1 Total amount you paid toward your own qualied educaon loans in 2020.
Do not include amounts you paid toward another individual’s loans.......... 1
2 Your federal adjusted gross income (see instrucons). If you are married
and ling a joint return, enter your joint federal adjusted gross income
in columns A and B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3 Subtract $10,000 from line 2. If zero or less, enter 0 ...................... 3
4 Mulply line 3 by 10% (0.10) ......................................... 4
5 Subtract line 4 from line 1.
(If the result in a column is zero or less, STOP in that column.) ............. 5
6 Enter your total earned income such as wages, salaries, ps,
and net earnings from self-employment (see instrucons).
If zero or less, STOP HERE. You do not qualify .............................6
7 Enter the lesser of $5,000 or the amount of qualied educaon loan used to
pay for your postsecondary educaon (see instrucons) ....................7
8 Mulply line 7 by 10% (0.10)
.......................................... 8
9 Enter the amount of interest you paid in 2020 on qualied educaon loans
used to pay for your postsecondary educaon
(from box 1 of federal Form 1098-E) .................................... 9
10 Add lines 8 and 9 ................................................. 10
11 Enter the lesser of line 5, 6, or 10 .................................... 11
12 Maximum credit is $500 per person.................................. 12
13
Amount from line 11 or line 12, whichever is less
........................
13
14 Full-year residents: Enter the amount from line 13.
Part-year residents: If you are not ling a joint return,
mulply the amount on line 13 by line 30 of Schedule M1NR.
If you are ling a joint return, see instrucons. .......................... 14
15 Add line 14 from columns A and B.
Enter the result here and on line 9 of Schedule M1C ....................15
Include this schedule when you le Form M1. Keep a copy for your records.
2020 Schedule M1SLC, Student Loan Credit
Your First Name and Inial Last Name Social Security Number
Spouse’s First Name and Inial Last Name Social Security Number
A — Taxpayer B — Spouse
9995
*201391*
To claim this credit, you must be a full- or part-year Minnesota resident.
500 500
Am I eligible?
You may be eligible for the Student Loan Credit if both of the following are true:
You have taxable earned income
• Youmadepaymentstowardyourownqualiededucationloansduringtheyear
What is a qualied educaon loan?
Qualiededucationloansincludeloansusedforthecostofattendanceataneligiblepostsecondarycollegeoruniversity.Thisdoesnotin-
cludeloansfromarelativeoraqualiedemployerplan.
Can I claim payments I made toward someone else’s loans?
No.Youmayonlyqualifyforthecreditbasedonyourowneligiblepaymentstowardyourownqualiededucationloans.
Do I need proof?
Yes.Savecanceledchecksandkeepadetailedrecordfromtheinstitutionyoumakepaymentstoforyourqualiedloans.Wemayaskyouto
showtheserecordsifwehavequestions.
Line Instrucons
Round amounts to the nearest whole dollar.
Line 1
Entertheamountyoupaidin2020towardqualiededucationloanstakenouttopayforyourpostsecondaryeducation.Includepayments
madetowardprincipalandinterest.
Ifyouaremarried,lingajointreturn,andmadepaymentstowardloanstakenouttopayforeachspouse’spostsecondaryeducation,enter
theamountyoupaidtowardeachspouse’sloansintheappropriatecolumn.
Example for married couples ling a joint return:Youpaid$3,000towardloanstakenouttopayforyourpostsecondaryeducationand
$2,500towardyourspouse’sloans.Youwillenter$3,000incolumnA,and$2,500incolumnB.
Line 2
Enteryourfederaladjustedgrossincome(FAGI)fromline1ofFormM1orline34ofScheduleM1NC.
Ifyouaremarriedandlingajointreturn,enteryourjointFAGIincolumnAandcolumnB.
Line 6
Enteryourtotalearnedincomefrom2020.Thisamountisthetotalofyourwages,salaries,tips,andotheremployeecompensationreported
inbox1offederalFormW-2plusyournetearningsfromself-employment.
Line 7
Enterthetotalamountofqualiededucationloanstakenoutforyourpostsecondaryeducation.Thisistheoriginalamountofyourquali-
ededucationloans,includingamountspreviouslypaidandamountsnotyetpaid.Donotincludeloanstakenoutforsomeoneelse’scollege
educationexpenses.
Line 14
Full-year Minnesota residents:
Entertheamountfromline13.
Part-year Minnesota residents:
Ifyouarenotlingajointreturn,multiplytheamountonline13byline30ofScheduleM1NR,Nonresidents/Part-Year Residents.
Ifyouarelingajointreturn,completeaseparateScheduleM1NRforeachspousewhoqualiesforthiscredit.Ifyouhaveajoint
incomesource(suchasajointinvestmentaccount)ordeductions(suchasmovingexpenses),use50%oftheincomeordeductiononeach
spouse’sseparateScheduleM1NR.Useonlythatspouse’sincomeontheScheduleM1NRyouprepareforthespouse.Usetheseparate
SchedulesM1NRtocompletetheWorksheetforLine14below.
2020 Schedule M1SLC Instrucons
Worksheet for Line 14 — Married Part-Year Resident(s) Filing Jointly
A B
Taxpayer Spouse
1
Entertheamountfromline13
..........................................................
2 Entertheamountfromline30oftheseparateScheduleM1NRpreparedusing
onlythatspouse’sincome.Donotentermorethan1.00000.
Ifyouareafull-yearresident,enter1.00000 ..............................................
3 Multiplystep1bystep2.Entertheresulthereandonline14intheappropriatecolumn...........
Forms and Informaon
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Email:individual.incometax@state.mn.us
Phone:651-296-3781or1-800-652-9094(toll-free)