Userid: CPM Schema: Leadpct: 100% Pt. size: 10 Draft Ok to Print instrx AH XSL/XML Fileid: … ns/i8845/202201/a/xml/cycle07/source (Init. & Date) _______ Page 1 of 3 11:02 - 7-Jan-2022 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Instructions for Form 8845 (Rev. January 2022) Indian Employment Credit Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code cooperative, estate, or trust. Instead, they can report this unless otherwise noted. credit directly on Form 3800, General Business Credit. Future Developments Qualified Wages For the latest information about developments related to Form 8845 and its instructions, such as legislation Qualified wages means any wages paid or incurred by an enacted after they were published, go to employer for services performed by an employee while IRS.gov/Form8845. such employee is a qualified employee (see below). It What’s New doesn’t include wages attributable to services rendered during the 1-year period (if applicable, 2-year period if Credit extension. The Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster employee is a long-term family assistance recipient under Tax Relief Act of 2020 extended the Indian employment section 51) beginning with the day the employee starts credit to cover qualified wages and qualified employee work for the employer if any portion of such wages is used health insurance costs paid or incurred in tax years in figuring the work opportunity credit on Form 5884. beginning in 2021. Wages has the same meaning given in section 51. See Coronavirus-related employee retention credit. You section 45A(b)(1) for details. may claim an employee retention credit on an Qualified wages do not include: employment tax return such as Form 941, Employer's • Wages paid to or incurred for any employee after QUARTERLY Federal Tax Return. Wages paid after December 31, 2020, and before July 1, 2021, if you use December 31, 2020, and before July 1, 2021, and used to the same wages to claim the employee retention credit on figure this coronavirus-related employee retention credit an employment tax return such as Form 941; can't also be used to figure a credit on Form 8845. See • Wages paid to or incurred for any employee after March Qualified Wages. 31, 2021, and before October 1, 2021, if you use the Credit for qualified sick and family leave wages. You same wages to claim the credit for qualified sick and may claim a credit for qualified sick and family leave family leave wages on an employment tax return such as wages on an employment tax return such as Form 941. Form 941; and Wages paid after March 31, 2021, and before October 1, • Wages paid to or incurred for any employee generally 2021, and used to figure that credit, can't also be used to after December 27, 2019, and before April 17, 2021, if you figure a credit on Form 8845. See Qualified Wages. use the same wages to claim the 2020 qualified disaster employee retention credit on Form 5884-A. Disaster-related employee retention credit. You may Information about any future disaster credits that claim a 2020 qualified disaster employee retention credit reduce qualified wages may be posted under "Recent on Form 5884-A, Employee Retention Credit for Developments" at IRS.gov/Form8845. Employers Affected by Qualified Disasters. Wages used to figure that disaster-related employee retention credit Qualified Employee Health Insurance can't also be used to figure a credit on Form 8845. See Qualified Wages. Costs Employee retention credit. Wages paid after June 30, Qualified employee health insurance costs means any 2021, and before January 1, 2022, and used to figure the amount paid or incurred by an employer for health Indian employment credit can’t also be used to figure a insurance coverage for an employee while the employee coronavirus-related employee retention credit. is a qualified employee. Don’t include amounts paid or incurred for health insurance under a salary reduction General Instructions agreement. Qualified Employee Purpose of Form Qualified employee means, for any tax period, any Use Form 8845 to claim the Indian employment credit if employee who meets all three of the following tests. you paid or incurred qualified wages and/or qualified employee health insurance costs to/for a qualified 1. The employee is an enrolled member, or the employee during your tax year. spouse of an enrolled member, of an Indian tribe. Each tribe determines who qualifies for enrollment and what Partnerships, S corporations, cooperatives, estates, documentation, if any, is issued as proof of enrollment and trusts must file this form to claim the credit. All others status. Examples of appropriate documentation will vary aren’t required to complete or file this form if their only from one tribe to another and may include a tribal source for this credit is a partnership, S corporation, membership card, Certified Degree of Indian Blood (CDIB) card, or letter from the tribe or tribal enrollment Jan 07, 2022 Cat. No. 66389C |
