2023

Instructions for Form 8615

Tax for Certain Children Who Have Unearned Income

Department of the Treasury

Internal Revenue Service

Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless 

otherwise noted.

Future Developments

For the latest information about developments related to Form 8615 

and its instructions, such as legislation enacted after they were 

published, go to IRS.gov/Form8615.

Reminders

Election to modify the tax on your unearned income. Taxpayers 

may elect to modify their tax on dependent children with unearned 

income for tax years 2018 and 2019. The election allows taxpayers 

to recalculate the tax on dependent children with unearned income 

for these years to be based on the parent’s individual tax rate instead 

of the previous tax rates (condensed trust and estates tax rates).

If you choose to modify the tax on your unearned income using 

the tentative tax based on the tax rate of your parent, you will need to 

use the 2018 or 2019 Instructions for Form 8615 and file an 

amended return, Form 1040-X, Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax 

Return.

Generally, for a credit or refund, you must file Form 1040-X within 

3 years (including extensions) after the date you filed your original 

return or within 2 years after the date you paid the tax, whichever is 

later.

See IRS.gov/Form1040X for more information about amending a 

tax return. If you make this election, include a statement or an 

attachment with your amended return specifying “election to modify 

tax on unearned income.”

General Instructions

Purpose of Form

For children under age 18 and certain older children described 

below in Who Must File, unearned income over $2,500 is taxed at 

the parent's rate if the parent's rate is higher than the child's. If the 

child's unearned income is more than $2,500, use Form 8615 to 

figure the child's tax.

Unearned Income

Unearned income is generally all income other than salaries, wages, 

and other amounts received as pay for work actually performed 

(earned income). It includes taxable interest, dividends, capital gains 

(including capital gain distributions), rents, royalties, pension and 

annuity income, taxable scholarship and fellowship grants not 

reported on Form W-2, unemployment compensation, alimony, the 

taxable part of social security and pension payments, and income 

(other than earned income) received as the beneficiary of a trust.

Who Must File

Form 8615 must be filed for any child who meets all of the following 

conditions.

1. The child had more than $2,500 of unearned income.

2. The child is required to file a tax return.

3. The child either:

a. Was under age 18 at the end of 2023,

b. Was age 18 at the end of 2023 and didn’t have earned 

income that was more than half of the child's support, or

c. Was a full-time student at least age 19 and under age 24 at 

the end of 2023 and didn’t have earned income that was 

more than half of the child's support.

(Earned income is defined later. Support is defined below.)

4. At least one of the child's parents was alive at the end of 2023.

5. The child doesn’t file a joint return for 2023.

For these rules, the term “child” includes a legally adopted child 

and a stepchild. These rules apply whether or not the child is a 

dependent. These rules don’t apply if neither of the child’s parents 

were living at the end of the year.

Support. Your support includes all amounts spent to provide the 

child with food, lodging, clothing, education, medical and dental 

care, recreation, transportation, and similar necessities. To figure 

your child’s support, count support provided by you, your child, and 

others. However, a scholarship received by your child isn’t 

considered support if your child is a full-time student. For details, see 

Pub. 501, Dependents, Standard Deduction, and Filing Information.

Certain January 1 birthdays. Use the following chart to determine 

whether certain children with January 1 birthdays meet condition 3 

under Who Must File, earlier.

IF you were born on... THEN, at the end of 2023, 

you are considered to be...

January 1, 2006 18*

January 1, 2005 19**

January 1, 2000 24***

* This child isn't under age 18. The child meets condition 3 only if the 

child didn't have earned income that was more than half of the child's 

support. 

** This child meets condition 3 only if the child was a full-time student 

who didn't have earned income that was more than half of the child's 

support. 

*** Don’t use Form 8615 for this child.

The parent may be able to elect to report the child’s interest, 

ordinary dividends, and capital gain distributions on the 

parent’s return. If the parent makes this election, the child 

won’t have to file a return or Form 8615. However, the federal income 

tax on the child’s income, including qualified dividends and capital 

gain distributions, may be higher if this election is made. For more 

details, see Form 8814, Parents’ Election To Report Child's Interest 

and Dividends.

Which Parent’s Return To Use

If a child’s parents are married to each other and file a joint return, 

use the joint return to complete Form 8615. For other situations 

when the parents do not file a joint return, see Parents Who Don't 

File a Joint Return next.

Parents Who Don’t File a Joint Return

For parents who don’t file a joint return, the following discussions 

explain which parent's tax return must be used to figure the tax.

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Parents are married. If the child's parents file separate returns, use 

the return of the parent with the greater taxable income.

Parents not living together. If the child's parents are married to 

each other but not living together, and the parent with whom the 

child lives (the custodial parent) is considered unmarried, use the 

return of the custodial parent. If the custodial parent isn’t considered 

unmarried, use the return of the parent with the greater taxable 

income.

For an explanation of when a married person living apart from 

their spouse is considered unmarried, see Head of Household in 

Pub. 501.

Parents are divorced. If the child's parents are divorced or legally 

separated, and the parent who had custody of the child for the 

greater part of the year (the custodial parent) hasn’t remarried, use 

the return of the custodial parent.

Custodial parent remarried. If the custodial parent has 

remarried, the stepparent (rather than the noncustodial parent) is 

treated as the child's other parent. Therefore, if the custodial parent 

and the stepparent file a joint return, use that joint return. Don’t use 

the return of the noncustodial parent.

If the custodial parent and the stepparent are married, but file 

separate returns, use the return of the one with the greater taxable 

income. If the custodial parent and the stepparent are married but 

not living together, the earlier discussion under Parents not living 

together applies.

Parents never married. If a child's parents have never been 

married to each other, but lived together all year, use the return of 

the parent with the greater taxable income. If the parents didn’t live 

together all year, the rules explained earlier under Parents are 

divorced apply.

Widowed parent remarried. If a widow or widower remarries, the 

new spouse is treated as the child's other parent. The rules 

explained earlier under Custodial parent remarried apply.

Incomplete Information for Filing

If the parents' taxable income, filing status, or net unearned income 

of the parents' other children isn't known by the original due date of 

the child's return, the child should request an extension of time to file 

using Form 4868, Application for Automatic Extension of Time To 

File U.S. Individual Income Tax Return.

An extension of time to file isn’t an extension of time to pay.

