8995 Qualified Business Income Deduction

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Form

8995

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

Qualified Business Income Deduction
Simplified Computation

OMB No. 1545-2294

▶ Attach

to your tax return.
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2021

Attachment
Sequence No. 55

Your taxpayer identification number

Name(s) shown on return

DRAFT AS OF
October 19, 2021
DO NOT FILE

Note. You can claim the qualified business income deduction only if you have qualified business income from a qualified trade or
business, real estate investment trust dividends, publicly traded partnership income, or a domestic production activities deduction
passed through from an agricultural or horticultural cooperative. See instructions.
Use this form if your taxable income, before your qualified business income deduction, is at or below $164,900 ($164,925 if married
filing separately; $329,800 if married filing jointly), and you aren’t a patron of an agricultural or horticultural cooperative.
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ii
iii
iv

(a) Trade, business, or aggregation name

(b) Taxpayer
identification number

(c) Qualified business
income or (loss)

v
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
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Total qualified business income or (loss). Combine lines 1i through 1v,
column (c)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
Qualified business net (loss) carryforward from the prior year . . . . . . .
3 (
)
Total qualified business income. Combine lines 2 and 3. If zero or less, enter -04
Qualified business income component. Multiply line 4 by 20% (0.20) . . . . . . . . . . .
5
Qualified REIT dividends and publicly traded partnership (PTP) income or (loss)
(see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6
Qualified REIT dividends and qualified PTP (loss) carryforward from the prior
year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
)
7 (
Total qualified REIT dividends and PTP income. Combine lines 6 and 7. If zero
or less, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8
REIT and PTP component. Multiply line 8 by 20% (0.20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
Qualified business income deduction before the income limitation. Add lines 5 and 9 . . . . . .
10
11
Taxable income before qualified business income deduction (see instructions)
Net capital gain (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12
13
Subtract line 12 from line 11. If zero or less, enter -0- . . . . . . . .
Income limitation. Multiply line 13 by 20% (0.20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14
Qualified business income deduction. Enter the smaller of line 10 or line 14. Also enter this amount on
the applicable line of your return (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ▶
15
16 (
Total qualified business (loss) carryforward. Combine lines 2 and 3. If greater than zero, enter -0- . .
Total qualified REIT dividends and PTP (loss) carryforward. Combine lines 6 and 7. If greater than
zero, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Form 8995 (2021)