corporation's taxable income from Form 1120, line 30.
Section 965(e)(2)(B) states that nondeductible CFC dividends are not taken into account in determining:
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Taxable income for the current year for purposes of determining the portion of the NOL of any “loss year” that may be carried over to
the current tax year and
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The amount of any NOL for the current tax year that may be carried over to other tax years.
Therefore, if the corporation's taxable income before the NOL deduction (i.e., Form 1120, line 28, minus Form 1120, line 29b)
exceeds the amount of
nondeductible CFC dividends reported on Form 8895, line 15, use the excess amount for purposes of determining the portion
of the NOL of any “loss
year” that may be carried over to the current tax year. If the corporation's taxable income before the NOL deduction (i.e., Form
1120, line 28,
minus Form 1120, line 29b) is less than or equal to Form 8895, line 15, the corporation is not entitled to an NOL deduction
for the current tax year.
In this case, enter on Form 1120, line 30, the amount from Form 8895, line 15, and enter -0- on Form 1120, line 29a. Use the
excess of Form 1120, line
30, over the corporation's taxable income before the NOL deduction (i.e., Form 1120, line 28, minus Form 1120, line 29b) as
the NOL for the current
tax year that may be carried over to other tax years.
Enter the smaller of line 18 or 35% of line 15. This is the corporation's tax on nondeductible CFC dividends. This tax amount
may only be reduced
by the foreign tax credit and the credit for prior year minimum tax. See section 965(e)(1) and How to Compute Business Credits below for
details.
Subtract line 19 from line 18. This is the corporation's tax on income other than nondeductible CFC dividends. This tax amount
will be used in
computing all of the corporation's credits other than the foreign tax credit and the credit for prior year minimum tax.
Enter the portion of the foreign tax credit that is eligible to reduce the tax on nondeductible CFC dividends. Enter the amount
from Part IV, line
38, on Form 8895, line 21. If Part IV was completed for more than one separate category, enter the sum of all amounts entered
on Part IV, line 38, on
Form 8895, line 21.
In the rare event that the sum of all amounts entered on Part IV, line 38, exceeds the amount shown on line 19, enter on line
21 the amount shown
on line 19.
Subtract line 21 from line 19. This is the amount of tax on nondeductible CFC dividends that remains after being reduced by
the applicable portion
of the foreign tax credit. You will need this number to compute the credit limit on the credit for prior year minimum tax
and the qualified zone
academy bond credit (see How to Compute Business Credits below). The only remaining credit (after the foreign tax credit) that may be used
to reduce this line 22 amount is the credit for the prior year minimum tax. Do not use any of the intervening credits (defined
below) to reduce this
line 22 amount.
Intervening credits.
These credits include any credit that a corporation may take that is ordered between the foreign tax credit and the
credit for prior year minimum
tax. Intervening credits include the possessions tax credit, the nonconventional source fuel credit, the QEV credit, and the
general business credits.
Subtract line 21 from line 39. This is the portion of the foreign tax credit that reduces the tax on taxable income excluding
nondeductible CFC
dividends. You will need this number when computing the credit limit on all of your intervening credits (see How to Compute Business
Credits below).
Line 25. Alternative Minimum Tax
Complete the corporation's alternative minimum tax (AMT) on Form 4626 as follows:
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Enter on Form 4626, line 1, the amount from Form 8895, line 17, plus the NOL deduction from Form 1120, line 29a (which is
computed using the
NOL rules in the instructions for line 16 above).
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Enter on Form 4626, line 11, the portion of the AMTFTC that is attributable to income other than nondeductible CFC dividends.
See Notice
2005-64, Section 9.02, 9.03, 9.05, and 9.06, Examples 2, 5, and 6, for additional information.
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Enter on Form 4626, line 13, the amount from Form 8895, line 24, minus the possessions tax credit (computed using the rules
described in
How to Compute Business Credits below).
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Do not take nondeductible CFC dividends (or the tax thereon) into account on any line of Form 4626.
The above steps produce the AMT computed without regard to nondeductible CFC dividends. Enter this AMT amount on Form 8895,
line 25, and on Form
1120, Schedule J, line 4.
