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                                                                                             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 

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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 

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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.

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