Fillable Form 5695 - Residential Energy Credits

Form 5695 (2012)

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Lines 19a Through 19c

Also include on lines 1 through 4, and 8, any labor costs

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Line 19a. To qualify for the credit, any qualified energy efficiency

properly allocable to the onsite preparation, assembly, or

improvements or residential energy property costs must have been

original installation of the property and for piping or

for your main home located in the United States. See Main home,

wiring to interconnect such property to the home.

earlier. If you check the “No” box, you cannot take the nonbusiness

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energy property credit.

Line 19b. Enter the full address of your main home during 2012.

Enter the amounts you paid for qualified solar electric property. See

Qualified solar electric property costs, earlier.

Line 19c. You may only include expenses for qualified

improvements for an existing home or for an addition or renovation

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to an existing home, and not for a newly constructed home. If you

Enter the amounts you paid for qualified solar water heating

check the “Yes” box, you cannot claim any expenses for qualified

property. See Qualified solar water heating property costs, earlier.

improvements that are related to the construction of your home,

even if the improvement is installed after you have moved into the

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home.

Enter the amounts you paid for qualified small wind energy

Lines 20a Through 20f

property. See Qualified small wind energy property costs, earlier.

Enter the nonbusiness energy property credits that you took in

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2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2011 on the appropriate lines. If the

total of the credits already taken is $500 or more, you generally

Enter the amounts you paid for qualified geothermal heat pump

cannot take this credit in 2012.

property. See Qualified geothermal heat pump property costs,

earlier.

Lines 21a Through 21h

Lines 7a and 7b

Note. A reference to the IECC is a reference to the 2009

International Energy Conservation Code as in effect (with

Any qualified fuel cell property costs must have been for your main

supplements) on February 17, 2009.

home located in the United States. See Main home, earlier. If you

Do not include on lines 21a through 21d any amounts

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check the “No” box, you cannot include any fuel property costs on

paid for the onsite preparation, assembly, or original

line 8.

installation of the components.

If you check the “Yes” box, enter the full address of your main

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home during 2012 on line 7b.

Line 21a. Enter the amounts you paid for any insulation material or

If you and your spouse are filing jointly and you each have

system (including any vapor retarder or seal to limit infiltration) that

different main homes with qualified fuel cell property costs, provide

is specifically and primarily designed to reduce the heat loss or gain

on line 7b the address of your main home. Add a sheet providing

of your home when installed in or on such home and meets the

the address of your spouse's main home. You and your spouse

prescriptive criteria established by the IECC.

should add your qualified fuel cell property costs together on line 8

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A component is not specifically and primarily designed

of one Form 5695.

to reduce the heat loss or gain of your home if it

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provides structural support or a finished surface (such

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as drywall or siding) or its principal purpose is to serve

Enter the amounts you paid for qualified fuel cell property. See

any function unrelated to the reduction of heat loss or gain.

Qualified fuel cell property costs, earlier.

Line 21b. Enter the amounts you paid for exterior doors that meet or

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exceed the Energy Star program requirements.

If you are claiming the child tax credit for 2012, include on this line

Line 21c. Enter the amounts you paid for a metal roof with the

the amount from line 12 of the Line 11 Worksheet in Pub. 972.

appropriate pigmented coatings or an asphalt roof with the

appropriate cooling granules that are specifically and primarily

designed to reduce the heat gain of your home, and the roof meets

If you are not claiming the child tax credit for 2012, you

or exceeds the Energy Star program requirements in effect at the

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do not need Pub. 972.

time of purchase or installation.

Line 21d. Enter the amounts you paid for exterior windows and

Manufacturer’s certification. For purposes of taking the credit,

skylights that meet or exceed the Energy Star program

you can rely on the manufacturer’s certification in writing that a

requirements.

product is qualifying property for the credit. Do not attach the

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If you took the credit for windows in 2006, 2007, 2009,

certification to your return. Keep it for your records.

2010, or 2011, you may not be able to include window

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expenses this year.

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If you cannot use all of the credit because of the tax liability limit

(line 16 is less than line 13), you can carry the unused portion of the

Line 21f. If you reported expenses on your 2006 Form 5695, line 2b;

credit to 2013.

2007 Form 5695, line 2d; 2009 Form 5695, line 2b; 2010 Form 5695,

line 2b; or 2011 Form 5695, line 3d; then use the worksheet next to

File this form even if you cannot use any of your credit in 2012.

figure the amount to enter on line 21f.

Part II

Nonbusiness Energy Property Credit

Before you begin Part II:

Figure the amount of any credit for the elderly or the disabled you

are claiming.

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