Form 8923

(Rev. December 2012)

Department of the Treasury 

Internal Revenue Service 

Mine Rescue Team Training Credit

▶ Attach to your tax return.

▶ Information about Form 8923 and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form8923. 

OMB No. 1545-2067

Name(s) as shown on return Identifying number

1 Total training program costs of qualified mine rescue team employees paid or incurred during the

tax year (up to $50,000 per qualified employee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 

2 Multiply line 1 by 20% (.20) (see instructions for the adjustment you must make) . . . . . . 2 

3 Mine rescue team training credits from partnerships and S corporations . . . . . . . . . 3 

4 Add lines 2 and 3. Partnerships and S corporations, report this amount on Schedule K; all others, 

report this amount on Form 3800, line 1u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see instructions. Cat. No. 37735E Form 8923 (Rev. 12-2012)
Form 8923 (Rev. 12-2012) Page 2 

General Instructions

Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless 

otherwise noted.

Future Developments

For the latest information about developments related to Form 

8923 and its instructions, such as legislation enacted after they 

were published, go to www.irs.gov/form8923.

Purpose of Form

Taxpayers who employ individuals as miners in U.S. 

underground mines use Form 8923 to claim the mine rescue 

team training credit. This credit applies to training program 

costs paid or incurred for qualified mine rescue team 

employees. This credit is scheduled to expire for tax years 

beginning after 2013. To find out if the mine rescue team 

training credit is extended beyond 2013, go to 

www.irs.gov/form8923.

Taxpayers other than partnerships or S corporations whose 

only source of this credit is from those pass-through entities are 

not required to complete or file this form. Instead, report this 

credit directly on line 1u of Form 3800, General Business Credit.

Definitions

Training program costs. Taxpayers who employ individuals as 

miners in U.S. underground mines can claim a credit of 20% of 

the training program costs paid or incurred during the tax year 

for training of qualified mine rescue team employees. The 

maximum amount of training program costs that may be taken 

into account annually for each qualified employee is $50,000. 

The training costs include wages paid or incurred while the 

qualified employee is attending a training program.

Qualified employee. A qualified mine rescue team employee is 

any full-time employee of the taxpayer who is a miner eligible to 

serve for more than 6 months of the year as a mine rescue team 

member. The employee must have completed, at a minimum, an 

initial 20-hour course of instruction, as prescribed by the Mine 

Safety and Health Administration’s Office of Educational Policy 

and Development, or received at least 40 hours of refresher

training in such instruction. See 30 CFR section 49.8 for

refresher training requirements.

Wages. Wages qualifying for the credit generally have the same 

meaning as wages subject to the Federal Unemployment Tax 

Act (FUTA), but without regard to any dollar limit.

Specific Instructions

Line 2

In general, you must reduce your allowable training program 

costs by the amount on line 2. This is required even if you 

cannot take the full credit this year and must carry part of it 

back or forward. If you capitalized any costs included on line 1, 

reduce the amount capitalized by the credit on line 2 

attributable to these costs.

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depending on individual circumstances. The estimated burden 

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shown in the instructions for their individual income tax return.

The estimated burden for all other taxpayers who file this form 

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Recordkeeping . . . . . . . . . . 1 hr., 25 min.

Preparing the form . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 min.

If you have comments concerning the accuracy of these time 

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