topic Why does review of NY return say "return claims a Solar and Wind energy credit carryover" when there is none on the return? in State tax filing

Why does review of NY return say "return claims a Solar and Wind energy credit carryover" when there is none on the return?

gibshockey21 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 06:05:01 GMT

Turbo tax is saying a solar and wind energy credit carryover exists when it doesn't - so it says the only way to file is to print return. Seem wrong. I don't even own a home.

Re: Why does review of NY return say "return claims a Solar and Wind energy credit carryover" when there is none on the return?

DoninGA — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 22:07:15 GMT

See if there is a New York Form IT-255 Claim for Solar Energy System Equipment Credit in the list of forms that can be deleted. If so, then delete the form and see if the problem remains.

Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen

Click on Tools

Click on Delete a form

Re: Why does review of NY return say "return claims a Solar and Wind energy credit carryover" when there is none on the return?

gibshockey21 — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 22:21:01 GMT

There is no Form IT-255 in forms list...??

Any other ideas?

Re: Why does review of NY return say "return claims a Solar and Wind energy credit carryover" when there is none on the return?

DoninGA — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 22:22:51 GMT

@gibshockey21 wrote:

There is no Form IT-255 in forms list...??

Any other ideas?

The only other thing you can do is to carefully go through each section of the New York state return and see if there are any areas that ask about a Solar Credit or a Solar Credit Carryover to see if there is an amount entered.

Re: Why does review of NY return say "return claims a Solar and Wind energy credit carryover" when there is none on the return?

JDoscher — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 22:56:01 GMT

I have solved how to resolve this issue. You can delete/start over your NY return after verifying that you have selected "NO" on the Federal for the energy credit. Deleting & redoing the NY return will clear out this error

Re: Why does review of NY return say "return claims a Solar and Wind energy credit carryover" when there is none on the return?

MyTaxQues — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 18:26:03 GMT

For NY Residents using the downloaded TT Deluxe Software, I solved the problem by:

1) Click on the Forms icon in the upper right-hand corner

2) Scroll to the line Tax/Credit Wks and open

3) Scroll to line 26 (Solar and Wind Energy Credit carryover)

4) Delete the (0) that was automatically populated in the field

Good luck. I hope this helps.

Re: Why does review of NY return say "return claims a Solar and Wind energy credit carryover" when there is none on the return?

exoticspaces — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 22:28:44 GMT

Same thing happened to me too. After researching online, the shared solution found here on TurboTax that another user posted also solved my issue. Basically, remove the energy reference carry-over line item in the Federal portion, then, you must delete the State (in my case NY), then added NY State to file. I'm happy to say this allowed me to e-file both Federal and NYS together. No way was I going to mail my NYS return.

Re: Why does review of NY return say "return claims a Solar and Wind energy credit carryover" when there is none on the return?

armktn1 — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 22:35:26 GMT

Correcting Federal for no carryover first then deleting and redoing NY fixed it for me. What a PITA

Re: Why does review of NY return say "return claims a Solar and Wind energy credit carryover" when there is none on the return?

miaq77 — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 16:44:48 GMT

I checked federal, then deleted the NY file and readded it, but still telling me this solar and wind energy credit carryover message...any other solutions?

Re: Why does review of NY return say "return claims a Solar and Wind energy credit carryover" when there is none on the return?

asifjavaid — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 04:02:41 GMT

Turbo Team,

This is system glitch for sure, I am trying again and again unable to fix the issue.

Why we paying you for charges, just to smooth filling, not terrible.

Can you fix the issue and confirm back ASAP

return claims a solar wind energy credit carryover error in state filling turbo tax

Re: Why does review of NY return say "return claims a Solar and Wind energy credit carryover" whe...

MichaelG81 — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 02:35:55 GMT

Please delete Federal Form 5695 and NY State Form IT-255, logout, clear cache and cookies, then restart your computer and log back in.

To delete the forms follow these instructions depending on which desktop/software version you are using:

Windows instructions

Sign in to your TurboTax account
Switch to Forms Mode by selecting the Forms icon
From the menu, select the form you want to remove
After the form is generated in the right pane, select the Delete Form button
Follow any onscreen instructions to remove the form or forms

Mac instructions

Sign in to your TurboTax account
Switch to Forms Mode by selecting the Forms icon
From the menu, select the form you want to remove (if you don't see it, select Open Form at the top)
From the Forms menu, select Remove [Federal 5695, NY IT-255]
Follow any onscreen instructions to remove the form or forms

Online delete a form:

Here's the general procedure for viewing a list of all the forms in your return and deleting unwanted forms, schedules, and worksheets in TurboTax Online:

Sign in to TurboTax and open your return by selecting Continue or Pick up where you left off
In the left menu, select Tax Tools and then Tools
In the pop-up window Tool Center, choose Delete a form
Select Delete next to the form, schedule, and worksheet in the list and follow the instructions

Clear cache and cookies:

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Re: Why does review of NY return say "return claims a Solar and Wind energy credit carryover" whe...

miaq77 — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 03:11:00 GMT

@MichaelG81 Thank you. I tried your solution step by step, but still having the same issue...any other ideas? I'm using the online version by the way.

Re: Why does review of NY return say "return claims a Solar and Wind energy credit carryover" when there is none on the return?

Rick831 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 01:45:11 GMT

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Re: Why does review of NY return say "return claims a Solar and Wind energy credit carryover" when there is none on the return?

Rick831 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 01:46:23 GMT

It worked! Thanx!!

Re: Why does review of NY return say "return claims a Solar and Wind energy credit carryover" whe...

readytoscream — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 18:44:46 GMT

I have neither of those forms and have been sitting here trying to get the solar and wind carryover deleted, so I can file. We need a solution to this asap.

Re: Why does review of NY return say "return claims a Solar and Wind energy credit carryover" whe...

readytoscream — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 18:45:33 GMT

Same...did you end up finding a solution that works?

Re: Why does review of NY return say "return claims a Solar and Wind energy credit carryover" whe...

miaq77 — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 01:11:51 GMT

No I haven't. Turbotax team please take a look, this is definitely a technical issue.

Re: Why does review of NY return say "return claims a Solar and Wind energy credit carryover" whe...

Taxedin NJandNY — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 14:25:18 GMT

Thanks so much for this advice. Unfortunately, neither of these forms appear in my list of federal or New York State forms. Do you have any other suggestions? TIA

Re: Why does review of NY return say "return claims a Solar and Wind energy credit carryover" when there is none on the return?

LF55 — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 02:35:08 GMT

This problem happened to me as well. Looked over and changed all Federal and State questions referring to Solar and Wind Energy and came up with the same notice not allowing me to E-File. Was worried because I already filed Federal and paid the fee so the option "Clear and Start" on the Tools bar wont work. But I just went back to Federal and a question of Solar Equipment installation was changed to no and continued to a already filed State page. From there deleted the Current State bar and redid the State Filing. Problem Fixed and was able to E-File. Good Luck.

Re: Why does review of NY return say "return claims a Solar and Wind energy credit carryover" when there is none on the return?

Taxedin NJandNY — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 13:39:50 GMT

@LF55 Thanks so much for your help! I was able to fix the Federal solar question and thought this would solve the problem but it didn't. I was terrified to delete the whole state return but I did and it worked! It was also a good reminder for me to look at everything carefully and NOT enter any additional information (like zeroes) in the rest of my forms. I appreciate your insight.