[RE-wrenches] Fed tax credit?

Joel Davidson joel.davidson at sbcglobal.net
Thu May 17 07:10:05 PDT 2012


Roof work (including shingles, flashing, strengthening rafters, etc.), 
structural work, civil work (excavating, trenching, etc.), fencing and 
signage, electrical changes and upgrade, design work, permit costs, 
interconnection costs, etc. everything required to install the system should 
be specified in writing so that customers or their accountants can determine 
tax incentives eligibility.

Joel Davidson

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It's my understanding that shingles would not be included, just as you
can't build a house and then claim that it's a 5kW PV rack, for an
$80,000 tax credit. The act of installing PV doesn't necessarily require
that the shingles be replaced.

Electrical panel work may be OK if, say, you're putting a 30A PV breaker
in a 100A panel-- the addition of the PV likely requires a change to the
panel to remain code compliant. Similarly, if code requires you to
upgrade the service for your interconnection to be legal, then I would
say that that change is eligible for that ITC.

On 2012/5/17 0:46, Alex Cozine wrote:
> To add to the question, what about electrical panel work, or even
> service upgrade?
>
>
>
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> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Jesse Dahl <dahlsolar at gmail.com
> <mailto:dahlsolar at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Hello,
>
>     I remember someone asking something kind of similar before, but
>     couldn't find it in the archives.  Can replacing the shingles be
>     considered when calculating the total cost of a PV system for
>     Federal tax credit?
>
>     Thanks as always!
>
>     Jesse
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