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2020

Instructions for Form 5695

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

Residential Energy Credits
Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless
otherwise noted.

General Instructions
Future Developments

For the latest information about developments related to Form
5695 and its instructions, such as legislation enacted after they
were published, go to IRS.gov/Form5695.

Reminders

Only the residential energy efficient property credit (Part
I) is available for both existing homes and homes being
CAUTION constructed. The nonbusiness energy property credit
(Part II) is only available for existing homes.

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Form 2555-EZ. Form 2555-EZ has been made historical.
References to the form have been removed.
The Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of
2019:
1. Extends the nonbusiness energy property credit to
property placed in service after 2017 and before 2021.
2. Provides that an electric heat pump water heater must
yield a Uniform Energy Factor of at least 2.2 in the standard
Department of Energy test procedure to be considered
energy-efficient building property.
3. Provides that a natural gas, propane, or oil water heater
must have either a Uniform Energy Factor of at least 0.82 or a
thermal efficiency of at least 90 percent to be considered
energy-efficient building property.
Section 48 guidance inapplicable. Costs, later, clarifies that
guidance published under section 48 does not apply to the
residential energy credits.

Purpose of Form

Use Form 5695 to figure and take your residential energy
credits. The residential energy credits are:
• The residential energy efficient property credit, and
• The nonbusiness energy property credit.
Also use Form 5695 to take any residential energy efficient
property credit carryforward from 2019 or to carry the unused
portion of the credit to 2021.

Who Can Take the Credits

You may be able to take the credits if you made energy saving
improvements to your home located in the United States in
2020.

Home. A home is where you lived in 2020 and can include a
house, houseboat, mobile home, cooperative apartment,
condominium, and a manufactured home that conforms to
Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety
Standards.
You must reduce the basis of your home by the amount of
any credit allowed.
Main home. Your main home is generally the home where
you live most of the time. A temporary absence due to special
circumstances, such as illness, education, business, military
service, or vacation, won't change your main home.
Costs. For purposes of both credits, costs are treated as being
paid when the original installation of the item is completed, or, in
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the case of costs connected with the reconstruction of your
home, when your original use of the reconstructed home begins.
For purposes of the residential energy efficient property credit
only, costs connected with the construction of a home are
treated as being paid when your original use of the constructed
home begins. If less than 80% of the use of an item is for
nonbusiness purposes, only that portion of the costs that is
allocable to the nonbusiness use can be used to determine
either credit.

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CAUTION

IRS guidance issued with respect to the energy credit
under section 48, such as Notice 2018-59, does not
apply to the residential energy credits.

Association or cooperative costs. If you are a member of a
condominium management association for a condominium you
own or a tenant-stockholder in a cooperative housing
corporation, you are treated as having paid your proportionate
share of any costs of such association or corporation.
If you received a subsidy from a public utility for the
purchase or installation of an energy conservation
CAUTION product and that subsidy wasn't included in your gross
income, you must reduce your cost for the product by the
amount of that subsidy before you figure your credit. This rule
also applies if a third party (such as a contractor) receives the
subsidy on your behalf.

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Residential Energy Efficient Property
Credit (Part I)

If you made energy saving improvements to more than one
home that you used as a residence during 2020, enter the total
of those costs on the applicable line(s) of one Form 5695. For
qualified fuel cell property, see Lines 7a and 7b, later.

You may be able to take a credit of 26% of your costs of
qualified solar electric property, solar water heating property,
small wind energy property, geothermal heat pump property,
and fuel cell property. Include any labor costs properly allocable
to the onsite preparation, assembly, or original installation of the
residential energy efficient property and for piping or wiring to
interconnect such property to the home. The credit amount for
costs paid for qualified fuel cell property is limited to $500 for
each one-half kilowatt of capacity of the property.
Qualified solar electric property costs. Qualified solar
electric property costs are costs for property that uses solar
energy to generate electricity for use in your home located in the
United States. No costs relating to a solar panel or other
property installed as a roof (or portion thereof) will fail to qualify
solely because the property constitutes a structural component
of the structure on which it is installed. Some solar roofing tiles
and solar roofing shingles serve the function of both traditional
roofing and solar electric collectors, and thus serve functions of
both solar electric generation and structural support. These solar
roofing tiles and solar roofing shingles can qualify for the credit.
This is in contrast to structural components such as a roof's

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These rules don't apply to married individuals filing a joint
return.

decking or rafters that serve only a roofing or structural function
and thus do not qualify for the credit. The home doesn't have to
be your main home.

