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                                                                                                        Department of the Treasury
Instructions for Form 8866                                                                              Internal Revenue Service

(Rev. September 2013)

(Use with the August 2012 revision of Form 8866)
Interest Computation Under the Look-Back Method for Property Depreciated Under 
the Income Forecast Method

Section references are to the Internal Revenue Recomputation Year                            purpose, rules similar to the constructive 
Code unless otherwise noted.                                                                 ownership rules of section 1563(e) 
                                               A recomputation year is generally the 
                                                                                             apply.
                                               3rd and 10th tax years after the tax year 
General Instructions                           in which the property was placed in 
                                                                                             If you are an owner of an interest in a 
                                               service.
Future Developments                                                                          pass-through entity in which any 
For the latest information about               Exception. A tax year is not a                property was depreciated under the 
developments related to Form 8866 and          recomputation year for the property if,       income forecast method and the entity 
its instructions, such as legislation          for each year before the recomputation        is not subject to the look-back method at 
enacted after they were published, go to       year, the actual income from the              the entity level for that property, you 
www.irs.gov/form8866.                          property is within 10% of the estimated       must file this form for your tax year that 
                                               income taken into account in                  ends with or includes the end of the 
                                               determining the depreciation deduction 
What's New                                                                                   entity's recomputation year. The 
                                               for the property under the income             pass-through entity will provide on 
Form 8866 is not being revised at this         forecast method.                              Schedule K-1 the information you need 
time. Continue to use the August 2012                                                        to complete this form.
revision of Form 8866 with these 
updated instructions.                          Additional Costs
The tax rate used for the interest             Any costs incurred after the property         Change of Taxpayer
computation for individuals and certain        was placed in service (that is not treated    If the taxpayer deducting depreciation 
pass-through entities has changed. See         as separate property—see below) is            under the income forecast method 
the instructions for line 6, later.            taken into account by discounting (using      changes prior to the recomputation 
                                               the Federal mid-term rate determined          year, the taxpayer as of the end of the 
Purpose of Form                                under section 1274(d) as of the time the      recomputation year will be responsible 
Use Form 8866 to figure the interest due       cost was incurred) the cost to its value      for the payment of interest, if any, due 
or to be refunded under the look-back          as of the date the property was placed        for any year in which the property was 
method of section 167(g)(2) for property       in service. However, you may elect not        depreciated under the income forecast 
placed in service after September 13,          to apply this discounting rule to any         method. Generally, only the taxpayer 
1995, that is depreciated under the            property.                                     that had depreciated property under the 
income forecast method as described in         Separate property. The following              income forecast method in a year that 
section 167(g).                                costs are treated as separate property.       an overpayment occurred may request 
                                                                                             a refund of interest on the overpayment.
                                               Any costs incurred related to any 
The income forecast method                     property after the 10th tax year after the 
generally is limited to depreciation of:       tax year the property was placed in           Filing Instructions
Motion picture films,                          service.                                      Interest You Owe (or No 
Video tapes,                                   Any other costs incurred if they are          Interest Is To Be Refunded to 
Sound recordings,                              significant and give rise to a significant 
Copyrights,                                    increase in the income from the property      You)
Books, and                                     which was not included in the estimated       If you owe interest, or no interest is to be 
Patents.                                       income from the property.                     refunded to you, attach Form 8866 to 
                                                                                             your income tax return. You do not have 
Who Must File                                  Pass-Through Entities                         to sign Form 8866 and the paid preparer 
                                                                                             section does not have to be completed.
General Rule                                   A pass-through entity (partnership, S 
You generally must file Form 8866 to           corporation, or trust) that is not closely    For taxpayers other than 
figure interest under the look-back            held must apply the look-back method          partnerships (that are not electing large 
method for each recomputation year for         at the entity level to any property for       partnerships), include any interest due 
property placed in service after               which substantially all of the gross          in the amount to be entered for total tax 
September 13, 1995, that you                   income is from U.S. sources. A                (after credits and other taxes) on your 
depreciate under the income forecast           pass-through entity is considered             return or (for example, 2012 Form 1040, 
method.                                        closely held if, at any time during any       line 61; or 2012 Form 1120, Schedule J, 
                                               tax year for which there is income            line 9d, etc.). Next to the entry space, 
Exception. The look-back method                related to the property, 50% or more (by      write “From Form 8866” and the amount 
does not apply for any property that had       value) of the beneficial interests in the     of interest due.
