Addions to Income
1 Itemized deducon limitaon for taxpayers with an adjusted gross income which
exceeds $186,350 ($93,175 if married ling separate) ............................................ 1
2 Personal exempon phase out for taxpayers with an adjusted gross income
that exceeds the applicable threshold (see instrucons)........................................... 2
3 Interest from municipal bonds of another state or its governmental units
included on line 8b of federal Form 1040 or 1040A .............................................. 3
4 Federally tax-exempt dividends from mutual funds invesng in bonds of another state
or its governmental units included on line 8b of federal Form 1040 or 1040A ......................... 4
5 Federal bonus depreciaon addion (determine from worksheet in the instrucons) .................. 5
6 Federal secon 179 expensing addion (determine from worksheet in the instrucons) ................ 6
7 State income taxes passed through to you as a partner of a partnership
,
a shareholder of an S corporaon, or a beneciary of a trust (see instrucons) ....................... 7
8 Domesc producon acvies deducon (from line 35 of federal Form 1040) ........................ 8
9 Expenses deducted on your federal return aributable to income not taxed
by Minnesota (other than interest or mutual fund dividends from U.S. bonds) ........................ 9
10 Fines, fees and penales federally deducted as a trade or business expense
(see instrucons)
......................................................................... 10
11
Suspended loss from 2001 through 2005 or 2008 through 2016 on your federal return that
was generated by bonus depreciaon (determine from worksheet in the instrucons)
.................
11
12 Capital gain poron of a lump-sum distribuon
(from line 6 of federal Form 4972; enclose Form 4972)
......................................... 12
1 3 Net operang loss carryover adjustment (see instrucons)
....................................... 13
1 4
Non-qualied rst me homebuyer addion (enclose Schedule M1HOME) .......................... 14
1 5
Accelerated recognion of nonresident installment sales (enclose Schedule M1AR) ................... 15
16 Addion from Schedule M1NC, line 15
....................................................... 16
17 Add lines 1 through 16. Enter the total here and on line 3 of Form M1
............................ 17
Subtracons From Income
1 8 Net interest or mutual fund dividends from U.S. bonds (see instrucons) .......................... 18
1 9 Educaon expenses you paid for your qualifying children in grades K–12 (see instrucons)
Enter the name and grade of each child on the line below: ......................................
19
20 If you did not itemize deducons on your federal return and your charitable
contribuons were more than $500, see instrucons .......................................... 20
21 Subtracon for federal bonus depreciaon added back to Minnesota taxable income
in 2012 through 2016 (determine from worksheet in the instrucons) ............................. 21
2 2 Subtracon for federal secon 179 expensing added back to Minnesota
taxable income in 2012 through 2016 (see instrucons) ........................................ 22
2017 Schedule M1M, Income Addions and Subtracons
Complete this schedule to determine line 3 and line 6 of Form M1.
9995
Your First Name and Inial Last Name Your Social Security Number
*171551*
9995
23 Subtracon for persons age 65 or older, or permanently
and totally disabled (enclose Schedule M1R)
.................................................. 23
2 4 Benets paid by the Railroad Rerement Board (see instrucons) ................................ 24
25 If you are a resident of a reciprocity state ling Form M1 only to receive a refund
of all Minnesota tax withheld, enter the amount from line 1 of Form M1.
If the amount is less than zero, enter zero ..................................................... 25
Place an X in one box to indicate the reciprocity state
of which you were a resident during 2017 .................... Michigan North Dakota
26 American Indians: Total amount earned on an Indian reservaon while
living on the reservaon, to the extent the income is federally taxable ............................. 26
27 Federal acve duty military pay received for services performed while a Minnesota
resident, to the extent the income is federally taxable. Do not include military pensions.
See line 32 if you received a military pension or other military rerement pay. ...................... 27
28 If you are a member of the Minnesota Naonal Guard or other reserve component
in Minnesota, see instrucons .............................................................. 28
29 If you are a resident of another state, enter your federal acve service military pay,
to the extent the income is federally taxable. Do not include military pensions.
