OMB No. 1545-1257

Form 8827 Credit for Prior Year Minimum Tax—Corporations

Department of the Treasury

Internal Revenue Service

 Attach to the corporation’s tax return.

Name Employer identification number

1 Alternative minimum tax (AMT) for 2002. Enter the amount from line 15 of the 2002 Form 4626 1

2 Minimum tax credit carryforward from 2002. Enter the amount from line 9 of the 2002 Form 8827 2

3 Enter the total of any 2002 unallowed nonconventional source fuel credit and 2002 unallowed

qualified electric vehicle credit (see instructions) 3

4 Add lines 1, 2, and 3 4

5

5 Enter the corporation’s 2003 regular income tax liability minus allowable tax credits (see

instructions)

6

6 Is the corporation a “small corporation” exempt from the AMT for 2003 (see instructions)?

7 Subtract line 6 from line 5. If zero or less, enter -0- 7

8 Minimum tax credit. Enter the smaller of line 4 or line 7 here and on Form 1120, Schedule J,

line 6e or the appropriate line of the corporation’s income tax return. If the corporation had a

post-1986 ownership change or has pre-acquisition excess credits, see instructions 8

9 Minimum tax credit carryforward to 2004. Subtract line 8 from line 4. Keep a record of this

amount to carry forward and use in future years 9

Section references are to the Internal

Revenue Code unless otherwise noted.

Year references are to the corporation’s

tax year beginning during that year.

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Who Should File

Form 8827 should be filed by

corporations that had:

● An AMT liability in 2002,

● A minimum tax credit carryforward

from 2002 to 2003, or

● A nonconventional source fuel credit

or qualified electric vehicle credit not

allowed for 2002 (see the instructions for

line 3).

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Purpose of Form

Corporations use Form 8827 to figure

the minimum tax credit, if any, for AMT

incurred in prior tax years and to figure

any minimum tax credit carryforward.

Cat. No. 13008K Form 8827 (2003)

Enter the corporation’s 2003 regular

income tax liability (as defined in section

26(b)) minus any credits allowed under

Chapter 1, Subchapter A, Part IV,

subparts B, D, E, and F of the Internal

Revenue Code (e.g., if you are filing

Form 1120, subtract any credits on

Enter the total of any nonconventional

source fuel credit and qualified electric

vehicle credit not allowed for 2002 solely

because of the limitations under

sections 29(b)(6)(B) and 30(b)(3)(B).

If either limit applies, attach a

computation of the minimum tax credit

allowed. Enter that amount on line 8.

Write “Sec. 383” or “Sec. 384” on the

dotted line to the left of the line 8 entry

space.

● Yes. Enter 25% of the excess of line 5 over $25,000. If line 5 is $25,000 or less, enter -0-.

● No. Complete Form 4626 for 2003 and enter the tentative minimum tax from line 12.

Line 6

See the 2003 Instructions for Form 4626

to find out if the corporation is treated

as a “small corporation” exempt from

the AMT for 2003. If the corporation is a

“small corporation” exempt from the

AMT, see section 38(c)(4) before

completing line 6 for special rules that

apply to controlled corporate groups,

regulated investment companies, and

real estate investment trusts.

Line 8

If the corporation had a post-1986

ownership change (as defined in section

382(g)), the amount of pre-change

minimum tax credits that can be applied

against the corporation’s tax for any tax

year ending after the ownership change

may be limited. See section 383 and the

related regulations. To figure the amount

of the pre-change credit, the corporation

must allocate the credit for the change

year between the pre-change period and

the post-change period. The corporation

must use the same method of allocation

(ratable allocation or closing-of-thebooks) for purposes of sections 382 and

383. See Regulations section 1.382-6 for

details. 

Also, pre-acquisition excess credits of

one corporation generally cannot be

used to offset the tax attributable to

recognized built-in gains of another

corporation. See section 384 for details.

2003

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Instructions Schedule J, lines 6a through 6d, from

the amount on Schedule J, line 3).