topic I am filing in the section for my credit for an energy efficient vehicle, and it took away the credit for a charger. Why? in Deductions & credits

I am filing in the section for my credit for an energy efficient vehicle, and it took away the credit for a charger. Why?

david-vazquez99 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:40:20 GMT

It will allow the credit for an EV at $7500 but took away the $540 for the charger.

Re: I am filing in the section for my credit for an energy efficient vehicle, and it took away th...

MichaelG81 — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 23:19:59 GMT

Can you clarify, please? Because these credits are dollar to dollar adjustments to tax due, non-refundable. If your taxable income is less than your credits (battery and EV), you can't get back more on the credit than you owe in taxes. No carry forwards for EV. It'll only credit you up to your taxable amount for the 2022 tax year. If your EV credit covers your entire tax bill, you will receive back whatever taxes you paid, in most circumstances. If the battery is a home energy upgrade it'll carry forward up to the qualified amount of time from when you purchased it and placed it into service. Check your tax refund, and the amount you paid in taxes, they maybe very similar if not exact to what your refund is, unless you qualify for other refundable credits.

For example, you had one job, a W2, and taxes paid were $6,000 Box 2 of W2. Your actual tax bill is 5,000 based on income, after all deductions. Since you have a credit up to $7,500 it'll pay the $5,000 due and refund you $6,000 of what you paid and only use $5,000 of the credit and $2,500 will be lost, under basic assumptions and no tax liability for other income.

Keep in mind:

EV credit is for that tax year only, doesn't carry forward
Home Energy Credits do carry forward for a period of time depending on when you got it
It'll erase qualified home energy upgrades credits if your EV credit covers your entire tax bill, and carry forward if applicable.

@david-vazquez99

Re: I am filing in the section for my credit for an energy efficient vehicle, and it took away the credit for a charger. Why?

TomD8 — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 22:52:40 GMT

The EV Charger credit requires IRS Form 8911, which won't be available in TurboTax Online until February 2nd.

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8911.pdf

Here is the TurboTax Forms Availability tool:

Intuit App

Re: I am filing in the section for my credit for an energy efficient vehicle, and it took away th...

david-vazquez99 — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 02:55:18 GMT

Thank you. My issue turns out was much simpler. Turbotax was pulling my entry out because the form for the EV charging station credits is not completed yet. I had the credit loaded and when the credit for the car became available in Turbotax it zeroed out my charger entry. I would re-enter it and came out zero again. It had me wondering if there was some maximum. At the end of the day, on February 2nd when the form is available I should be all good. Thanks again.