See line 32 if you received a military pension or other military rerement pay ....................... 29
30 If you, your spouse (if ling a joint return), or your dependent donated all
or part of a human organ, enter your unreimbursed expenses for travel
and lodging and for any lost wages net of sick pay (see instrucons) .............................. 3 0
3 1 Income taxes paid to a subnaonal level of a foreign country other than Canada
(determine from worksheet in the instrucons) ................................................ 31
32 If you received a military pension or other rerement military pay computed
under Title 10 (see instrucons) ............................................................. 32
3 3 Poron of the gain from the sale of your farm property if you were insolvent
at the me of the sale (determine from worksheet in the instrucons)
............................. 33
34 Post service educaon awards received for service in an
AmeriCorps Naonal Service program
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
34
35
Net operang loss (NOL) carryover adjustment (see instrucons) .................................. 35
36 Subtracon for prior addback of reacquision of business indebtedness income
included in federal taxable income (see instrucons) ............................................ 36
3 7 Subtracon for railroad maintenance expenses ................................................. 37
38 If you led federal Schedule A and your limited itemized deducons are less than your
standard deducon, see instrucons.......................................................... 38
3 9 Subtracon for contribuons to a qualied educaon savings plan (enclose Schedule M1529) .......... 39
40 Social Security Subtracon (determine from worksheet in instrucons) ............................. 40
41 Subtracon for interest earned from a designated rst-me homebuyer savings account
(enclose Schedule M1HOME) ................................................................
41
4 2 Subtracon for discharge of indebtedness of educaonal loans (see instrucons) .................... 42
4 3 Subtracon from Schedule M1NC, line 15
.....................................................
43
4 4 Add lines 18-43. Enter the total here and on line 6 of Form M1.................................... 44
You must include this schedule with your Form M1.
2017 M1M, page 2
*171521*
2017 Schedule M1M Instrucons
Income Addions and Subtracons
Line Instrucons
You may have received the addition or
subtraction as an individual, as a partner
of a partnership, as a shareholder of an S
corporation, or as a beneciary of a trust.
Amounts received as a partner, share-
holder, or beneciary will be reported on
the Schedule KPI, KS, or KF you received
from the entity.
Addions
Line 1
Itemized Deducon Limitaon
Complete the Worksheet for Line 1 if your
federal adjusted gross income is more
than $186,350 ($93,175 if married ling
separate) and you led federal Schedule A.
Line 2
Personal and Dependent Exempon Phase
Out
Complete the Worksheet for Line 2 if your
federal adjusted gross income is more than
the amount below for your ling status:
Married ling joint: $279,500
Head of Household: $232,900
Single: $186,350
Married ling separate: $139,750
Line 3
Interest From Municipal Bonds of Another
State or its Governmental Units
Of the amount you included (or should
have included) on line 8b of federal Form
1040 or Form 1040A, add the interest you
received from municipal bonds issued by:
a state other than Minnesota
a local government (such as a county or
city) in a state other than Minnesota
Line 4
Federally Tax-Exempt Dividends from Mu-
tual Funds Invesng in Bonds of Another
State
If you received federally tax-exempt inter-
est dividends from a mutual fund, you
may have to enter an amount on line 4. To
determine the amount, if any, use the fol-
lowing instructions:
M1M-1
Worksheet for Line 1
1 Enter the total of amounts from Schedule A,
lines 4, 9, 15, 19, 20, 27, and 28 .............................
2 Enter the total of amounts from Schedule A, lines 4, 14 and 20,
plus any gambling and casualty or theft losses included on line 28 . .
3 Is step 2 less than step 1?
No. STOP here and enter zero on Schedule M1M, line 1.
Yes. Subtract step 2 from step 1 ..........................
4 Multiply step 3 by 80% (.80) ...............................
5 Enter the amount from federal Form 1040, line 37 ...............
6 Enter: $186,350 ($93,175 if married ling separate) .............
7 Is step 6 less than step 5?
No. STOP here and enter zero on Schedule M1M, line 1
.
Yes. Subtract step 6 from step 5 ..........................
8 Multiply step 7 by 3% (.03) ................................
9 Enter the smaller of step 4 or step 8 .........................
10 Amount from Form M1, line 2 ..............................
11 Add step 9 and step 10 ....................................
12 Enter the amount from step 1 ...............................
13 Enter amount corresponding to your ling status:
Single or married ling separate: $6,350
Head of household: $9,350
Married ling jointly or qualifying widow(er): $12,700 .........
14 Enter number from box 39a on Form 1040.
If no number is listed, enter 0)...............................
15 If single or head of household, multiply step 14 by $1,550
All others, multiply step 14 by $1,250 ........................
16 Add steps 13 and 15 .......................................
17 Subtract step 16 from step 12 (if result is zero or less, STOP here
and enter zero on Schedule M1M, line 1.) .....................
18 Enter the amount from step 1................................
19 Compare the amounts on step 11 and step 17.
If step 11 is less than or equal to step 17, subtract step 9 from step
18, enter the result here
(if married ling separate,
see instructions below); OR
If step 11 is more than step 17, subtract step 10 from step 17, then
subtract the result from step 18. Enter the result here ...........