Parent with different tax year. If the parent and the child don’t 

have the same tax year, complete Form 8615 using the information 

on the parent's return for the tax year that ends in the child's tax year.

Example. Kimberly must use her mother's tax and taxable 

income to complete her Form 8615 for calendar year 2023 (January 

1–December 31). Kimberly's mother files her tax return on a fiscal 

year basis (July 1–June 30). Kimberly must use the information on 

her mother's return for the tax year ending June 30, 2023, to 

complete her 2023 Form 8615.

Parent's return information unavailable. If a child can’t get the 

required information about their parent's tax return, the child (or the 

child's legal representative) can request the necessary information 

from the IRS.

How to request. After the end of the tax year, send a signed, 

written request for the information to the Internal Revenue Service 

Center where the parent's return will be filed. (The IRS can’t process 

a request received before the end of the tax year.)

The request must contain all of the following.

• A statement that you are making the request to comply with 

section 1(g) of the Internal Revenue Code and that you have 

tried to get the information from the parent.

• Proof of the child's age (for example, a copy of the child's birth 

certificate).

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• Evidence the child has more than $2,500 of unearned income 

(for example, a copy of the child's prior year tax return or copies 

of Forms 1099 for the current year).

• The name, address, social security number (SSN) (if known), 

and filing status (if known) of the parent whose information is to 

be shown on Form 8615.

A child's legal representative making the request should include a 

copy of their Power of Attorney, such as Form 2848, or proof of legal 

guardianship.

Amended Return

If the parents’ income changes after the child’s return is filed, the 

child’s tax must be refigured using the adjusted amounts. The child's 

tax must also be refigured if there are changes to the net unearned 

income of other children for whom the parent is required to file a 

Form 8615. If the child's tax changes, file Form 1040-X.

Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)

A child may be subject to AMT if the child has certain items given 

preferential treatment under the tax law. These items include 

accelerated depreciation and certain tax-exempt interest income. 

The AMT may also apply if you have passive activity losses or 

certain distributions from estates or trusts.

For details, see Form 6251, Alternative Minimum 

Tax—Individuals, and its instructions.

Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT)

A child whose tax is figured on Form 8615 may be subject to the 

NIIT. NIIT is a 3.8% tax on the lesser of net investment income or the 

excess of the child’s modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) over 

the threshold amount. Use Form 8960, Net Investment Income Tax, 

to figure this tax. For more information on NIIT, go to IRS.gov/NIIT.

Specific Instructions

Lines A–C

If the child’s parents were married to each other and filed a joint 

return, enter the name and SSN of the parent who is listed first on 

the joint return. On line C, check the box for the parent's filing status.

If the parents were married but filed separate returns, enter the 

name and SSN of the parent who had the higher taxable income. If 

you don’t know which parent had the higher taxable income, see 

Which Parent's Return To Use, earlier.

If the parents were unmarried, treated as unmarried for federal 

income tax purposes, or separated by either a divorce or separate 

maintenance decree, enter the name and SSN of the parent with 

whom the child resided for the greater part of the calendar year. See 

the definition of custodial parent in Pub. 501.

Exceptions. If the custodial parent remarried and filed a joint return 

with their new spouse, enter the name and SSN of the person listed 

first on the joint return, even if that person isn’t the child’s parent. If 

the custodial parent and their new spouse filed separate returns, 

enter the name and SSN of the person with the higher taxable 

income, even if that person isn’t the child’s parent.

If the parents were unmarried but lived together during the year 

with the child, enter the name and SSN of the parent who had the 

higher taxable income.

Line 1

If the child had no earned income (defined below), enter the child’s 

adjusted gross income from Form 1040 or 1040-NR, line 11.

If the child had earned income, use the Child's Unearned Income 

Worksheet, later, to figure the amount to enter on line 1. But use the 

Alternate Worksheet for Form 8615, Line 1 to figure the amount to 

enter on line 1 if the child:

• Files Form 2555 (relating to foreign earned income),

• Has a net loss from self-employment, or

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• Claims a net operating loss deduction.

Earned income. Earned income includes wages, tips, and other 

payments received for personal services performed.

If the child is a sole proprietor or a partner in a trade or business 

in which both personal services and capital are material 

income-producing factors, earned income also includes a 

reasonable allowance for compensation for personal services, but 

not more than 30% of the child’s share of the net profits from that 

trade or business (after subtracting the deduction for one-half of 

self-employment tax). However, the 30% limit doesn’t apply if there 

are no net profits from the trade or business.

If capital isn’t an income-producing factor and the child’s personal 

services produced the business income, all of the child’s gross 

income from the trade or business is considered earned income. In 

that case, earned income is generally the total of the amounts 

reported on Form 1040, line 1z; Schedule 1 (Form 1040), lines 3 and 

6; or Form 1040-NR, line 1z.

Earned income also includes any taxable distribution from a 

qualified disability trust. A qualified disability trust is any nongrantor 

trust:

1. Described in 42 U.S.C. 1396p(c)(2)(B)(iv) and established 

solely for the benefit of an individual under 65 years of age who 

is disabled, and

2. All the beneficiaries of which are determined by the 

Commissioner of Social Security to have been disabled for 

some part of the tax year within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. 

1382c(a)(3).

A trust won’t fail to meet (2) above just because the trust’s corpus 

may revert to a person who isn’t disabled after the trust ceases to 

have any disabled beneficiaries.

Nontaxable income. For this purpose, unearned income 

includes only amounts your child must include in gross income. 

Nontaxable unearned income, such as tax-exempt interest and the 

nontaxable part of social security and pension payments, isn’t 

included in gross income.

Capital loss. Your child’s capital losses are taken into account in 

figuring their unearned income. Capital losses are first applied 

against capital gains. If the capital losses are more than the capital 

gains, the difference (up to $3,000 ($1,500 in the case of a married 

individual filing a separate return)) is subtracted from your child’s 

interest, dividends, and other unearned income. Any difference over 

$3,000 is carried to the next year.

Child’s Unearned Income 

Worksheet—Line 1

Keep for Your Records

1. Enter the amount from the child’s Form 1040 or 1040-NR, 

line 9, whichever applies ....................

2. Enter the child’s earned income (defined earlier) plus the 

amount of any penalty on early withdrawal of savings from 

the child’s Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 18, whichever 

applies ...............................

