Schedule I - Alternative Minimum Tax - Estates and Trusts

2009

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

Instructions for Schedule I
(Form 1041)
Alternative Minimum Tax—Estates and Trusts
Section references are to the Internal
Revenue Code unless otherwise noted.

General Instructions
What’s New
Interest on private activity bonds issued
in 2009 or 2010 is not a tax preference
item. See the line 8 instructions.

Purpose of Schedule
Use Schedule I (Form 1041) to
compute:
• The estate’s or trust’s alternative
minimum taxable income;
• The income distribution deduction on
a minimum tax basis; and
• The estate’s or trust’s AMT.

Who Must Complete
Schedule I (Form 1041)

• Complete Parts I and II if the estate

or trust is required to complete Form
1041, Schedule B, Income Distribution
Deduction.
• Complete Schedule I if the estate’s or
trust’s share of alternative minimum
taxable income (Part I, line 29) exceeds
$22,500.
• Complete Schedule I if the estate or
trust claims a credit on line 2d of Form
1041, Schedule G; Part I of Form 3800;
Form 8844; or Form 8911.

Recordkeeping
Schedule I contains adjustments and
tax preference items that are treated
differently for regular tax and AMT
purposes. If you, as fiduciary for the
estate or trust, completed a form to
figure an item for regular tax purposes,
you may have to complete it a second
time for AMT purposes. Generally, the
difference between the amounts on the
two forms is the AMT adjustment or tax
preference item to enter on Schedule I.
Except for Form 1116, Foreign Tax
Credit, any additional form completed
for AMT purposes does not have to be
filed with Form 1041.
For regular tax purposes, some
deductions and credits may result in
carrybacks or carryforwards to other tax
years. Examples are investment
interest expense, a net operating loss

deduction (NOLD), a capital loss, and
the foreign tax credit. Because these
items may be refigured for the AMT, the
carryback or carryforward amount may
be different for regular and AMT
purposes. Therefore, you should keep
records of these different carryforward
and carryback amounts for the AMT
and regular tax. The AMT carryforward
will be important in completing
Schedule I for 2010.

Credit for Prior Year
Minimum Tax
Estates and trusts that paid AMT in
2008, or had a minimum tax credit
carryforward from the 2008 Form 8801,
Credit for Prior Year Minimum
Tax — Individuals, Estates, and Trusts,
may be eligible for a minimum tax credit
in 2009. See Form 8801.

Partners and Shareholders
An estate or trust that is a partner in a
partnership or a shareholder in an S
corporation must take into account its
share of items of income and
deductions that enter into the
computation of its adjustments and tax
preference items.

Allocation of Deductions to
Beneficiaries
The distributable net alternative
minimum taxable income (DNAMTI) of
the estate or trust does not include
amounts of depreciation, depletion, and
amortization that are allocated to the
beneficiaries, just as the distributable
net income of the estate or trust does
not include these items for regular tax
purposes.
Report separately in box 12 of
Schedule K-1 (Form 1041) any
adjustments or tax preference items
attributable to depreciation (code G),
depletion (code H), and amortization
(code I) that were allocated to the
beneficiaries.

Optional Write-Off for Certain
Expenditures
There is no AMT adjustment for the
following items if the estate or trust
elects to deduct them ratably over the
period of time shown for the regular tax.
Cat. No. 51559W

• Circulation expenditures — 3 years
(section 173).
• Research and experimental
expenditures — 10 years (section 174).
• Intangible drilling costs — 60 months
(section 263(c)).
• Mining exploration and development
costs — 10 years (sections 616(a) and
617(a)).
The election must be made in the
year the expenditure was made and
may be revoked only with IRS consent.
See section 59(e) and Regulations
section 1.59-1 for more details.

Specific Instructions
Part I—Estate’s or
Trust’s Share of
Alternative Minimum
Taxable Income
Line 2—Interest
In determining the alternative minimum
taxable income, qualified residence
interest (other than qualified housing
interest defined in section 56(e)) is not
allowed.
If you completed Form 4952,
Investment Interest Expense
Deduction, for regular tax purposes,
you may have an adjustment on this
line. Refigure your investment interest
expense on a separate AMT Form
4952 as follows.
Step 1. On line 1 of the AMT Form
4952, follow the instructions for that
line, but also include the following
amounts.
• Any qualified residence interest
(other than qualified housing interest)
that was paid or accrued on a loan or
part of a loan that is allocable to
property held for investment as defined
in 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 interest on specified
private activity bonds had been
included in income. See the instructions

for line 8 for the definition of specified
private activity bonds.
Step 2. On line 2, enter the AMT
disallowed investment interest expense
from 2008.
Step 3. When completing Part II of the
AMT Form 4952, refigure gross income
from property held for investment, any
net gain from the disposition of property
held for investment, net capital gain
from the disposition of property held for
investment, and any investment
expenses, taking into account all AMT
adjustments and tax preference items
that apply. Include any interest income
and investment expenses from private
activity bonds issued after August 7,
1986.
When completing line 4g of the AMT
Form 4952, enter the smaller of:
• The amount from line 4g of the
regular tax Form 4952, or
• The total of lines 4b and 4e of the
AMT Form 4952.
Step 4. Complete Part III.
Enter on Schedule I, line 2 the
difference between line 8 of the AMT
Form 4952 and line 8 of the regular tax
Form 4952. If the AMT deduction is
greater, enter the difference as a
negative amount.

Line 3—Taxes
Enter any state, local, or foreign real
property taxes; state or local personal
property taxes; any state sales tax; and
any state, local, or foreign income taxes
that were included on Form 1041, page
1, line 11.
Do not include any new motor

TIP vehicle taxes.

Line 5—Refund of Taxes
Enter any refunds received in 2009 of
taxes described for line 3 above and
included in income.

Line 6—Depletion
Refigure the depletion deduction for
AMT purposes by using only the
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, the 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 the
estate or trust is an independent
producer or royalty owner claiming
percentage depletion for oil and gas
wells. Figure this limit separately for
each property. When refiguring the
property’s adjusted basis, take into
account any AMT adjustments made
this year or in previous years that affect

basis (other than the current year’s
depletion).
Enter on line 6 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 7—Net Operating Loss
Deduction
Enter any NOLD from line 15a of page
1 of the Form 1041 as a positive
amount.

Line 8—Interest From
Specified Private Activity
Bonds Exempt From the
Regular Tax
Enter the interest earned 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 regular tax purposes. Each payer of
this type of interest should send a Form
1099-INT, Interest Income, to the estate
or trust showing the amount of this
interest in box 9. Generally, specified
private activity bonds are any qualified
bonds (as defined in section 141)
issued after August 7, 1986, and before
2009, the interest on which is not
includible in gross income for the
regular tax. See section 57(a)(5) for
more information.
Do not include interest on qualified
Gulf Opportunity Zone bonds described
in section 1400N(a) or qualified
Midwestern disaster area bonds.
Exempt-interest dividends paid by a
regulated investment company are
treated as interest from 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 also be reported to the
estate or trust on Form 1099-INT in box
9.

Line 9—Qualified Small
Business Stock
If the estate or trust 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 Schedule
D (Form 1041)) by 7% (.07). Enter the
result on line 9 as a positive amount.

Line 10—Exercise of
Incentive Stock Options
For regular tax purposes, no income is
recognized when an incentive stock
option (as defined in section 422(b)) is
exercised. However, this rule does not
apply for AMT purposes. Instead, the

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estate or trust must generally include
on line 10 the excess, if any, of:
1. The fair market value (FMV) of
the stock acquired through exercise of
the option (determined without regard
to any lapse restriction) when its 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 paid for the stock,
including any amount paid for the
option used to acquire the stock.
Even if the estate’s or trust’s

TIP 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 FMV (determined
without regard to any lapse restriction)
over the exercise price upon the
transfer to the estate or trust of the
stock acquired through exercise of the
option. See section 83(b) for more
details. The election must be made no
later than 30 days after the date of
transfer.
If the estate or trust acquired stock
by exercising an option and it 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 the AMT basis of any stock
acquired through the exercise of an
incentive stock option by the amount of
the adjustment.

Line 11—Other Estates and
Trusts
If the estate or trust is the beneficiary of
another estate or trust, enter the
adjustment for minimum tax purposes
from box 12, code A, Schedule K-1
(Form 1041).

Line 12—Electing Large
Partnerships
If the estate or trust is a partner in an
electing large partnership, enter on line
12 the amount from Schedule K-1
(Form 1065-B), box 6. Take into
account any amount from Schedule K-1
(Form 1065-B), box 5, when figuring the
amount to enter on line 15.

Line 13—Disposition of
Property
Use this line to report any AMT
adjustment related to the disposition of
property 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 taken into

account in 1 or 2 above or on any other
line on Schedule I, 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 Schedule D (Form 1041).

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CAUTION

The $3,000 capital loss
limitation for the regular tax
applies separately for the AMT.

First, figure any ordinary income
adjustment related to 3 above. Then,
refigure Form 4684, Form 4797, and
Schedule D for the AMT, if applicable,
by taking into account any adjustments
you made this year or in previous years
that affect the estate’s or trust’s basis
or otherwise result in a different amount
for AMT. If the estate or trust has a
capital loss after refiguring Schedule D
for the AMT, apply the $3,000 capital
loss limitation separately to the AMT
loss. For each of the four items listed
above, figure the difference between
the amount included in taxable income
for the regular tax and the amount
included in income for the AMT. Treat
the difference as a negative amount if
(a) both the AMT and regular 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 zero or more.
Enter on line 13 the combined
adjustments for the four items earlier.

