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Tax Year Prior to 2020: When will the energy-efficient vehicle section be available on TurboTax?

jlferris6 — Wed, 24 May 2023 15:04:48 GMT

Re: When will the energy-efficient vehicle section be available on TurboTax?

Irene2805 — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:20:06 GMT

For current information on forms availability, including the forms for energy-efficient vehicles, please click on this link: Federal Forms Availability

Two forms that pertain to energy-efficient vehicles are:

Form 8936, Qualified Plug-in Electric Drive Motor Vehicle Credit
Form 8910, Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit

Re: When will the energy-efficient vehicle section be available on TurboTax?

wulala — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 23:27:16 GMT

https://apps.irs.gov/app/picklist/list/formsPublications.html?resultsPerPage=200&sortColumn=postedDate&indexOfFirstRow=0&criteria=&value=&isDescending=true

The IRS already release the forms yesterday 1/29. Turbotax just haven't incorporated it into its system.

Re: When will the energy-efficient vehicle section be available on TurboTax?

ThomasM125 — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 23:38:07 GMT

If you are referring to form 8936 for qualified plug in vehicles, it will be available in TurboTax by February 2, 2020.

Re: When will the energy-efficient vehicle section be available on TurboTax?

DABEARD — Sun, 02 Feb 2020 19:23:16 GMT

Just checked today and still not available.

Re: When will the energy-efficient vehicle section be available on TurboTax?

williamsrio — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 15:20:32 GMT

It is Feb 3rd and still no sign of the now available form 8036 in TurboTax. Any ideas?

Re: When will the energy-efficient vehicle section be available on TurboTax?

SForrestLO — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 22:03:51 GMT

Please see this Turbo Tax FAQ on the availability of IRS forms.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/forms/help/irs-forms-availability-table-for-turbotax-individual-personal-tax-products/00/26224

Re: When will the energy-efficient vehicle section be available on TurboTax?

bllydia — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 02:16:28 GMT

IRS posted form 8936 on 1/29/2020.

Why will TurboTax not have the form available until 2/12/2020?

Re: When will the energy-efficient vehicle section be available on TurboTax?

KurtL1 — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 02:22:44 GMT

When the forms become available from the IRS our programmers need to update our software and test the forms. The IRS posts the form available to print and mail. Programming and testing the form to e-file on the return takes longer.

Re: When will the energy-efficient vehicle section be available on TurboTax?

swallevand — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 16:25:07 GMT

As of Wednesday, February 5, IT IS STILL NOT AVAILABLE.

Re: When will the energy-efficient vehicle section be available on TurboTax?

Critter — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 16:27:54 GMT

As mentioned before ... the availability dates are always subject to change ... new date for the 8936 is 2/12

https://care-cdn.prodsupportsite.a.intuit.com/forms-availability/turbotax_fed_windows_individual.html

Re: When will the energy-efficient vehicle section be available on TurboTax?

DoninGA — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:09:15 GMT

@swallevand wrote:

As of Wednesday, February 5, IT IS STILL NOT AVAILABLE.

The Energy Efficient Vehicle Credit section will not be available until 02/20/2020 when these form are finalized -

Form 8910, Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit

Form 8911, Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit

https://care-cdn.prodsupportsite.a.intuit.com/forms-availability/turbotax_fed_online_individual.html

Re: When will the energy-efficient vehicle section be available on TurboTax?

Critter — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 16:52:59 GMT

I just saw in my notes that those credit for the 2017 return were delayed until 3/8/18 ... so things could be worse... patience will be required.

Re: When will the energy-efficient vehicle section be available on TurboTax?

ewiener1027 — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 11:20:04 GMT

And now it's been delayed again to 02/20/2020, but it's already on IRS.gov.

Is there a way to manually manage this?

Why would I pay so much for TubroTax Home Business 2019 if Intuit is only going to delay my return?

Re: When will the energy-efficient vehicle section be available on TurboTax?

Critter — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:57:30 GMT

Sorry but your only other choice is to file without that credit ... wait for the IRS to process that return and then amend the return to get that credit and wait 16+ weeks to get the rest of the refund. In light of this waiting another few days for things to be working properly is not a real hardship.

Re: When will the energy-efficient vehicle section be available on TurboTax?

Critter — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:58:50 GMT

FYI ... even my professional program has a short list of items still not approved by the IRS. Patience is needed by all parties.

Re: When will the energy-efficient vehicle section be available on TurboTax?

Irene2805 — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 13:15:25 GMT

For current information on forms availability, including the forms for energy-efficient vehicles, please click on this link: Federal forms availability

Re: When will the energy-efficient vehicle section be available on TurboTax?

estephens2014 — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:16:46 GMT

Pretty sad that form 8936 seems to be available for both Mac and Windows on HR Block already :( What's up with that?? Perhaps we should be using their program instead. (And even more funny that I am unable to post the link on HR Block site, or a screen shot to show it...Google it, you'll see it available.)

Re: When will the energy-efficient vehicle section be available on TurboTax?

Irene2805 — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 19:03:55 GMT

We are expecting that Form 8936 will be available tomorrow but that is, of course, subject to change.

Every new or updated tax form must pass several checkpoints before we can call it "final" in TurboTax. Here's how it works:

The government must approve the form to make sure it follows the tax law.
The government then has to approve the tax software-specific version of that form.
We then rigorously test the form in the software to ensure it's accurate.
The government gives our form their final stamp of approval.
We can then include it in the TurboTax program.

Re: When will the energy-efficient vehicle section be available on TurboTax?

wertzee — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 23:24:55 GMT

We appreciate the diligence of the TurboTax team, I'd rather have something take a few more days and be thoroughly tested. Spoken by an IT guy 😉