See Notice 2005-38, Section 9.01, and Notice 2005-64, Sections 9.02, 9.03, 9.05, and 9.06, for more information.
How to Compute Business Credits
Section 965(e)(1) indicates that, for purposes of computing every business credit other than the foreign tax credit and the
credit for prior year
minimum tax, “regular tax” does not include any tax “by reason of” nondeductible CFC dividends. The ordering of the credits further
complicates the calculation of any business credit the corporation may be entitled to claim. Taking these rules into account,
complete the applicable
forms for the business credits as follows:
Foreign tax credit.
See the instructions for Part IV on page 3.
Possessions tax credit.
Complete Form 5735 as instructed on that form, with the following exception: Do not include on Form 5735, line 14,
any tax on nondeductible CFC
dividends (Form 8895, Part III, line 19). Enter the credit from Form 5735, line 17 or 27, on Form 1120, Schedule J, line 6b.
All other intervening credits.
See the instructions for line 22 above for the definition of intervening credit. To compute these credits, complete
the applicable form(s) as
instructed on that form(s), with the following exceptions:
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On the “regular tax before credits” line of the applicable credit form, you must enter the tax on taxable income excluding
nondeductible CFC dividends (Form 8895, Part III, line 20). This is because you may not use the amount of any business credit
(other than the foreign
tax credit or the credit for prior year minimum tax) to reduce the tax on nondeductible CFC dividends. See section 965(e)(1).
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If there is an “alternative minimum tax” line on the credit form, you must enter on that line the amount from Form 8895, line
25.
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On the “foreign tax credit” line, you must enter only the amount of the foreign tax credit that reduces the tax on taxable income
excluding nondeductible CFC dividends (Form 8895, line 23).
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If there is a “tentative minimum tax” line on the credit form, you must enter on that line the amount from Form 4626, line 12
(calculated in accordance with the instructions for line 25 above).
Enter the credit from that form on the applicable line of Form 1120, Schedule J.
Example.
The corporation completes Form 3800, General Business Credit, as instructed on that form, with the following exceptions:
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Enter the amount from Form 8895, line 20, on Form 3800, line 9 (regular tax before credits).
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Enter the amount from Form 8895, line 25, on Form 3800, line 10 (alternative minimum tax).
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Enter the amount from Form 8895, line 23, on Form 3800, line 12a (foreign tax credit).
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Enter the amount from Form 4626, line 12 (calculated in accordance with the instructions for line 25 on page 2) on Form 3800,
line 16
(tentative minimum tax).
Include the credit from Form 3800, line 19, on Form 1120, Schedule J, line 6d.
Credit for prior year minimum tax.
Complete Form 8827, Credit for Prior Year Minimum Tax–Corporations, as instructed on that form, with the following
exception: If the answer
to the question on line 6 is “ No,” enter on Form 8827, line 6, the tentative minimum tax for the current year determined as if the amount of
nondeductible CFC dividends was included on Form 4626, line 1, and the creditable tax attributable to nondeductible CFC dividends
was included on Form
4626, line 11. For more information, see Notice 2005-64, Section 9.04.
Enter the amount from Form 8827, line 8, on Form 1120, Schedule J, line 6e.
Qualified zone academy bond credit.
If the corporation is claiming a qualified zone academy bond credit, complete Form 8860 as instructed on that form,
with the following exceptions:
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Enter the amount from Form 8895, line 20, on Form 8860, line 4 (regular tax before credits).
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Enter the amount from Form 8895, line 25, on Form 8860, line 5 (alternative minimum tax).
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Enter the amount from Form 8895, line 23, on Form 8860, line 7a (foreign tax credit).
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Enter the excess, if any, of the amount from Form 8827, line 8, over the amount from Form 8895, line 22, on Form 8860, line
7g (credit for
prior year minimum tax).
Enter the amount from Form 8860, line 9, on Form 1120, Schedule J, line 6f.
Part IV–Foreign Tax Credit–Additional Limitation for Separate Categories With Nondeductible CFC Dividends
See Notice 2005-64 for rules pertaining to the foreign tax credit and expense allocation.
