[RE-wrenches] Tax credit question.

[penobscotsolar at midmaine.com]

We have had at least a half dozen off grid folks with "camps" in Maine
where they stay for a couple of months every year be completely honest
with their tax person and receive the 30% federal tax incentive. Their tax
people were comfortable with the wording vs. the use of the building with
the installed system on it.

Daryl DeJoy
NABCEP Certified PV professional
Penobscot Solar Design
www.penobscotsolar.com


> So, has anyone had a customer install a ITC eligible system on a second
> "residence" and claim the credit?
>
> Jesse
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jul 27, 2013, at 4:36 PM, Bob-O Schultze <bob-o at electronconnection.com>
> wrote:
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>> Here is IRS Form 5695. You can hand them a copy and they can make the
>> determination themselves. As Allan says, we ain't tax advisors. I see on
>> the dsireusa.org website that it says that the PV system does not have
>> to be on your primary home, but my reading of this form would seem to
>> indicate otherwise. It defines a home as:
>> Home. A home is where you lived in 2012 and can include a house,
>> houseboat, mobile home, cooperative apartment, condominium, and a
>> manufactured home that conforms to Federal Manufactured Home
>> Construction and Safety Standards.
>> It also defines a "Main" home:
>> Main home. Your main home is generally the home where you live most of
>> the time. A temporary absence due to special circumstances, such as
>> illness, education, business, military service, or vacation, will not
>> change your main home.
>> Now, perhaps an expert bean-counter can work his/her magic on that, but
>> methinks we'd be dumb asses to try it.
>> Bob-O
>> <f5695.pdf>
>> On Jul 27, 2013, at 12:45 PM, frenergy wrote:
>>
>> Alan,
>>
>>         I have always defaulted to that advice also. Just last week,
>> after I had told a customer a 30% ITC is still available and
>> told him to confirm that with his tax advisor to be sure he
>> could take full advantage of it (some folks have to take the 30%
>> over a couple years), he came back to me and told me his tax
>> person said it was no longer available!  I was so glad he told
>> me this so I could straighten it out (and get the job of
>> course).
>>
>>         This issue did get rectified but it has made me think of
>> providing a copy of the pertinent page(s) from the IRS related
>> to the ITC to future potential customers, and give them the
>> advice of speaking to their tax person.
>>
>> Bill
>> Feather River Solar Electric
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Allan Sindelar
>> To: RE-wrenches
>> Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 12:20 PM
>> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Tax credit question.
>>
>> "Consult your tax advisor"...
>> Jesse, any advice you give your customer other than the words above
>> could get you into trouble. We're solar installers, not tax advisors. I
>> always pass the buck on this kind of question.
>> Allan
>>
>> Allan Sindelar
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