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Instruction 1041 (Schedule I) — Instructions for Schedule I (Form 1041), Alternative Minimum Tax-Estates and Trusts · 2026-10-03 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · United States
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rules or for costs for which you elected the optional 10-year write-off for research and experimental expenditures under section 59(e) for regular tax purposes.
Research and experimental expenditures deducted under section 174(a) or section 174A(a) for regular tax purposes must generally be amortized for AMT purposes over 10 years beginning with the year the expenditures were paid or incurred.
Enter the difference between the amount allowed for AMT purposes and the amount allowed for regular tax purposes. If the amount for AMT purposes exceeds the amount allowed for regular tax purposes, enter the difference as a negative amount.
If the estate or trust had a loss on property for which research and experimental costs haven't been fully amortized for the AMT, the AMT deduction is the smaller of (a) the loss allowable for the costs had they remained capitalized, or (b) the remaining costs to be amortized for the AMT.
Line 19—Income From Certain Installment Sales Before January 1, 1987 The installment method doesn't apply for AMT purposes to any nondealer disposition of property that occurred after August 16, 1986, but before the first day of your tax year that began in 1987, if an installment obligation to which the proportionate disallowance rule applied arose from the disposition. Enter on line 19 the amount of installment sale income that was reported for regular tax purposes.
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