Complete the following steps to determine the corporation's foreign tax credit.
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Complete a preliminary Form 1118. In doing so, complete Form 1118 as instructed on that form and accompanying instructions,
and be sure
to:
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Include in Schedule A, column 2 or 3, as applicable, all dividends received or deemed received from CFCs (regardless of whether
they qualify
for the section 965 DRD or whether they are deductible or nondeductible under section 965).
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Use the amount on Form 8895, line 18, with respect to the portion of Form 1118, Schedule B, Part II, line 9, which refers
to “regular tax
liability.”
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Pencil in (or otherwise tentatively show) the corporation's preliminary foreign tax credit amounts on Form 1118, Schedule
B, Part
III.
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Include on Schedule G, line E, all taxes paid, accrued, or deemed paid that are attributable to the deductible portion of
qualifying
dividends (Form 8895, line 13).
With respect to the last bulleted item above, the corporation may specifically identify which dividends are treated as qualifying
dividends. This
specific identification is made by entering the qualifying dividends on Form 8895, Part V, column (e). In the absence of such
a specification, a pro
rata portion of each cash dividend repatriated during the tax year is treated as a qualifying dividend. See Notice 2005-64,
Section 3.02. The
corporation may not claim a credit or deduction for 85% of the foreign taxes paid, accrued, or deemed paid with respect to
qualifying dividends. See
Notice 2005-64, Section 4, for more information.
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Complete Form 8895, Part IV, lines 26 through 37, for each separate category that contains nondeductible CFC dividends. If
you have
nondeductible CFC dividends in more than one separate category, attach additional Parts IV to Form 8895. Complete lines 26
through 37 using the
following line instructions.
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Line 28. Subtract line 27 from Schedule B, Part II, line 6, of the corporation's preliminary Form 1118 (see step 1 above). This
is the corporation's foreign source taxable income exclusive of the nondeductible CFC dividends in the separate category.
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Line 29. Subtract line 27 from Schedule B, Part II, line 7c, of the corporation's preliminary Form 1118 (see step 1 above). This
is the corporation's worldwide taxable income exclusive of the nondeductible CFC dividends in the separate category.
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Line 32. Subtract line 31 from Schedule B, Part II, line 9, of the corporation's preliminary Form 1118 (see step 1 above). This
is the corporation's pre-credit U.S. tax on its worldwide taxable income exclusive of the nondeductible CFC dividends in the
separate
category.
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Line 36. Enter the foreign tax credit computed for the separate category on the corporation's preliminary Form 1118, Schedule B,
Part III. The corporation's preliminary Form 1118 is the Form 1118 referred to in step 1 above.
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Line 37. Enter the smaller of line 35 or line 36. This is the corporation's allowable foreign tax credit for the separate
category (the lesser of the corporation's regular section 904 limitation or the section 965(e) limitation for the separate
category). If line 35 is
smaller than line 36, substitute the revised credit amount from this line 37 for the amount tentatively figured on the applicable
line of Schedule B,
Part III, of the corporation's preliminary Form 1118. Enter on the dotted line to the left of the applicable entry space “from Form 8895, Part IV,
line 37.”
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Compute the corporation's revised foreign tax credit for all separate categories and enter the result on Form 8895, line 39,
and on Form
1120, Schedule J, line 6a. See the instructions for line 39 below for details.
For additional information, see Notice 2005-64, Section 9.02.
Enter the smaller of line 31 or line 34. This amount is used to determine the portion of the foreign tax credit that may be
used to reduce the tax
on nondeductible CFC dividends (see instructions for line 21 on page 2).
Enter the corporation's revised foreign tax credit on line 39. If the corporation entered revised amounts on Schedule B, Part
III, of its
preliminary Form 1118 (see the instructions for line 37 above), refigure Form 1118, Schedule B, Part III, lines 9, 10, and
11, and enter the revised
amount of the foreign tax credit (Form 1118, Schedule B, Part III, line 11) on Form 8895, line 39, and on Form 1120, Schedule
J, line 6a. Otherwise,
enter the amount of the foreign credit from Schedule B, Part III, line 11, of the corporation's preliminary Form 1118 on Form
8895, line 39, and on
Form 1120, Schedule J, line 6a (i.e., the amounts computed in the corporation's preliminary Form 1118, Schedule B, Part III,
are the amounts to be
used on the corporation's actual Form 1118, Schedule B, Part III).
