Form 8911

Department of the Treasury 

Internal Revenue Service

Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit

▶ Attach to your tax return.

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OMB No. 1545-1981

2017

Attachment 

Sequence No. 151

Name(s) shown on return Identifying number

Part I Total Cost of Refueling Property

1 Total cost of qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property placed in service during the tax 

year (see What’s New in the instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 

Part II Credit for Business/Investment Use Part of Refueling Property

2 Business/investment use part (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 

3 Section 179 expense deduction (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 

4 Subtract line 3 from line 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

5 Multiply line 4 by 30% (0.30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

6 Maximum business/investment use part of credit (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . 6

7 Enter the smaller of line 5 or line 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

8 Alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit from partnerships and S corporations (see 

instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

9 Business/investment use part of credit. Add lines 7 and 8. Partnerships and S corporations,

stop here and report this amount on Schedule K. All others, report this amount on Form 3800, 

Part III, line 1s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Part III Credit for Personal Use Part of Refueling Property

10 Subtract line 2 from line 1. If zero, stop here; do not file this form unless you are claiming a 

credit on line 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

11 Multiply line 10 by 30% (0.30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

12 Maximum personal use part of credit (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

13 Enter the smaller of line 11 or line 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

14 Regular tax before credits:

• Individuals. Enter the sum of the amounts from Form 1040, lines 44 and 46; 

or the sum of the amounts from Form 1040NR, lines 42 and 44. 

• Other filers. Enter the regular tax before credits from your return. } . . . . 14

15 Credits that reduce regular tax before the alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit:

a Foreign tax credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15a

b Certain allowable credits (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . 15b

c Add lines 15a and 15b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15c

16 Net regular tax. Subtract line 15c from line 14. If zero or less, enter -0- and stop here; do not

file this form unless you are claiming a credit on line 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

17 Tentative minimum tax (see instructions):

• Individuals. Enter the amount from Form 6251, line 33.

• Other filers. Enter the tentative minimum tax from your alternative minimum

tax form or schedule. } . . . . 17

18 Subtract line 17 from line 16. If zero or less, stop here; do not file this form unless you are 

claiming a credit on line 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

19 Personal use part of credit. Enter the smaller of line 13 or line 18 here and on Form 1040, 

line 54; Form 1040NR, line 51; or the appropriate line of your return. If line 18 is smaller than 

line 13, see instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see instructions. Cat. No. 37721Q Form 8911 (2017)