OMB No. 1545-0219

Form 5884 Jobs Credit

Department of the Treasury

Internal Revenue Service © Attach to your return.

Attachment

Sequence No. 77

Name(s) shown on return Identifying number

Current Year Jobs Credit

1 Enter the total qualified wages paid or incurred during the tax year for services of employees who are

certified as members of a targeted group and who begin work for you before January 1, 1995 1

Current year credit. Multiply line 1 by 40% (.40). You must subtract this amount from the deduction

on your return for salaries and wages. (Members of a controlled group, see instructions.)

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If you are a— Then enter total of current year jobs credit(s) from—

Schedule K-1 (Form 1120S), lines 12d, 12e, or 13

Schedule K-1 (Form 1065), lines 13d, 13e, or 14

Schedule K-1 (Form 1041), line 13

Written statement from cooperative

a Shareholder

b Partner

c Beneficiary

d Patron

Jobs credits from

flow-through

entities

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3

Total current year jobs credit. Add lines 2 and 3. (S corporations, partnerships, estates, trusts, and

cooperatives, see instructions.)

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4

Tax Liability Limitation (See Who Must File Form 3800 to see if you complete Part II or file Form 3800.)

5a Individuals. Enter amount from Form 1040, line 40 

Corporations. Enter amount from Form 1120, Schedule J, line 3 (or Form 1120-A, Part I, line 1) 5 b

c Other filers. Enter regular tax before credits from your return 

6 Credits that reduce regular tax before the general business credit:

a Credit for child and dependent care expenses (Form 2441, line 10) 6a

b Credit for the elderly or the disabled (Schedule R (Form 1040), line 21) 6b

c Mortgage interest credit (Form 8396, line 11) 6c

d Foreign tax credit (Form 1116, line 32, or Form 1118, Sch. B, line 12) 6d

e Possessions tax credit (Form 5735) 6e

Orphan drug credit (Form 6765, line 10) 6f f

g Credit for fuel from a nonconventional source 6g

Add lines 6a through 6h

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7 Net regular tax. Subtract line 6i from line 5 7

8 Tentative minimum tax (see instructions):

a Individuals. Enter amount from Form 6251, line 26

b Corporations. Enter amount from Form 4626, line 13 8

c Estates and trusts. Enter amount from Form 1041, Schedule H, line 37 

9 Net income tax:

a Individuals. Add line 7 above and line 28 of Form 6251

b Corporations. Add line 7 above and line 15 of Form 4626 9

c Estates and trusts. Add line 7 above and line 39 of Form 1041, Schedule H

10 If line 7 is more than $25,000, enter 25% (.25) of the excess (see instructions) 10

11 Subtract line 8 or line 10, whichever is greater, from line 9. If less than zero, enter -0- 11

Jobs credit allowed for the current year. Enter the smaller of line 4 or line 11. This is your General

Business Credit for 1994. Enter here and on Form 1040, line 44; Form 1120, Schedule J, line 4e;

Form 1120-A, Part I, line 2a; or the appropriate line of other income tax returns 

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We ask for the information on this form to

carry out the Internal Revenue laws of the

United States. You are required to give us the

information. We need it to ensure that you are

complying with these laws and to allow us to

figure and collect the right amount of tax.

Recordkeeping 4 hr., 4 min.

Learning about the law

or the form 35 min.

Preparing and sending

the form to the IRS 41 min.

Items To Note The time needed to complete and file this

form will vary depending on individual

circumstances. The estimated average time

is:

If you have comments concerning the

accuracy of these time estimates or

suggestions for making this form simpler, we

would be happy to hear from you. You can

write to both the IRS and the Office of

Management and Budget at the addresses

listed in the instructions of the tax return with

which this form is filed.

Form 5884 (1994)

● The targeted jobs credit expired for

employees who begin work for you after

December 31, 1994. If the credit is extended

for employees hired after 1994, the IRS will

use the media to inform you.

Part I

Part II

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Cat. No. 13570D

General Instructions

Section references are to the Internal

Revenue Code.