an unadjusted basis (total capitalized         entity is held (directly or indirectly) by or 
cost) of $100,000 or less at the end of        for five or fewer persons. For this           For partnerships (other than electing 
the recomputation year.                                                                      large partnerships), write “From Form 

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8866” and any interest due in the         an amended income tax return following        return, also enter your spouse's name 
bottom margin of the tax return, and      the filing instructions, earlier, and the     as shown on Form 1040.
attach a check or money order for the     amended return instructions for your tax 
full amount payable to “United States     return.                                       Address
Treasury.” Write the partnership's        If both the original and corrected            Enter your address only if you are filing 
employer identification number (EIN),     Forms 8866 show interest to be                this form separately. Include the 
daytime phone number, and “Form           refunded to you, write “Amended” in the       apartment, suite, room, or other unit 
8866 Interest” on the check or money      top margin of the corrected Form 8866,        number after the street address.
order.                                    and file it separately following the filing 
                                          instructions, earlier.                        P.O. Box
Interest To Be Refunded to You
                                          If your original Form 8866 shows              Enter your box number instead of your 
If interest is to be refunded to you, do  interest you owe and the corrected            street address only if your post office 
not attach Form 8866 to your income tax   Form 8866 shows interest to be                does not deliver mail to your home.
return. Instead, file Form 8866           refunded to you, you must:
separately with the IRS at the applicable                                               Foreign Address
address listed below.                     1. File an amended tax return 
                                          showing $0 interest from Form 8866            Enter the information in the following 
Individuals:                                                                            order: city, province or state, and 
                                          and
                                                                                        country. Follow the country's practice for 
Department of Treasury                    2. File the corrected Form 8866               entering the postal code. Please do not 
Internal Revenue Service                  separately (but do not write “Amended”        abbreviate the country name.
Philadelphia, PA 19255-0001               at the top of the form because this is the 
                                          first Form 8866 that you will file            Identifying Number
All others:                               separately for this recomputation year). 
                                                                                        If you are an individual, enter your social 
                                          Follow the filing instructions, earlier, and 
                                                                                        security number. Other filers must use 
Department of Treasury                    the amended return instructions for your 
                                                                                        their EIN.
Internal Revenue Service                  tax return.
Cincinnati, OH 45999-0001                                                               Recomputation year column
                                          If the original Form 8866 shows 
                                          interest to be refunded to you and the        Enter the month and year for the 
Complete the Signature section on         corrected Form 8866 shows interest you        recomputation year listed at the top of 
Form 8866 following the instructions for  owe, you must:                                this form.
the Signature section of your income tax 
return. If you file a joint return, the   1. File the corrected Form 8866 
signature of both spouses is required on  separately (with “Amended” written at         Columns (a) and (b)
Form 8866. A paid preparer must also      the top) showing $0 interest to be            Enter at the top of each column the 
complete the Signature section. If        refunded and                                  ending month and year for:
                                                                                        Each tax year prior to the 
additional Forms 8866 are needed (to      2. File an amended income tax 
                                                                                        recomputation year in which you 
show more than 2 prior tax years), sign   return and attach a copy of the 
                                                                                        depreciated property under the income 
only the first Form 8866.                 corrected Form 8866. Follow the filing 
                                                                                        forecast method to which this form 
                                          instructions, earlier, and the amended 
                                                                                        applies and
File Form 8866 by the date you are        return instructions for your tax return.
required to file your income tax return                                                 Any other tax year affected by such 
                                                                                        years.
(including extensions). Keep a copy of    Attachments
Form 8866 and any attached schedules 
for your records.                         If you need more space, attach separate       Note. If there are more than 2 prior tax 
                                          sheets to the back of Form 8866. Put          years, attach additional Forms 8866 as 
                                          your name and identifying number on           needed. On the additional Forms 8866, 
Filing a Corrected Form                   each sheet.                                   enter your name, identifying number, 
8866                                                                                    and tax year. Complete lines 1 through 
You must file a corrected Form 8866                                                     8 (as applicable), but do not enter totals 
only if the amount shown on line 6 for    Specific Instructions
                                                                                        in column (c). Enter totals only in 
any prior year changes as a result of an                                                column (c) of the first Form 8866.
error you made, an income tax             Recomputation Year
examination, or the filing of an amended  Fill in the recomputation year line at the    Line 1
tax return.                               top of the form to show the tax year for 
                                                                                        Do not reduce taxable income or 
                                          which this form is being filed. If you were 
                                                                                        increase a loss on line 1 by any 
When completing line 1 of the             an owner of an interest in a 
                                                                                        carryback of a net operating loss, net 
corrected Form 8866, follow the           pass-through entity that has depreciated 
                                                                                        section 1256 contracts loss, or capital 
instructions on the form but do not enter one or more properties under the 
                                                                                        loss, except to the extent that carryback 
the adjusted taxable income from line 3   income forecast method, enter your tax 
                                                                                        resulted from or was adjusted by the 
of the original Form 8866. When           year that ends with or includes the end 
                                                                                        redetermination of depreciation under 
completing line 5 of the corrected Form   of the entity's recomputation year.