Example. Taxpayer A owns a house with Taxpayer B where
they both reside. In 2020, they installed qualified fuel cell
property at a cost of $20,000 with a kilowatt capacity of 5.
Taxpayer A paid $12,000 towards the cost of the property and
Taxpayer B paid the remaining $8,000. The amount to be
allocated is $16,670 ($1,667 x 10 (kilowatt capacity x 2)). The
amount of cost allocable to Taxpayer A is $10,002 ($16,670 x
$12,000/$20,000). The amount of cost allocable to Taxpayer B
is $6,668 ($16,670 x $8,000/$20,000).

Qualified solar water heating property costs. Qualified solar
water heating property costs are costs for property to heat water
for use in your home located in the United States if at least half
of the energy used by the solar water heating property for such
purpose is derived from the sun. No costs relating to a solar
panel or other property installed as a roof (or portion thereof) will
fail to qualify solely because the property constitutes a structural
component of the structure on which it is installed. Some solar
roofing tiles and solar roofing shingles serve the function of both
traditional roofing and solar electric collectors, and thus serve
functions of both solar electric generation and structural support.
These solar roofing tiles and solar roofing shingles can qualify
for the credit. This is in contrast to structural components such
as a roof's decking or rafters that serve only a roofing or
structural function and thus do not qualify for the credit. To
qualify for the credit, the property must be certified for
performance by the nonprofit Solar Rating Certification
Corporation or a comparable entity endorsed by the government
of the state in which the property is installed. The home doesn't
have to be your main home.

Nonbusiness Energy Property Credit
(Part II)

You may be able to take a credit equal to the sum of:
1. 10% of the amount paid or incurred for qualified energy
efficiency improvements installed during 2020, and
2. Any residential energy property costs paid or incurred in
2020.
However, this credit is limited as follows.
• A total combined credit limit of $500 for all tax years after
2005.
• A combined credit limit of $200 for windows for all tax years
after 2005.
• A credit limit for residential energy property costs for 2020 of
$50 for any advanced main air circulating fan; $150 for any
qualified natural gas, propane, or oil furnace or hot water boiler;
and $300 for any item of energy efficient building property.

Qualified small wind energy property costs. Qualified small
wind energy property costs are costs for property that uses a
wind turbine to generate electricity for use in connection with
your home located in the United States. The home doesn't have
to be your main home.
Qualified geothermal heat pump property costs. Qualified
geothermal heat pump property costs are costs for qualified
geothermal heat pump property installed on or in connection
with your home located in the United States. Qualified
geothermal heat pump property is any equipment that uses the
ground or ground water as a thermal energy source to heat your
home or as a thermal energy sink to cool your home. To qualify
for the credit, the geothermal heat pump property must meet the
requirements of the Energy Star program that are in effect at the
time of purchase. The home doesn't have to be your main home.

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CAUTION

If the total of any nonbusiness energy property credits
you have taken in previous years (after 2005) is more
than $500, you generally can't take the credit in 2020.

Subsidized energy financing. Any amounts provided for by
subsidized energy financing can't be used to figure the
nonbusiness energy property credit. This is financing provided
under a federal, state, or local program, the principal purpose of
which is to provide subsidized financing for projects designed to
conserve or produce energy.

Qualified fuel cell property costs. Qualified fuel cell property
costs are costs for qualified fuel cell property installed on or in
connection with your main home located in the United States.
Qualified fuel cell property is an integrated system comprised of
a fuel cell stack assembly and associated balance of plant
components that converts a fuel into electricity using
electrochemical means. To qualify for the credit, the fuel cell
property must have a nameplate capacity of at least one-half
kilowatt of electricity using an electrochemical process and an
electricity-only generation efficiency greater than 30%.

Qualified energy efficiency improvements. Qualified energy
efficiency improvements are the following building envelope
components installed on or in your main home that you owned
during 2020 located in the United States if the original use of the
component begins with you, the component can be expected to
remain in use at least 5 years, and the component meets certain
energy standards.
• Any insulation material or system that is specifically and
primarily designed to reduce heat loss or gain of a home when
installed in or on such a home.
• Exterior windows and skylights.
• Exterior doors.
• Any metal roof with appropriate pigmented coatings or asphalt
roof with appropriate cooling granules that are specifically and
primarily designed to reduce the heat gain of your home.
For purposes of figuring the credit, don't include amounts
paid for the onsite preparation, assembly, or original installation
of the building envelope component.