Purpose of Form

Use Form 5884 if you had targeted group

employees and claim the jobs credit for

wages you paid or accrued for them during

the tax year.

Paperwork Reduction Act Notice

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Qualified electric vehicle credit (Form 8834, line 19)

● Two new wage-based credits effective for

wages paid after 1993 were added to the

general business credit. Wages used on Form

5884 cannot be used to figure the new

credits. See Form 8845, Indian Employment

Credit, and Form 8844, Empowerment Zone

Employment Credit, for details.
Form 5884 (1994) Page 2

● Economically disadvantaged ex-convicts.

Controlled groups.—The group member

proportionately contributing the most

first-year wages figures the group credit in

Part I and skips Part II. See sections 52(a)

and 1563.

● Eligible aid to families with dependent

children (AFDC) recipients.

● Qualified summer youth employees, age 16

or 17, who work for you between May 1 and

September 15.

On separate Forms 5884, that member and

every other member of the group should skip

line 1 and enter its share of the group credit

on line 2. Each member then completes lines

3 and 4, and 5 through 12 (or Form 3800, if

required) on its separate form. Each group

member must attach to its Form 5884 a

schedule showing how the group credit was

divided among all the members. The

members share the credit in the same

proportion that they contributed qualifying

wages.

In addition, to claim a jobs credit on an

employee’s wages:

1. More than half the wages received from

you must be for working in your trade or

business;

3. You may not claim a credit on wages

that were repaid by a federally funded

on-the-job training program, or for which you

received work supplementation payments

under the Social Security Act;

You can claim or elect not to claim the jobs

credit any time within 3 years from the due

date of your return on either your original

return or on an amended return.

Line 2.—In general, you must subtract your

current year jobs credit on line 2 from the

deduction on your return for salaries and

wages you paid or accrued for 1994. This is

4. The employee cannot be your relative or

dependent (see section 51(i) for other

restrictions);

5. The employee cannot be your rehired

employee if he or she was not a targeted

group member when employed earlier;

Who Must File Form 3800

● You capitalized any salaries and wages

on which you figured the credit. In this case,

reduce your depreciable basis by the amount

of the jobs credit on those salaries and

wages.

6. The employee must have worked for you

for at least 90 days (14 days for a summer

● You used the full absorption method of

inventory costing that required you to reduce

your basis in inventory for the jobs credit.

7. The wages cannot be for services of

replacement workers during a strike or

lockout.

To claim a tax credit, the employer must

request and be issued a certification from the

State Employment Security Agency (Job

Service). The certification proves that the

employee is in an eligible targeted group, and

that a timely request for certification was

made. A certification must be requested on or

before the date the individual begins work (or

within 5 days if the employee presents a

voucher showing that eligibility has been

determined). The employer must certify that a

good-faith effort was made to determine

whether an employee (not vouchered) is an

eligible targeted group member.

If either of the above exceptions applies,

attach a statement explaining why the line 2

amount differs from the amount by which you

reduce your salary and wage deduction.

How To Figure the Credit

Line 3.—Enter the amount of credit that was

allocated to you as a shareholder, partner,

beneficiary, or patron of a cooperative.

Line 4.—If you have a credit from a passive

activity, stop here and go to Form 3800.

1. You can take a jobs credit for agricultural

employees who meet the other tests if their

services qualify under FUTA as agricultural

labor during more than half of any pay period.

Base your credit for each employee on the

first $6,000 in wages subject to social

security and Medicare taxes paid or accrued

for that person during the year.

Estates and trusts.—The jobs credit on

line 4 is allocated between the estate or trust

and the beneficiaries in proportion to the

income allocable to each. On the dotted line

next to line 4, the estate or trust should enter

its part of the total credit. Label it “1041

PORTION” and use this amount in Part II (or

Form 3800, if required) to figure the credit to

claim on Form 1041.

Certification of a youth in a cooperative

education program.—The certification is

completed by the school administering the

cooperative program. The school gives the

employer a completed Form 6199,

Certification of Youth Participating in a

Qualified Cooperative Education Program.