The amount on Form 8895, line 39, is generally not the amount to enter on the foreign tax credit line of most business credit forms. See
the instructions for line 23 on page 2 and How to Compute Business Credits on page 2 for details.
Part V–Schedule of Dividends
List in Part V all gross “cash dividends” the corporation received from all CFCs during the tax year. See Notice 2005-64, Section 3.01, for
more information.
Enter in column (c) the functional currency amount and the U.S. dollar amount of all gross “cash dividends” the corporation received from all
CFCs during the tax year. See Notice 2005-64, Section 3.04, for more information. The total of column (c)(2) should equal
the amount reported on line
1 of the form.
For each cash dividend reported in Part V, check the box in column (d) if the dividend is a section 965(a)(2) amount. Section
965(a)(2) provides
that if, within the tax year for which the section 965 election is in effect, the corporate U.S. shareholder receives a cash
distribution from a CFC
that is excluded from gross income under section 959(a), such distribution shall be treated for purposes of section 965 as
a cash dividend to the
extent of any amount included in income by such U.S. shareholder under section 951(a)(1)(A) as a result of any cash dividend
during such tax year to:
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Such CFC from another CFC that is in a chain of ownership described in section 958(a) or
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Any other CFC in such chain of ownership from another CFC in such chain of ownership, but only to the extent of cash distributions
described
in section 959(b) that are made during such tax year to the CFC from which such U.S. shareholder received such distribution.
If stock of an acquiring CFC is deemed to be issued to another CFC pursuant to section 304(a)(1), the acquiring CFC is treated
as being in a chain
of ownership described in section 958(a) for purposes of applying section 965(a)(2). See Notice 2005-38, Section 9.04, for
an example.
Attach to Form 8895 a statement that identifies the lower tier CFC that paid the cash dividend and the CFC that received the
dividend, resulting in
the U.S. shareholder's income inclusion, and distributed cash (whether directly or through one or more tiers of CFCs) to the
corporate U.S.
shareholder.
Show in column (e) which column (c)(2) line amounts the corporation is specifically identifying as qualifying dividends. For
any line amount
specified, the amount entered in column (e) will generally equal the amount in column (c)(2). However, on one line only, the
amount entered in column
(e) may be smaller than the amount entered in column (c)(2), if that smaller column (e) amount is the amount needed to reconcile
the total of all
amounts entered in column (e) with the amount of qualifying dividends reported on line 11 of the form. See Notice 2005-64,
Section 3.02, for more
information.
Part VI–Section 965(b)(2) Base Period Amount
Note.
If the corporation has fewer than 5 tax years in its base period (i.e., tax years ending on or before June 30, 2003), the
corporation's base period
includes all of its tax years ending on or before June 30, 2003. In this case:
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Do not complete lines 47 through 50.
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On line 51, divide line 46 by the number of base period years of the corporation.
See Notice 2005-38, Sections 2.02, 3, 6, and 10, for rules for adjusting the calculation of the amounts to be entered in columns
(a) through (c) to
take into account mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs. Do not take into account any changes in amounts reported on an amended
return filed after June
30, 2003. See Notice 2005-64, Section 10.02, for additional information.
Enter the amount of dividends the corporation received during each tax year from all CFCs.
Enter the total amount includible in the corporation's gross income for each tax year under section 951(a)(1)(B) with respect
to all CFCs.
Enter the total amount that would have been included in the corporation's gross income for each tax year with respect to all
CFCs but for section
959(a). For any tax year, do not include in column (c) any distribution that is attributable to an amount included in column
(b) for a prior tax year.
Divide line 50 by 3. If the corporation has fewer than 5 tax years in its base period, see the Note at the beginning of these Part VI
instructions. Enter the line 51 amount on line 4 of the form.
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