Costs allocable to a swimming pool, hot tub, or any other
energy storage medium which has a function other than
CAUTION the function of such storage don't qualify for the
residential energy efficient property credit.

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Joint occupancy. If you occupied your home jointly with
someone other than your spouse, each occupant must complete
his or her own Form 5695. To figure the credit, the maximum
qualifying costs that can be taken into account by all occupants
for qualified fuel cell property costs is $1,667 for each one-half
kilowatt of capacity of the property. The amount allocable to you
for qualified fuel cell property costs is the lesser of:
1. The amount you paid, or
2. The maximum qualifying cost of the property multiplied by
a fraction. The numerator is the amount you paid and the
denominator is the total amount paid by you and all other
occupants.

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CAUTION

details.

To qualify for the credit, qualified energy efficiency
improvements must meet certain energy efficiency
requirements. See Lines 19a Through 19h, later, for

Residential energy property costs. Residential energy
property costs are costs of new qualified energy property that is
installed on or in connection with your main home that you
owned during 2020 located in the United States. Include any
labor costs properly allocable to the onsite preparation,
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assembly, or original installation of the energy property.
Qualified energy property is any of the following.
• Certain electric heat pump water heaters; electric heat
pumps; central air conditioners; natural gas, propane, or oil
water heaters; and stoves that use biomass fuel.
• Qualified natural gas, propane, or oil furnaces and qualified
natural gas, propane, or oil hot water boilers.
• Certain advanced main air circulating fans used in natural
gas, propane, or oil furnaces.

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CAUTION

Specific Instructions
Part I
Residential Energy
Efficient Property Credit
Before you begin Part I.

To qualify for the credit, qualified energy property must
meet certain energy efficiency requirements. See Lines
22a Through 22c, later, for details.

Figure the amount of any of the following credits you are
claiming.
• Credit for the elderly or the disabled.
• Nonbusiness energy property credit (Part II of this form).
• Adoption credit.
• Mortgage interest credit.
• District of Columbia first-time homebuyer credit.
• Alternative motor vehicle credit.
• Qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle credit.

Joint ownership of qualified property. If you and a neighbor
shared the cost of qualifying property to benefit each of your
main homes, both of you can take the nonbusiness energy
property credit. You figure your credit on the part of the cost you
paid. The limit on the amount of the credit applies to each of you
separately.

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

Married taxpayers with more than one home. If both you
and your spouse owned and lived apart in separate main homes,
the limit on the amount of the credit applies to each of you
separately. If you are filing separate returns, both of you would
complete a separate Form 5695. If you are filing a joint return,
figure your nonbusiness energy property credit as follows.
1. Complete lines 17a through 17c and 19 through 24 of a
separate Form 5695 for each main home.
2. Figure the amount to be entered on line 24 of both forms
(but not more than $500 for each form) and enter the combined
amount on line 24 of one of the forms.
3. On line 25 of the form with the combined amount on
line 24, cross out the preprinted $500 and enter $1,000.
4. On the dotted line to the left of line 25, enter “More than
one main home.” Then, complete the rest of this form, including
line 18. The amount on line 18 can exceed $500.
5. Attach both forms to your return.

TIP properly allocable to the onsite preparation, assembly,

or original installation of the property and for piping or
wiring to interconnect such property to the home.

Line 1
Enter the amounts you paid for qualified solar electric property.
See Qualified solar electric property costs, earlier.

Line 2
Enter the amounts you paid for qualified solar water heating
property. See Qualified solar water heating property costs,
earlier.

Line 3
Enter the amounts you paid for qualified small wind energy
property. See Qualified small wind energy property costs,
earlier.

Joint occupancy. If you owned your home jointly with
someone other than your spouse, each owner must complete his
or her own Form 5695. To figure the credit, there are no
maximum qualifying costs for insulation, exterior doors, and a
metal or asphalt roof. Enter the amounts you paid for these items
on the appropriate lines of Form 5695, Part II. For windows and
residential energy property costs, the amount allocable to you is
the smaller of:
1. The amount you paid, or
2. The maximum qualifying cost* of the property multiplied
by a fraction. The numerator is the amount you paid and the
denominator is the total amount paid by you and all other
owners.

