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Userid: CPM Schema: tipx Leadpct: 100% Pt. size: 10 Draft Ok to Print AH XSL/XML Fileid: … tions/P907/2020/A/XML/Cycle08/source (Init. & Date) _______ Page 1 of 13 16:20 - 17-Dec-2020 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Future Developments For the latest information about developments related to Publication 907 Pub. 907, such as legislation enacted after this publication Cat. No. 15308H was published, go to IRS.gov/Pub907. Tax Highlights What’s New 2021 ABLE account changes on IRS.gov. This publi- for Persons cation is for use in preparing your 2020 returns. See Treasury Decision (TD) 9923 (final regulations on IRS.gov) which finalized ABLE account regulations first With proposed in 2015 and 2019. Also, see Coronavirus, later, and Notice 2020-23, and Revenue Procedure 2018-58 for information on how relief may have been provided for per- Disabilities forming certain acts, like rollovers or filing your tax return, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For changes affecting For use in preparing your 2021 return, such as the contribution limit, go to IRS.gov/Pub907 for those updates. 2020 Returns Annual contribution limit. For 2020, the maximum amount that can be contributed to your ABLE account re- mains at $15,000. Certain employed ABLE account bene- ficiaries may contribute a limited additional amount. See Contribution limitation, later. Reminders Credit for qualified retirement savings contributions (saver’s credit). Beginning with 2018, you may qualify for the credit for qualified retirement savings contributions (also known as the saver’s credit) based on contributions you make to your ABLE account. The credit can reduce the amount of tax you owe or increase your refund. See Credit for Qualified Retirement Savings Contributions, later. Also, see Form 8880, Credit for Qualified Retirement Savings Contributions. New rules permitting a rollover from a qualified tui- tion program to an ABLE account. A distribution from a section 529 qualified tuition program (QTP) made after December 22, 2017, and before January 1, 2026, isn’t subject to income tax if, generally within 60 days of the distribution, it’s transferred, subject to certain contribution limits, to an ABLE account of the designated beneficiary or a member of the family of the designated beneficiary. See Rollover from section 529 tuition account to section 529A ABLE account, later, and Notice 2018-58. Introduction An ABLE account. The Stephen Beck, Jr., Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014 (ABLE) was enacted to help people with disabilities or who are blind save money Get forms and other information faster and easier at: in a tax-favored ABLE account to maintain health, inde- • IRS.gov (English) • IRS.gov/Korean (한국어) pendence, and quality of life. Compare ABLE programs • IRS.gov/Spanish (Español) • IRS.gov/Russian (Pусский) • IRS.gov/Chinese (中文) • IRS.gov/Vietnamese (TiếngViệt) Dec 17, 2020 Page 2 of 13 Fileid: … tions/P907/2020/A/XML/Cycle08/source 16:20 - 17-Dec-2020 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. on the websites of state governments to see which pro- distributions from an ABLE account, see ABLE Account, gram is best suited for you. See ABLE Account, later. later. My Social Security account. Social security beneficia- ries can obtain helpful information from the Social Security Dependent Care Benefits Administration's website with a my Social Security ac- count. See Social Security and Railroad Retirement Bene- Dependent care benefits include the following. fits, later. This publication concerns people with disabilities and • Amounts your employer paid directly to you or your those who care for them. It includes highlights about: care provider for the care of your qualifying person(s) while you worked. • Income, • The fair market value of care in a daycare facility pro- • Itemized deductions, vided or sponsored by your employer. • Tax credits, • Pre-tax contributions you made under a dependent • Household employers, care flexible spending arrangement. • Business tax incentives, and Exclusion or deduction. If your employer provides de- • ABLE accounts. pendent care benefits under a qualified plan, you may be able to exclude these benefits from your income. Your You will find most of the information you need to com- employer can tell you whether your benefit plan qualifies. plete your tax return in its instructions. To claim the exclusion, you must complete Part III of Form See How To Get Tax Help at the end of this publication 2441, Child and Dependent Care Expenses. for information about getting publications, forms, and free If you are self-employed and receive benefits from a tax