OMB No. 1545–0895 General Business Credit

Form 3800

Department of the Treasury

Internal Revenue Service

© Attach to your tax return.

Attachment

© See separate instructions. Sequence No. 22

Name(s) shown on return Identifying number

Tentative Credit

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Passive activity credits included on line 1m (see instructions)

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Subtract line 2 from line 1m

Passive activity credits allowed for 1995 (see instructions)

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Carryforward of general business, WIN, or ESOP credit to 1995 (see instructions for the

schedule to attach)

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Carryback of general business credit to 1995 (see instructions)

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Tentative general business credit. Add lines 3 through 6

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General Business Credit Limitation Based on Amount of Tax

Individuals. Enter amount from Form 1040, line 40

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

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

Credit for child and dependent care expenses (Form 2441, line 10) 9a

b Credit for the elderly or the disabled (Schedule R (Form 1040), line 20) 9b

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Net regular tax. Subtract line 9i from line 8

Tentative minimum tax (see instructions):

a Individuals. Enter amount from Form 6251, line 26

b Corporations. Enter amount from Form 4626, line 13

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

Net income tax:

a Individuals. Add line 10 above and line 28 of Form 6251

b Corporations. Add line 10 above and line 15 of Form 4626

c Estates and trusts. Add line 10 above and line 41 of Form 1041, Schedule I

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

Subtract line 11 or line 13, whichever is greater, from line 12. If zero or less, enter -0-

General business credit allowed for current year. Enter the smaller of line 7 or line 14. Enter

here and on Form 1040, line 44; Form 1120, Schedule J, line 4d; Form 1120-A,

Part I, line 2a; or the appropriate line of your tax return. (Individuals, estates, and trusts, see

instructions if the credit for increasing research activities is claimed. C corporations, see

instructions for Schedule A if any regular investment credit carryforward is claimed. See the

instructions if the corporation has undergone a post-1986 “ownership change.”)

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see page 2 of this form. Form 3800 (1995)

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Cat. No. 12392F

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

Orphan drug credit (Form 6765)

Mortgage interest credit (Form 8396, line 11)

Credit for fuel from a nonconventional source

Add lines 9a through 9h

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Qualified electric vehicle credit (Form 8834, line 19) 9h

m Current year general business credit. Add lines 1a through 1l 1m

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Current year investment credit (Form 3468, Part I)

Current year jobs credit (Form 5884, Part I)

Current year credit for alcohol used as fuel (Form 6478)

Current year credit for increasing research activities (Form 6765, Part I)

Current year low-income housing credit (Form 8586, Part I)

Current year disabled access credit (Form 8826, Part I)

Current year enhanced oil recovery credit (Form 8830, Part I)

Current year renewable electricity production credit (Form 8835, Part I)

Current year Indian employment credit (Form 8845, Part I)

Current year credit for employer social security and Medicare taxes paid on certain employee

tips (Form 8846, Part I)

Current year credit for contributions to selected community development corporations (Form

8847, Part I)

Current year trans-Alaska pipeline liability fund credit (see instructions) 1l l

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Possessions tax credit (Form 5735)

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Form 3800 (1995) Page 2

Additional General Business Credit Allowed By Section 38(c)(2) (Before Repeal by the

Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990)—Only Applicable to C Corporations Schedule A—

16 Enter the portion of the credit shown on line 5, page 1, that is attributable to the regular investment

credit under section 46 (before amendment by the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990)

Tentative minimum tax (from line 11, page 1)

Multiply line 17 by 25% (.25)

Enter the amount from line 14, page 1

Enter the portion of the credit shown on line 7, page 1, that is NOT

attributable to the regular investment credit under section 46 (before

amendment by the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990)

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21 Subtract line 20 from line 19 (if zero or less, enter -0-)

Subtract line 21 from line 16 (if zero or less, enter -0-)

For purposes of this line only, refigure the amount on line 11, Form

4626, by using zero on line 6, Form 4626, and enter the result here

Multiply line 23 by 10% (.10)

Net income tax (from line 12, page 1)

General business credit (from line 15, page 1)

Subtract line 26 from line 25

Subtract line 24 from line 27

Enter the smallest of line 18, line 22, or line 28

Subtract line 29 from line 17

Enter the greater of line 30 or line 13, page 1

Subtract line 31 from line 25

Enter the smaller of line 32 or line 10, page 1. Enter this amount also on line 15, page 1, instead

of the amount previously figured on that line. Write “Sec. 38(c)(2)” in the margin next to your

entry on line 15, page 1

If line 32 is greater than line 33, enter the excess here and see the instructions on how to

claim the additional credit

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Paperwork Reduction Act

Notice

The time needed to complete and file

this form will vary depending on

individual circumstances. The estimated

average time is:

Recordkeeping 11 hr., 43 min.

Learning about the

law or the form 1 hr.

Preparing and sending

the form to the IRS 1 hr., 14 min.

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 the IRS at the

address listed in the instructions for the

tax return with which this form is filed.

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.

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