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Form 8844

Department of the Treasury 

Internal Revenue Service

Empowerment Zone Employment Credit

▶ Attach to your tax return.

▶ Go to www.irs.gov/Form8844 for instructions and the latest information.

OMB No. 1545-1444

2018

Attachment 

Sequence No. 99

Name(s) shown on return Identifying number

1 Reserved for future use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2 Reserved for future use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

3 Empowerment zone employment credit from partnerships, S corporations, cooperatives, estates, 

and trusts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

4 Add lines 2 and 3. Cooperatives, estates, and trusts, go to line 5. Partnerships and S corporations, 

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

Form 3800, Part III, line 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

5 Amount allocated to patrons of the cooperative or beneficiaries of the estate or trust (see 

instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

6 Cooperatives, estates, and trusts, subtract line 5 from line 4. Report this amount on Form 3800,

Part III, line 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see separate instructions. Cat. No. 16145S Form 8844 (2018)