3. Subtract line 2 from line 1. Enter the result here and on 

Form 8615, line 1 .........................

Income from property received as a gift. Your child’s 

unearned income includes all income produced by property 

belonging to your child. This is true even if the property was 

transferred to your child, regardless of when the property was 

transferred or purchased or who transferred it.

Example. Amanda Black, age 13, received the following 

income.

• Dividends—$1,200.

• Wages—$2,100.

• Taxable interest—$1,300.

• Tax-exempt interest—$100.

• Capital gains—$300.

• Capital losses—($200).

The dividends were qualified dividends on stock given to her by her 

grandparents.

Amanda's unearned income is $2,600. This is the total of the 

dividends ($1,200), taxable interest ($1,300), and capital gains 

reduced by capital losses ($300 − $200 = $100). Her wages are 

earned (not unearned) income because they are received for work 

actually performed. Her tax-exempt interest isn’t included because it 

is nontaxable.

Alternate Worksheet for Form 8615, Line 1

A. Enter the amount from your child’s Form 1040 or 

1040-NR, line 9 ........................

B. Enter the total of any net loss from self-employment, 

any net operating loss deduction, any foreign earned 

income exclusion, and any foreign housing exclusion 

from your child’s Form 1040 or 1040-NR. Enter this 

total as a positive number (greater than zero) .....

C. Add line A and line B and enter the total ........

D. Enter your child’s earned income plus any amount from 

your child’s Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 18 ......

Generally, your child’s earned income is the total of the 

amounts reported on Form 1040 or 1040-NR, line 1z; 

and Schedule 1 (Form 1040), lines 3 and 6 (if Schedule 

1 (Form 1040), line 3 or 6 is a loss, use zero)

E. Subtract line D from line C. Enter the result here and on 

Form 8615, line 1 .......................

Trust income. If your child is the beneficiary of a trust, 

distributions of taxable interest, dividends, capital gains, and other 

unearned income from the trust are unearned income to your child.

However, taxable distributions from a qualified disability trust are 

considered earned income for the purposes of completing Form 

8615.

Adjustment to income. In figuring the amount to enter on line 1, 

your child’s unearned income is reduced by any penalty on the early 

withdrawal of savings.

Line 2

If the child doesn't itemize deductions on Schedule A (Form 1040), 

enter $2,500 on line 2.

If the child itemizes deductions, enter on line 2 the larger of:

1. $1,250 plus the portion of the amount on Schedule A (Form 

1040), line 17 (or Schedule A (Form 1040-NR), line 8), that is 

directly connected with the production of the unearned income 

on Form 8615, line 1; or

2. $2,500.

Directly connected. Itemized deductions are directly connected 

with the production of unearned income if they are for expenses to 

produce or collect taxable income or to manage, conserve, or 

maintain property held for producing income. These expenses 

include custodian fees and service charges, service fees to collect 

taxable interest and dividends, and certain investment counsel fees.

However, only certain directly connected expenses, such as 

interest and deductible amortizable bond premiums, are deductible 

in tax years 2018 through 2025.

For tax years 2018 through 2025, miscellaneous itemized 

deductions are suspended and not deductible.

Example 1. Roger, age 12, has unearned income of $8,000, no 

other income, no adjustments to income, and itemized deductions of 

$300 that are directly connected with his unearned income. His 

adjusted gross income is $8,000, which is entered on Form 1040, 

line 11, and on Form 8615, line 1. Roger enters $2,500 on line 2 

because that is more than the total of $1,250 plus his directly 

connected itemized deductions of $300 ($1,550).

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Example 2. Eleanor, age 8, has unearned income of $16,000 

and an early withdrawal penalty of $100. She has no other income. 

She has itemized deductions of $1,300 that are directly connected 

with the production of her unearned income. Her adjusted gross 

income, entered on line 1, is $15,900 ($16,000 − $100). The amount 

on line 2 is $2,550. This is the larger of:

1. $1,250 plus the $1,300 of directly connected itemized 

deductions, or

2. $2,500.

Line 3

Subtract line 2 from line 1 and enter the result on this line. If zero or 

less, don’t complete the rest of the form. However, you must still 

attach Form 8615 to your child’s tax return. Figure the tax on your 

child’s taxable income in the normal manner.

Line 4

Enter on line 4 your child’s taxable income from Form 1040, 

1040-SR, or 1040-NR, line 15.

Child files Form 2555. If the child files Form 2555 (relating to 

foreign earned income), enter the amount from line 3 of the child's 

Foreign Earned Income Tax Worksheet (in the Instructions for Form 

1040), instead of the child's taxable income.

Line 5

A child’s net unearned income can’t be more than their taxable 

income. Enter on Form 8615, line 5, the smaller of line 3 or line 4. 

This is the child’s unearned income.

If zero or less, don’t complete the rest of the form. However, you 

must still attach Form 8615 to your child’s tax return. Figure the tax 

on your child’s taxable income in the normal manner.

Figuring a Tentative Tax at the 

Parent’s Tax Rate

The next step in completing Form 8615 is to figure a tentative tax on 

the child's net unearned income at the parent's tax rate. The 

tentative tax at the parent's tax rate is the difference between the tax 

on the parent's taxable income figured with the child's net unearned 

income (plus the net unearned income of any other child whose 

Form 8615 includes the tax return information of that parent) and the 

tax figured without it.

When figuring the tentative tax at the parent's tax rate on Form 

8615, don’t refigure any of the exclusions, deductions, or credits on 

the parent's return because of the child's net unearned income. For 

example, don’t refigure the medical expense deduction.

Figure the tentative tax on Form 8615, lines 6 through 13.

Line 6

Enter on line 6 the amount from the parent's Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 

1040-NR, line 15, even if your spouse isn't the child's parent. If the 

parent's taxable income is zero or less, enter zero on line 6.

Parent files Form 2555. If the parent files Form 2555 to claim the 

foreign earned income exclusion, housing exclusion, or housing 

deduction, the Foreign Earned Income Tax Worksheet in the 

Instructions for Form 1040 is used to figure the parent's tax. Enter 

the amount from line 3 of the Foreign Earned Income Tax Worksheet 

as the parent's taxable income, on line 6 of Form 8615.

