Instructions For Form 5695 - Residential Energy Credit - 2017 Page 2
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2credit so you can claim it on your 2017 return, go to
IRS.gov/
If you aren't claiming the child tax credit for 2017, you
Extenders.
don't need Pub. 972.
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Specific Instructions
Residential Energy Efficient Property Credit
Limit Worksheet—Line 14
Part I
Residential Energy
1.
Enter the amount from Form 1040,
line 47; or Form 1040NR,
Efficient Property Credit
line 45
1.
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2.
Enter the total, if any, of your credits
Before you begin Part I.
from Form 1040, lines 48 through
Figure the amount of any of the following credits you are
51, and Schedule R, line 22; or
claiming.
Form 1040NR, lines 46 through
Credit for the elderly or the disabled.
48
2.
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Nonbusiness energy property credit (Part II of this form).*
3.
Enter the amount, if any, from Form
Adoption credit.
5695, line 30 *
3.
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mortgage interest credit.
4.
If you are filing Form 2555 or Form
District of Columbia first-time homebuyer credit.
2555-EZ, enter the amount, if any,
Alternative motor vehicle credit.
from line 13 of the Child Tax Credit
Qualified plug-in electric vehicle credit.
Qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle credit.
Worksheet in Pub. 972. Otherwise,
enter the amount, if any, from line 12
* If applicable.
of the Line 11 Worksheet in Pub.
972
4.
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Also, include on lines 1 and 2 any labor costs properly
5.
Enter the amount, if any, from Form
allocable to the onsite preparation, assembly, or original
8396, line 9
5.
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installation of the property and for piping or wiring to
6.
Enter the amount, if any, from Form
interconnect such property to the home.
8839, line 16
6.
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7.
Enter the amount, if any, from Form
Line 1
8859, line 3
7.
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8.
Enter the amount, if any, from Form
Enter the amounts you paid for qualified solar electric property.
8910, line 15
8.
See
Qualified solar electric property
costs, earlier.
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9.
Enter the amount, if any, from Form
Line 2
8936, line 23
9.
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10.
Add lines 2 through 9
. . . . . . . . .
10.
Enter the amounts you paid for qualified solar water heating
property. See
Qualified solar water heating property
costs,
11.
Subtract line 10 from line 1. Also
earlier.
enter this amount on Form 5695,
line 14. If zero or less, enter -0- on
Lines 3, 4, 7a, 7b, and 8
Form 5695, lines 14 and 15
11.
. . . .
Reserved for future use
* If applicable.
At the time these instructions went to print, the
residential energy efficient property credit for qualified
!
small wind energy property costs, qualified geothermal
Manufacturer’s certification. For purposes of taking the
CAUTION
heat pump property costs, and qualified fuel cell property costs
credit, you can rely on the manufacturer’s certification in writing
had expired. You can't claim a residential energy efficient
that a product is qualifying property for the credit. Don't attach
property credit for these costs if the property was placed in
the certification to your return. Keep it for your records.
service after 2016. Lines 3, 4, 7a, 7b, and 8 are now shown as
“Reserved for future use” in case Congress extends the credit for
Line 16
these costs for 2017. To find out if legislation extended the credit
for these costs so you can claim them on your 2017 return, go to
If you can't use all of the credit because of the tax liability limit
IRS.gov/Extenders.
(that is, line 14 is less than line 13), you can carry the unused
portion of the credit to 2018.
Line 14
File this form even if you can't use any of your credit in 2017.
Complete the following
worksheet
to figure the amount to enter
Part II
on line 14. If you are claiming the child tax credit for 2017, the
Nonbusiness Energy Property Credit
amount you enter on line 4 of the worksheet depends on
whether you are filing Form 2555 or Form 2555-EZ.
RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE
If you are filing Form 2555 or Form 2555-EZ, enter the
amount, if any, from line 13 of the Child Tax Credit Worksheet in
See the
Caution
in the General Instructions under Nonbusiness
Pub. 972.
Energy Property Credit (Part II), earlier.
Otherwise, enter the amount from line 12 of the Line 11
Worksheet in Pub. 972.
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Instructions for Form 5695 (2017)
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