Line 4
Enter the amounts you paid for qualified geothermal heat pump
property. See Qualified geothermal heat pump property costs,
earlier.

Lines 7a and 7b
Any qualified fuel cell property costs must have been for your
main home located in the United States. See Main home, earlier.
If you check the “No” box, you can't include any fuel cell property
costs on line 8.

* $2,000 for windows; $300 for energy-efficient building
property; $150 for qualified natural gas, propane, or oil furnace
or hot water boiler; or $50 for an advanced main air circulating
fan.

If you check the “Yes” box, enter the full address of your main
home during 2020 on line 7b.
If you and your spouse are filing jointly and you each have
different main homes with qualified fuel cell property costs,
provide on line 7b the address of your main home. Add a sheet
providing the address of your spouse's main home. You and
your spouse should add your qualified fuel cell property costs
together on line 8 of one Form 5695.

Line 8
Enter the amounts you paid for qualified fuel cell property. See
Qualified fuel cell property costs, earlier.

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Line 14

Residential Energy Efficient Property Credit
Limit Worksheet—Line 14

Complete the following worksheet to figure the amount to enter
on line 14. If you are claiming the child tax credit or the credit for
other dependents for 2020, the amount you enter on line 4 of the
worksheet depends on whether you are filing Form 2555.
• If you are filing Form 2555, enter the amount, if any, from
line 16 of the Child Tax Credit and Credit for Other Dependents
Worksheet in Pub. 972.
• Otherwise, enter the amount from line 14 of the Line 14
Worksheet in Pub. 972.

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2.

If you aren't claiming the child tax credit or the credit for

TIP other dependents for 2020, you don't need Pub. 972.

3.

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Enter the amount from Form 1040,
1040-SR, or 1040-NR, line 18 . .
Enter the total of the following
credit(s) if you are taking the
credit(s) on your 2020 income tax
return:
+ Foreign Tax Credit, Schedule 3
(Form 1040), Part I, line 1 . . . . . .
+ Credit for Child and Dependent
Care Expenses, Schedule 3 (Form
1040), Part I, line 2 . . . . . . . . . .
+ Credit for the Elderly or the
Disabled, Schedule R (Form 1040),
line 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
+ Nonrefundable Education Credits,
Schedule 3 (Form 1040), Part I,
line 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
+ Retirement Savings Contributions
Credit, Schedule 3 (Form 1040),
Part I, line 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
+ Nonbusiness Energy Property
Credit, Form 5695, Part II,
line 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
+ Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit,
Personal use part, Form 8910, Part
III, line 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
+ Qualified Plug-in Electric Drive
Motor Vehicle Credit (Including
Qualified Two-Wheeled Plug-in
Electric Vehicles), Personal use
part, Form 8936, Part III, line 23 .
+ Child Tax Credit and Credit for
Other Dependents:
• If filing Form 2555: Pub. 972,
Child Tax Credit and Credit for
Other Dependents Worksheet,
line 16.
• If not filing Form 2555: Pub. 972,
Line 14 Worksheet, line 14 . . . . .
+ Mortgage Interest Credit, Form
8396, line 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
+ Adoption Credit, Form 8839,
line 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
+ Carryforward of the District of
Columbia First-Time Homebuyer
Credit, Form 8859, line 3 . . . . . .
Note. Enter the total of the
preceding credit(s), only if allowed
and taken on your 2020 income tax
return. Not all credits are available
for all years nor for all filers. See the
instructions for your 2020 income
tax return.
Subtract line 2 from line 1. Also
enter this amount on Form 5695,
line 14. If zero or less, enter -0- on
Form 5695, lines 14 and 15 . . . .

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Lifetime Limitation Worksheet—Line 18

Manufacturer’s certification. For purposes of taking the
credit, you can rely on the manufacturer’s certification in writing
that a product is qualifying property for the credit. Don't attach
the certification to your return. Keep it for your records.

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Line 16

2.

If you can't use all of the credit because of the tax liability limit
(that is, line 14 is less than line 13), you can carry the unused
portion of the credit to 2021.

3.