8866, do not include the interest due, if                                               the income forecast method for 
                                                                                        look-back purposes.
any, from line 10 of the original Form    Name
8866 that was included in your total tax  Enter the name shown on your Federal          Line 2
when Form 8866 was filed with your tax    income tax return for the recomputation 
                                                                                        In each column, show a net increase to 
return.                                   year. If you are an individual filing a joint 
If both the original and corrected                                                      taxable income as a positive amount 
Forms 8866 show interest you owe, file 

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and a net decrease as a negative          Line 3                                       compounded on a daily basis, generally 
amount.                                   If line 3 results in a negative amount, it   from the due date (not including 
In figuring the net adjustment to be      represents a look-back net operating         extensions) of the return for the prior 
entered in each column on line 2, be      loss (NOL). The adjustment in line 2         year until the earlier of:
sure to take into account any other       either, created, increased, or decreased     The due date (not including 
income and expense adjustments that       the net operating loss. The change in        extensions) of the return for the 
may result from the increase (or          the amount of the net operating loss         recomputation year, or
decrease) to depreciation under the       would be carried back or forward to the      The date the return for the 
income forecast method (for example,      appropriate tax year and the                 recomputation year is filed and any 
for an individual, a change to adjusted   hypothetical tax would be recomputed         income tax due for that year has been 
gross income may affect medical           in the carryback/forward year. However,      fully paid.
expenses).                                the computation period for computing         Exceptions
                                          interest on NOLs is different. See the 
If there are no adjustments besides       exceptions listed on lines 7 and 8           If a net operating loss, capital loss, 
the look-back adjustments, the sum of     below.                                       net section 1256 contracts loss, or 
all line 2 amounts should be zero and                                                  credit carryback is being increased or 
                                                                                       decreased as a result of the adjustment 
reflected in column 2(c). If there are    Lines 4 and 5                                made to net income due to refiguring 
additional adjustments that result from 
                                          Reduce the tax liability to be entered on 
the application of the look-back, leave                                                depreciation under the income forecast 
                                          lines 4 and 5 by allowable credits (other 
column 2(c) blank and reflect the                                                      method, the interest due or to be 
                                          than refundable credits, for example, 
amounts in the schedule below as                                                       refunded must be computed on the 
                                          the credit for taxes withheld on wages, 
described in item 3.                                                                   increase or decrease in tax attributable 
                                          the earned income credit, the additional     to the change to the carryback only from 
Include the following on an attached      child tax credit, the credit for Federal tax the due date (not including extensions) 
schedule.                                 paid on fuels, etc.), but do not take into   of the return for the prior year that 
1.    Identify each property              account any credit carrybacks to the         generated the carryback and not from 
depreciated under the income forecast     prior year in computing the amount to        the due date of the return for the year in 
method to which this form applies.        enter on lines 4 and 5 (except to the        which the carryback was absorbed. See 
                                          extent of carrybacks that resulted from      section 6611(f).
2.    For each property, report in        or were adjusted by the redetermination      In the case of a decrease in tax on 
columns for each prior year: (a) the      of depreciation for look-back purposes).     line 6, if a refund has been allowed for 
amount of depreciation previously         Include on lines 4 and 5 any taxes (such     any part of the income tax liability shown 
deducted based on estimated future        as alternative minimum tax) required to      on line 5 for any year as a result of a net 
income and (b) the amount of              be taken into account in the                 operating loss, capital loss, net section 
depreciation allowable for each prior     computation of your tax liability (as        1256 contracts loss, or credit carryback 
year based on actual income earned        originally reported or as redetermined).     to such year, and the amount of the 
before the end of the recomputation 
year and estimated future income to be                                                 refund exceeds the amount on line 4, 
earned after the recomputation year.      Line 6                                       interest is allowed on the amount of 
Total the columns for each prior year     Pass-through entities. Multiply the          such excess only until the due date (not 
and show the net adjustment to            amount on line 2 by the applicable           including extensions) of the return for 
depreciation.                             regular tax rate for each prior year         the year in which the carryback arose.