Line 14—Depreciation on
Assets Placed in Service
After 1986
This section describes when
depreciation must be refigured for the
AMT and how to figure the amount to
enter on line 14.
Do not include on this line any
depreciation adjustment from:
• An activity for which the estate or
trust is not at risk or income or loss
from a partnership or an S corporation
if the basis limitations under section
704(d) or 1366(d) apply. Take this
adjustment into account on line 16;
• A tax shelter farm activity. Take this
adjustment into account on line 23; or
• A passive activity. Take this
adjustment into account on line 15.
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-, or 10-year
property under the modified accelerated
cost recovery system (MACRS)),
• 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 items.
• 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 the 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 qualified disaster
assistance property, qualified reuse and
recycling property, qualified cellulosic
biofuel plant property, qualified New
York Liberty Zone property, qualified
Gulf Opportunity Zone property, and
Kansas disaster area qualified 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.
• 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.
• Qualified Indian reservation property.
• Qualified revitalization expenditures
for a building 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.

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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 table below 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
(other than section
1250 property)
depreciated using
straight line for the
regular tax.

Straight line method
over the property’s
AMT class life.

Any other tangible
property.

150% declining
balance method,
switching to straight
line 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.
See Pub. 946 for optional tables

TIP that can be used to figure AMT
depreciation. Rev. Proc. 89-15,
1989-1 C.B. 816, has special rules for
short tax years and for property
disposed of before the end of the
recovery period.
How is the line 14 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 15—Passive Activities
Do not enter again elsewhere
on this schedule any AMT
CAUTION adjustment or tax preference
item included on this line.
For AMT purposes, the rules
described in section 469 apply, except
that in applying the limitations,
minimum tax rules apply.
Refigure passive activity gains and
losses on an AMT basis. Refigure a
passive activity gain or loss by taking
into account all AMT adjustments or tax
preference items that pertain to that
activity.
You may complete a second Form
8582, Passive Activity Loss Limitations,
to determine the passive activity losses
allowed for AMT purposes, but do not
send this AMT Form 8582 to the IRS.
Enter the difference between the
loss reported on page 1 and the AMT
loss, if any.

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The amount of any passive

TIP activity loss that is not
deductible (and is therefore
carried forward) for AMT purposes is
likely to differ from the amount (if any)
that is carried forward for regular tax
purposes. Therefore, it is essential that
you retain adequate records for both
AMT and regular tax purposes.
Publicly traded partnerships (PTPs).
If the estate or trust had a loss from a
PTP, refigure the loss using any AMT
adjustments, tax preference items, and
any AMT prior year unallowed loss.

Line 16—Loss Limitations
If the loss is from a passive
activity, use line 15 instead. If
CAUTION the loss is from a tax shelter
farm activity (that is not passive), use
line 23.
Refigure your allowable losses for
AMT purposes from activities for which
you are not at risk and basis limitations
applicable to interests in partnerships
and stock in S corporations by taking
into account your AMT adjustments and
tax preference items. See sections
59(h), 465, 704(d), and 1366(d).
Enter the difference between the
loss reported for regular tax purposes
and the AMT loss. If the AMT loss is
more than the loss reported for regular
tax purposes, enter the adjustment as a
negative amount.

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Line 17—Circulation Costs
Do not make this adjustment for
expenditures for which you
CAUTION elected the optional 3-year
write-off period for regular tax
purposes.

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Circulation expenditures deducted
under section 173(a) for regular tax
purposes must be amortized for AMT
purposes over 3 years beginning with
the year the expenditures were paid or
incurred.
Enter the difference between the
regular tax and AMT deduction. If the
AMT deduction is greater, enter the
difference as a negative amount.
If the estate or trust had a loss on
property for which circulation
expenditures have not been fully
amortized for the AMT, the AMT
deduction is the smaller of (a) the
amount of the loss allowable for the
expenditures had they remained
capitalized or (b) the remaining
expenditures to be amortized for the
AMT.

Line 18—Long-Term
Contracts
For AMT purposes, the percentage of
completion method of accounting
described in section 460(b) generally
must be used. However, this rule does
not apply to any home construction
contract (as defined in section
460(e)(6)).
Note. Contracts described in section
460(e)(1) are subject to the simplified
method of cost allocation of section
460(b)(4).
Enter the difference between the
AMT and regular tax income. If the
AMT income is smaller, enter the
difference as a negative amount.