Line 7

If the tax return information of the parent is also used on any other 

child's Form 8615, enter on line 7 the total of the amounts from line 5 

of all the other children's Forms 8615 being completed. (The term 

"other child" means any other child whose Form 8615 uses the tax 

information of the parent identified on lines A and B of Form 8615.)

Example. Paul and Jane Persimmon have three children, 

Sharon, Jerry, and Mike, who must attach Form 8615 to their tax 

returns. The children's net unearned income amounts on line 5 of 

their Forms 8615 are:

• Sharon—$900,

• Jerry—$700, and

• Mike—$1,100.

Line 7 of Sharon's Form 8615 will show $1,800, the total of the 

amounts on line 5 of Jerry's and Mike's Forms 8615.

Line 7 of Jerry's Form 8615 will show $2,000 ($900 + $1,100).

Line 7 of Mike's Form 8615 will show $1,600 ($900 + $700).

Line 8

Enter on this line the total of lines 5, 6, and 7. You must determine 

the amount of net capital gain and qualified dividends included on 

this line before completing line 9.

Net capital gain. Net capital gain is the smaller of the gain, if 

any, on Schedule D (Form 1040), line 15, or the gain, if any, on 

Schedule D, line 16. If Schedule D isn’t required, it is the amount on 

Form 1040 or 1040-NR, line 7.

Qualified dividends. Qualified dividends are those dividends 

reported on line 3a of Form 1040 or 1040-NR.

Net capital gain and qualified dividends on line 8. If neither the 

child, nor the parent, nor any other child has net capital gain, the net 

capital gain on line 8 is zero. (The term “other child” means any other 

child whose Form 8615 uses the tax return information of the parent 

identified on lines A and B of Form 8615.)

If neither the child, nor the parent, nor any other child has 

qualified dividends, the amount of qualified dividends on line 8 is 

zero.

If the child, the parent, or any other child has net capital gain, 

figure the amount of net capital gain included on line 8 by adding 

together the net capital gain amounts included on lines 5, 6, and 7.

If the child, the parent, or any other child has qualified dividends, 

figure the amount of qualified dividends included on line 8 by adding 

together the qualified dividend amounts included on lines 5, 6, and 

7. Use the following discussions to find these amounts.

Net capital gain or qualified dividends on line 5. If the child 

has a net capital gain or qualified dividends, use the appropriate 

Line 5 Worksheet in these instructions to find the amount included 

on line 5. These worksheets are needed to adjust the child's net 

capital gain and qualified dividends by the appropriate allocated 

amount of the child's deductions.

Net capital gain or qualified dividends on line 6. If the parent 

has a net capital gain, its full amount is the net capital gain included 

on line 6. If the parent has qualified dividends, the full amount is the 

amount of qualified dividends included on line 6.

Net capital gain or qualified dividends on line 7. The net 

capital gain included on line 7 is the total of the amounts of net 

capital gain included on line 5 of the other children's Forms 8615. 

The qualified dividends included on line 7 are the total of the 

amounts of qualified dividends included on line 5 of the other 

children's Forms 8615. Find these amounts for each other child as 

explained under Net capital gain or qualified dividends on line 5, 

earlier. (Don’t attach the other children's Forms 8615 to this child's 

return.)

Note. The amount of any net capital gain or qualified dividends isn’t 

separately reported on line 8. It is needed, however, when figuring 

the tax on line 9.

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2023 Line 5 Worksheet #1 Keep for Your Records

Use this worksheet only if line 2 of the child's Form 8615 is $2,500 and lines 3 and 5 are the same amount.

1. Enter the child's qualified dividends ......................................... 1.

2. Enter the child's net capital gain ............................................ 2.

3. Enter the amount from the child's Form 8615, line 1 ............................ 3.

4. Divide line 1 by line 3. Enter the result as a decimal (rounded to at least three places). 

Don’t enter more than 1.000 ............................................... 4.

5. Divide line 2 by line 3. Enter the result as a decimal (rounded to at least three places). 

Don’t enter more than 1.000 ............................................... 5.

6. Multiply $2,500 by line 4 .................................................. 6.

7. Multiply $2,500 by line 5 .................................................. 7.

8. Qualified dividends on Form 8615, line 5. Subtract line 6 of this worksheet from line 1 

(but don’t enter less than zero or more than the amount on Form 8615, line 5) ...... 8.

9. Net capital gain on Form 8615, line 5. Subtract line 7 of this worksheet from line 2 (but 

don’t enter less than zero or more than the excess of Form 8615, line 5, over line 8 of 

this worksheet) ......................................................... 9.

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2023 Line 5 Worksheet #2 Keep for Your Records

Use this worksheet only if line 2 of the child's Form 8615 is more than $2,500 and lines 3 and 5 of the child's Form 

8615 are the same amount.

1. Enter the child's qualified dividends ......................................... 1.

2. Enter the child's net capital gain ............................................ 2.

3. Add lines 1 and 2 ........................................................ 3.

4. Divide line 1 by line 3. Enter the result as a decimal (rounded to at least three 

places) ................................................................ 4.

5. Enter the child's itemized deductions directly connected with the production of the 

child's qualified dividends or net capital gain .................................. 5.

6. Multiply line 4 by line 5 .................................................... 6.

7. Subtract line 6 from line 5 ................................................. 7.

8. Subtract line 7 from line 2 ................................................. 8.

9. Subtract line 6 from line 1 ................................................. 9.

10. Enter the amount from the child's Form 8615, line 1 ............................ 10.

11. Divide line 1 by line 10. Enter the result as a decimal (rounded to at least three places). 

Don’t enter more than 1.000 ............................................... 11.

12. Divide line 2 by line 10. Enter the result as a decimal (rounded to at least three places). 

Don’t enter more than 1.000 minus the amount on line 11 ....................... 12.

13. Multiply $1,250 by line 11 ................................................. 13.

14. Multiply $1,250 by line 12 ................................................. 14.

15. Qualified dividends on Form 8615, line 5. Subtract line 13 from line 9 (but don’t 

enter less than zero or more than the amount on Form 8615, line 5) ............... 15.

16. Net capital gain on Form 8615, line 5. Subtract line 14 from line 8 (but don’t enter 

less than zero or more than the excess of Form 8615, line 5, over line 15 of this 

worksheet) ............................................................. 16.

