Instructions For Form 1040 - Draft Worksheet(S) And Tables - 2008 Page 19

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Form 2008 Instructions for Form 1040 — Line 70
Recovery Rebate Credit Worksheet—Line 70
Keep for Your Records
Before you begin:
You cannot take the credit if you have no qualifying children for 2008 and received an economic stimulus payment of $600
($1,200 if married filing jointly) before offset (see Refund Offset on page 59). You cannot take the credit because you already have
received the maximum amount of the credit.
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If you received Notice 1378, have it available. The notice shows the amount of your economic stimulus payment, which you will
need to fill in line 28 below.
1.
Can you, or your spouse if filing a joint return, be claimed as a dependent on another person’s return?
No. Go to line 2.
Yes. You cannot get the credit. Stop here.
2.
Does your tax return include a valid social security number for you and, if filing a joint return, your spouse?
Yes. Skip lines 3 and 4 and go to line 5.
No. Got to line 3.
3.
Are you filing a joint return for 2008?
Yes. Go to line 4.
No. You cannot take the credit. Stop here.
4.
Were either you or your spouse a member of the U.S. Armed Forces at any time during 2008?
Yes. Go to line 5.
No. You cannot take the credit. Stop here.
5.
Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.
6.
Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.
7.
Add lines 5 and 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.
8.
Enter $600 ($1,200 if married filing jointly) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8.
9.
Enter the smaller of line 7 or line 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.
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