https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-i-claim-energy-credits-for-the-amount-spent-in-2020-by-amending-the-tax-returns-of-2019/01/1758223#M166160 Sun, 20 Dec 2020 03:18:50 GMT SMARAD 2020-12-20T03:18:50Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-i-claim-energy-credits-for-the-amount-spent-in-2020-by-amending-the-tax-returns-of-2019/01/1758223#M166160 Sun, 20 Dec 2020 03:18:50 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-i-claim-energy-credits-for-the-amount-spent-in-2020-by-amending-the-tax-returns-of-2019/01/1758223#M166160 SMARAD 2020-12-20T03:18:50Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-can-i-claim-energy-credits-for-the-amount-spent-in-2020-by-amending-the-tax-returns-of-2019/01/1758224#M166161 <P>If you are asking if you can get credit for amounts spent in 2020 on your 2019 return the answer is no.&nbsp;</P> Sun, 20 Dec 2020 03:31:28 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-can-i-claim-energy-credits-for-the-amount-spent-in-2020-by-amending-the-tax-returns-of-2019/01/1758224#M166161 Bsch4477 2020-12-20T03:31:28Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-can-i-claim-energy-credits-for-the-amount-spent-in-2020-by-amending-the-tax-returns-of-2019/01/1758236#M166163 <P>I have energy credits in 2020 and I had tax liability in 2019 and paid those taxes. For the year 2020 I will not have tax liability so can I apply the credits to my 2019 liability and get refund?</P> Sun, 20 Dec 2020 04:03:36 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-can-i-claim-energy-credits-for-the-amount-spent-in-2020-by-amending-the-tax-returns-of-2019/01/1758236#M166163 SMARAD 2020-12-20T04:03:36Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-can-i-claim-energy-credits-for-the-amount-spent-in-2020-by-amending-the-tax-returns-of-2019/01/1758237#M166164 <P>See my previous response.&nbsp;</P> Sun, 20 Dec 2020 04:08:32 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-can-i-claim-energy-credits-for-the-amount-spent-in-2020-by-amending-the-tax-returns-of-2019/01/1758237#M166164 Bsch4477 2020-12-20T04:08:32Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-can-i-claim-energy-credits-for-the-amount-spent-in-2020-by-amending-the-tax-returns-of-2019/01/1758329#M166172 <P><a href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2798807">@SMARAD</a>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Well that was bad tax planning ... if you cannot use the solar energy credit in 2020 then it carries forward to 2021.&nbsp; &nbsp;You do have a few days left in 2020 to do something like convert some IRA funds to a ROTH so you manufacture some tax liability for the credit to negate.&nbsp;</P> Sun, 20 Dec 2020 14:26:19 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-can-i-claim-energy-credits-for-the-amount-spent-in-2020-by-amending-the-tax-returns-of-2019/01/1758329#M166172 Critter-3 2020-12-20T14:26:19Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-can-i-claim-energy-credits-for-the-amount-spent-in-2020-by-amending-the-tax-returns-of-2019/01/1758376#M166173 <P>The tax credit for energy efficient improvements to your home is claimed as of the date <STRONG>that installation is complete</STRONG>. &nbsp;If you completed installation in 2019 but paid in 2020, then you claim the credit on your 2019 tax return. If you completed installation in 2020, that is when you claim the credit and you cannot backdate the credit.</P> Sun, 20 Dec 2020 16:22:04 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-can-i-claim-energy-credits-for-the-amount-spent-in-2020-by-amending-the-tax-returns-of-2019/01/1758376#M166173 Opus 17 2020-12-20T16:22:04Z