                                          shown in column (a) or (b). The 
3.    Identify any other adjustments      applicable regular tax rate is as follows.   Note. If a different method of interest 
that result from a change in depreciation                                              computation must be used to produce 
under the income forecast method and      1. Pass-through entities in which, at all 
show the amounts in the columns for the   times during the year, more than 50% of      the correct result in your case, use that 
affected years so that the net            the interests in the entity are held by      method and attach an explanation of 
adjustment shown in each column on        individuals directly or through other        how the interest was computed.
the attached schedule agrees with the     pass-through entities. The rates for tax     Applicable Interest Rates
amounts shown on line 2.                  years beginning:                             The overpayment rate designated under 
An owner of an interest in a                                                           Section 6621 is used to calculate the 
pass-through entity is not required to       a. In 2000 or earlier .....  39.6%        interest for both hypothetical 
provide the detail listed in 1 and 2 with    b. In 2001 ............      39.1%        overpayments and underpayments. The 
respect to prior years. The entity should    c. In 2002 ...........       38.6%        applicable interest rates are published 
provide the line 2 amounts with              d. In 2003 through                        quarterly in revenue rulings in the 
Schedule K-1 or on a separate                2012 ...............         35.0%        Internal Revenue Bulletin available at 
statement for its recomputation year.        e. In 2013 or later   ...... 39.6%        IRS.gov.
                                                                                       However, for depreciation deducted 
Note. Taxpayers reporting line 2          2. All other pass-through entities not 
                                                                                       in tax years ending after August 5, 1997, 
amounts from more than one                included in 1 above: 35%.
Schedule K-1 (or a similar statement)                                                  an interest rate is determined for each 
                                                                                       interest accrual period. The interest 
must attach a schedule detailing by       Lines 7 and 8                                accrual period starts on the day after the 
entity the net change to depreciation     For the increase or decrease in tax for      return due date (not including 
under the income forecast method.         each prior year, interest due or to be       extensions) for each prior tax year and 
                                          refunded must be computed at the             ends on the return due date for the 
                                          applicable interest rate and                 following tax year. The interest rate in 

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effect for the entire interest accrual              Table 2                            information, you may forfeit any refund 
period is the overpayment rate              Interest Rates for Corporate               of interest otherwise owed to you and 
determined under section 6621(a)(1)                                                    be subject to other penalties.
applicable on the first day of the interest Increases or Decreases in Tax of 
accrual period.                                     $10,000 or Less                    You are not required to provide the 
                                                                                       information requested on a form that is 
Even though the interest rates               From   Through  Rate Table    Page        subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
change quarterly, for look-back             1/1/04  3/31/04  3%   59       613         unless the form displays a valid OMB 
purposes the interest rate stays the        4/1/04  6/30/04  4%   61       615         control number. Books or records 
same for the accrual period which is        7/1/04  9/30/04  3%   59       613         relating to a form or its instructions must 
generally one year. The applicable          10/1/04 12/31/04 4%   61       615         be retained as long as their contents 
                                            1/1/05  3/31/05  4%   13       567
interest rates for non-corporate            4/1/05  9/30/05  5%   15       569         may become material in the 
taxpayers are shown in Table 1 (for         10/1/05 6/30/06  6%   17       571         administration of any Internal Revenue 
interest accrual periods beginning after    7/1/06  12/31/07 7%   19       573         law. Generally, tax returns and return 
Jan. 1, 2004).                              1/1/08  3/31/08  6%   65       619         information are confidential, as required 
                                            4/1/08  6/30/08  5%    63      617         by section 6103. However, section 6103 
The applicable interest rates for           7/1/08  9/30/08  4%    61      615
                                            10/1/08 12/31/08 5%    63      617         sometimes permits or requires us to 
corporate taxpayers for the first $10,000   1/1/09  3/31/09  4%    13      567         disclose this information.
are shown in Table 2. The applicable        4/1/09  12/31/10 3%    11      565
interest rates for corporate taxpayers for  1/1/11  3/31/11  2%    9       563         We may give the information to the 
amounts in excess of $10,000 are            4/1/11  9/30/11  3%   11       565         Department of Justice and to other 
shown in Table 3.                           10/1/11 12/31/11 2%   9        563         Federal agencies, as provided by law. 