services. qualified dependent care benefit plan, you are treated as both employer and employee. Therefore, you wouldn’t get Comments and suggestions. We welcome your com- an exclusion from wages. Instead, you would get a deduc- ments about this publication and your suggestions for fu- tion on one of the following Form 1040 or 1040-SR sched- ture editions. ules: Schedule C, line 14; Schedule E, line 19 or 28; or You can send us comments through IRS.gov/ Schedule F, line 15. To claim the deduction, you must use FormComments. Or, you can write to the Internal Reve- Form 2441. nue Service, Tax Forms and Publications, 1111 Constitu- The amount you can exclude or deduct is limited to the tion Ave. NW, IR-6526, Washington, DC 20224. Although smallest of the following. we can’t respond individually to each comment received, we do appreciate your feedback and will consider your 1. The total amount of dependent care benefits you re- comments and suggestions as we revise our tax forms, in- ceived during the year. structions, and publications. Don’t send tax questions, tax 2. The total amount of qualified expenses you incurred returns, or payments to the above address. during the year. Getting answers to your tax questions. If you have 3. Your earned income. a tax question not answered by this publication or the How To Get Tax Help section at the end of this publication, go 4. Your spouse's earned income. to the IRS Interactive Tax Assistant page at IRS.gov/ Help/ITA where you can find topics by using the search 5. $5,000 ($2,500 if married filing separately). feature or viewing the categories listed. Statement for employee. Your employer must give you Getting tax forms, instructions, and publications. a Form W-2 (or similar statement), showing in box 10 the Visit IRS.gov/Forms to download current and prior-year total amount of dependent care benefits provided to you forms, instructions, and publications. during the year under a qualified plan. Your employer will also include any dependent care benefits over $5,000 in Ordering tax forms, instructions, and publications. your wages shown on your Form W-2 in box 1. Go to IRS.gov/OrderForms to order current forms, instruc- tions, and publications; call 800-829-3676 to order Qualifying person(s). A qualifying person is any of prior-year forms and instructions. The IRS will process the following. your order for forms and publications as soon as possible. • A qualifying child who is under age 13 whom you can Don’t resubmit requests you’ve already sent us. You can claim as a dependent. If the child turned 13 during the get forms and publications faster online. year, the child is a qualifying person for the part of the year he or she was under age 13. • Your disabled spouse who isn’t physically or mentally Income able to care for themselves. All income is taxable unless it is specifically excluded by • Any disabled person who wasn’t physically or men- law. The following discussions highlight some taxable and tally able to care for themselves whom you can claim nontaxable income items. For information about Page 2 Publication 907 (2020) Page 3 of 13 Fileid: … tions/P907/2020/A/XML/Cycle08/source 16:20 - 17-Dec-2020 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. as a dependent (or could claim as a dependent ex- Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments. So- cept that the person had gross income of $4,300 or cial security benefits don’t include SSI payments, which more or filed a joint return). aren’t taxable. Don’t include these payments in your in- • Any disabled person who wasn’t physically or men- come. tally able to care for themselves whom you could claim as a dependent except that you (or your spouse Disability Pensions if filing jointly) could be claimed as a dependent on an- other taxpayer's 2020 return. If you retired on disability, you must include in income any disability pension you receive under a plan that is paid for For information about excluding benefits on Form 1040, by your employer. You must report your taxable disability 1040-SR, or Form 1040-NR, see Form 2441 and its in- payments as wages on line 1 of Form 1040 or 1040-SR structions. until you reach minimum retirement age. Minimum retire- ment age is generally the age at which you can first re- Social Security and Railroad ceive a pension or annuity if you aren’t disabled. Retirement Benefits You may be entitled to a tax credit if you were per- TIP manently and totally disabled when you retired. My Social Security account. Social security beneficia- See Pub. 524, Credit for the Elderly or the Disa- ries may quickly and easily obtain the following informa- bled. tion from the Social Security Administration's website with a my Social Security account.