Page 2 of 3 Fileid: … ns/i8845/202201/a/xml/cycle07/source 11:02 - 7-Jan-2022 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. office. Employers should retain a copy of the proof of Indian Reservation enrollment status provided by the employee. 2. Substantially all the services performed by the Indian reservation means a reservation as defined in employee for the employer are performed within an Indian section 3(d) of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 or section reservation (defined below). 4(10) of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978. 3. The employee's principal residence while Early Termination of Employee performing such services is on or near the reservation Generally, if the employer terminates a qualified employee where the services are performed. less than 1 year after the date of initial employment, the However, the employee shall be treated as a qualified following rules apply. employee for any tax year only if more than 50% of the • No wages or qualified employee health insurance costs wages paid or incurred by the employer to the employee may be taken into account for the tax year the during the tax year are for services performed in the employment is terminated. employer's trade or business. Each member of a • Any credits allowed for prior tax years by reason of controlled group must meet this requirement wages paid or incurred to that employee must be independently. Also, see the instructions for lines 1 and 2. recaptured. Include the recapture amount on the line for recapture taxes on your income tax return. Also, any No wages shall be taken into account with respect to carryback or carryover of the credit must be adjusted. an individual who: • Bears any of the relationships described in These rules do not apply if: subparagraphs (A) through (G) of section 152(d)(2) to the • The employee voluntarily quits, taxpayer, or, if the taxpayer is a corporation, to an • The employee is terminated because of misconduct, or individual who owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% • The employee becomes disabled. However, if the in value of the outstanding stock of the corporation, or, if disability ends during the first year of employment, the the taxpayer is an entity other than a corporation, to any employer must offer reemployment to that employee. individual who owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% An employee isn’t treated as terminated if the corporate of the capital and profits interests in the entity (determined employer is acquired by another corporation covered with the application of section 267(c)), under the rules in section 381(a) and the employee • If the taxpayer is an estate or trust, is a grantor, continues to be employed by the acquiring corporation. beneficiary, or fiduciary of the estate or trust, or is an Nor is a mere change in the form of conducting the trade individual who bears any of the relationships described in or business treated as a termination if the employee subparagraphs (A) through (G) of section 152(d)(2) to a continues to be employed in such trade or business and grantor, beneficiary, or fiduciary of the estate or trust, or the taxpayer retains a substantial interest in such trade or • Is a dependent (described in section 152(d)(2)(H)) of business. the taxpayer, or, if the taxpayer is a corporation, of an individual described in subparagraph (A), or, if the Member of Controlled Group or taxpayer is an estate or trust, of a grantor, beneficiary, or fiduciary of the estate or trust. Business Under Common Control For purposes of figuring the credit, all members of a The following are also not qualified employees. controlled group of corporations (as defined in section 52(a)) and all members of a group of businesses under • A 5% owner: If the employer is a corporation, any common control (as defined in section 52(b)), are treated person who owns (or is considered to own under section as a single employer. As a member, figure your credit 318) more than 5% of the outstanding or voting stock of based on your proportionate share of qualified wages and the employer or, if not a corporate employer, more than qualified employee health insurance costs giving rise to 5% of the capital or profits interest in the employer. See the group's Indian employment credit. Enter your share of section 416(i)(1)(B) for details. the credit on line 4. Attach a statement showing how your • Any individual who performs services involving the share of the credit was figured, and write “See Attached” conduct of Class I, II, or III gaming, as defined in section 4 next to the entry space for line 4. of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and any individual performing any services in a building housing such gaming activity. Specific Instructions Indian Tribe Figure the credit for your trade or business on lines 1 through 4. The following rules apply for lines 1 and 2. Indian tribe means any Indian tribe, band, nation, pueblo, • The total amount of qualified wages and qualified or other organized group or community, including any employee health insurance costs for each qualified Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation, as employee for any tax year is limited to $20,000. defined in, or established under, the Alaska Native Claims • For a short tax year, multiply the wages limit by the Settlement Act, that is recognized as eligible for the number of days in the short tax year and divide the result special programs and services provided by the United by 365. States to Indians because of their status as Indians. See the Federal Register dated February 1, 2019, (84 FR Line 1 1200) and subsequent updates, for the most recent listing Enter the total qualified wages and qualified employee of federally recognized Indian tribes. health insurance costs paid or incurred for qualified -2- Instructions for Form 8845 (Rev. 01-2022) |
