topic The EV Charging Station tax credit was extended at the end of 2019 for chargers installed from 2018-2020. Where is the new form 8911? It is on the IRS site, but not here. in Deductions & credits

The EV Charging Station tax credit was extended at the end of 2019 for chargers installed from 2018-2020. Where is the new form 8911? It is on the IRS site, but not here.

blake-wylie — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 04:23:33 GMT

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JotikaT2 — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 19:28:16 GMT

From 8911, Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit is scheduled to be released on February 20, 2020.

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mrgazz — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 04:20:33 GMT

Form 8911 has already been released by the IRS, but the expected TurboTax release date is 2-20-20. Hopefully this does not become a fiasco like Form 8936 and the staff at TurboTax has learned from the uproar of users over the integration of that form. It took users blowing up the post to finally get an update on their software. I hope TurboTax realizes that a good majority of those that are filing an electric vehicle credit most likely have installed a charger of some sort at home and are also going to file for the alternative fueling credit.

Like many I have been using TurboTax for longer than I can remember and am extremely disappointed in the quality of the product this year. (TT employees please save your platitudes and instead show us some results!)

-Mike

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Emeraldjim — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 17:49:19 GMT

Received an e-mail indicating new form for charging station credit was received, but when information was loaded into Turbotax I did not receive the credit.

Any help would be appreciated.

Did Turbotax download the correct form 8911 for the credit for charging or refueling stations for energy-efficient vehicles?

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malexjones — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:29:12 GMT

Having the same issue. TT Deluxe 2019 was updated today and the form is now available, but after entering my EV charging station costs my tax credit is $0. Not sure why, I believe I qualify.

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ThomasM125 — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 20:54:16 GMT

Maybe your income tax is zero. If so, you won't get the credit in 2019 but will carry it over to future years.

You can view your tax return summary to see as follows:

1. Find the "Tax Tools" option on your left menu bar and click on it

2. Click on "Tools"

3. Click on "View Tax Summary"

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Emeraldjim — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 02:00:42 GMT

My income tax is in many tens of thousands of dollars.

That is not the reason.

Please correct the problem!

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BL10 — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 04:08:56 GMT

Same.. paying high amount of income tax but credit showing up as $0.

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wulala — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 08:25:51 GMT

Same problem. I tried deleting and reentering. Still zero. Paying 20k+ in taxes. Not due to insufficient tax liability! TT please fix this issue.

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malexjones — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 13:03:27 GMT

Thanks, @ThomasM125.

I hoped you were correct about the carry forward. However, from what I read on IRS Form 8911 instructions, the credit can't be carried forward. Below is the excerpt:

Line 19

If you can’t use part of the personal portion of the credit because of the tax liability limit, the unused credit is lost. The unused personal portion of the credit can’t be carried back or forward to other tax years.

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grazer — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 04:03:02 GMT

The credit for 2018 charging equipment is still not working, any advice?

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tgillot — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 02:39:01 GMT

Looks like we need to file it manually, unless someone says otherwise.

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LowellA — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 22:48:16 GMT

I see the same lack of credit on my daughter's tax return. In tracing through the forms, it looks like her credit on the electric vehicle reduces her tax liability below the alternative minimum tax. That amount (Form 6251, line 9) shows up on Form 8911, line 17 so Form 8911, line 18 is negative. The credit is then zero. Please check your Form 6251 and Form 8911 to see if you have the same situation. I'd like to know if there's an alternative.

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AnnetteB6 — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 13:13:37 GMT

You did a good job with the detective work.

The Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) is the likely culprit for many customers seeing their Form 8911 credit being $0. AMT is a part of the calculation for the credit claimed on Form 8911, whether your particular tax return is subject to AMT or not.

There is a tentative minimum tax for AMT that is calculated in the background as your return is completed. Form 8911 compares that tentative minimum tax to the net regular tax after certain other credits have been taken into account. If the tentative minimum tax is greater than the net regular tax, then the Form 8911 credit is disallowed.

Unfortunately, the instructions for Form 8911 do not specifically spell this out so that it can be better understood or explained.

For your reference, here is a link to the instructions for Form 8911: Instructions for Form 8911

@LowellA

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dakabero — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 23:10:53 GMT

This was very confusing. For 2018 I did not pay the AMT, but after digging through TurboTax forms I learned that the EV Charger credit was disallowed b/c the AMT would have kicked in. Very frustrating.

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adeleseifried — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 18:01:26 GMT

My tentative minimum tax is $4462 less than my actual tax. I can get the $7500 credit for my plug in car, but keep getting $0 credit for the $1649 expense for my charging station. I am not paying AMT, and my taxes far exceed the credit I would get. Why can I not see this Federal Credit? Would this credit flow through to my Maryland return?

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JohnW152 — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 18:43:08 GMT

If you have more credits, they may be offsetting your tax before your Form 8911 credit is applied, in which case the credit won’t be used.

No, the credit won’t flow through to your state return.

The IRS has a specific order in which credits are to be applied to offset tax.

As far as the credits you’re inquiring about, they’re applied to tax in this order before getting to the credit on Form 8911:

Foreign Tax Credit (Form 1116)
Nonrefundable child tax credit or credit for other dependents from Schedule 8812
Credit for child and dependent care expenses from Form 2441
Education credits from Form 8863, line 19
Retirement savings contributions credit. Attach Form 8880
Residential energy credits. Attach Form 5695 and,
Total other nonrefundable credits, reduced by any general business credit reported on Schedule 3, line 6a, any credit for prior year minimum tax reported on Schedule 3, line 6b, or any credit to holders of tax credit bonds reported on Schedule 3, line 6k).

If your taxes are completely offset at this point, you have no tax for this credit to offset. See Instructions for Form 8911 (Rev. January 2022) for more information.

In TurboTax Online, you can view your return by:

Click Pick up where you left off if it’s on your screen.
Click on Tax Tools in the left pane.
Click on Tools.
Click on View Tax Summary.
Click on Preview my 1040 on the left side of the screen.

@adeleseifried

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adeleseifried — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 19:34:52 GMT

But my taxes are not offset. I still owe tens of thousands of dollars, and am even $4462 above the suggested tentative minimum tax. I might not be if I didn't have the tax credit for my car, but the tens of thousands and the $4462 are after everything else has been applied. Actually, I qualify for almost no additional credits.

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MarilynG1 — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 22:58:31 GMT

Since we can't see your return in this forum, have you check the calculations on your Form 8911?

You have already determined that AMT is not the culprit in your case.

If you're using TurboTax Online, close TurboTax, clear your Cache and Cookies, and go through the interview for Electric Vehicle Charging Station again. You may want to Delete Form 8911 first.

@adeleseifried

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adeleseifried — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 12:20:26 GMT

I deleted form 8911, cleared my cache and cookies, and went back in and reentered by charging station description and cost, and it still gives me $0 credit. Any more ideas?