Form 6251
2021
Alternative Minimum Tax—Individuals
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service (99)
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Attach to Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR.
OMB No. 1545-0074
Attachment
Sequence No.
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Name(s) shown on Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR Your social security number
Part I Alternative Minimum Taxable Income (See instructions for how to complete each line.)
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Enter the amount from Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 15, if more than zero. If Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 15,
is zero, subtract line 14 of Form 1040 or 1040-SR from line 11 of Form 1040 or 1040-SR and enter the result
here. (If less than zero, enter as a negative amount.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2a If filing Schedule A (Form 1040), enter the taxes from Schedule A, line 7; otherwise, enter the amount from
Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 12a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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b Tax refund from Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 1 or line 8z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2b ( )
c Investment interest expense (difference between regular tax and AMT) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2c
d Depletion (difference between regular tax and AMT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2d
e Net operating loss deduction from Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 8a. Enter as a positive amount . . . . 2e
f Alternative tax net operating loss deduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2f ( )
g Interest from specified private activity bonds exempt from the regular tax . . . . . . . . . . . 2g
h Qualified small business stock, see instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2h
i Exercise of incentive stock options (excess of AMT income over regular tax income) . . . . . . . . 2i
j Estates and trusts (amount from Schedule K-1 (Form 1041), box 12, code A) . . . . . . . . . . 2j
k Disposition of property (difference between AMT and regular tax gain or loss) . . . . . . . . . . 2k
l Depreciation on assets placed in service after 1986 (difference between regular tax and AMT) . . . . . 2l
m Passive activities (difference between AMT and regular tax income or loss) . . . . . . . . . . 2m
n Loss limitations (difference between AMT and regular tax income or loss) . . . . . . . . . . . 2n
o Circulation costs (difference between regular tax and AMT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2o
p Long-term contracts (difference between AMT and regular tax income) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2p
q Mining costs (difference between regular tax and AMT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2q
r Research and experimental costs (difference between regular tax and AMT) . . . . . . . . . . 2r
s Income from certain installment sales before January 1, 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2s ( )
t Intangible drilling costs preference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2t
3 Other adjustments, including income-based related adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4 Alternative minimum taxable income. Combine lines 1 through 3. (If married filing separately and line 4 is
more than $752,800, see instructions.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Part II
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)
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Exemption.
IF your filing status is . . . AND line 4 is not over . . . THEN enter on line 5 . . .
Single or head of household . . . . $ 523,600 . . . . . $ 73,600
Married filing jointly or qualifying widow(er)
1,047,200 . . . . . 114,600
Married filing separately . . . . . 523,600 . . . . . 57,300
If line 4 is over the amount shown above for your filing status, see instructions.
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6
Subtract line 5 from line 4. If more than zero, go to line 7. If zero or less, enter -0- here and on lines 7, 9, and
11, and go to line 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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7 • If you are filing Form 2555, see instructions for the amount to enter.
• If you reported capital gain distributions directly on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 7; you reported
qualified dividends on Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 3a; or you had a gain on both lines 15 and
16 of Schedule D (Form 1040) (as refigured for the AMT, if necessary), complete Part III on the
back and enter the amount from line 40 here.
• All others: If line 6 is $199,900 or less ($99,950 or less if married filing separately), multiply line
6 by 26% (0.26). Otherwise, multiply line 6 by 28% (0.28) and subtract $3,998 ($1,999 if
married filing separately) from the result.
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8 Alternative minimum tax foreign tax credit (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
9 Tentative minimum tax. Subtract line 8 from line 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
10
Add Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 16 (minus any tax from Form 4972), and Schedule 2 (Form 1040), line 2.
Subtract from the result Schedule 3 (Form 1040), line 1 and any negative amount reported on Form 8978,
line 14 (treated as a positive number). If zero or less, enter -0-. If you used Schedule J to figure your tax on
Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 16, refigure that tax without using Schedule J before completing this line. See
instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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11 AMT. Subtract line 10 from line 9. If zero or less, enter -0-. Enter here and on Schedule 2 (Form 1040), line 1 11
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see your tax return instructions.
Cat. No. 13600G
Form 6251 (2021)