                                            1/1/12  12/31/12 2%   57       611         We may give it to cities, states, the 
                                            1/1/13  9/30/13  2%   9        563
Line 9                                                                                 District of Columbia, and U.S. 
                                                                                       commonwealths or possessions to carry 
Additional interest to be refunded for              Table 3                            out their tax laws. We may give it to 
periods after the due date of the return, 
if any, will be computed by the IRS and     Interest Rates for Corporate               foreign governments because of tax 
included in your refund. Report the         Increases or Decreases in Tax              treaties they have with the United 
amount on line 9 (or the amount                     Exceeding $10,000                  States. We may also disclose this 
refunded by the IRS if different) as                                                   information to Federal and state 
interest income on your income tax           From   Through  Rate    Table    Page     agencies to enforce Federal nontax 
return for the tax year in which it is      1/1/04  3/31/04     1.5%       56  610     criminal laws and to combat terrorism.
received or accrued.                        4/1/04  6/30/04     2.5%       58  612
                                            7/1/04  9/30/04     1.5%       56  610     The time needed to complete and file 
Line 10                                     10/1/04 12/31/04    2.5%       58  612     this form will vary depending on 
                                            1/1/05  3/31/05     2.5%       10  564     individual circumstances. The estimated 
Corporations (other than S                  4/1/05  9/30/05     3.5%       12  566     burden for individual taxpayers filing this 
corporations) may deduct this amount        10/1/05 6/30/06     4.5%       14  568     form is approved under OMB control 
(or the amount computed by the IRS if       7/1/06  12/31/07    5.5%       16  570
different) as interest expense for the tax  1/1/08  3/31/08     4.5%       62  616     number 1545-0074 and is included in 
                                            4/1/08  6/30/08     3.5%       60  614     the estimates shown in the instructions 
year in which it is paid or incurred. For   7/1/08  9/30/08     2.5%       58  612     for their individual income tax return. 
individuals and other taxpayers, this       10/1/08 12/31/08    3.5%       60  614     The estimated burden for all other 
interest is not deductible.                 1/1/09  3/31/09     2.5%       10  564     taxpayers who file this form is shown 
                                            4/1/09  12/31/10    1.5%        8  562
               Table 1                      1/1/11  3/31/11     0.5%        –    –     below.
                                            4/1/11  9/30/11     1.5%        8  562
Interest Rates for Non-corporate            10/1/11 9/30/13     0.5%        –    –     Recordkeeping.......       7 hr., 39 min.
        Taxpayers
                                                                                       Learning about the law
 From   Through    Rate     Table      Page Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduc-
                                                                                        or the form .........1 hr., 33 min.
1/1/04  3/31/04      4%     61         615  tion Act Notice. We ask for the 
4/1/04  6/30/04      5%     63         617  information on this form to carry out the  Preparing, copying,
7/1/04  9/30/04      4%     61         615  Internal Revenue laws of the United         assembling, and 
10/1/04 12/31/04     5%     63         617  States. We need it to ensure that you      sending
1/1/05  3/31/05      5%     15         569  are complying with these laws and to        the form to the IRS  ...2 hr., 56 min.
4/1/05  9/30/05      6%     17         571
10/1/05 6/30/06      7%      19        573  figure and collect or refund the correct 
7/1/06  12/31/07     8%     21         575  amount of interest. Section 167(g)         If you have comments concerning the 
1/1/08  3/31/08      7%     67         621  provides special rules for computing       accuracy of these time estimates or 
4/1/08  6/30/08      6%     65         619  interest under the look-back method for    suggestions for making this form 
7/1/08  9/30/08      5%     63         617  property depreciated under the income      simpler, we would be happy to hear 
10/1/08 12/31/08     6%     65         619  forecast method. Sections 6001 and         from you. You can write to the Internal 
1/1/09  3/31/09      5%     15         569
4/1/09  12/31/10     4%     13         567  6109 and their regulations require you     Revenue Service, Tax Forms and 
1/11/11 3/31/11      3%     11         565  to provide this information, including     Publications Division, 1111 Constitution 
4/1/11  9/30/11      4%     13         567  your identifying number, if this provision Ave., NW, IR-6526, Washington, DC 
10/1/11 12/31/11     3%     11         565  applies to you. If you do not file Form    20224. Do not send your tax forms to 
1/1/12  12/31/12     3%     59         613  8866, do not provide the information we    this address. Instead, see Filing 
1/1/13  9/30/13      3%     11         565
                                            ask for, or provide fraudulent             Instructions, earlier.

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