Instructions for Recipient
Issuers of certain tax credit bonds or their agents, and recipients of
Form 1097-BTC from the bond issuer or agent who are further
distributing the credit, such as brokers, nominees, mutual funds, or
partnerships, must report to you on at least a quarterly basis, and file
with the IRS annually on a separate Form 1097-BTC, the amount of
tax credit you are allowed for each month of the calendar year (see
instructions).
Recipient's taxpayer identification number (TIN). For your
protection, this form may show only the last four digits of your TIN
(social security number (SSN), individual taxpayer identification
number (ITIN), adoption taxpayer identification number (ATIN), or
employer identification number (EIN)). However, the issuer has
reported your complete TIN to the IRS.
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CAUTION
You will not receive a separate fourth quarter report. The
credits for the fourth quarter will be reported together with
the annual aggregate total amount of allowable credits
provided to you by February 15, 2019.
Note: The first three quarters reported on the annual report are
duplicative amounts previously reported. You are allowed to take the
credit amount from each quarter only once.
The check box shows if the filer is the issuer of the bond or its
agent, or is an entity or a person that received or should have received
this form and is making a further distribution of the credit.
Box 1. Shows the aggregate total of credits allowed for the calendar
year.
Box 2a. Indicates if the unique identification number is your account
number, the CUSIP number of the bond, or another identifier. For
filings of Form 1097-BTC by the issuer of the bond or its agent (as
indicated by the first checkbox being checked), the first nine
characters of the unique identifier in box 2b must be the CUSIP
number, if available. For further identification, if necessary or desired
by the issuer, the CUSIP number can be followed by an optional
hyphen and then an account number or other unique identifying
number.
If no CUSIP number is available, the account number, or other
unique identifying number by which the bond transaction is tracked by
the issuer, is shown in box 2b.
C—CUSIP number
A—Account number
O—Any other identifier
Box 2b. Shows the unique identifier assigned by the Form 1097-BTC
issuer, limited to 39 alphanumeric characters.
Box 3. Shows the codes for tax credit bonds that are reported on
separate Forms 1097-BTC:
101—Clean renewable energy bond
199—Other
Boxes 5a–5l. Shows the amount of the credit you are allowed for the
month during the calendar year.
You may be entitled to claim a credit against your income tax
liabilities, subject to certain limitations under section 54A(c).
Additionally, clean renewable energy bond credits received from a
pass-through entity are limited to the income received from the pass-
through entity. New clean renewable energy bond and qualified
energy conservation bond credits are limited to 70% of the credit
amounts determined under section 54A(b); the credit reported on
Form 1097-BTC is the credit amount after the 70% limit has been
applied. For more information, see Form 8912.
Box 6. May show any additional information provided by the form
issuer.
Future developments. For the latest information about
developments related to Form 1097-BTC and its instructions, such as
legislation enacted after they were published, go to www.irs.gov/
Form1097BTC.
