8839 Qualified Adoption Expenses

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Form

8839

Qualified Adoption Expenses

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service (99)

Information About Your Eligible Child or Children—You must complete this part.
See instructions for details, including what to do if you need more space.

DRAFT AS OF
August 18, 2021
DO NOT FILE
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Child
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Child
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Child
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Attachment
Sequence No. 38
Your social security number

Check if child was—

(a)
Child’s name

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2021

Attach to Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR.
Go to www.irs.gov/Form8839 for instructions and the latest information.
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Name(s) shown on return

Part I

OMB No. 1545-0074

(b)
Child’s year
of birth

Last

(c)
(d)
born before
a child
2004 and with special
disabled
needs

(e)
a
foreign
child

(g)
Check if
adoption
became final in
2021 or earlier

(f)
Child’s
identifying number

Caution: If the child was a foreign child, see Special rules in the instructions for line 1, column (e), before you complete Part II or
Part III. If you received employer-provided adoption benefits, complete Part III on the back next.

Part II
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Adoption Credit

Child 1
Child 2
Child 3
Maximum adoption credit per child. Enter $14,440
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(see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . .
Did you file Form 8839 for a prior year for the same
child?
No. Enter -0-.
Yes. See instructions for the amount to
enter.
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Subtract line 3 from line 2 . . . . . . . . .
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Qualified adoption expenses (see instructions) . .
5
Caution: Your qualified adoption expenses may not
be equal to the adoption expenses you paid in 2021.
Enter the smaller of line 4 or line 5 . . . . . .
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Enter modified adjusted gross income (see instructions) . . . . . . . . .
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Is line 7 more than $216,660?
No. Skip lines 8 and 9, and enter -0- on line 10.
Yes. Subtract $216,660 from line 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Divide line 8 by $40,000. Enter the result as a decimal (rounded to at least three places).
Do not enter more than 1.000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Multiply each amount on line 6 by line 9 . . . . .
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Subtract line 10 from line 6 . . . . . . . . .
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Add the amounts on line 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Credit carryforward, if any, from prior years. See your Adoption Credit Carryforward Worksheet in the
2020 Form 8839 instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Add lines 12 and 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enter the amount from line 5 of the Credit Limit Worksheet in the instructions . . . . . . . .
Adoption Credit. Enter the smaller of line 14 or line 15 here and on Schedule 3 (Form 1040), line 6c. If
line 15 is smaller than line 14, you may have a credit carryforward (see instructions) . . . . . .

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Form 8839 (2021)

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Form 8839 (2021)

Part III

Employer-Provided Adoption Benefits
Child 1

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Maximum exclusion per child. Enter $14,440 (see
instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Did you receive employer-provided adoption benefits
for a prior year for the same child?
No. Enter -0-.
Yes. See instructions for the amount to enter.
Subtract line 18 from line 17
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Child 3

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Child 2

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Employer-provided adoption benefits you received in
2021. This amount should be shown in box 12 of your
2021 Form(s) W-2 with code T . . . . . . . .
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Add the amounts on line 20 . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Enter the smaller of line 19 or line 20. But if the child
was a child with special needs and the adoption
became final in 2021, enter the amount from line 19 .
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Enter modified adjusted gross income (from the worksheet in
the instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Is line 23 more than $216,660?
No. Skip lines 24 and 25, and enter -0- on line 26.
Yes. Subtract $216,660 from line 23 . . . . . . .
24
Divide line 24 by $40,000. Enter the result as a decimal (rounded to at least three
places). Do not enter more than 1.000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25
Multiply each amount on line 22 by line 25 . . . .
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Excluded benefits. Subtract line 26 from line 22 . .
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Add the amounts on line 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Taxable benefits. Is line 28 more than line 21?
No. Subtract line 28 from line 21. Also, include this amount, if more than zero, on
line 1 of Form 1040 or 1040-SR or line 1a of Form 1040-NR. On the dotted
line next to line 1 of Form 1040 or 1040-SR or line 1a of Form 1040-NR,
enter “AB.”
Yes. Subtract line 21 from line 28. Enter the result as a negative number. Reduce
the total you would enter on line 1 of Form 1040 or 1040-SR or line 1a of
Form 1040-NR by the amount on Form 8839, line 29. Enter the result on line
1 of Form 1040 or 1040-SR or line 1a of Form 1040-NR. Enter “SNE” on the
dotted line next to the entry line.

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You may be able to claim the adoption credit in Part II on the front of this form if any of the following apply.

TIP

• You paid adoption expenses in 2020, those expenses were not fully reimbursed by your employer or otherwise, and
the adoption was not final by the end of 2020.
• The total adoption expenses you paid in 2021 were not fully reimbursed by your employer or otherwise, and the
adoption became final in 2021 or earlier.
• You adopted a child with special needs and the adoption became final in 2021.
Form 8839 (2021)