Instructions For Schedule J (Form 1040) - Income Averaging For Farmers And Fishermen - 2017 Page 13

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Keep for Your Records
2016 Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet—Line 16
Use this worksheet only if both of the following apply.
Your elected farm income on your 2017 Schedule J, line 2a, doesn't include any net capital gain.
You (a) entered qualified dividends on your 2016 Form 1040, line 9b (or your 2016 Form 1040A, line 9b, or 2016 Form 1040NR, line 10b);
(b) entered capital gain distributions directly on your 2016 Form 1040, line 13 (or your 2016 Form 1040A, line 10, or 2016 Form 1040NR, line 14)
and weren't required to file Schedule D; or (c) filed Schedule D in 2016 and you answered “Yes” on lines 17 and 20 of that Schedule D.
1.
Amount from your 2017 Schedule J, line 15. If for 2016 you filed Form 2555 or 2555-EZ,
enter the amount from line 3 of the 2016 Foreign Earned Income Tax Worksheet . . . . . . . . . 1.
2.
Amount from your 2016 Form 1040, line 9b* (or your 2016 Form
1040A, line 9b, or 2016 Form 1040NR, line 10b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.
3.
Did you file Schedule D in 2016?*
Enter the smaller of line 15 or 16 of your 2016
Yes.
Schedule D, but don't enter less than -0-
3.
Enter the amount from your 2016 Form 1040,
No.
line 13 (or your 2016 Form 1040A, line 10, or 2016
Form 1040NR, line 14)
4.
Add lines 2 and 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.
5.
Amount, if any, from your 2016 Form 4952, line 4g . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.
6.
Subtract line 5 from line 4. If zero or less, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.
7.
Subtract line 6 from line 1. If zero or less, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.
8.
Enter one of the following three amounts depending on your
filing status:
$37,650 if single or married filing separately, or if you checked filing
status box 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 on Form 1040NR;
. . . . . . . . . . 8.
$75,300 if married filing jointly or qualifying widow(er) or if you
checked filing status box 6 on Form 1040NR;
$50,400 if head of household.
9.
Enter the smaller of line 1 or line 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.
10.
Enter the smaller of line 7 or line 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.
11.
Subtract line 10 from line 9. This amount is taxed at 0% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.
12.
Enter the smaller of line 1 or line 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.
13.
Enter the amount from line 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.
14.
Subtract line 13 from line 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.
15.
Enter one of the following amounts depending on your filing status:
$415,050 if single, or if you checked filing status box 1 or 2 on Form
1040NR;
$233,475 if married filing separately, or if you checked filing status
. . . . . . . . . . 15.
box 3, 4, or 5 on Form 1040NR;
$466,950 if married filing jointly or qualifying widow(er), or if you
checked filing status box 6 on Form 1040NR;
$441,000 if head of household.
16.
Enter the smaller of line 1 or line 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.
17.
Add lines 7 and 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.
18.
Subtract line 17 from line 16. If zero or less, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.
19.
Enter the smaller of line 14 or line 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.
20.
Multiply line 19 by 15% (0.15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.
21.
Add lines 11 and 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.
22.
Subtract line 21 from line 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.
23.
Multiply line 22 by 20% (0.20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.
24.
Figure the tax on the amount on line 7. Use the 2016 Tax Rate Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.
25.
Add lines 20, 23, and 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.
26.
Figure the tax on the amount on line 1. Use the 2016 Tax Rate Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.
27.
Tax. Enter the smaller of line 25 or line 26 here and on your 2017 Schedule J, line 16. If for 2016 you filed Form
2555 or 2555-EZ, don't enter this amount on Schedule J, line 16. Instead, enter it on line 4 of the 2016 Foreign
Earned Income Tax Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.
*If for 2016 you filed Form 2555 or 2555-EZ, see the footnote in the 2016 Foreign Earned Income Tax Worksheet before completing this line.
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