Line 19—Mining Costs
Do not make this adjustment for
costs for which you elected the
CAUTION optional 10-year write-off period
under section 59(e) for regular tax
purposes.
Expenditures for the development or
exploration of a mine or certain other
mineral deposits (other than an oil, gas,
or geothermal well) deducted under
sections 616(a) and 617(a) for regular
tax purposes must be amortized for
AMT purposes over 10 years beginning
with the year the expenditures were
paid or incurred.
Enter the difference between the
amount allowed for AMT purposes and
the amount allowed for regular tax
purposes. If the amount allowed for
AMT purposes exceeds the amount
deducted for regular tax purposes,
enter the difference as a negative
amount.
If the estate or trust had a loss on
property for which mining expenditures
have not been fully amortized for the
AMT, the AMT deduction is the smaller
of (a) the amount of the loss allowable
for the expenditures had they remained
capitalized or (b) the remaining

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expenditures to be amortized for the
AMT.

Line 20—Research and
Experimental Costs
Do not make this adjustment for
costs paid or incurred in
CAUTION connection with an activity in
which the estate or trust materially
participated under the passive activity
rules or for costs for which you elected
the optional 10-year write-off for
research and experimental
expenditures under section 59(e) for
regular tax purposes.
Research and experimental
expenditures deducted under section
174(a) for regular tax purposes
generally must be amortized for AMT
purposes over 10 years beginning with
the year the expenditures were paid or
incurred.
Enter the difference between the
amount allowed for AMT purposes and
the amount allowed for regular tax
purposes. If the amount for AMT
purposes exceeds the amount allowed
for regular tax purposes, enter the
difference as a negative amount.
If the estate or trust had a loss on
property for which research and
experimental costs have not been fully
amortized for the AMT, the 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.

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Line 21—Income From
Certain Installment Sales
Before January 1, 1987
The installment method does not apply
for AMT purposes to any nondealer
disposition of property that occurred
after August 16, 1986, but before the
first day of your tax year that began in
1987, if an installment obligation to
which the proportionate disallowance
rule applied arose from the disposition.
Enter on line 21 the amount of
installment sale income that was
reported for regular tax purposes.

Line 22—Intangible Drilling
Costs Preference (IDCs)
Do not make this adjustment for
costs for which you elected the
CAUTION optional 60-month write-off
under section 59(e) for regular tax
purposes.
IDCs from oil, gas, and geothermal
wells are a preference to the extent that
the excess IDCs exceed 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.
Figure excess IDCs as follows:

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1. Determine the amount of the
estate’s or trust’s IDCs allowed for the
regular tax under section 263(c), but do
not include any section 263(c)
deduction for nonproductive wells, then
2. Subtract 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.
Cost depletion can be
substituted for the amount
CAUTION allowed using amortization over
120 months.
Net income. Determine net income by
reducing the gross income that the
estate or trust 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. For purposes of this exception,
complete and combine lines 1 through
23, including the IDC preference. If the
amount of the IDC preference exceeds
40% of the total of lines 1 through 23,
enter the excess on line 22 (the benefit
of this exception is limited). Otherwise,
do not enter an amount on line 22 (the
estate’s or trust’s benefit from this
exception is not limited).

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Line 23—Other Adjustments
Enter on line 23 the total of any other
adjustments that apply including the
following.
• Depreciation figured using
pre-1987 rules. For AMT purposes,
use the straight line method to figure
depreciation on real property. Use a
recovery period of 19 years for 19-year
real property and 15 years for
low-income housing. Enter the excess
of depreciation claimed for regular tax
purposes over depreciation refigured
using the straight line method. Figure
this amount separately for each
property and include on line 23 only
positive amounts.
For leased personal property other
than recovery property, enter the
amount by which the 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 the
depreciation deduction determined for
regular tax purposes is more than the
deduction 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 this
amount separately for each property
and include on line 23 only positive
amounts.
• Patron’s adjustment. Distributions
the estate or trust received from a
cooperative may be includible in
income. Unless the distributions are
nontaxable, include on line 23 the total
AMT patronage dividend adjustment
reported to the estate or trust from the
cooperative.
• Amortization of pollution control
facilities. The amortization deduction
under section 169 must be refigured for
the AMT. For facilities placed in service
after 1986 and before 1999, figure the
amortization deduction for the AMT
using the ADS described in section
168(g). For facilities placed in service
after 1998, figure the AMT deduction
under MACRS using the straight line
method. Enter the difference between
the regular tax and AMT deduction. If
the AMT amount is greater, enter the
difference as a negative amount.
• Tax shelter farm activities. Figure
this adjustment only if the tax shelter
farm activity (as defined in section
58(a)(2)) is not a passive activity. If the
activity is passive, include it with any
other passive activities on line 15.
Refigure all gains and losses
reported for the regular tax from tax
shelter farm activities by taking into
account any AMT adjustments and
preferences. Determine tax shelter farm
activity gain or loss for the AMT using
the same rules used for the regular tax
with the following modifications. No
refigured loss is allowed, except to the
extent an estate or trust is insolvent
(see section 58(c)(1)). A refigured loss
may not be used in the current tax year
to offset gains from other tax shelter
farm activities. Instead, any refigured
loss must be suspended and carried
forward indefinitely until (a) the estate
or trust has a gain in a subsequent tax
year from the same activity or (b) the
activity is disposed of.
The AMT amount of any tax shelter
farm activity loss that is not deductible
and is carried forward is likely to differ
from the regular tax amount. Keep
adequate records for both the AMT and
regular tax.
Enter the difference between the
amount that would be reported for the
activity on Schedule E or F 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) there is an AMT
loss and a regular tax gain, then enter
the adjustment as a negative amount.
Enter any adjustment for amounts
reported on Schedule D, Form 4684, or