20 Enter the amount from federal Form 1040, line 40 ...............
21 Subtract step 19 from step 20. Enter the result here
and on Schedule M1M, line 1 ...............................
Married couples ling separate returns: Each spouse must complete a separate Worksheet
for Line 1. If either spouse is required to add back 100 percent of his/her step 9, your addi-
tion is the lesser of your step 9 or the difference between your step 1 and your step 10.
If 95 percent or more of the federally
tax-exempt dividends from a mutual fund
came from bonds issued by Minnesota,
include only the portion of the dividend
generated by non-Minnesota bonds
If less than 95 percent of the federally
tax-exempt interest dividends from a
mutual fund came from bonds issued by
Minnesota, include all of the federally
tax-exempt interest dividend from that
fund.
Connued
Worksheet for Line 2
1 Multiply the number in box 6d of federal Form 1040 or 1040A by $4,050 ....
2 Enter your federal adjusted gross income (from line 37 of federal Form
1040 or line 21 of Form 1040A). ....................................
3 Enter the amount provided for your ling status:
Single: $186,350
Married ling jointly or qualifying widow(er): $279,500
Married ling separate: $139,750
Head of household: $232,900 .....................................
4 Subtract step 3 from step 2 .........................................
Is step 4 equal to or less than $122,500 ($61,250 if married ling separate)?
No. Enter amount from step 1 on step 7 and continue to step 8.
Yes. Continue with step 5. If the result is negative, skip steps 5 through 9
and enter $0 on step 10.
5 Divide step 4 by $2,500 ($1,250 if married ling separate).
If the result is not a whole number, increase it to the next
higher whole number (Example: Increase 0.0004 to 1) ...................
6 Multiply step 5 by 2% (.02). Enter the result as a decimal ................
7 Multiply step 1 by step 6 ..........................................
8 Subtract step 7 from step 1 .........................................
9 Enter your federal exemption amount (from line 42 of Form 1040
or 26 of Form 1040A) .............................................
10 Subtract step 8 from step 9. Enter the result here and on
line 2 of Schedule M1M ...........................................
Line 5
Federal Bonus Depreciaon Addion
If you chose the special depreciation
allowance for qualied property on
federal Form 1040, complete the
Worksheet for Line 5.
Line 6
Federal Secon 179 Expensing
If, during the year, your total invest-
ment in qualifying property was more
than $200,000, or if you elected more
than $25,000 in section 179 expensing,
you must add back on your state return
80 percent of the difference between the
expensing allowed for federal and for
state tax purposes. You may subtract the
amount of the addition in equal parts over
the next ve years.
If you completed federal Form 4562
to claim the section 179 expensing for
federal tax purposes, you must complete
lines 1 through 12 on a separate federal
Form 4562, (referred to as Minnesota
Form 4562 on the worksheet for line
6). Complete the worksheet for line 6 to
determine the amount for line 6.
Line 7
State Income Taxes Passed Through
to You as a Partner of a Partnership, a
Shareholder of an S Corporaon, or a
Beneciary of a Trust
Enter the total of the amounts reported on
line 2 of Schedules KS, KPI, and KF.
Do not include this amount on line 2 of
Form M1.
Line 9
Expenses Relang to Income Not Taxed
by Minnesota, Other Than From U.S.
Bond Obligaons
If you deducted expenses on your federal
return connected with income not taxed
by Minnesota (such as income reported
on lines 22 through 27 of Schedule
M1M), add those expenses to your tax-
able income.
Do not include expenses that are connect-
ed with interest or mutual fund dividends
from U.S. bonds. For information on how
to report these expenses, see line 16.
Line 10
Fines, Fees and Penales Deducted on
Your Federal Return
Add nes, fees and penalties that were
deducted as business expenses paid to
a government entity or nongovernment
regulatory body as a result of a viola-
tion of law, or the investigation of any
M1M-2
Worksheet for Line 5
Complete Schedule M1NC, line 1 prior to completing this worksheet if you claimed bonus
depreciation in excess of 50% of your basis in an asset.
1 Add line 14 and line 25 of your federal Form 4562* .....................
2 Total of bonus depreciation amounts passed through to you as a partner
(line 5 of Schedule KPI) or as a shareholder (line 5 of Schedule KS) .........
3 Add steps 1 and 2. Reduce the result by the amount on Schedule M1NC, line 1
4 Multiply step 3 by 80% (.80) .......................................
5 Total of the 80% federal bonus depreciation addition passed through
to you as a beneciary (from line 5 of Schedule KF) .....................
6 Add steps 4 and 5. Enter here and on Schedule M1M, line 5 ...............
* If bonus depreciation included in step 1 or 2 generated a loss in an activity that cannot be
deducted in 2017 (e.g., a passive activity loss or a loss in excess of basis), you may reduce step
1 or 2 by the amount of loss not allowed from the activity for 2017, up to the bonus deprecia-
tion claimed by the activity. In a future year when the 2017 suspended loss is allowed, you must
include the bonus depreciation as an addition. The bonus depreciation is treated as the last
suspended loss allowed.
.
Connued
Worksheet for Line 6
Recalculate line 12 of your Minnesota Form 4562 using the same informaon from your
federal Form 4562 and the following modicaons:
Subtract $485,000 from line 1 of federal Form 4562, and enter the result on line 1 of your
Minnesota Form 4562. Do not enter less than $25,000.
Enter the amount from line 2 of federal Form 4562 on line 2 of the Minnesota Form 4562.
Subtract $1,830,000 from line 3 of federal Form 4562, and enter the result on line 3 of your
Minnesota Form 4562.
Enter the information from lines 6 and 7 of federal Form 4562 on lines 6 and 7 of your Min-
nesota Form 4562. However, if you have section 179 expensing from a ow through entity,
use the respective amounts from line 4 of Schedule KPI or line 4 of Schedule KS instead of
amounts from your federal Schedule K-1.
Enter line 10 of federal Form 4562 on line 10 of your Minnesota Form 4562.
Recalculate lines 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, and 12 of your Minnesota Form 4562. The result on line 12 of
Minnesota Form 4562 cannot be more than line 1 of that form.
Determine line 6 of Schedule M1M by compleng the following steps:
1 Amount from line 12 from your federal Form 4562 ......................
2 Line 12 of your Minnesota Form 4562 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 Subtract step 2 from step 1(if zero or less, enter 0) ......................
4 Multiply step 3 by 80% (.80). Enter here and on Schedule M1M, line 6 ......
potential violation of law. Do not include
amounts identied in a court order or
settlement agreement as restitution or
as an amount paid to come into compli-
ance with the law.
Line 11
Suspended Loss From Bonus
Depreciaon
If you are claiming a suspended loss
from 2001 through 2005 or 2008 through
2016 on your federal return that was
generated by bonus depreciation, and you
did not add back 80 percent of the bonus
depreciation in those years, complete the
Worksheet for Line 11.
Line 12
Capital Gain Poron of a Lump-Sum
Distribuon From a Qualied Rere-
ment Plan
If you received a qualifying lump-sum
distribution in 2017 and you chose the
capital gain election on federal Form
4972, enter the capital gain from line 6
of federal Form 4972. Include a copy of
federal Form 4972 when you le your
return.
Line 13
Net Operang Loss (NOL) Carryover
Adjustment
The Minnesota Legislature did not adopt
the provisions of the Worker, Homeown-
ership, and Business Assistance Act of
2009 (WHBA). Under this Act, taxpayers
are allowed to carryback 3, 4, or 5 years
an NOL generated in 2008 or 2009. For
federal purposes, any remaining NOL
that was not fully absorbed in the car-
ryback years can be carried forward for
up to 20 years, beginning in 2010. If you
used any of that carryforward on your
2017 federal return, add back that amount
as a positive number on line 13.
Line 14
If you made a non-qualied withdrawal
from a rst-time homebuyer account,
you may be required to include those
amounts in your taxable income.
income. Complete and include Schedule
M1HOME, First-time Homebuyer
Savings Account, to determine your
addition.
Line 15
If you are required to report accelerated
gains from an installment sale in 2017,
complete and enclose Schedule M1AR,
Accelerated Recognition of Installment
Sale Gains.
Subtracons
Line 18
Net Interest From U.S. Bonds
Include federally taxable interest you
received from:
U.S. bonds, bills, notes, savings
bonds, certicates of indebtedness
Sallie Mae bonds
Dividends paid to you by mutual funds
that are attributable to such bonds
U.S. Government interest and divi-
dends you received as a partner of
a partnership, a shareholder of an S
corporation, or beneciary of a trust
Reduce these amounts by any related
investment interest and other expenses
deducted on your federal return relating
to this income.
Do not include interest or dividends at-
tributable to Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, or
Freddie Mac bonds.
See Income Tax Fact Sheet 13, U.S. Gov-
ernment Interest, if you received interest
from a government source not listed.
Line 19
K-12 Educaon Expense Subtracon
If you purchased qualifying educational
materials or services in 2017 for your
qualifying child’s K–12 education, you
may be able to reduce your taxable
income.
Note: If you qualify for the K-12 Educa-
tion Credit complete Schedule M1ED
before entering an amount on this line
(see instructions for line 3 of Schedule
M1REF, Individual Refundable Credits,
in the M1 instruction booklet). Qualify-
ing expenses not used for the credit and
any tuition expenses which do not qualify
for the credit may be used for the sub-
traction. You can not claim both the credit
and a subtraction for the same expenses.
Complete the Worksheet for Line 19
if you entered an amount on Schedule
M1ED, line 18.
To subtract your education expenses, the
child must:
be your child, adopted child, stepchild,
grandchild, or foster child who lived
with you in the United States for more
than half of the year;
have been in grades K–12 during
2017;
have attended a public, private, or
home school in Minnesota, Iowa,
North Dakota, South Dakota, or Wis-
consin; and
not be claimed as a qualifying child on
another individual’s return.
Worksheet for Line 11
1 Bonus depreciation from 2001 through 2005 or
2008 through 2016 that was not added back on your Form M1 ............
2 Total suspended loss from activity remaining after 2015 .................
3 Subtract step 2 from step 1 (if a negative amount, enter zero) .............
4 Multiply step 3 by 80% (.80) ......................................
5 Total of the 80% bonus depreciation addition passed through
to you as a beneciary (from line 4 of Schedule KF) ....................
6 Add steps 4 and 5. Enter here
and on Schedule M1M, line 11 ............
Connued
M1M-3
Worksheet for Line 19
If you qualify for the K–12 education credit and you cannot use all of your education expenses
on Schedule M1ED, determine line 19 of Schedule M1M by completing the following steps:
1 Qualifying tuition expenses.........................................
2 Qualifying computer expenses in excess of $200, up to a maximum of $200 . .
Complete steps 3–6 if on Schedule M1ED line 17 is less than line 16.
3 Line 15 of Schedule M1ED ........................................
4 Line 18 of Schedule M1ED ........................................
5 Multiply step 4 by 1.333 ...........................................
6 Subtract step 5 from step 3 .........................................
7 Add steps 1, 2, and 6 .............................................
Enter the result from step 7—up to the maximum subtraction amount per child—on Schedule
M1M, line 19.
In addition to the above requirements,
you must have purchased educational
services or required materials during the
year to help your child’s K–12 education.
The types of education expenses that
qualify for the credit also qualify for the
subtraction. However, certain expenses
qualify only for the subtraction. For ex-
amples of qualifying education expenses,
see the M1 instruction booklet.
Subtracon Limits
The maximum subtraction allowed for
purchases of personal computer hardware
and educational software is $200 per
family.
You may split qualifying computer ex-
penses, up to $200, among your children
any way you choose.
The maximum amount of education
expenses you can subtract is $1,625 for
each child in a grade K through 6, and
$2,500 for each child in a grade 7 through
12.
If you qualify for the K–12 education
credit (Schedule M1REF, line 3) and you
cannot use all of your education expenses
on Schedule M1ED, complete the Work-
sheet for Line 19.
See Income Tax Fact Sheet 8, K–12 Edu-
cation Subtraction and Credit, for more
information.
Enter your qualifying education expenses
on line 19. Also enter each child’s name
and grade at the time the expenses were
paid.
Line 20
Charitable Contribuons over $500
You may subtract some of your contribu-
tions made during the year if both of the
following are true:
You did not le federal Schedule A
You made charitable contributions of
more than $500
To determine your allowable contribu-
tions, you will need the instructions for
federal Schedule A of Form 1040.
1 Determine your total allowable
charitable contributions you would
have been able to enter on lines 16
and 17 of federal Schedule A .
2 The rst $500 of contributions
do not qualify .............. $500
3 Subtract step 2 from step 1 . .
4 Multiply step 3 by 50% (.50).
Enter here and on line 20 ....
Connued
M1M-4
Worksheet for Line 21
If you claimed bonus depreciation as an addition on your 2012 Form M1:
1 Line 6 of your 2012 Schedule M1M ......................... 1
2 Net operating loss generated for tax year 2012 (line 25, Schedule A of
2012 federal Form 1045). Enter as a positive number ............ 2
3 Subtract step 2 from step 1 (if zero or less, enter 0) .............. 3
4 Multiply step 3 by 20% (.20) ............................... 4
If you claimed bonus depreciation as an addition on your 2013 Form M1:
5 Line 6 of your 2013 Schedule M1M ......................... 5
6 Net operating loss generated for tax year 2013 (line 25, Schedule A of
2013 federal Form 1045). Enter as a positive number ............. 6
7 Subtract step 6 from step 5 ................................. 7
8 Multiply step 7 by 20% (.20) ............................... 8
If you claimed bonus depreciation as an addition on your 2014 Form M1:
9 Line 6 of your 2014 Schedule M1M ......................... 9
10 Net operating loss generated for tax year 2014 (line 25, Schedule A of
2014 federal Form 1045). Enter as a positive number ............ 10
11 Subtract step 10 from step 9 ................................ 11
12 Multiply step 11 by 20% (.20) ............................. 12
If you claimed bonus depreciation as an addition on your 2015 Form M1:
13 Line 5 of your 2015 Schedule M1M ........................ 13
14 Net operating loss generated for tax year 2014 (line 25, Schedule A of
2015 federal Form 1045). Enter as a positive number ............ 14
15 Subtract step 14 from step 13 .............................. 15
16 Multiply step 15 by 20% (.20) ............................. 16
If you claimed bonus depreciation as an addition on your 2016 Form M1:
17 Line 5 of your 2016 Schedule M1M ........................ 17
18 Net operating loss generated for tax year 2016 (line 25, Schedule A of
2016 federal Form 1045). Enter as a positive number ............ 18
19 Subtract step 18 from step 17 .............................. 19
20 Multiply step 19 by 20% (.20) ............................. 20
If you received a subtraction in 2017 from an estate or trust:
21 Total of any bonus depreciation subtraction amounts you received
as a beneciary of an estate or trust (from line 13 of Schedule KF) . 21
Total subtraction
22 Add steps 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 21.
Enter here and on line 21 of Schedule M1M .................... 22
Line 21
Federal Bonus Depreciaon Subtracon
You may be eligible to reduce your tax-
able income if either of the following are
true:
You reported 80 percent of the federal
bonus depreciation as an addition to
income on your 2012 through 2016
Form M1
You received a federal bonus deprecia-
tion subtraction in 2017 from an estate
or trust.
Complete the Worksheet for Line 21 to
determine the amount to enter.
Line 22
Secon 179 Expensing Subtracon
If you had an addition for increased sec-
tion 179 expensing on your 2012 through
2017 Schedule M1M, subtract 20 percent
of the total on your 2017 return.
Line 23
Subtracon for Persons 65 or Older
or Permanently and Totally Disabled
(Schedule M1R)
You may qualify for a subtraction if
either of the following apply to you (or
your spouse, if ling a joint return):
You were born before January 2, 1952
You were permanently and totally
disabled and received federally taxable
disability income in 2017. If you did
not receive federally taxable disabil-
ity income, you don’t qualify for this
subtraction.
If you (or your spouse, if ling a joint
return) meet the age or disability require-
ment, check the chart in the M1 instruc-
tions to determine if you meet the income
requirements.
If you meet all of the eligibility require-
ments, complete and include Schedule
M1R, Age 65 or Older/Disabled Subtrac-
tion.
Line 24
Railroad Rerement Board Benets
If you included unemployment, sick pay,
or retirement benets from the Railroad
Retirement Board in your 2017 federal
taxable income, you can subtract these
amounts.
Line 25
Reciprocity Income
Minnesota has income tax reciprocity
agreements with Michigan and North
Dakota.
Reciprocity applies only to personal
service income, such as:
wages
salaries
tips
commissions
fees
bonuses
For more information, see the M1 in-
structions.
When to complete Schedule M1M: If
you are a resident of a reciprocity state
and your only Minnesota source income
was wages covered under reciprocity
from which Minnesota income tax was
withheld, use Schedule M1M to get a
refund of the amount withheld. Place an
X in the box for the state of which you
were a resident during the year, and enter
the amount from line 1 of Form M1 on
line 25 of this schedule.
When you le Form M1, follow the steps
in the M1 instructions. Also complete and
include Schedule M1W, Form MWR, and
a copy of your home state tax return.
To avoid having Minnesota tax withheld
in the future on wages covered by reci-
procity, le Form MWR each year with
your employer.
When to complete Schedule M1NR: If
your gross income assignable to Minne-
sota (other than from the performance of
personal services covered under reci-
procity) is $10,400 or more, you are not
eligible to take the reciprocity subtrac-
tion on Schedule M1M. File Form M1
and Schedule M1NR. Do not include
your personal service income on column
B of Schedule M1NR.
Line 26
American Indians Living on an
Indian Reservaon
If you are a member of an American
Indian tribe living and working on the
reservation of which you are an enrolled
member, enter your reservation source
income, to the extent the income is fed-
erally taxable.
If you are eligible to subtract reservation
source income, you must apportion any
child and dependent credit you claim
based on your income taxable to Min-
nesota.
Line 27
Federal Acve Duty Military Pay
Received by Residents
If you are a Minnesota resident and a
member of one of the following:
United States armed forces
United Nations armed forces
enter the federal active duty military
pay you received and included in your
federal taxable income.
Line 28
Naonal Guard Members, Reservists
Members of the Minnesota National
Guard and Reserves are allowed a sub-
traction of federally taxable pay received
for training and certain types of qualify-
ing service. This includes:
Training, including annual training and
drill weekends.
State active service, including natural
disaster emergency response and miss-
ing person searches.
Federally funded state active service
such as airport security duty, active
duty for special work (ADSW), and
service under Title 10 and Title 32 Ac-
tive Guard Reserve (AGR).
If you received pay for federal active
duty, report that pay on line 27 instead of
line 28.
Line 30
Organ Donor
If, while living, you, your spouse (if
ling a joint return), or a dependent
donated all or part of a liver, pancreas,
kidney, intestine, lung, or bone marrow
to another person, you can subtract your
qualied expenses.
Qualied expenses are your unreimbursed
expenses for travel and lodging and for
any lost wages net of sick pay due to
the transplantation. Subtract your actual
qualied expenses, up to $10,000.
Line 31
Income Taxes Paid to a Subnaonal
Level of a Foreign Country
If you paid taxes to a subnational level
of a foreign country other than Canada,
you may be able to subtract the amount
you did not use to claim a federal foreign
tax credit. A subnational level is the
equivalent of a state of the United States.
Complete the Worksheet for Line 31.
M1M-5
Connued
Worksheet for Line 31
1 Foreign taxes paid from federal Form 1116, line 9 .................
2 Federal foreign tax credit from Form 1116, line 22, for the
subnational level of a foreign country other than Canada ............
3 Subtract step 2 from step 1 ...................................
4 Tax paid to a subnational level of a foreign country, other than
Canada, on income you received while a Minnesota resident ........
5 Step 3 or step 4, whichever is less.
Also enter this amount on Schedule M1M, line 31 .................
Line 32
Military Pension or Rerement Pay
If you received certain compensation
from a military pension or other military
retirement pay, you may reduce your tax-
able income by that pay.
To qualify for this subtraction, the retire-
ment pay must be taxable on the federal
return,and received for one of the follow-
ing reasons:
Service in the active component of the
military (U.S. Code Title 10, sections
1401 to 1414)
Retirement pay for service in the re-
serve component (U.S. Code Title 10,
section 12733)
Survivor benet plan payments (U.S.
Code Title 10, sections 1447 to 1455)
If you claim this subtraction, you may not
claim the nonrefundable credit for past
military service on Schedule M1C, Other
Nonrefundable Credits, line 2.
Line 33
Gain From the Sale of Farm Property
You can reduce your taxable income if
you received a gain from the sale of farm
property in 2017 and all of the following
are true:
You owned and operated the farm.
Your debts were greater than the fair
market value of your assets immedi-
ately before the sale.
You included the gain from the sale in
your federal adjusted gross income on
line 37 of federal Form 1040.
You applied the proceeds from the
sale of the property to paying off the
mortgage, contract for deed, or lien on
the property
Complete the Worksheet for Line 33.
Line 34
Post-Service Educaon Awards Received
for Service in an AmeriCorps Naonal
Service Program
If you received a post-service education
award, such as tuition reimbursements or
student loan payments, from the federal
government in 2017 for service in the
AmeriCorps program, you can subtract
the amount you included in your fed-
eral taxable income. Enter the amount
you received after leaving the program.
Do not include the stipend received
while working in the program.
If your education award was used to
repay a student loan, and you deducted
the student loan interest on line 33 of
Form 1040 or line 18 of Form 1040A,
you must reduce your subtraction by
the interest attributable to the award.
Line 35
Net Operang Loss (NOL) from 2008
or 2009
Minnesota did not adopt the provi-
sions of the Worker, Homeownership,
and Business Assistance Act of 2009
(WHBA). If you chose this federal op-
tion, you are limited on your Minne-
sota return to a carryback period of two
years preceding the loss.
Enter the amount you are carrying for-
ward for 2017 for Minnesota purposes.
For complete information on how to de-
termine line 35 and any amount to carry
forward, go to our website at
www.revenue.state.mn.us and type NOL
in the Search box.
Line 36
Subtracon for Prior Addback of Reac-
quision of Indebtedness Income
If you included in this years federal
taxable income any discharge of indebt-
edness income from reacquisition of
business debt which you elected to defer
federally in 2009 or 2010 and included
the discharge in Minnesota taxable in-
come in the prior year, enter that amount
on line 36.
