1. The used purchase price says it has be under $25,000. Is that the purchase price before or after the sales tax is applied? The sale price was under $23,800 before sales tax. It is the price BEFORE taxes. If your sales price was $23,800, that would be the purchase price that would be used to claim the credit.
2a. If the dealership never filled out the Clean Vehicle Seller Report after the sale was made, then am I unable to claim this tax credit?
2b. Or can I provide a scan of the original receipt showing when I purchased the vehicle and for what amount? Can or will that suffice in this situation? If the dealer did not fill out the paperwork at the time of the sale, then you are not able to claim the credit, currently, the original sales receipt showing the purchase will NOT be enough to claim the credit through e-filing. You can print and mail your return with a copy of the proof of purchase to see if the IRS will accept this but current guidance says " For a buyer to receive a tax credit, sellers and dealers must report clean vehicle credit informatio..."
3. I only followed the prompts when answering the clean vehicle credit portion of the return, I did not provide a separate form 8936 (or Schedule A). However, that is not what these error codes are telling me when I click "revisit" or "fix".
It's merely saying that something doesn't match, but then leaves me to figure out what that. The doesn't match is because your dealer either did not submit the paperwork or did not submit it properly. You can contact the dealer to see if they did submit the paperwork and if so, what information they provided to the IRS. Did you receive a form from the dealer with the information to claim the credit or did you only receive the receipt?
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