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                                                          Lender's Information Return for 
Form   8329                                     Mortgage Credit Certificates (MCCs)                                                       OMB No. 1545-0922 
(Rev. October 2012)                                       For calendar year ending 
Department of the Treasury  
Internal Revenue Service         ▶ Information about Form 8329 and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form8329.
Part I        Reporting Authority 
Lender’s name                                                                                                               Employer identification number 

Lender’s address (number, street, or P.O. box no., if mail is not delivered to street address)                                                      Room/suite 

City, town, or post office, state, and ZIP code 

Part II       Issuing Authority 
Issuer’s name                                                                                                               Employer identification number 

Issuer’s address (number, street, or P.O. box no., if mail is not delivered to street address)                 Room/suite   Election date 

City, town, or post office, state, and ZIP code                                                                             Nonissued bond amount 

Part III      Recipients of Mortgage Credit Certificates (If more than five recipients, see instructions.) 
                          (a)                                                       (b )                                                  (c)   
                    Name(s)                                                       Address                                   Social Security Number(s) 
                                                                       Do not use a P.O. box number.  

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Part IV       Computation of the Total Amount of Mortgage Credit Certificates (Note: Match the information   
              entered on each line with information entered on each corresponding line in Part III.) 
                (d)                                       (e)                                          (f)                                (g)  
       Date of Issue of MCC                     Certified Indebtedness Amount                    Certificate Credit Rate    Amount of MCC Issued  
                                                of Each MCC Issued                                                          (column (e) x column (f)) 

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6 Total amount of MCCs issued. (See instructions.)              .      . .      . .            . . . .       . .    . .    ▶
              Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this return, including accompanying schedules and statements, and to the best of my knowledge 
              and belief, it is true, correct, and complete. Declaration of preparer (other than representative of lender) is based on all information of which preparer has any 
Sign          knowledge.
Here          ▲                                                                                        ▲
                    Signature of authorized representative of lender              Date                         Title
              Print/Type preparer’s name                  Preparer's signature                                      Date                        PTIN
Paid                                                                                                                        Check         if 
                                                                                                                            self-employed
Preparer 
Use Only      Firm’s name      ▶                                                                                            Firm's EIN  ▶
              Firm's address  ▶                                                                                             Phone no.
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see instructions.                                              Cat. No. 13902F                        Form  8329 (Rev. 10-2012) 



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Form 8329 (Rev. 10-2012)                                                                                                                                           Page 2 

