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                                                                           2020 IA 100A 
                            Iowa Capital Gain Deduction – Cattle, Horses, or Breeding Livestock 
                                                                           tax.iowa.gov 
Name(s) ___________________________________________  SSN ____________________________ 

Part I: Sale of Cattle, Horses, or Breeding Livestock 

1. Was the gain from the sale of livestock reported under IRC section 1231?
No  ☐ ... Sale is not eligible for Iowa capital gain deduction. Stop.
Yes   ☐... Continue to line 2. 

2. Report information on each livestock sale that meets the minimum holding period (see
instructions)

Type of        Livestock Use 
Livestock (for (enter                       Meet                           Purchaser 
example        Breeding,                    Minimum                        Relation if 
Cattle, Horse, Dairy, Draft, or  Documented Holding   Purchaser Name if                Lineal 
Swine)         Sporting)       Sale Date    Period?   Lineal Descendant    Descendant 

3. Were all sales reported on line 2 to a
lineal descendant?
No ☐ ...... Continue to Part I, line 4. 
Yes ☐ .... Continue to Part II, line 1. 

4. Enter taxpayer’s gross income from farming and ranching operations
(see instructions) ......................................................................................... 4. $ _______________  
5. Enter taxpayer’s gross income (see instructions) ........................................ 5. $ _______________  
6. Share of gross income from farming or ranching. Divide line 4 by line 5.
Enter percentage to three decimal places (for example 75.8%) .................. 6. ________________ % 

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7. Is line 6 greater than 50.0%?
No ☐ ...... Stop. Sales to anyone other than a lineal descendant are not eligible for Iowa capital 
     gain deduction. Remove sales to anyone other than a lineal descendant from Part I, 
     line 2 and return to Part I, line 3. 
Yes ☐ .... Continue to Part II, line 1. 

Part II: Details of Property Sold 

1. Is the capital gain from a C Corporation?
No ☐ ...... Continue to Part II, line 3. 
Yes ☐ .... Continue to Part II, line 2. 

2. Was the capital gain recognized under IRC 331 or IRC 338?
No ☐ ...... Sale is not eligible for Iowa capital gain deduction. Stop. 
Yes ☐ .... Continue to Part II, line 3. 
3. Are you the sole owner of this property? Married filers, see instructions.
No ☐ ...... Continue to Part II, line 4. 
Yes ☐ .... Enter 100% on Part II, line 4. 

4. Enter taxpayer’s ownership percentage of the total property sold to three
decimal places (for example 65.2%) ............................................................ 4.  _____________ % 
5. Provide all other owner name(s) or the pass-through entity name (if applicable)
 ______________________________________________________________________________
 ______________________________________________________________________________
6. Is the capital gain from an installment sale?
No ☐ ...... Continue to Part II, line 7. 
Yes ☐ .... Enter the property installment sale information: 

a. Start date ........................................................ 6a.  _____________ 
b. End date ......................................................... 6b.  _____________ 
c. Total capital gain to be received by taxpayer
     over the life of the installment sale ................. 6c. $ ____________ 
d. Capital gain received by the taxpayer in tax year 2020 .................. 6d $ _____________ 
7. Iowa capital gain deduction. Enter the amount of the taxpayer’s capital
gain deduction claimed for this property and include on IA 1040 line 23 ..... 7. $ ______________ 

