8859
Carryforward of the District of Columbia
OMB No. 1545-0074
2015
First-Time Homebuyer Credit
Form
Information about Form 8859 and its instructions is at
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Department of the Treasury
Attachment
106
Attach to Form 1040 or Form 1040NR.
Internal Revenue Service
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Sequence No.
Name(s) shown on return
Your social security number
Before you begin, figure the amounts of any of the following credits you are claiming: Adoption credit, mortgage interest
credit, alternative motor vehicle credit, qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle credit, and credit for the elderly or the
disabled.
1
Credit carryforward from 2014. Enter the amount from line 4 of your 2014 Form 8859
1
2
Limitation based on tax liability. Enter the amount from the Tax Liability Limit
Worksheet in the instructions below . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
3
Current year credit. Enter the smaller of line 1 or line 2. Also include this amount on
Form 1040, line 54, or Form 1040NR, line 51. Check box c on that line and enter
“8859” in the space next to that box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
4
Credit carryforward to 2016. Subtract line 3 from line 1 . . . . . . . . . . .
4
General Instructions
Purpose of Form
Use Form 8859 to claim a carryforward of the District of
Columbia first-time homebuyer credit from 2014.
Specific Instructions
Line 2
Complete the following worksheet to determine the amount
to enter on line 2 of Form 8859.
Tax Liability Limit Worksheet—Line 2
1. Enter the amount from Form 1040,
line 47; or Form 1040NR, line 45 .
1.
2. Form 1040 filers: Enter the total of
any amounts from Form 1040, lines
48 through 51; line 12 of the Line 11
Worksheet in Pub. 972*, Form 5695,
line 30; Form 8396, line 9; Form
8839, line 16; Form 8910, line 15;
Form 8936, line 23; and Schedule R
(Form 1040A or 1040), line 22.
Form 1040NR filers: Enter the total
of the amounts from Form 1040NR,
lines 46 through 48; line 12 of the
Line 11 Worksheet in Pub. 972*;
Form 5695, line 30; Form 8396, line
9; Form 8839, line 16; Form 8910,
line 15; and Form 8936, line 23
.
2.
3. Subtract line 2 from line 1. Enter this
amount on Form 8859, line 2. If zero
or less, enter -0- here and on Form
3.
8859, lines 2 and 3
. . . . .
*If you are filing Form 2555 or Form 2555-EZ, enter instead
the amount, if any, from line 13 of the Child Tax Credit
Worksheet in Pub. 972. If you are not claiming the child
tax credit, you do not need Pub. 972.
Line 4
You can carry forward any unused credit shown on line 4
until you have used all of it. You cannot carry the unused
credit back to prior years.
8859
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see your tax return instructions.
Form
(2015)
Cat. No. 24779G