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2023 Line 5 Worksheet #3 Keep for Your Records

Use this worksheet only if the child's Form 8615, line 5, is less than line 3.

1. Enter the child's qualified dividends ......................................... 1.

2. Enter the child's net capital gain ............................................ 2.

3. Add lines 1 and 2 ........................................................ 3.

4. Divide line 1 by line 3. Enter the result as a decimal (rounded to at least three 

places) ................................................................ 4.

5. If the child itemized deductions, enter the child's itemized deductions directly 

connected with the production of the income on line 3 .......................... 5.

6. Multiply line 4 by line 5 .................................................... 6.

7. Subtract line 6 from line 5 ................................................. 7.

8. Subtract line 7 from line 2 ................................................. 8.

9. Subtract line 6 from line 1 ................................................. 9.

10. Enter -0- ............................................................... 10.

11. If the child itemized deductions, enter the child's itemized deductions not directly 

connected with the production of the income shown on line 3 of this worksheet. 

Otherwise, enter the child's standard deduction ............................... 11.

12. Add lines 10 and 11 ...................................................... 12.

13. Enter the child's adjusted gross income (Form 1040 or 1040-NR, line 11) .......... 13.

14. Divide line 3 by line 13. Enter the result as a decimal (rounded to at least three places). 

Don’t enter more than 1.000 ............................................... 14.

15. Multiply line 12 by line 14 .................................................. 15.

16. Multiply line 15 by line 4 ................................................... 16.

17. Subtract line 16 from line 15 ............................................... 17.

18. Qualified dividends on Form 8615, line 5. Subtract line 16 of this worksheet from 

line 9. Enter the result here (but don’t enter less than zero or more than the amount on 

Form 8615, line 5) ....................................................... 18.

19. Net capital gain on Form 8615, line 5. Subtract line 17 of this worksheet from line 8 

(but don’t enter less than zero or more than the excess of Form 8615, line 5, over 

line 18 of this worksheet) .................................................. 19.

Line 9

Figure the tax on the amount on line 8 using the Tax Table, the Tax 

Computation Worksheet, the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain 

Tax Worksheet (in the Instructions for Form 1040, or the Instructions 

for Form 1040-NR), the Schedule D Tax Worksheet (in the 

Schedule D instructions), or Schedule J (Form 1040), as follows.

• If line 8 doesn’t include any net capital gain or qualified 

dividends, use the Tax Table or Tax Computation Worksheet to 

figure this tax. But if Schedule J is used to figure the tax on the 

parent's return, use it to figure this tax.

• If line 8 includes any net capital gain or qualified dividends, use 

the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet to 

figure this tax. For details, see the instructions for Form 8615, 

line 9. However, if the child, the parent, or any other child has 

28% rate gain or unrecaptured section 1250 gain, use the 

Schedule D Tax Worksheet. But if Schedule J is used to figure 

the tax on the parent's return, use it to figure this tax.

Child files Form 2555. If line 8 includes any net capital gain or 

qualified dividends and the child, or any other child filing Form 8615, 

also files Form 2555 or 2555-EZ, use Using the Schedule D Tax 

Worksheet for line 9 tax, later, to figure the line 9 tax.

Using the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet 

for line 9 tax. If you use the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain 

Tax Worksheet to figure the line 9 tax, complete that worksheet as 

follows.

1. On line 1, enter the amount from Form 8615, line 8.

2. On line 2, enter the amount of qualified dividends included on 

Form 8615, line 8. (See the instructions for line 8.)

3. On line 3, enter the amount of the net capital gain included on 

Form 8615, line 8. (See the instructions for line 8.)

4. Complete line 4 following the worksheet instructions.

5. If the Foreign Earned Income Tax Worksheet was used to figure 

the parent's tax, go to step 6. Otherwise, skip steps 6, 7, and 8 

and go to step 9.

6. Determine whether there is a line 8 capital gain excess. To do 

this, subtract from line 1 of this worksheet the amount on line 2c 

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of the parent's Foreign Earned Income Tax Worksheet. If the 

result is more than zero, that amount is the line 8 capital gain 

excess. If the result is zero or less, there is no line 8 capital gain 

excess.

7. If there is no line 8 capital gain excess skip step 8 and go to 

step 9.

8. If there is a line 8 capital gain excess, complete a second 

Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet, in its 

entirety using steps 1 through 7, and with the following 

additional modifications.

a. Reduce the amount you would otherwise enter on line 3 

(but not below zero) by the line 8 capital gain excess.

b. Reduce the amount you would otherwise enter on line 2 

(but not below zero) by any of the line 8 capital gain excess 

not used in (a).

9. Complete lines 5 through 25 following the worksheet 

instructions. Use the parent's filing status to complete lines 6, 

13, 22, and 24.

Enter the amount from line 25 of the Qualified Dividends and 

Capital Gain Tax Worksheet on Form 8615, line 9, and check the box 

on that line. Don’t attach this worksheet to the child's return.

Using the Schedule D Tax Worksheet for line 9 tax. Use the 

Schedule D Tax Worksheet (in the Schedule D instructions) to figure 

the tax on line 9, if the child, the parent, or any other child has 

unrecaptured section 1250 gain or 28% rate gain. If you must use 

the Schedule D Tax Worksheet, first complete any Schedule D and 

any actual Schedule D Tax Worksheet required for the child, the 

parent, or any other child. Then, figure the line 9 tax using another 

Schedule D Tax Worksheet. (Don’t attach this Schedule D Tax 

Worksheet to the child’s return.)

Complete this Schedule D Tax Worksheet as follows.

1. On line 1, enter the amount from Form 8615, line 8.

2. On line 2, enter the qualified dividends included on Form 8615, 

line 8. (See the earlier discussion for Form 8615, line 8.)

3. On line 3, enter the total of the amounts, if any, on line 4g of all 

Forms 4952 filed by the child, the parent, or any other child.

4. On line 4, enter the total of the amounts, if any, on line 4e of all 

Forms 4952 filed by the child, the parent, or any other child. If 

applicable, include instead the smaller amount entered on the 

dotted line next to line 4e.

5. On lines 5 and 6, follow the worksheet instructions.

6. On line 7, enter the net capital gain included on Form 8615, 

line 8. (See the earlier discussion for line 8.)

