Missing Residential Clean Energy Costs

reginaldStjohn
reginaldStjohn Member Posts: 3 Newcomer
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FreeTaxUSA is saying that I didn't enter any costs for Residential Clean Energy but I have entered a HVAC system and have a $600 credit.

Why is is saying this?

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  • reginaldStjohn
    reginaldStjohn Member Posts: 3 Newcomer

    I figured it out myself. The questions are missleading and if you don't know exactly which sections they are asking you about then you can have empty fields.

    The "wizard" asks you all about energy cost and it is unclear whether they are talking about all the possible costs or only specific ones.

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  • hbnh
    hbnh Member Posts: 1 Newcomer

    I have this same problem, but I have not figured it out.
    A few pages into the wizard I enter just over $10k for "Enter your costs for electric or natural gas heat pumps:"
    At the end of I can see on the "Home Energy Credit Summary" it shows a $2000 credit, but clicking "Continue" on the "Your 2024 Deductions and Credits Summary" yields the error.

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  • reginaldStjohn
    reginaldStjohn Member Posts: 3 Newcomer

    From the start of the energy credits make sure you only answer "yes" to the one that asks you about your particular item. It seems like you have to answer "yes - I have energy related costs" from the very beginning but these are actually specific to solar, geothermal items specifically. You will get to one, about the third or fourth section where heaters and heat pumps are mentioned.

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