ljwalters Posted August 17, 2015 Report Posted August 17, 2015 Who Qualifies for the credit. If client pays for a solar system to be installed at daughters home, does the client get to take the credit or does it have to be the daughter?Nice Mom !!! Quote
JRS Posted August 17, 2015 Report Posted August 17, 2015 It looks like Mom is out of luck.http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i5695.pdf"You may be able to take the credits if you made energy saving improvements to your home located in the United States in 2014. Home. A home is where you lived in 2014 and can include a house, houseboat, mobile home, cooperative apartment, condominium, and a manufactured home that conforms to Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety..."" Main home. Your main home is generally the home where you live most of the time." Quote
Catherine Posted August 17, 2015 Report Posted August 17, 2015 If the client gifts the daughter with the money for the system (watch gift limits for filing gift tax return), the daughter can then take the credits. 3 Quote
ljwalters Posted August 17, 2015 Author Report Posted August 17, 2015 Mother lives with daughter, but it is daughters home. Quote
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