7. On lines 8 through 10, follow the worksheet instructions.

8. On line 11, enter zero if neither the child, nor the parent, nor any 

other child has unrecaptured section 1250 gain (Schedule D, 

line 19) or 28% rate gain (Schedule D, line 18).

Otherwise, enter the amount of unrecaptured section 1250 

gain and 28% rate gain included in the net capital gain on Form 

8615, line 8. Figure these amounts as explained later under 

Figuring unrecaptured section 1250 gain (line 11) and Figuring 

28% rate gain (line 11).

9. If the Foreign Earned Income Tax Worksheet was used to figure 

the parent's tax or the tax of any child, go to step 10 below. 

Otherwise, skip steps 10, 11, and 12 below, and go to step 13.

10. Determine whether there is a line 8 capital gain excess as 

follows.

a. Add the amounts on line 2c of all Foreign Earned Income 

Tax Worksheets completed by the parent or any child for 

whom Form 8615 is filed. (But, for each child, don’t add 

more than the excess, if any, of the amount on line 5 of the 

child's Form 8615 over the child’s taxable income on Form 

1040 or 1040-NR, line 15.)

b. Subtract (a) from the amount on line 1 of this Schedule D 

Tax Worksheet.

c. Subtract (b) from the amount on line 10 of this Schedule D 

Tax Worksheet. If the result is more than zero, that amount 

is the line 8 capital gain excess. If the result is zero or less, 

there is no line 8 capital gain excess.

11. If there is no line 8 capital gain excess, skip step 12 below and 

go to step 13.

12. If there is a line 8 capital gain excess, complete a second 

Schedule D Tax Worksheet as instructed above and in step 13 

but in its entirety and with the following additional modifications. 

(These modifications are to be made only for purposes of filling 

out this additional Schedule D Tax Worksheet.)

a. Reduce the amount you would otherwise enter on line 9 

(but not below zero) by the line 8 capital gain excess.

b. Reduce the amount you would otherwise enter on line 6 

(but not below zero) by any of the line 8 capital gain excess 

not used in (a) above.

c. If the child, the parent, or any other child has 28% rate gain, 

reduce the amount you would otherwise enter on line 8 of 

Worksheet 1 for Line 11 of the Schedule D Tax 

Worksheet—28% Rate Gain (Line 9 Tax), shown later, (but 

not below zero) by the line 8 capital gain excess, and 

refigure the amount on line 11 of this Schedule D Tax 

Worksheet.

d. If the child, the parent, or any other child has unrecaptured 

section 1250 gain, reduce the amount you would otherwise 

enter on line 8 of Worksheet 2 for Line 11 of the 

Schedule D Tax Worksheet—Unrecaptured Section 1250 

Gain (Line 9 Tax) (but not below zero) by the line 8 capital 

gain excess not used in step 12c above, and refigure the 

amount on line 11 of this Schedule D Tax Worksheet.

13. Complete lines 12 through 47 following the worksheet 

instructions. On line 35, enter the smaller of (a) line 9 of this 

worksheet; or (b) the total of the amounts, if any, on line 19 of all 

Schedules D (Form 1040) filed by the child, the parent, or any 

other child. Use the parent's filing status to complete lines 15, 

44, and 46.

Enter the amount from line 47 of this Schedule D Tax Worksheet 

on Form 8615, line 9, and check the box on that line. Don’t attach 

this worksheet to the child’s return.

Figuring 28% rate gain (line 11). If the child, the parent, or any 

other child has 28% rate gain, figure the amount of 28% rate gain 

included in the net capital gain on Form 8615, line 8, using the 

following worksheet.

Worksheet 1 for Line 11 of the Schedule D Tax

 Worksheet—28% Rate Gain (Line 9 Tax)

1. Enter the amount, if any, from your child’s Schedule D (Form 

1040), line 18 .......................

If line 1 is zero or blank, skip lines 2 through 4, enter -0- 

on line 5, and go to line 6.

2. Enter the amount, if any, from the last line of your child’s 

completed Line 5 Worksheet. (See the line 8 instructions for 

which Line 5 Worksheet to use.) ..............

3. Enter the amount from line 2 of your child’s completed Line 5 

Worksheet .........................

4. Divide line 2 by line 3. Enter the result as a decimal ...

5. Multiply line 1 by line 4 ..................

6. If no other child has 28% rate gain, enter -0-. Otherwise, 

repeat lines 1 through 5 above for each other child who has 

28% rate gain and enter the total of the line 5 amounts for 

those other children ....................

7. Enter the amount, if any, from line 18 of the parent's 

Schedule D (Form 1040) .................

8. Add lines 5, 6, and 7. Also include this amount on the 

Schedule D Tax Worksheet, line 11 ............

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Figuring unrecaptured section 1250 gain (line 11). If the 

child, the parent, or any other child has unrecaptured section 1250 

gain, figure the amount of unrecaptured section 1250 gain included 

in the net capital gain on Form 8615, line 8, using the following 

worksheet.

Worksheet 2 for Line 11 of the Schedule D 

Tax Worksheet—Unrecaptured 

Section 1250 Gain (Line 9 Tax)

1. Enter the amount, if any, from your child’s Schedule D, 

line 19 ...........................

If line 1 is zero or blank, skip lines 2 through 4, enter -0- 

on line 5, and go to line 6.

2. Enter the amount, if any, from the last line of your child’s 

completed Line 5 Worksheet. (See the line 8 instructions for 

which Line 5 Worksheet to use.) ..............

3. Enter the amount from line 2 of your child’s completed Line 5 

Worksheet .........................

4. Divide line 2 by line 3. Enter the result as a decimal ...

5. Multiply line 1 by line 4 ...................

6. If no other child has unrecaptured section 1250 gain, 

enter -0-. Otherwise, repeat lines 1 through 5 for each other 

child who has unrecaptured section 1250 gain and enter the 

total of the line 5 amounts for those children .......

7. Enter the amount, if any, from line 19 of the parent's 

Schedule D (Form 1040) .................

8. Add lines 5, 6, and 7. Also include this amount on the 

Schedule D Tax Worksheet, line 11 ............