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Instructions for 2020 IA 100A – Iowa Capital Gain Deduction for Sales of Cattle, Horses, or 
                                 Breeding Livestock 
The Iowa  capital gain deduction is subject to     chickens, turkeys, pigeons, geese, other birds, 
review by  the Iowa  Department of Revenue.        fish, frogs, or reptiles, and sales of these 
The Department will use this form to verify that   animals do not qualify for the Iowa capital gain 
the taxpayer(s) qualifies for the deduction. The   deduction. 
Department may request additional information 
                                                   Livestock use: Enter whether the  taxpayer 
if needed. 
                                                   used the livestock sold for “Breeding,” “Dairy,” 
This completed form must be included with the      “Draft,” or “Sporting” purposes. Livestock other 
IA 1040 to support the Iowa capital gain           than cattle and horses must be used for 
deduction claimed  for  livestock sales.  Multiple breeding  purposes to qualify for the  Iowa 
livestock sales can be reported on one IA 100A     capital gain deduction. 
as long as the  property details are  the same 
                                                   Documented sale date:  Enter the sale date 
across all sales. If property details reported in 
                                                   for the livestock sold, as indicated in supporting 
Part II differ across sales, complete a separate 
                                                   documentation and as reported on the 
IA 100A. Complete the form each year of a 
                                                   taxpayer’s federal return. 
qualifying installment sale, including all parts. 
                                                   Meet minimum holding period?: Enter “Yes” 
For taxpayers filing separately on  the same 
                                                   or “No” to  indicate whether the livestock sold 
return, each spouse must complete an IA 100A 
                                                   meet the minimum holding period. Cattle  and 
for the  Iowa capital gain deduction claimed 
                                                   horses must be held for at least 24 months. 
based on the spouse’s ownership  percentage 
                                                   Other breeding livestock must  be held for at 
in the property. 
                                                   least 12 months. Cattle, horses, and other 
Flowcharts to assist  in determining if a  gain    breeding  livestock that do not meet  the 
qualifies are also available in the expanded       minimum holding period do not qualify for the 
instructions online. For more information on the   Iowa capital gain deduction and should not be 
Iowa   capital   gain deduction, see      the      included. 
instructions below and  Iowa Administrative 
                                                   Name of purchaser, if  lineal descendant:  If 
Code rule 701—40.38. 
                                                   the purchaser of the livestock is a lineal 
Part I:  Sale of Cattle, Horses, or  Breeding      descendant of the taxpayer, enter the name of 
Livestock                                          the purchaser. If the purchaser of the livestock 
                                                   is not a lineal descendant of the taxpayer, 
Line 1. Check the box to indicate whether the 
                                                   leave the field  blank.  Lineal descendant is 
taxpayer reported the capital gain under 
                                                   defined as  a  child of the taxpayer including  a 
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 1231. 
                                                   biological child, a legally adopted child,  a 
Line 2. Complete the table as instructed below.    stepchild, grandchild, and great-grandchild. 
Enter each animal  sold on a separate line; 
                                                   Relation of purchaser, if lineal descendant: 
however, if multiple animals have identical 
                                                   If the  purchaser  of the livestock is a lineal 
information in each column of  the table, the 
                                                   descendant of the taxpayer, enter  the 
animals may be combined on one line by 
                                                   purchaser’s relation to the taxpayer  (for 
entering the number and type of livestock sold 
                                                   example,   “Child,” “Grandchild”). If        the
in the first column (for example, “3 Bulls,” “10 
                                                   purchaser of the livestock is not a lineal 
Swine”). Include a separate statement if more 
                                                   descendant of  the taxpayer, leave the  field 
lines are needed: 
                                                   blank. 
Type of livestock: Enter the type of livestock 
                                                   Line 4. Enter the taxpayer’s gross income from 
sold as “Cattle,” “Horses,” or specify the type of 
                                                   farming or ranching operations in tax year 
breeding livestock sold. Breeding livestock may 
                                                   2020. If married filing jointly, income from both 
include  swine, donkeys, sheep, goats, fur-
                                                   spouses must be included. Farming and 
bearing  mammals, and other mammals. 
                                                   ranching gross income is typically reported on 
Breeding livestock does not include poultry, 

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federal Schedule F line 9 or 50, federal Form     Line 3. If married filing jointly and both spouses 
4835 line 7, or as  partnership income from       are the only owners, check yes. If married filing 
farming.  If farm income was reported on          separately and both spouses are owners, check 
another location on the federal return, enter     no; each spouse must complete an IA 100A and 
that income before any expenses are               indicate on  line  3  the separate ownership 
deducted.                                         percentage of that spouse. 
Line 5. Enter the taxpayer’s gross income from    Line  4.  Enter the taxpayer’s ownership 
IA 1040 line 15,  with  modifications to reflect  percentage of the property sold at the time of 
income before the  deduction  of expenses.        the sale to three decimal places (for example: 
Common examples include: gross farm income        50.0%; 33.3%). If not the sole owner,  the 
on IA 100A Part I, line 4 rather than net farm    taxpayer’s ownership percentage must be less 
income reported on IA 1040 line 11; and gross     than 100% and greater than 0%. 
income on federal  Schedule C line 7 rather 
                                                  Line  5. Enter the  names  of all persons  and 
than business income reported on IA 1040 line 
                                                  entities  that owned the livestock at the time of 
5. If  married filing jointly,  income  from both 
                                                  sale.  Alternatively,  if the capital gain flowed 
spouses must be included. 
                                                  through to the taxpayer from  a partnership,  S 
Line 6.  Calculate the proportion of the          corporation, limited  liability company (LLC), 
taxpayer’s gross income from farming or           estate, or trust, only that entity may be reported 
ranching operations by dividing Part I, line 4 by here instead of all other co-owners. 
Part  I, line  5. Round the number to three 
                                                  Line  6.  Check the box to indicate whether 
decimal places, and enter the number as a 
                                                  capital gain comes from an installment sale. If 
percent (for example: 100.0%; 65.2%) 
                                                  “Yes,” enter the date of the first installment, the 
Line 7.  If  married filing separately,  each     expected date of the final installment, the total 
spouse claiming the capital gain deduction        capital gain generated by  the  sale, and  the 
must separately meet and demonstrate the          capital  gain the  taxpayer received during tax 
individual’s gross income from farming or         year 2020. Do not include any interest 
ranching  operations exceeds 50.0%  by            received. 
completing a separate IA 100A. 
                                                  Line  7. Enter the amount of the taxpayer’s 
Part II: Details of Property Sold                 capital gain  deduction  claimed.   Note that  the 
                                                  deduction applies to the net capital gain from a 
Line 1. Check the box to indicate whether the 
                                                  sale. Any nonrecaptured losses are treated as 
capital gain is from a C corporation. 
                                                  ordinary income and are not eligible for  the 
Line 2. Indicate whether the  C corporation       Iowa capital gain deduction.   The eligibility  of 
capital gain was from the liquidation of assets   the Iowa capital gain deduction reported  here 
which are  recognized as a sale of assets         may be  subject  to further examination by the 
under  IRC section 331 or  from certain  stock    Department. 
sales which are treated as an acquisition of 
assets under IRC section 338. 

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