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Form 4797 for the activity on line 13
instead.
• Alcohol and cellulosic biofuel
fuels credit and biodiesel and
renewable diesel fuels credit. If the
adjusted total income (Form 1041, page
1, line 17) includes the amount of the
alcohol and cellulosic biofuel fuels
credit or biodiesel and renewable diesel
fuels credit, include that amount as a
negative amount on line 23.
• Related adjustments. AMT
adjustments and tax preference items
may affect deductions that are based
on an income limit other than adjusted
gross income (AGI) or modified AGI (for
example, farm conservation expenses).
Refigure these deductions using the
income limit as modified for the AMT.
Include the difference between the
regular tax and AMT deduction on line
23. If the AMT deduction is more than
the regular tax deduction, include the
difference as a negative amount.
Do not make an adjustment on
line 23 for an item you refigured
CAUTION on another line of Schedule I
(for example, line 6).

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Line 24—Alternative Tax Net
Operating Loss Deduction
The ATNOLD is the sum of the
alternative tax net operating loss
(ATNOL) carryovers and carrybacks to
the tax year, subject to the limitation
explained below.
The net operating loss (NOL) under
section 172(c) is modified for alternative
tax purposes by (a) taking into account
the adjustments made under sections
56 and 58 and (b) reducing the NOL by
any item of tax preference under
section 57. For an estate or trust that
held a residual interest in a real estate
mortgage investment conduit (REMIC),
figure the ATNOLD without regard to
any excess inclusion.
If this estate or trust is the
beneficiary of another estate or trust
that terminated in 2009, include any
ATNOL carryover that was reported in
box 11, code E of Schedule K-1 (Form
1041).
The estate’s or trust’s ATNOLD may
be limited. To figure the ATNOLD
limitation, first figure alternative
minimum taxable income (AMTI)
without regard to the ATNOLD and any
domestic production activities
deduction. For this purpose, figure a
tentative amount for line 6 of Schedule I
(Form 1041) by treating line 24 as if it
were zero. Then, figure a tentative total
by combining lines 1 – 23 of Schedule I
(Form 1041) using the line 6 tentative
amount. Add any domestic production
activities deduction to this tentative
total. The ATNOLD limitation is 90% of
the result.
However, if an ATNOL that is carried
back or carried forward to the tax year

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 an
applicable NOL to which an election
was made under section 172(b)(1)(H),
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 NOLs other than
qualified disaster losses, qualified Gulf
Opportunity Zone losses, qualified
recovery assistance losses, qualified
disaster recovery assistance losses,
and an applicable NOL to which an
election was made under section
172(b)(1)(H), 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 an applicable
NOL to which an election was made
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, above.
Enter on line 24 the smaller of the
ATNOLD or the ATNOLD limitation.
Any ATNOL not used may be carried
back 2 years or forward up to 20 years
(15 years for loss years beginning
before 1998). In some cases, the
carryback period is longer than 2 years;
for details, see Pub. 536, Net Operating
Losses (NOLs) for Individuals, Estates,
and Trusts.

Line 29—Estate’s or Trust’s
Share of Alternative
Minimum Taxable Income

1202 exclusion (as refigured for AMT
purposes).

For an estate or trust that held a
residual interest in a REMIC, line 29
may not be less than the estate’s or
trust’s share of the amount on
Schedule E (Form 1040), line 38,
column (c). If that amount is larger than
the amount you would otherwise enter
on line 29, enter that amount instead
and write “Sch. Q” on the dotted line
next to line 29.

Capital gains and losses must take into
account any basis adjustments from
line 13, Part I.

Part II—Income
Distribution Deduction
on a Minimum Tax Basis
Line 30—Adjusted
Alternative Minimum Taxable
Income
Generally, enter on line 30, Schedule I,
the amount from line 25, Schedule I.
However, if Form 1041, page 1, line 4
and line 25 are losses, enter on line 30
the smaller of those losses. If Form
1041, line 4 is zero or a gain and line
25 is a loss, enter zero on line 30.

