Why is TurboTax saying the "total personal portion of your Alternative Vehicle Refueling Property Credit is currently $0"? I paid $1286 total for the EVSE + installation.

[ralmendarez]

The EVSE was installed in 2022 and I certainly owe taxes in 2022 even after the Standard Deduction.

[MarilynG1 · Accepted solution]

You can review Form 8911 to see the calculations for the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit. 

If you're using TurboTax Online, you can save a PDF of your return to your computer in the FILE section. 

[ralmendarez]

I downloaded the PDF (including government and TurboTax worksheets) and the form is missing.

Looking back at the Alternative Vehicle Refueling Property Credit Summary, it says:

"The total personal portion and the total business portion of your Alternative Vehicle Refueling Property Credit for all vehicles is currently $0. This form will not be included in the tax return you file."

So it looks like TurboTax won't let me see what calculations it used in the form.

[ralmendarez]

So this did give me an idea through. I played around with the question and entered different details into TurboTax until it finally gave me the credit and then looked at the generated Form 8911 to see what it did for a calculation.

Turns out I don't qualify for the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit due to my Tentative Minimum Tax (TMT) which is used on Line 15b of Form 8911 to calculate my Net Regular Tax. Since my TMT was too high, it causes my Net Regular Tax to go negative so I therefore do not qualify for the credit.