File this form even if you can't use any of your credit in 2020.

Part II
Nonbusiness Energy Property Credit

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5.

Before you begin Part II.

Figure the amount of any credit for the elderly or the disabled
you are claiming.

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Lines 17a Through 17c

7.

Line 17a. To qualify for the credit, any qualified energy
efficiency improvements or residential energy property costs
must have been for your main home located in the United
States. See Main home, earlier. If you check the “No” box, you
can't take the nonbusiness energy property credit.

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Line 17b. Enter the full address of your main home during
2020.

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Line 17c. You may only include expenses for qualified
improvements for an existing home or for an addition or
renovation to an existing home, and not for a newly constructed
home. If you check the “Yes” box, you can't claim any expenses
for qualified improvements that are related to the construction of
your home, even if the improvement is installed after you have
moved into the home.

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Line 18

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If you took a nonbusiness energy property credit in 2006, 2007,
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018,
or 2019, complete the following worksheet to figure the amount
to enter on line 18. If the total of the credits on line 13 of the
worksheet is $500 or more, you generally can't take this credit in
2020.

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14.

Enter the amount, if any, from
your 2006 Form 5695,
line 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enter the amount, if any, from
your 2007 Form 5695,
line 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enter the amount, if any, from
your 2009 Form 5695,
line 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enter the amount, if any, from
your 2010 Form 5695,
line 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enter the amount, if any, from
your 2011 Form 5695,
line 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enter the amount, if any, from
your 2012 Form 5695,
line 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enter the amount, if any, from
your 2013 Form 5695,
line 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enter the amount, if any, from
your 2014 Form 5695,
line 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enter the amount, if any, from
your 2015 Form 5695,
line 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enter the amount, if any, from
your 2016 Form 5695,
line 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enter the amount, if any, from
your 2017 Form 5695,
line 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enter the amount, if any, from
your 2018 Form 5695,
line 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enter the amount, if any, from
your 2019 Form 5695,
line 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Add lines 1 through 13. Also
enter this amount on Form 5695,
line 18. If $500 or more, stop;
you can't take the nonbusiness
energy property credit . . . . . .

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Lines 19a Through 19h
Note. A reference to the IECC is a reference to the 2009
International Energy Conservation Code as in effect (with
supplements) on February 17, 2009.

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CAUTION

Don't include on lines 19a through 19d any amounts
paid for the onsite preparation, assembly, or original
installation of the components.

Line 19a. Enter the amounts you paid for any insulation material
or system (including any vapor retarder or seal to limit infiltration)
that is specifically and primarily designed to reduce the heat loss
or gain of your home when installed in or on such home and
meets the prescriptive criteria established by the IECC.

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A component isn't specifically and primarily designed to
reduce the heat loss or gain of your home if it provides
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or siding) or its principal purpose is to serve any function
unrelated to the reduction of heat loss or gain.

Window Expense Worksheet—Line 19f

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5.

Enter the amount from your
2006 Form 5695, line 2b . .
Enter the amount from your
2007 Form 5695, line 2d . .
Enter the amount from your
2009 Form 5695, line 2b . .
Enter the amount from your
2010 Form 5695, line 2b . .
Add lines 3 and 4 . . . . . . .

6.

Multiply line 5 by 3.0 . . . . . .

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Enter the amount from your
2011 Form 5695, line 3d . . .
Enter the amount from your
2012 Form 5695, line 21d . .
Enter the amount from your
2013 Form 5695, line 19d . .
Enter the amount from your
2014 Form 5695, line 19d . .
Enter the amount from your
2015 Form 5695, line 19d . .
Enter the amount from your
2016 Form 5695, line 19d . .
Enter the amount from your
2017 Form 5695, line 19d . .
Enter the amount from your
2018 Form 5695, line 19d . .
Enter the amount from your
2019 Form 5695, line 19d . .
Add lines 1, 2, and 6 through
15. Also enter this amount on
Form 5695, line 19f . . . . . . .

2.

Line 19b. Enter the amounts you paid for exterior doors that
meet or exceed the version 6.0 Energy Star program
requirements.

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4.

Line 19c. Enter the amounts you paid for a metal roof with the
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 or exceeds the Energy Star program requirements in
effect at the time of purchase or installation.
Line 19d. Enter the amounts you paid for exterior windows and
skylights that meet or exceed the version 6.0 Energy Star
program requirements.