Using Schedule J (Form 1040) for line 9 tax. If any farming or 

fishing income is included on line 8, the tax may be less if you use 

Schedule J. Use Schedule J to figure the line 9 tax on Form 8615 if 

Schedule J is used to figure the tax on the parent's return. First 

complete the actual Schedule J for the parent, then use another 

Schedule J as a worksheet to figure the tax to enter on line 9 of Form 

8615. (Don’t attach this worksheet to the child's return.)

Complete this worksheet Schedule J as follows.

1. On line 1, enter the amount from Form 8615, line 8.

2. On lines 2a, 2b, and 2c, enter the amounts from the parent's 

Schedule J, lines 2a, 2b, and 2c.

3. Complete line 3 following the Schedule J instructions.

4. Complete line 4. If Form 8615, line 8, includes any net capital 

gain, use the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax 

Worksheet to figure the tax amount on this line.

For details on how to use the worksheet, see Using the 

Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet for line 9 

tax, except use the amount from line 3 of this worksheet 

Schedule J (Form 1040) instead of the amount on Form 8615, 

line 8.

However, if the child, the parent, or any other child has 28% 

rate gain or unrecaptured section 1250 gain, use the 

Schedule D Tax Worksheet. Follow the earlier instructions 

under Using the Schedule D Tax Worksheet for line 9 tax, 

except use the amount on line 3 of this worksheet Schedule J 

(instead of the amount on Form 8615, line 8) in step 1, above.

5. On lines 5 through 16, enter the amounts from the parent's 

Schedule J, lines 5 through 16.

6. Complete lines 17 and 18 following the Schedule J (Form 1040) 

instructions.

7. On lines 19 through 22, enter the amounts from the parent's 

Schedule J, lines 19 through 22.

8. Complete line 23 following the Schedule J instructions.

Enter the amount from line 23 of this worksheet Schedule J on 

Form 8615, line 9, and check the box on that line.

Line 10

Enter on line 10 the amount from Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR, 

line 16. Don’t include the tax, if any, from Form 4972 or Form 8814 or 

any tax from recapture of an education credit.

Parent files Form 2555. If the Foreign Earned Income Tax 

Worksheet (in the Instructions for Form 1040) was used to figure the 

parent's tax, enter the amount from line 4 of that worksheet, instead 

of the parent's tax from Form 1040, line 16.

Line 11

Subtract line 10 from line 9 and enter the result on this line. This is 

the tentative tax.

If line 7 is blank, skip lines 12a and 12b and enter the amount 

from line 11 on line 13. Also skip the discussion for lines 12a and 

12b that follows.

Lines 12a and 12b

If an amount is entered on line 7, divide the tentative tax shown on 

line 11 among the children according to each child's share of the 

total net unearned income. This is done on lines 12a, 12b, and 13. 

Add the amount on line 7 to the amount on line 5 and enter the total 

on line 12a. Divide the amount on line 5 by the amount on line 12a 

and enter the result, as a decimal, on line 12b.

Example. In the earlier example under Line 7, Sharon's Form 

8615 shows $1,800 on line 7. The amount entered on line 12a is 

$2,700, the total of the amounts on lines 5 and 7 ($900 + $1,800). 

The decimal on line 12b is 0.333, figured as follows and rounded to 

three places.

$900

= 0.333 $2,700

Line 13

If an amount is entered on line 7, multiply line 11 by the decimal on 

line 12b and enter the result on line 13. This is the child’s share of 

the tentative tax.

Figuring the Child's Tax

The final step in figuring the child’s tax is to determine the larger of:

1. The total of:

a. The child’s share of the tentative tax based on the parent's 

tax rate, plus

b. The tax on the child’s taxable income in excess of net 

unearned income, figured at the child’s tax rate; or

2. The tax on the child’s taxable income, figured at the child’s tax 

rate.

This is the child’s tax. It is figured on Form 8615, lines 14 through 

18.

Line 14

If lines 4 and 5 of Form 8615 are the same, the child’s taxable 

income isn’t more than the child’s net unearned income. Enter zero 

on lines 14 and 15, and go to line 16. Also skip the rest of this 

discussion and the discussion for line 15 that follows.

If lines 4 and 5 aren't the same, subtract line 5 from line 4 and 

enter the result on line 14. Then, before completing line 15, you must 

determine the amount of net capital gain and qualified dividends, if 

any, included on line 14.

Net capital gain and qualified dividends on line 14. If the child 

doesn’t have any net capital gain or qualified dividends, the amount 

of the net capital gain and qualified dividends included on line 14 is 

zero.

If the child has net capital gain, the amount of net capital gain 

included on line 14 is the amount from line 2 of the child’s completed 

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Line 5 Worksheet minus the amount from the last line of that 

worksheet. (See the earlier discussion of line 8.)

If the child has qualified dividends, the amount of qualified 

dividends included on line 14 is the amount from line 1 of the child’s 

completed Line 5 Worksheet minus the amount from the next to the 

last line of that worksheet. (See the earlier discussion of line 8.)

Line 15

Figure the tax using the Tax Table, Tax Computation Worksheet, 

Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet, Schedule D 

Tax Worksheet, or Schedule J, whichever applies.

If line 14 includes any net capital gain or qualified dividends, 

use the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet 

to figure this tax. However, if the child has to file Schedule D 

and line 18 or line 19 of the child's Schedule D is more than zero, 

use the Schedule D Tax Worksheet to figure this tax instead. See 

Using the Schedule D Tax Worksheet for line 15 tax, later, for 

instructions on how to figure the line 15 tax.

Note. Before using the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax 

Worksheet to figure the line 15 tax, you will need to know the amount 

of net capital gain and qualified dividends, if any, included on line 14. 

See Net capital gain and qualified dividends on line 14, earlier.

Using the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet 

for line 15 tax. If you use the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain 

Tax Worksheet to figure the line 15 tax, complete that worksheet as 

follows.

1. On line 1, enter the amount from Form 8615, line 14.

2. On line 2, enter the amount of the qualified dividends included 

on Form 8615, line 14. (See Net capital gain and qualified 

dividends on line 14, earlier.)

3. On line 3, enter the amount of the net capital gain included on 

Form 8615, line 14. (See Net capital gain and qualified 

dividends on line 14, earlier.)

4. Complete line 4 following the worksheet instructions.

5. Complete lines 5 through 25 following the worksheet 

instructions. Use the child's filing status to complete lines 6, 13, 

22, and 24 of the worksheet.

