Schedule
PE
Postsecondary Education Credit
2013
File with Wisconsin Form 1, 1NPR, 2, 3, 4, 4T, 5 or 5S
Wisconsin Department
Read instructions before filling in this schedule
of Revenue
Name
Identifying Number
1 Enter amount paid to reimburse an individual for tuition that the individual paid or incurred
to attend a qualified postsecondary institution from which the individual graduated in 2013 . . 1
2 Enter percentage (25% (0 .25) or 30% (0 .30) - see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
X
3 Multiply line 1 by the percentage on line 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4 Enter postsecondary education credit passed through from other entities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Add lines 3 and 4 . This is your 2013 postsecondary education credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5a Fiduciaries - enter the amount of credit allocated to beneficiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5a
5b Fiduciaries - subtract line 5a from line 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5b
6 Carryover of unused postsecondary education credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7 Add lines 5 and 6 (lines 5b and 6 if fiduciary). This is the available postsecondary education credit
7
Sign below.
I certify that I (or this entity) will not be reimbursed for any amount of tuition on which this credit is based.
Signature of claimant or authorized representative
Date
Instructions for 2013 Schedule PE
• The credit may not be claimed for tuition amounts that
Purpose of Schedule PE
the claimant paid or incurred for a family member of the
Use Schedule PE to claim the postsecondary education
claimant or for a family member of a managing employee
credit . This credit is available for taxable years beginning
unless (a) the family member was employed an average of
on or after January 1, 2010 and before January 1, 2014
at least 20 hours per week as an employee of the claimant,
to a business that reimburses certain individuals for the
or as an employee of the claimant’s business, during the
tuition paid or incurred to attend a qualified postsecondary
one-year period prior to commencing participation in the
institution .
education program, and (b) the family member is enrolled
in a course of instruction that is substantially related to
Who is Eligible to Claim the Credit
the claimant’s business .
A corporation, sole proprietor, partner, member of a limited
“Family member” means a spouse, child, grandchild,
liability company (LLC), or a shareholder of a tax-option
great-grandchild, parent, brother or sister, nephew or
corporation may claim the credit .
niece, grandparent, great-grandparent, or aunt or uncle .
The person may be related by blood, marriage or adoption .
Partnerships, LLCs treated as partnerships, and tax-option
(S) corporations cannot claim the credit, but the credit amount
“Managing employee” means an individual who wholly or
attributable to the entity’s business operations passes
partially exercises operational or managerial control over,
through to the partners, members or shareholders .
or who directly or indirectly conducts, the operation of the
claimant’s business .
Limitations
• The individual who was reimbursed for tuition was eligible
• No credit is allowed unless the claimant certifies to the
for a grant from the federal Pell Grant Program .
department that the claimant will not be reimbursed for
any amount of tuition for which the credit is claimed .
• The credit may not be claimed for tuition paid or incurred
for an individual who is not a resident of Wisconsin .
• A claimant may not claim the credit for any tuition amounts
the individual claimed as a Wisconsin subtraction from
• The credit must be claimed within four years of the
income for tuition expense or that was excluded from the
unextended due date of the return .
individual’s income under the employer’s educational
assistance program .
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