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You may be able to claim a credit for the charging station since you own it. You must be the original owner of the charging station and it must be installed at your main home if it isn't used for business or investment purposes. For more information, please see IRS Instructions for Form 8911 and What is Form 8911: Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit.
You can't claim a credit for the car because in the case of a leased vehicle the lessor, not the lessee, may claim the credit. See IRS Instructions for Form 8936 for more information.
To enter your qualifying charging station in TurboTax:
Edited 03.02.2018 I 08:21PM PSTNote: If using the TurboTax CD/Download software, you'll use the Find function and "Jump to" link (instead of "Tax Tools") to search for the topic.
You may be able to claim a credit for the charging station since you own it. You must be the original owner of the charging station and it must be installed at your main home if it isn't used for business or investment purposes. For more information, please see IRS Instructions for Form 8911 and What is Form 8911: Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit.
You can't claim a credit for the car because in the case of a leased vehicle the lessor, not the lessee, may claim the credit. See IRS Instructions for Form 8936 for more information.
To enter your qualifying charging station in TurboTax:
Edited 03.02.2018 I 08:21PM PSTNote: If using the TurboTax CD/Download software, you'll use the Find function and "Jump to" link (instead of "Tax Tools") to search for the topic.
There are questions regarding the calculation of the Form 8911, Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property
Credit and who qualifies for the personal part of this credit. The most common reason taxpayers
do not qualify for this credit is that the calculation of regular tax
after credits compared to Tentative Minimum Tax results in the credit
being disallowed based on the amounts in the taxpayer(s) return. This is
due to IRS instructions for this form.
The Form 8911 for personal installations is calculated based on certain requirements and calculations:
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