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Screen 8839 - Qualified Adoption Expenses (1040)

Form 8839 - Adoption Information

Use this statement to enter information regarding eligible children who qualify for Form 8839 Qualified Adoption Expenses. For Form 8839 purposes, an eligible child is any child under age 18 or any disabled person not able to care for themselves. If the child turned 18 during
2024
, the child is eligible for the part of the year the child was under age 18.
  • Date of birth:
     Enter the adoptee's complete birth date (MM/DD/YYYY).
  • Before 2001 Disabled:
     Enter
    X
     if the adoptee was born before 2001 and is disabled.
  • Special Needs:
     Enter
    X
     if the adoptee is a special needs child.
  • Foreign Child:
     Enter
    X
     if the adoptee is a foreign child.
  • Prior Credit Received:
     Enter the amount of adoption credit received in the prior year for expenses paid for the adoptee. The application uses this number to calculate Form 8839, line 3.
  • 2023
     Expenses:
     If Form 8839 was filed for this adoptee in
    2023
    , enter the total of the amounts shown for the child. If there are prior expenses paid and the adoption isn't final, the application allows the expenses to be claimed in the current year.
  • 2023
     Benefits:
     If the employer provided adoption benefits for this adoptee in a prior year, refer to the following table for the amount to enter. Enter
    0
     (zero) if Form 8839 was not filed for this adoptee.
    Last year benefits were received
    Enter the total of the amounts from...
    2013 -
    2023
    Lines 18 & 22 of 2013 -
    2023
     Form 8839 for the child
    2011 - 2012
    Lines 14 & 18 of 2011 - 2012 Form 8839 for the child
    2010
    Lines 16 & 20 of 2010 Form 8839 for the child
    2006 - 2009
    Lines 20 & 24 of 2006 - 2009 Form 8839 for the child
  • CY Qual Expenses:
     Enter the total qualified expenses paid in the current year for the adoptee. Do not include amounts paid or reimbursed by employer.
  • CY Empl Benefits:
     Enter the amount of employer-provided adoption benefits received in the current year for the adoptee. The application automatically calculates the employer-provided adoption benefits exclusion. For purposes of the adoption credit, if the adoption was final in or before the current year and adoption expenses were fully reimbursed by employer, the client cannot take an adoption credit for that adoptee.
  • Final:
     Enter
    1
     if the adoption was final for the adoptee in the current year. Enter
    2
     if the adoption was final
    in a prior tax year
    . If the adoption was not final in
    2024
    , any unused credit will automatically be carried forward to next year.
  • State Use:
     Enter
    1
     (Maryland) if the adopted child was a resident of Maryland at the time of the adoption. The application uses this information to calculate the appropriate state subtraction from income. Enter
    3
     (Rhode Island) in this column if the child was under the care, custody, or supervision of the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families prior to the adoption. Enter
    4
     (California) in this column if the child was under the care, custody, or supervision of the California agency prior to adoption. Enter
    5
     (Alabama) in this column if the child qualifies for the AL Adoption credit.
Enter the amount of adoption credit carryovers from prior years.
The modified adjusted gross income for the adoption expense credit and exclusion calculates automatically per Form 8839 instructions. Enter the amount of adjustment to calculated modified adjusted gross income in these fields. A negative entry is treated as a subtraction.
Enter
X
 if the married filing separate taxpayer meets all the requirements in the Form 8839 instructions to take the adoption credit or employer-provided exclusion.
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