General Instructions                                     Aggregate amount. The aggregate amount (the              Additional Entries 
                                                         certified indebtedness times the certificate credit  
Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code      rate for each MCC, totaled for all mortgage credit       If the lender must report on more than 5 mortgage  
unless otherwise noted.                                  certificates issued under a single MCC program),         credit certificates, it should report these additional  
                                                         may not exceed 25% of the nonissued bond                 certificates on an attached statement formatted like 
Any person who makes a loan that is a “certified         amount for which the election not to issue bonds         Form 8329. 
indebtedness amount” on any mortgage credit              was made. See section 25(d)(2).                          Instead of formatting its own statement, the lender 
certificate (MCC) must maintain books and records                                                                 may use one Form 8329 as a transmittal document 
of the activity and file Form 8329. (See Temporary       Certified indebtedness amount. The certified  
Regulations section 1.25-8T(a).)                         indebtedness amount is the amount of indebtedness        and use additional Forms 8329 as statements. In 
                                                         specified in the MCC and incurred by a taxpayer:         such a case, draw an “X” across the 5 lines of Parts 
A separate Form 8329 must be filed for each                                                                       III and IV of the Form 8329 used as a transmitting 
issue of MCCs for which the lender made mortgage         a. To acquire his or her principal residence,            document. Complete the remainder of this Form 
loans during the calendar year. Each issue of MCCs       b. To make qualified home improvements on that           8329, making certain that all mortgage credit 
corresponds to the MCC program relating to the           residence, or                                            certificate amounts reported in all the statements in 
nonissued bond amount that was the subject of the        c.  To make a qualified rehabilitation of that           Part IV, column (g) are totaled for line 6 of the 
election made on the election date. Both the             residence.                                               transmittal document. Sign only the transmittal Form 
nonissued bond amount and the election date are to                                                                8329 and indicate in the top margin the number of 
be provided in Part II of this Form 8329.                Certificate credit rate. The certificate credit rate is  Forms 8329 attached to this Form 8329. 
                                                         the rate specified by the issuer on the MCC.  
Future Developments                                      However, the rate cannot be less than 10% nor            On the attached Forms 8329, show the lender’s  
For the latest information about developments            more than 50%. For other limitations, see                name and employer identification number in Part I  
related to Form 8329 and its instructions, such as       Temporary Regulations section 1.25-2T(b).                and enter mortgage credit certificate information on  
                                                                                                                  the 5 lines of Parts III and IV. 
legislation enacted after they were published, go to  
www.irs.gov/form8329.                                    Specific Instructions                                    Signature 
Purpose of Form                                          Part I. Reporting Authority                              Form 8329 must be signed by an authorized  
                                                                                                                  representative of the lender. 
Form 8329 is used by lenders of certified                Provide information about the mortgage lender. 
indebtedness amounts to provide the IRS with                                                                      Paid Preparer Use Only
information regarding the issuance of MCCs under         Part II. Issuing Authority 
                                                                                                                  Anyone who prepares the return but does not 
section 25.                                              Provide information about the mortgage credit            charge the organization should not sign the return. 
The MCC must be issued under a program that              certificate issuer.                                      Certain others who prepare the return should not 
meets the residence requirements of section 143(c).      Election date. Enter the date the issuing authority      sign. For example, a regular, full-time employee of 
Under these requirements, the residence must: (1)        elected to issue MCCs in lieu of qualified mortgage      the lender, such as a clerk, secretary, etc., should 
be a single-family residence that can reasonably be      bonds for the MCC program that included the              not sign.
expected to become the principal residence of the        amounts listed in Part IV, column (e).                   Generally, anyone who is paid to prepare a return 
mortgagor within a reasonable time after the             Nonissued bond amount. Enter the total amount of         must sign it and fill in the other blanks in the Paid 
financing is provided, and (2) be located in the         qualified mortgage bonds (as defined in section          Preparer Use Only area of the return. A paid preparer 
jurisdiction of the authority issuing the certificate.   143(a)(1) and the related regulations) that the issuer   cannot use a social security number in the paid Paid 
See section 25(c)(2) for additional requirements.        has authority to issue but elected instead on the        Preparer Use Only box. The paid preparer must use 
Who Must File                                            election date to convert into authority to issue         a preparer tax identification number (PTIN). If the 
                                                         MCCs.                                                    paid preparer is self-employed, the preparer should 
Any person who makes a loan that is a certified                                                                   enter his or her address in the box. The paid 
indebtedness amount on any MCC must file Form            Part III. Recipients of Mortgage                         preparer must:
8329.                                                    Credit Certificates                                      • Sign the return in the space provided for the 
When To File                                             Column (a). Enter the name(s) of the MCC holder(s)       preparer’s signature,
File Form 8329 by January 31 following the close of      to whom the lender made certified indebtedness           • Enter the preparer information, and
the calendar year in which the lender made certified     loan(s) during the calendar year. If an MCC lists        • Give a copy of the return to the lender.
indebtedness loans.                                      more than one holder, enter all of the holders on  
                                                         one line.                                                Paperwork Reduction Act Notice. We ask for the 
The IRS may grant an extension of time to file           Column (b). Enter the number and street, city, state,    information on this form to carry out the Internal 
Form 8329 if there is reasonable cause for not filing    and ZIP code of the property for which the MCC           Revenue laws of the United States. You are required 
on time.                                                 was issued. Do not use a P.O. box number.                to give us the information. We need it to ensure that 
Where To File                                            Column (c). Enter the social security number(s) of       you are complying with these laws. 
File Form 8329 with the Department of the Treasury,      the holder(s) listed on the MCC.                         You are not required to provide the information  
                                                                                                                  requested on a form that is subject to the  
Internal Revenue Service Center, Ogden, UT 84201.        Part IV. Computation of the Total                        Paperwork Reduction Act unless the form displays a 
Penalty                                                  Amount of Mortgage Credit                                valid OMB control number. Books or records  
Any person required to file Form 8329 may be             Certificates                                             relating to a form or its instructions must be retained 
                                                                                                                  as long as their contents may become material in  
subject to a $200 penalty for each form that is not      Column (d). Enter the date the issuing authority         the administration of any Internal Revenue law.  
filed by the due date. The maximum penalty is            issued the certificate for the amount included in        Generally, tax returns and return information are  
$2,000.                                                  column (e). Do not give the date the loan was made       confidential, as required by section 6103. 
                                                         nor the date when any preliminary approval to issue  
Definitions                                              an MCC was given by the issuer.                          The time needed to complete and file this form  
                                                                                                                  will vary depending on individual circumstances. The 
Mortgage Credit Certificate. A mortgage credit           If the loan is for a reissued MCC as permitted by        estimated average time is: 
certificate is a certificate issued under a “qualified   the regulations, the date of the reissued certificate    Recordkeeping   .    . .         . . .  3 hr., 35 min. 
mortgage credit certificate program” by the state or     should be given, preceded by the word “Reissued.”  
political subdivision having the authority to issue      For example, “Reissued, July 25, 2008.”                  Learning about the   
qualified mortgage bonds to provide financing for        Column (f). Enter the certificate credit rate for each   law or the form .    . .         . . .     1 hr., 5 min.
the acquisition, qualified rehabilitation, or qualified  MCC.                                                     Preparing and sending 
home improvement of a taxpayer’s principal                                                                        the form to the IRS  . .         . . .  1 hr., 12 min. 
residence. For more information, see section 25(c)(1).   Column (g). For each certificate amount listed in  
Qualified mortgage credit certificate program. A         column (e), multiply by the certificate credit rate      If you have comments concerning the accuracy of  
qualified mortgage credit certificate program is a       associated with that certificate shown in column (f).    these time estimates or suggestions for making this  
                                                                                                                  form simpler, we would be happy to hear from you.  
program established for any calendar year by a           Line 6. This is the aggregate amount of MCCs             You can write to the Internal Revenue Service, Tax  
state or political subdivision that is authorized to     issued (Part IV, column (g)) in connection with the      Products Coordinating Committee,  
issue qualified mortgage bonds under section 143         lender’s loans relating to the issuer’s MCC program      SE:W:CAR:MP:T:M:S, 1111 Constitution Ave. NW,  
(and for which there has been an appropriate             for the calendar year. The total should reflect all of   IR-6526, Washington, DC 20224. Do not send the  
allocation of state volume cap for that calendar         the MCCs described on the lender’s Form 8329,            form to this address. Instead, see Where To File on  
year under section 146) but elected instead to           including any attachments, for the MCC program for       this page. 
issue mortgage credit certificates. (See section         the calendar year. 
25(c)(2) for additional requirements.) 






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