Form 1040 Schedule R: Credit for the Elderly or the Disabled
Use Tax Form 1040 Schedule R: Credit for the Elderly or the Disabled as a stand alone tax form calculator to quickly calculate specific amounts for your 2025 tax return.
Schedule R: Credit for the Elderly or the Disabled
Part I Check the Box for Your Filing Status and Age
If your filing status is:
And by the end of 2016:
Check only one box:
Single, Head of household, or Qualifying widow(er)
1
1
2
2
Married filing jointly
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
7
7
Married filing seperately
8
8
9
9
Did you check box 1,3, 7, or 8?
▸ Yes ▸ Skip part II and complete part III on the back. ▸ No ▸ Complete Parts II and III.
Part II Statement of Permanent and Total Disability (Complete only if you checked box 2, 4, 5, 6, or 9 above.)
If:
1
You filed a physician’s statement for this disability for 1983 or an earlier year, or you filed or got a statement for tax years after 1983 and your physician signed line B on the statement, and
2
• Due to your continued disabled condition, you were unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity in 2016, check this box ▸
3
• If you didn't check this box, have your physician complete the statement in the instructions. You must keep the statement for your records.
Part III Figure Your Credit
10
If you checked (in Part I): Box 1, 2, 4, or 7 . . . . Box 3, 5, or 6 . . . . . . Box 8 or 9. . . . . . . . .
Enter: $5000 $7000 $5000
10
Did you check box 2, 4, 5, 6, or 9 in Part I?
▸ Yes ▸ You must complete line 11. ▸ No ▸ Enter the amount from line 10 on line 12 and go to line 13.
11
If you checked (in Part I): • Box 6, add $5000 to the taxable disability income of the spouse who was under age 65. Enter the total. • Box 2, 4, or 9, enter your taxable disability income. • Box 5, add your taxable disability income to your spouse’s taxable disability income. Enter the total For more details on what to include on line 11, see Figure Your Credit in the instructions.
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12
If you completed line 11, enter the smaller of line 10 or line 11. All others, enter the amount from line 10
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13
Enter the following pensions, annuities, or disability income that you (and your spouse if filing jointly) received in 2016.
a
Nontaxable part of social security benefits and nontaxable part of railroad retirement benefits treated as social security (see instructions).
13a
b
Nontaxable veterans’ pensions and any other pension, annuity, or disability benefit that is excluded from income under any other provision of law (see instructions).
13b
c
Add lines 13a and 13b. (Even though these income items aren't taxable, they must be included here to figure your credit.) If you didn't receive any of the types of nontaxable income listed on line 13a or 13b, enter -0- on line 13c
13c
14
Enter the amount from Form 1040A, line 22, or Form 1040, line 38
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15
If you checked (in Part I): Enter: Box 1 or 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . $7500 Box 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7. . . . . . $10000 Box 8 or 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . $5000
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16
Subtract line 15 from line 14. If zero or less, enter -0-
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17
Enter one-half of line 16
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18
Add lines 13c and 17
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19
Subtract line 18 from line 12. If zero or less, stop; you can't take the credit. Otherwise, go to line 20
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20
Multiply line 19 by 1.5% (0.15)
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21
Tax liability limit. Enter the amount from the Credit Limit Worksheet in the instructions
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22
Credit for the elderly or the disabled. Enter the smaller of line 20 or line 21. Also enter this amount on Form 1040A, line 32, or include on Form 1040, line 54 (check box c and enter “Sch R” on the line next to that box)