2. You can take a credit for railroad

employees who meet the other tests if their

wages qualify under the Railroad

Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA). Base

your credit for each employee on the first

$6,000 in wages subject to RUIA tax paid or

accrued for that person during the year.

S corporations and partnerships.—

Prorate the jobs credit on line 4 among the

shareholders or partners. Attach Form 5884

to the return and on Schedule K-1 show the

credit for each shareholder or partner.

Specific Instructions

Line 1.—Enter the first-year wages paid to

qualified employees who begin work for you

before January 1, 1995. The wages are

limited to $6,000 of first-year wages paid. The

wages for qualified summer youth employees

are limited to $3,000. If you paid first-year

wages to a qualified employee last year,

subtract those wages from the $6,000 limit.

Cooperatives.—Most tax-exempt

organizations cannot take the jobs credit; but

a cooperative described in section 1381(a)

takes the jobs credit to the extent it has tax

liability. Any excess is shared among its

patrons.

3. Wages for youths in a cooperative

education program are not subject to FUTA,

but you can include their wages in the

amount you use to figure your jobs credit.

Base your jobs credit for each youth on the

first $6,000 in wages you paid or accrued for

that person during the year.

For example, if a jobs credit employee

began working in your business on May 1,

1993, and you are a calendar year taxpayer,

you would have figured your 1993 jobs credit

based on the first-year wages you paid

between May 1 and December 31, 1993. You

would figure your 1994 credit on the rest of

the first-year wages you paid between

January 1 and April 30, 1994.

Line 12.—If you cannot use part of the credit

because of the tax liability limitations (line 12

is smaller than line 4), carry it back 3 years,

then forward 15 years. See the separate

Instructions for Form 3800 for details.

Your credit is based on a percentage of the

wages for each employee in the following

targeted groups:

● Vocational rehabilitation referrals.

● Economically disadvantaged youth.

● Economically disadvantaged Vietnam-era

veterans.

For each qualified summer youth employee,

wages are limited to those paid for any

90-day period between May 1 and September

15, up to $3,000. You cannot claim a credit

for an employee who was your employee in

any prior period. Also, the summer youth

employee must have worked for you at least

● Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

recipients.

● General assistance recipients.

● Youth in a cooperative education program,

who belong to an economically

disadvantaged family.

Line 10.—See section 38(c)(3) for special

rules for married couples filing separate

returns, for controlled corporate groups, and

for estates and trusts.

Line 8.—Enter the tentative minimum tax

(TMT) that was figured on the appropriate

alternative minimum tax (AMT) form or

schedule. Although you may not owe AMT,

you must still compute the TMT to figure your

credit.

If for this year you have more than one of the

credits included in the general business credit

listed below, have a carryback or

carryforward of any of the credits, or have a

jobs credit from a passive activity, you must

complete Form 3800, General Business

Credit, instead of completing Part II of Form

5884 to figure the tax liability limitation.

In general, figure your jobs credit based on

the employee’s wages subject to the Federal

Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA). Jobs credit

wages, however, are limited to $6,000 for

each employee ($3,000 for each qualified

summer youth employee). Special rules apply

in the following cases:

2. The employee must be certified, as

explained below, as belonging to a targeted

group;

Mutual savings institutions, regulated

investment companies, and real estate

investment trusts can take a limited credit.

See section 52(e) and the related regulations.

Note: If you only have a jobs credit allocated

to you from a flow-through entity, skip lines 1

and 2 and go to line 3.

The general business credit consists of the

following credits: investment, jobs, alcohol

used as fuel, research, low-income housing,

enhanced oil recovery, disabled access,

renewable electricity production, Indian

employment, employer social security and

Medicare taxes paid on certain employee

tips, and contributions to certain community

development corporations.

The empowerment zone employment credit,

while a component of the general business

credit, is figured separately on Form 8844

and is never carried to Form 3800.

14 days, or completed at least 20 hours of

service.

youth employee) or completed at least 120

hours of service (20 hours for a summer

youth employee); and

required even if you cannot take the full credit

this year and must carry part of it back or

forward. The following exceptions to this rule

are: