Column C: Enter the corrected amounts after the increases or decreases. If there are no changes, enter the amount from column A.
Line 7
If you received a credit certicate from the Minnesota Rural Finance Authority for selling or leasing agricultural assets to a beginning farmer,
enter the certicate number in the space provided and credit amount on line 7.
If you have multiple credits, enter the certicate number your S corporation received directly from the Rural Finance Authority within the
certicate number box. If you have multiple credits and received all credits from other pass-through entities, enter the certicate number
relating to the largest credit amount within the certicate number box. Subtotal all credit amounts on Line 7.
Line 12
Enter the total of the following tax amounts, whether or not paid:
• amount from line 15 of your original M8;
• any additional tax due from a previously led M8X, (either line 14, or 15, depending on the year); and
• additional tax due as the result of an audit or notice of change.
Do not include any amounts that were paid for penalty, interest or underpayment of estimated tax.
Line 14
Enter the total of the following refund amounts:
• from line 20 of your original M8, even if you have not yet received it;
• any refund amount from a previously led form M8X, (either line 19 or 20, depending on the year); and
• refund or reduction in tax from a protest or other type of audit adjustment.
Include any amount that was credited to estimated tax, applied to pay past due taxes or donated to the Minnesota Nongame Wildlife Fund.
Do not include any interest that may have been included in the refunds you received.
Lines 16 and 21
Lines 16 and 21 should reect the changes to your tax and/or credits as reported on lines 1 through 11 of Form M8X. If you have unpaid
taxes on your original Form M8, Form M8X is not intended to show your corrected balance due.
Line 16
If line 15 is a negative amount, treat it as a positive amount and add it to line 9C. Enter the result on line 16. This is the amount you owe,
which is due when you le your amended return. You cannot use any funds in your estimated tax account to pay this amount. Continue with
line 17.
Line 17
If only one of the penalties below applies, you must multiply line 16 by 10 percent (.10). If both penalties apply, multiply line 16 by 20 percent
(.20). Enter the result on line 17.
• The IRS assessed a penalty for negligence or disregard of rules or regulations; and/or
• You failed to report federal changes to the department within 180 days as required.
Line 19
Interest is calculated as simple interest and accrues on unpaid tax and penalties from the regular due date until it is paid in full. Use the for-
mula below with the appropriate interest rate:
Interest = line 18 x number of days past the due date x interest rate ÷ 365
If the days fall in more than one calendar year, you must determine the number of days separately for each year.
The interest rates for recent years are:
2019 5% 2007-08 8% 2002 7%
2017-18 4% 2006 6% 2001 9%
2010-16 3% 2004-05 4% 1999-2000 8%
2009 5% 2003 5% 1998 9%
Penalty will be assessed if the additional tax and interest are not paid with the amended return.
Line 20
Pay Electronically. Visit our website at www.revenue.state.mn.us and log in to e-Services. If you don’t have Internet access, call 1-800-
570-3329 to pay by phone. When paying electronically, you must use an account not associated with any foreign banks.
Pay by Check. If you’re not required to pay electronically and are paying by check, visit our website at www.revenue.state.mn.us and click
on “Make a Payment” and then “By check” to create a voucher. Print and mail the voucher with a check made payable to Minnesota Revenue.
When you pay by check, your check authorizes us to make a one-time electronic fund transfer from your account. You may not receive your
cancelled check.
2019 Form M8X Instrucons (Connued)
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