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Click ‘Get Form’ to open the 2002 Instructions for Schedule J in the editor.
Begin by reviewing the general instructions. Understand that Schedule J allows you to average your farm income over the previous three years, which can potentially lower your tax if your current year income is high.
Fill out Line 2 by calculating your elected farm income. This includes all taxable income from farming but excludes gains from land sales. Decide how much of this income to report based on its impact on your tax bracket.
Proceed to Line 4 where you will calculate the tax on the amount reported in Line 3 using the provided tax tables or worksheets.
For Lines 5 through 13, refer back to your prior year returns (1999, 2000, and 2001) as needed. Enter amounts based on previous calculations or adjustments made in those years.
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What is farm income tax averaging?

With income averaging, a taxpayer can move income from the current year (known as Elected Farm Income, even if you are a fisher) and move it to prior years (base years) under prior years tax rates (see Figure 1). This effectively allows the taxpayer to fill up unused brackets of the prior years.

What is the income averaging rule?

Income Averaging: An Explainer Income averaging allows for the averaging of incomes up to 80 percent AMI in a project, or as low as 30 percent AMI, as long as the average stays below 60 percent AMI.

Who is eligible for income averaging?

Who can use Income Averaging? You must be engaged in farming, ranching, or commercial fishing. The IRS states that income from your trade or business of farming or fishing. There are some additional limitations so please refer to the below link.

How is farm income averaging computed on Schedule J?

Income averaging is a method of calculating your tax liability for the current year using the income tax rates from the three previous years (the base years). You make the calculations using Schedule J (Form 1040). Income averaging is a special provision available only to farmers and commercial fishers.

Does the IRS still allow income averaging?

The Internal Revenue Code only allows income averaging to farmers and fishermen. If you are a farmer or fisherman, you need to complete Schedule J, Income Averaging for Farmers and Fishermen.