Line 37
Subtracon for Railroad Maintenance
Expenses
If you claimed a federal credit for rail-
road maintenance expenses on federal
Form 8900, enter the expenses you were
not allowed to deduct because you used
them to claim the credit.
M1M-6
Worksheet for Line 38
1 Enter the total of amounts from federal Schedule A,
lines 4, 9, 15, 19, 20, 27, and 28 ...............................
2 Enter the number from line 40 of your federal Form 1040...........
3 Subtract step 2 from step 1 ...................................
4 Enter the amount that corresponds with your ling status: ..........
Married ling joint or qualifying widow(er): $12,700
Single or married ling separate: $6,350
Head of household: $9,350
5 Enter the amount from line 39a of your federal Form 1040 ..........
6 Multiply step 5 by $1,250 ($1,550 if your ling status is
single or head of household) ..................................
7 Add steps 4 and 6 ..........................................
8 Subtract step 2 from step 7. If $0 or less, enter $0 .................
9 Enter the smaller of step 3 or step 8 here and on line 38. ............
Worksheet for Line 33
1 Amount of your debts immediately before the sale ................
2 Amount of debt forgiveness that you were permitted to exclude
from your income when you completed your federal Form 1040 ......
3 Subtract step 2 from step 1 ...................................
4 Fair market value of your assets immediately before the sale ........
5 Subtract step 4 from step 3 ...................................
6 Gain from the sale included on line 37 of federal Form 1040 ........
7 Step 5 or step 6, whichever is less.
Also enter this amount on Schedule M1M, line 33 .................
M1M-7
Line 38
Federal Schedule A
If you led federal Schedule A and your
federal limited itemized deductions were
limited to less than the standard deduction
for your ling status, complete the Work-
sheet for Line 38.
Line 39
Contribuons to a 529 plan
Beginning in tax year 2017, you can deduct
certain contributions made to a 529 plan. To
determine the amount of your subtraction,
complete and include Schedule M1529,
Education Savings Account Contribution
Credit or Subtraction. and enter the amount
from line 4 of Schedule M1529 on line 39 of
this form.
Line 40
Social Security Subtracon
If you paid federal tax on a portion of your
social security income received in 2017,
complete the worksheet for line 40 and enter
the result on this form.
Line 41
First-Time Homebuyers Savings Account
If you opened and contributed to a desig-
nated rst-time home buyers account in
2017, you may be eligible to subtract your
earnings on the account. Complete and in-
clude Schedule M1HOME to determine your
subtraction amount.
Line 42
Discharge of Indebtedness for Educaon
Loans
If you had a qualifying education loan
forgiven because you completed an income-
driven repayment program, enter the amount
of that debt discharged and included in
federal taxable income.
Worksheet for line 40
1 Enter the amount from line 22 of federal Form 1040,
or line 15 of federal Form 1040A ............................
2 Enter the amount from line 20b of federal Form 1040,
or line 14b of federal Form 1040A ...........................
3 Subtract step 2 from step 1 .................................
4 Enter the amount from line 20a of federal Form 1040,
or line 14a of federal Form 1040A ...........................
5 Multiply step 4 by 50% (0.50) ..............................
6 Enter the amount you included or should have included
on line 8b of federal Form 1040, or Form 1040A................
7 Add steps 3, 5 and 6 ......................................
8 Enter the total of the amounts on:............................
Lines 23 through 32, plus any write-in adjustments
you entered on line 36 of federal Form 1040, or
Lines 16 and 17 of federal Form 1040A
9 Subtract step 8 from step 7. If $0 or less, enter $0 ..............
10 Enter the dollar amount for your ling status below: .............
Married Filing Jointly or Qualifying Widow(er): $77,000
Single or Head of Household: $60,200
Married Filing Separate: $38,500
11 Subtract step 10 from step 9. If $0 or less, enter $0 .............
12 Multiply step 11 by 20%...................................
13 Enter the amount for your ling status from below:..............
Married Filing Jointly or Qualifying Widow(er): $4,500
Single or Head of household: $3,500
Married Filing Separate: $2,250
14 Subtract step 12 from step 13. If $0 or less, enter $0 .............
15 Enter the amount from step 2 ...............................
16 Enter the amount of Tier I railroad retirement benets
included on Schedule M1M, line 24..........................
17 Subtract step 16 from step 15 ...............................
18 Enter step 14 or step 17, whichever is less. Also enter this amount
on line 40 of Schedule M1M ...............................