If your unused solar energy credit from 2016 was carried forward to your 2017 return and still remains unused, then you can enter it into your 2018 return to claim it.
Use these steps:
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On the top row of the
TurboTax online screen, click on Search (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax
locate the search box in the upper right corner)
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This opens a box where you
can type in “home energy improvement” (be sure to enter exactly as shown
here) and click the magnifying glass (or for CD/downloaded TurboTax,
click Find)
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The search results will
give you an option to “Jump to home energy improvement”
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Click on the blue “Jump
to home energy improvement” link
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Go through this section until
you reach the screen titled “Do You Have
a 2017 Home Energy Credit to Carryforward?” where you will enter the amount
of your carryforward