Line 31—Adjusted
Tax-Exempt Interest
To figure the adjusted tax-exempt
interest (including exempt-interest
dividends received as a shareholder in
a mutual fund or other regulated
investment company), subtract the total
of any:
1. Tax-exempt interest from Form
1041, Schedule A, line 2 figured for
AMT purposes, and
2. Section 212 expenses allowable
for AMT purposes allocable to
tax-exempt interest, from the amount of
tax-exempt interest received.
Do not subtract any deductions
reported on lines 2 through 4.
Section 212 expenses that are
directly allocable to tax-exempt interest
are allocated only to tax-exempt
interest. A reasonable proportion of
section 212 expenses that are indirectly
allocable to both tax-exempt interest
and other income must be allocated to
each class of income.

Line 33
Reduce the amount on line 33 by any
allocable section 1202 exclusion (as
refigured for AMT purposes).

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

Line 34

If you elected under section
TIP 172(b)(3) to forego the
carryback period for regular tax
purposes, the election will also apply for
the AMT.

Enter any capital gains that were paid
or permanently set aside for charitable
purposes from the current year’s
income included on line 1 of Form
1041, Schedule A. Reduce the amount
on line 34 by any allocable section

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Lines 35 and 36

Line 41—Adjustment for
Tax-Exempt Income
In figuring the income distribution
deduction on a minimum tax basis, the
estate or trust is not allowed a
deduction for any item of DNAMTI (line
37) that is not included in the gross
income of the estate or trust figured on
an AMT basis. Thus, for purposes of
figuring the allowable income
distribution deduction on a minimum tax
basis, the DNAMTI is figured without
regard to any tax-exempt interest
(except for amounts from line 8).
If tax-exempt interest is the only
tax-exempt income included in the total
distributions (line 40), and the DNAMTI
(line 37) is less than or equal to line 40,
then enter on line 41 the amount from
line 31.
If tax-exempt interest is the only
tax-exempt income included in the total
distributions (line 40), and the DNAMTI
is more than line 40 (that is, the estate
or trust made a distribution that is less
than the DNAMTI), then figure the
adjustment by multiplying line 31 by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the
total distributions (line 40), and the
denominator of which is the DNAMTI
(line 37). Enter the result on line 41.
If line 40 includes tax-exempt
income other than tax-exempt interest
(except for amounts from line 8), figure
line 41 by subtracting the total
expenses allocable to tax-exempt
income that are allowable for AMT
purposes from tax-exempt income
included on line 40.
Expenses that are directly allocable
to tax-exempt income are allocated only
to tax-exempt income. A reasonable
proportion of expenses indirectly
allocable to both tax-exempt income
and other income must be allocated to
each class of income.

Line 44—Income
Distribution Deduction on a
Minimum Tax Basis
Allocate the income distribution
deduction figured on a minimum tax
basis among the beneficiaries in the
same manner as income was allocated
for regular tax purposes. You need the
allocated income distribution deduction
figured on a minimum tax basis to
figure the beneficiary’s adjustment for
minimum tax purposes, as explained
under Box 12 – AMT Items in the
Schedule K-1 instruction section of the
Instructions for Form 1041 and
Schedules A, B, G, J, and K-1.

Part III—AMT
Computation
Line 53—Alternative
Minimum Foreign Tax Credit
To see if you need to figure the

TIP estate’s or trust’s AMT foreign
tax credit, fill in line 55 of
Schedule I as instructed. If the amount
on line 55 is greater than or equal to
the amount on line 52, the estate or
trust does not owe the AMT. Enter zero
on line 56 and see Who Must Complete
on page 1 to find out if you must file
Schedule I with Form 1041. However,
even if the estate or trust does not owe
AMT, you may need to complete line 53
to see if you have an AMT foreign tax
credit carryback or carryforward to
other tax years.
To figure the AMT foreign tax credit,
follow the steps discussed below.
Step 1. Complete and attach a
separate AMT Form 1116, with the
notation at the top “Alt Min Tax” for
each separate limitation category
specified at the top of Form 1116.
Note. When applying the separate
limitation categories, use the applicable
AMT rate instead of the regular tax rate
to determine if any income is
“high-taxed.”
Step 2. If you (on behalf of the estate
or trust) previously made or are making
the Simplified limitation election (see
page 8), skip Part I and enter on the
AMT Form 1116, line 16, 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 (on behalf
of the estate or trust), complete Part I
and lines 14 through 16 of the AMT
Form 1116 using regular tax amounts.
If the election does not apply,
complete Part I, using only income and
deductions allowed for the AMT that
are attributable to sources outside the
United States. If the estate or trust has
any foreign source qualified dividends
or foreign source capital gains 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
and foreign source capital gains and
losses to include on line 1a and line 5
of the AMT Form 1116.
Foreign qualified dividends. You
must adjust the estate’s or trust’s
foreign source qualified dividends
before you include those amounts on
line 1a of the AMT Form 1116 if:

