Mass state tax credit for replacing septic system

[mz12]

We are selling our mass house in 2025. Before we can sell and move to our new house, we have to replace one septic system. After the septic is replaced, we can sell and then buy our new house also in Mass. we obtained the septic engineering proces in 2024 and replaced the septic system in 2025.

we will soon move into our new home.

my question is can we receive a mass state tax credit for replacing the septic system when we do our taxes next year even though we will no longer be living in the house with the replaced septic system

[Vanessa A]

As long as you are living in the house when the work is complete, then yes, you can take the credit.  I do not see any wording that excludes you  moving from the home.  

Any owner ("taxpayer") of a residential property located in Massachusetts who occupies the residential property as his or her principal residence may claim a credit ("Title 5 credit") against personal income tax imposed pursuant to Chapter 62 for certain expenditures associated with the repair or replacement of a failed cesspool or septic system on such property.