Page 3 of 3 Fileid: … ns/i8845/202201/a/xml/cycle07/source 11:02 - 7-Jan-2022 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. employees during the tax year. An employee isn’t a Partnerships, S corporations, cooperatives, estates, qualified employee if the total amount of wages paid or and trusts report the above credits on line 5. All other filers incurred by the employer to the employee during the tax figuring a separate credit on earlier lines also report the year (whether or not for services within an Indian above credits on line 5. All others not using earlier lines to reservation) exceeds $50,000. figure a separate credit can report the above credits directly on Form 3800, Part III, line 1g, and not file Form Line 2 8845. Enter the total qualified wages and qualified employee health insurance costs paid or incurred by the employer Line 7 (or predecessor) for qualified employees during calendar Cooperatives. A cooperative described in section year 1993 (as if section 45A had been in effect during 1381(a) must allocate to its patrons the credit in excess of 1993). If none, enter zero. For this purpose, an employee its tax liability limit. Therefore, to figure the unused amount isn’t a qualified employee if the total amount of wages of the credit allocated to patrons, the cooperative must paid or incurred by the employer to the employee during first figure its tax liability. While any excess is allocated to calendar year 1993 (whether or not for services within an patrons, any credit recapture applies as if the cooperative Indian reservation) exceeds $30,000. had claimed the entire credit. Line 4 If the cooperative is subject to the passive activity rules, In general, you must reduce your deduction for salaries include on line 5 any Form 8845 credit from passive and wages by the amount on line 4, even if you can’t take activities disallowed for prior years and carried forward to the full credit this year because of the tax liability limit. If this year. Complete Form 8810, Corporate Passive you capitalized any salaries and wages on which you Activity Loss and Credit Limitations, to determine the figured the credit, reduce the amount capitalized by the allowed credit that must be allocated to patrons. For amount attributable to these costs. details, see the Instructions for Form 8810. Estates and trusts. Allocate the Indian employment Line 5 credit on line 6 between the estate or trust and the Enter the total Indian employment credits from the beneficiaries in the same proportion as income was appropriate box of: allocated and enter the beneficiaries’ share on line 7. • Schedule K-1 (Form 1065), Partner’s Share of Income, If the estate or trust is subject to the passive activity Deductions, Credits, etc., box 15 (code P); rules, include on line 5 any Form 8845 credit from passive • Schedule K-1 (Form 1120-S), Shareholder’s Share of activities disallowed for prior years and carried forward to Income, Deductions, Credits, etc., box 13 (code P); this year. Complete Form 8582-CR, Passive Activity • Schedule K-1 (Form 1041), Beneficiary’s Share of Credit Limitations, to determine the allowed credit that Income, Deductions, Credits, etc., box 13 (code L); or must be allocated between the estate or trust and the • Form 1099-PATR, Taxable Distributions Received beneficiaries. For details, see the Instructions for Form From Cooperatives, box 12 (box 11 for 2019; box 10 8582-CR. before 2019), or other notice of credit allocation. Paperwork Reduction Act Notice. We ask for the information on this form to carry out the Internal Revenue laws of the United States. You are required to give us the information. We need it to ensure that you are complying with these laws and to allow us to figure and collect the right amount of tax. You are not required to provide the information requested on a form that is subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act unless the form displays a valid OMB control number. Books or records relating to a form or its instructions must be retained as long as their contents may become material in the administration of any Internal Revenue law. Generally, tax returns and return information are confidential, as required by section 6103. The time needed to complete and file this form will vary depending on individual circumstances. The estimated burden for individual and business taxpayers filing this form is approved under OMB control number 1545-0074 and 1545-0123 and is included in the estimates shown in the instructions for their individual and business income tax return. If you have comments concerning the accuracy of these time estimates or suggestions for making this form simpler, we would be happy to hear from you. See the instructions for the tax return with which this form is filed. Instructions for Form 8845 (Rev. 01-2022) -3- |