Enter the amount from line 25 on line 15 of Form 8615 and check 

the box on that line. Don’t attach this worksheet to the child's return.

Child files Form 2555. If line 14 includes any net capital gain or 

qualified dividends and the child files Form 2555, see Using the 

Schedule D Tax Worksheet for line 15 tax next for instructions on 

how to figure the line 15 tax.

Using the Schedule D Tax Worksheet for line 15 tax. Use the 

Schedule D Tax Worksheet (in the Schedule D instructions) to figure 

the line 15 tax if the child has unrecaptured section 1250 gain or 

28% rate gain. Don’t attach this Schedule D Tax Worksheet to the 

child’s return.

Complete this Schedule D Tax Worksheet as follows.

1. On line 1, enter the amount from Form 8615, line 14.

2. On line 2, enter the qualified dividends included on Form 8615, 

line 14. (See the earlier discussion of line 14.)

3. Leave lines 3 through 5 blank.

4. Enter the amount from line 2 on line 6.

5. On line 7, enter the net capital gain included on Form 8615, 

line 14. (See the earlier discussion of line 14.)

6. Skip line 8.

7. Enter the amount from line 7 on line 9.

8. Complete line 10, following the worksheet instructions.

9. On line 11, enter zero if the child has no 28% rate gain 

(Schedule D, line 18) or unrecaptured section 1250 gain 

(Schedule D, line 19).

TIP

 Otherwise, see Worksheet 1 for Line 11 of the Schedule D 

Tax Worksheet—28% Rate Gain (Line 9 Tax) and Worksheet 2 

for Line 11 of the Schedule D Tax Worksheet—Unrecaptured 

Section 1250 Gain (Line 9 Tax) under Using the Schedule D 

Tax Worksheet for line 9 tax, earlier.

For each worksheet you complete, subtract line 5 of that 

worksheet from line 1 of that worksheet, and include the result 

on line 11 of this worksheet.

10. If the child isn’t filing Form 2555, skip steps 11, 12, and 13 

below, and go to step 14. If the child is filing Form 2555, go to 

step 11.

11. Determine whether there is a line 14 capital gain excess as 

follows.

a. Subtract from line 2c of your Foreign Earned Income Tax 

Worksheet the excess, if any, of the amount on line 5 of the 

child's Form 8615 over the child's taxable income on Form 

1040 or 1040-NR, line 15.

b. Subtract (a) from the amount on line 14 of Form 8615.

c. Subtract (b) from the amount on line 10 of this Schedule D 

Tax Worksheet. If the result is more than zero, that amount 

is the line 14 capital gain excess. If the result is zero or less, 

there is no line 14 capital gain excess.

12. If there is no line 14 capital gain excess, skip step 13 below and 

go to step 14.

13. If there is a line 14 capital gain excess, complete a second 

Schedule D Tax Worksheet as instructed above and in step 14 

below but in its entirety and with the following additional 

modifications. (These modifications are to be made only for 

purposes of filling out this Schedule D Tax Worksheet.)

a. Reduce the amount you would otherwise enter on line 9 

(but not below zero) by the line 14 capital gain excess.

b. Reduce the amount you would otherwise enter on line 6 

(but not below zero) by any of the line 14 capital gain 

excess not used in (a) above.

c. If the child has 28% rate gain, reduce the amount you 

would otherwise enter on line 11, as figured in step 9, (but 

not below zero) by the line 14 capital gain excess.

d. If the child has unrecaptured section 1250 gain, reduce the 

amount you would otherwise enter on line 11, as figured in 

step 9, (but not below zero) by the line 14 capital gain 

excess not used in (c) above.

14. Complete lines 12 through 47 following the worksheet 

instructions. Use the child's filing status to complete lines 15, 

44, and 46.

Enter the amount from line 47 of this Schedule D Tax Worksheet 

on Form 8615, line 15, and check the box on that line. Don’t attach 

this worksheet to your return.

Using Schedule J (Form 1040) for line 15 tax. If Schedule J 

applies, use it as a worksheet to figure the tax to enter on Form 

8615, line 15. On line 1 of this worksheet, enter the amount from 

Form 8615, line 14. Complete lines 2a through 23 following the 

Schedule J instructions. Use the child’s filing status to complete lines 

4, 8, 12, and 16.

Enter the amount from line 23 of this worksheet Schedule J on 

Form 8615, line 15, and check the box on that line. Don’t attach this 

worksheet to the child’s return.

Line 16

Add lines 13 and 15 and enter the total on line 16. This is your child’s 

tax figured at the parent's rate on net unearned income and the 

child’s tax rate on other income.

Line 17

Figure the tax on the amount on line 4. Use the Tax Table, the Tax 

Computation Worksheet, the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain 

Tax Worksheet, the Schedule D Tax Worksheet, or the child’s actual 

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Schedule J (Form 1040), whichever applies. Enter the tax amount on 

line 17. If the amount was figured using the Qualified Dividends and 

Capital Gain Tax Worksheet, the Schedule D Tax Worksheet, or 

Schedule J, check the box on that line.

If line 4 includes any qualified dividends or net capital gain, use 

the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet to figure the 

tax unless the Schedule D Tax Worksheet has to be used instead.

If any farming or fishing income (including certain amounts 

received in connection with the Exxon Valdez litigation) is included 

on line 4, the tax may be less if you use Schedule J.

Child files Form 2555. If your child files Form 2555 and has a net 

capital gain or qualified dividends, figure the tax using the Qualified 

Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet or the Schedule D Tax 

Worksheet, whichever applies. To fill out that worksheet, follow the 

instructions in the footnote to the Foreign Earned Income Tax 

Worksheet (in the Instructions for Form 1040).

Line 18

Enter on line 18 the larger of line 16 or line 17. Also enter this 

amount on the child’s Form 1040 or 1040-NR, line 16. This is the 

child’s tax.

Child files Form 2555. If your child files Form 2555, don't enter the 

amount from Form 8615, line 18, on the child's Form 1040 or 

1040-NR, line 16. Instead, enter the amount from Form 8615, 

line 18, on line 4 of the child's Foreign Earned Income Tax 

Worksheet. Then complete the rest of the Foreign Earned Income 

Tax Worksheet (in the Instructions for Form 1040) to figure the child’s 

tax.

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