State tax filing
You may be misinterpreting what this tax benefit does.
It's not a credit -- that is, it doesn't directly offset income tax.
Rather, it's an Idaho subtraction from your federal income. It'll be included in the Less: Idaho Subtractions line, as shown on the screen below:
If this doesn't address what you're seeing, provide more information so we can work through this.
- What is the amount you entered for the device in 2023?
- Did you enter any amounts for other years? If so, what amounts, for which years?
- What's the amount of subtraction that resulted (see image above)?
- What was your federal taxable income?
To enter your Alternative Energy Device information in TurboTax Online:
- Open TurboTax Online
- Select Tax Home in the left pane
- On the Hi, let's keep working on your taxes! screen, select the dropdown on the right side of the State Taxes box, then select Start, Continue, or Review/Edit
- In the left pane, select Prepare State
- Proceed through the screens until you come to the Status of your state returns screen
- Select Start, Continue or Edit to the right of Idaho. If no state is shown, select + Add another state
- Proceed through the state screens until you get to the Alternative Energy Device screen. Select Yes, then select Continue
- On the next screen, enter the required information, then select Continue