• Line 62 is greater than zero,
• Line 73 is smaller than line 74, and
• The exception for foreign qualified

dividends below does not apply.
But, you do not need to make any
adjustments if:
• The estate or trust qualifies for the
adjustment exception under Qualified
Dividends Tax Worksheet (Estates and
Trusts) or Schedule D Filers in the
Instructions for Form 1116 and
• Line 62 of Schedule I (Form 1041) is
not more than $175,000.
Note. Use the estate’s or trust’s
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 foreign source qualified
dividends, multiply the estate’s or trust’s
foreign source qualified dividends in
each separate category by 0.5357 if the
foreign source qualified dividends are
taxed at a rate of 15%. Include the
results on line 1a of the AMT Form
1116.
You adjust the estate’s or trust’s
foreign source qualified dividends taxed
at the 0% rate by not including them on
line 1a of Form 1116. Amounts taxed at
the 0% rate are on line 8 of the
Qualified Dividends Tax Worksheet in
the Instructions for Form 1041, line 26
of Schedule D (Form 1041), or line 19
of Schedule D Tax Worksheet in the
Instructions for Schedule D (Form
1041).
Do not adjust the amount of any
foreign source qualified
CAUTION dividends you elected to include
on line 4g of the AMT Form 4952.
Foreign capital gains or losses. If
any capital gain or loss from U.S. or
foreign sources is different for the AMT,
use the refigured amounts to complete
this step.
To figure the adjustment for the
estate’s or trust’s foreign source capital
gains or losses, you must first
determine whether you can use
Worksheet A or Worksheet B in the
Instructions for Form 1116. Otherwise,
you must use the instructions for
Capital Gains and Losses in Pub. 514,
Foreign Tax Credit for Individuals, to
figure the adjustments you must make
to the estate’s or trust’s foreign source
capital gains and losses.
Use Worksheet A if the estate or
trust has foreign source capital gains or
losses in no more than two separate
categories, and any of the following
apply.
• You were not required to make
adjustments to the estate’s or trust’s
foreign source qualified dividends under
the rules described earlier (or if the
estate or trust had foreign source
qualified dividends, you would not have

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been required to make those
adjustments).
• Schedule D, line 14a, column (2) or
line 15, column (2), as refigured for the
AMT if necessary, is zero or a loss.
• The amount on line 7 of the AMT
Schedule D Tax Worksheet (line 18 on
Schedule D (Form 1041)) minus the
amount on Form 4952, line 4e, that you
elected to include on Form 4952, line
4g, is zero or less.
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 any
item of 28% rate gain or loss for either
regular tax or AMT, and
• Did not have any capital gains taxed
at a rate of 0%.
Instructions for Worksheets A and
B. When you complete Worksheet A
or B, use foreign source capital gains
and losses as refigured for the AMT, if
necessary, and do not use any foreign
source capital gains that you elected to
include on line 4g of the AMT Form
4952. If you must complete a Schedule
D for the AMT, use line 15 of that AMT
Schedule D to complete line 3 of
Worksheet A or Line 4 or the Line 2
Worksheet for Worksheet B. Use
0.5357 instead of 0.4286 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 the estate or trust does 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 13 of the AMT Form 1116. Use
the estate’s or trust’s AMT foreign tax
credit carryover, if any, on line 10.
Step 5. If the simplified limitation
election does not apply, complete lines
14 through 16 of the AMT Form 1116.
Step 6. If you did not complete Part IV
of Schedule I, enter the amount from
Schedule I, line 29 on line 17 of the
AMT Form 1116 and go to Step 7 later.
If you completed Part IV of Schedule
I, complete an AMT Worksheet for line
17 in the Instructions for Form 1116 to
figure the amount to enter on Form
1116, line 17, if:
• Line 62 of Schedule I is greater than
zero, and
• Line 73 of Schedule I is smaller than
line 74.
But you do not need to complete the
Worksheet for Line 17 if:
• The estate or trust qualifies for the
adjustment exception discussed in the
Instructions for Form 1116 and
• Line 62 is not more than $175,000.

