MinhT1
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Deductions & credits

No. You cannot take the Residential Energy credit as that house is not your main home.

 

The IRS defines your main home as generally the home where you live most of the time. A temporary absence due to special circumstances, such as illness, education, business, military service, or vacation, won't change your main home.

 

Please read this IRS document for more information.

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