8908 Energy Efficient Home Credit

Form

8908

Energy Efficient Home Credit
©

(Rev. December 2006)

OMB No. 1545-1979

Attach to your tax return.
Attachment
Sequence No.

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

Name(s) as shown on return

Identifying number

1a Enter the total number of qualified energy efficient homes meeting the
50% standard that were sold during the tax year (see instructions)
b Multiply line 1a by $2,000

1a

2a Enter the total number of qualified energy efficient manufactured
homes meeting the 30% standard that were sold during the tax year
(see instructions)
b Multiply line 2a by $1,000

2a

1b

2b

3

Energy efficient home credit from partnerships and S corporations

3

4

Add lines 1b, 2b, and 3. Partnerships and S corporations, report this amount on Schedule K; all
others, report this amount on the applicable line of Form 3800 (e.g., line 1t of the 2006
Form 3800)

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General Instructions
Section references are to the Internal
Revenue Code unless otherwise noted.

What’s New
● Taxpayers other than partnerships or
S corporations, whose only source of
this credit is from a pass-through entity,
are not required to complete or file this
form. Instead, they can report this credit
directly on line 1t of Form 3800.
● The IRS will revise this December
2006 version of the form only when
necessary. Continue to use this version
until a new revision is issued.

Purpose of Form
Eligible contractors use Form 8908 to
claim a credit for each qualified energy
efficient home sold during the tax year.
The credit ($2,000 or $1,000) is based
on the energy saving requirements of the
home.
The energy efficient home credit is
part of the general business credit. No
portion of the unused credit may be
carried back to any tax year ending
before 2006. If you cannot use all of the
credit this year because of the tax
liability limit, you may carry the unused
credit forward up to 20 years. See
Carryback and Carryforward of Unused
Credit in the instructions for Form 3800,
General Business Credit.
See section 45L for more information.

Who May Claim the Credit
Eligible contractors may claim the credit
for new energy efficient homes that are
substantially completed after August 8,

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2005, and acquired by an individual from
that contractor during the tax year for
use as a residence.

Definitions
Eligible Contractor
An eligible contractor is:
● The person who constructed the
qualified new energy efficient home or
● For manufactured homes, the person
who manufactured the home.

Qualified New Energy
Efficient Home
A qualified new energy efficient home is
a dwelling unit located in the United
States, whose construction is
substantially completed after August 8,
2005, and sold after 2005 but before
2009. The home is also required to be
certified and meet certain energy saving
requirements. Construction includes
substantial reconstruction and
rehabilitation.

Energy Saving Requirements
The amount of the credit is based on the
extent to which each new energy
efficient home meets the energy saving
requirements discussed below.
50% energy efficient standard. The
credit is $2,000 for a dwelling unit that is
certified to have an annual level of
heating and cooling energy consumption
at least 50% below the annual level of
heating and cooling energy consumption
of a comparable dwelling unit and has
building envelope component
improvements that account for at least
1/5 of the 50% reduction in energy
consumption. A manufactured home

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meeting the requirements described
above and the Federal Manufactured
Home Construction and Safety
Standards (FMHCSS) requirements (see
24 C.F.R. section 3280) is also eligible
for the $2,000 credit.
Comparable dwelling unit. A
comparable dwelling unit:
● Is constructed in accordance with the
standards of chapter 4 of the 2004
Supplement to the 2003 International
Energy Conservation Code,
● Has air conditioners with a Seasonal
Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER) of 13,
measured in accordance with 10 C.F.R.
430.23(m), and
● Has heat pumps with a SEER of 13
and a Heating Seasonal Performance
Factor (HSPF) of 7.7, measured in
accordance with 10 C.F.R. 430.23(m).
30% energy efficient standard. The
credit is $1,000 for a manufactured
home that does not meet the 50%
energy saving requirement but is
certified to have an annual level of
heating and cooling energy consumption
at least 30% below the annual level of
heating and cooling energy consumption
of a comparable dwelling unit (discussed
above) and:
● Meets FMHCSS requirements, and
● Has building envelope component
improvements that account for at least
1/3 of the 30% reduction in energy
consumption, or
● Meets the current requirements
established by the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency under
the Energy Star Labeled Homes
program.

Cat. No. 37718T

Form

8908

(Rev. 12-2006)

Form 8908 (Rev. 12-2006)

Heating and cooling energy and cost
savings must be calculated using the
procedures described in either
Residential Energy Services Network
(RESNET) Publication 05-001 or RESNET
Publication 06-001. You may access
RESNET publications at
http://www.resnet.us/standards/
taxcredits/procedures.pdf.

Certification
An eligible contractor must obtain a
certification that the dwelling unit meets
the requirements of section 45L from an
eligible certifier before claiming the
section 45L credit. The certification will
be treated as satisfying the requirements
of section 45L if all the construction has
been performed in a manner consistent
with the design specifications provided
to the eligible certifier and the
certification contains all of the
information required by Section 3 of
Notice 2006-27, or, for manufactured
homes, Section 3 or section 4 of Notice
2006-28.

Specific Instructions
Note. If you only have a credit allocated
to you from a partnership or
S corporation, skip lines 1 and 2, and go
to line 3.

Line 1
For each home substantially completed
after August 8, 2005, and sold during
the tax year, that meets the 50% energy
efficient standard, the allowable credit is
$2,000.

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Reduce the expenses incurred in the
construction of each new home by the
amount of the credit. Expenses taken
into account for either the
rehabilitationor energy components of
the investment tax credit may not again
be considered in determining the energy
efficient home credit. See section 45L(e).

Line 2
For each manufactured home
substantially completed after August 8,
2005, and sold during the tax year, that
meets the 30% energy efficient
standard, the allowable credit is $1,000.
Reduce the expenses incurred in the
construction of each new home by the
amount of the credit. Expenses taken
into account for either the rehabilitation
or energy components of the investment
tax credit may not again be considered
in determining the energy efficient home
credit. See section 45L(e).

Line 3
Enter the amount of credit allocated to
you as a shareholder or partner.
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