Note. Use the estate’s and trust’s
capital gains and losses as refigured for
the AMT to determine if its total
amounts are less than the $20,000
threshold under the adjustment
exception.
If you do not have to complete an
AMT Worksheet for line 17, enter the
amount from line 29 of Schedule I on
line 17 of the AMT Form 1116.
Instructions for completing an
AMT Worksheet for line 17. To
complete an AMT Worksheet for line 17
in the Instructions for Form 1116, follow
these instructions.
1. Enter the amount from Schedule
I, line 29 on line 1 of the worksheet.
2. Skip lines 2 and 3 of the
worksheet.
3. Enter the amount from Schedule
I, line 71 on line 4 of the worksheet.
4. Multiply line 4 of the worksheet
by 0.1071 (instead of 0.2857) and enter
the results on line 5 of the worksheet.
5. Enter the amount from Schedule
I, line 69 on line 6 of the worksheet.
6. Multiply line 6 of the worksheet
by 0.4643 (instead of 0.5714) and enter
the result on line 7 of the worksheet.
7. Enter the amount from Schedule
I, line 68 on line 8 of the worksheet.
8. Complete lines 9 and 10 of the
worksheet as instructed on the
worksheet.
Step 7. Enter the amount from
Schedule I, line 52 on the AMT Form
1116, line 19. Complete lines 18, 20,
and 21 of the AMT Form 1116.
Step 8. Complete Part IV of the first
AMT Form 1116 only.
Enter on line 53 of Schedule I the
amount from line 29 of the first AMT
Form 1116.
Attach to the estate’s or trust’s return
all AMT Forms 1116 you used to figure
your AMT Foreign Tax Credit.
AMT foreign tax credit carryback and
carryforward. If the AMT foreign tax
credit is limited, any unused amount
can be carried back or forward under
section 904(c). The election to forego
the carryback period for regular tax
purposes also applies for the AMT.
Simplified limitation election. The
estate or trust may elect to use a
simplified section 904 limitation to figure
its AMT foreign tax credit. To do so,

use the estate’s or trust’s regular tax
income for Form 1116, Part I, instead of
refiguring the estate’s or trust’s foreign
source income for the AMT, as
described in Step 2 on page 7. The
estate or trust must make the election
for the first tax year after 1997 for which
it claims an AMT foreign tax credit. If it
does not make the election for that
year, it 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.

Part IV—Line 52
Computation Using
Maximum Capital Gains
Rates
Lines 58, 59, and 60
If you used Schedule D (Form 1041),
the Schedule D Tax Worksheet, or the
Qualified Dividend Tax Worksheet, you
generally may enter the amounts as
instructed on Schedule I, lines 58, 59,
and 60. But do not use those amounts
if any of the following apply.
1. Any gain or loss on Schedule D
(Form 1041) is different for the AMT (for
example, because the AMT basis was
different due to depreciation
adjustments or an incentive stock
option adjustment or the AMT capital
loss carryover from 2008 was different).
2. You did not complete Part V of
Schedule D (Form 1041), the Schedule
D Tax Worksheet, or the Qualified
Dividends Tax Worksheet because
Form 1041, line 22, was zero or less.
3. The estate or trust 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 If the estate
or trust is a beneficiary of another
estate or trust.
If 1 or 3 above applies, complete
Parts I through IV of an AMT Schedule
D (Form 1041) by refiguring the
amounts of your gains and losses for
the AMT. Next, if 1, 2, or 3 above
applies, complete the following lines of
the applicable schedule or worksheet:
• Lines 18 through 22 of an AMT
Schedule D (Form 1041),
• Lines 2 through 13 of an AMT
Schedule D Tax Worksheet, or

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• Lines 2 through 4 of a Qualified

Dividends Tax Worksheet.
If you were required to complete an
AMT Form 4952, use it to figure the
amount to enter on line 21 of the AMT
Schedule D (Form 1041), lines 3 and 4
of the AMT Schedule D Tax Worksheet,
and line 3 of the Tax Worksheet. Use
amounts from the AMT Schedule D
(Form 1041), AMT Schedule D Tax
Worksheet, or Qualified Dividends Tax
Worksheet to complete Schedule I,
lines 58, 59, and 60. Keep the AMT
Schedule D (Form 1041) and
worksheet for your records. Do not
attach the AMT Schedule D (Form
1041) to Form 1041.

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CAUTION

Do not decrease the estate’s or
trust’s section 1202 exclusion by
the amount, if any, included on

line 9.
If the estate or trust is a beneficiary
of another estate or trust. If the
estate or trust received a Schedule K-1
(Form 1041) from another estate or
trust that shows an amount in box 12
with code B, C, D, E, or F, follow the
instructions in the table below.
IF the code in box
12 is...

THEN include that
amount in the total
on...

B

line 2 of an AMT
Qualified Dividends
Tax Worksheet; line
19 of an AMT
Schedule D (Form
1041); or line 2 of an
AMT Schedule D
Tax Worksheet,
whichever applies.

C

line 3, column (f), of
an AMT Schedule D
(Form 1041).

D

line 8, column (f), of
an AMT Schedule D
(Form 1041).

E

line 11 of an AMT
Unrecaptured
Section 1250 Gain
Worksheet.

F

line 4 of an AMT
28% Rate Gain
Worksheet.