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If you took the credit for windows in 2006, 2007, 2009,
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018,
CAUTION or 2019, you may not be able to include window
expenses this year.

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Line 19f. If you reported expenses on your 2006 Form 5695,
line 2b; 2007 Form 5695, line 2d; 2009 Form 5695, line 2b; 2010
Form 5695, line 2b; 2011 Form 5695, line 3d; 2012 Form 5695,
line 21d; 2013 Form 5695, line 19d; 2014 Form 5695, line 19d;
2015 Form 5695, line 19d; 2016 Form 5695, line 19d; 2017 Form
5695, line 19d; 2018 Form 5695, line 19d; or 2019 Form 5695,
line 19d, then use the worksheet next to figure the amount to
enter on line 19f.

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Manufacturer’s certification. For purposes of taking the
credit, you can rely on a manufacturer’s certification in writing
that a building envelope component is an eligible building
envelope component. Don't attach the certification to your return.
Keep it for your records.

Lines 22a Through 22c
Also include on lines 22a through 22c any labor costs

TIP properly allocable to the onsite preparation, assembly,
or original installation of the property.

Line 22a. Enter the amounts you paid for energy-efficient
building property. Energy-efficient building property is any of the
following.
• An electric heat pump water heater that yields a Uniform
Energy Factor of at least 2.2 in the standard Department of
Energy test procedure.
• An electric heat pump that achieves the highest efficiency tier
established by the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) as in
effect on January 1, 2009.
• A central air conditioner that achieves the highest efficiency
tier that has been established by the CEE as in effect on January
1, 2009.
• A natural gas, propane, or oil water heater that has a Uniform
Energy Factor of at least 0.82 or a thermal efficiency of at least
90%.
• A stove that uses the burning of biomass fuel to heat your
home or heat water for your home that has a thermal efficiency
rating of at least 75%. Biomass fuel is any plant-derived fuel
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available on a renewable or recurring basis, including
agricultural crops and trees, wood and wood waste and residues
(including wood pellets), plants (including aquatic plants),
grasses, residues, and fibers.
Don't enter more than $300 on line 22a.

Nonbusiness Energy Property Credit
Limit Worksheet—Line 29
1.

Line 22b. Enter the amounts you paid for a natural gas,
propane, or oil furnace or hot water boiler that achieves an
annual fuel utilization rate of at least 95.
Don't enter more than $150 on line 22b.

2.

Line 22c. Enter the amounts you paid for an advanced main air
circulating fan used in a natural gas, propane, or oil furnace that
has an annual electricity use of no more than 2% of the total
annual energy use of the furnace (as determined in the standard
Department of Energy test procedures).
Don't enter more than $50 on line 22c.
Manufacturer’s certification. For purposes of taking the
credit, you can rely on a manufacturer’s certification in writing
that a product is qualified energy property. Don't attach the
certification to your return. Keep it for your records.

Line 25
If the rules discussed earlier for joint occupancy apply, cross out
the preprinted $500 on line 25, and enter on line 25 the smaller
of:
1. The amount on line 24, or
2. $500 multiplied by a fraction. The numerator is the
amount on line 24. The denominator is the total amount from
line 24 for all owners.
For more details, see Joint occupancy, earlier.

3.

Line 29
Complete the worksheet below to figure the amount to enter on
line 29.

Instructions for Form 5695 (2020)

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Enter the amount from Form 1040,
1040-SR, or 1040-NR, line 18 . .
Enter the total of the following
credit(s) if you are taking the
credit(s) on your 2020 income tax
return:
+ Foreign Tax Credit, Schedule 3
(Form 1040), Part I, line 1 . . . . . .
+ Credit for Child and Dependent
Care Expenses, Schedule 3 (Form
1040), Part I, line 2 . . . . . . . . . .
+ Credit for the Elderly or the
Disabled, Schedule R (Form 1040),
line 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
+ Nonrefundable Education Credits,
Schedule 3 (Form 1040), Part I,
line 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
+ Retirement Savings Contributions
Credit, Schedule 3 (Form 1040),
Part I, line 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Note. Enter the total of the
preceding credit(s), only if allowed
and taken on your 2020 income tax
return. Not all credits are available
for all years nor for all filers. See the
instructions for your 2020 income
tax return.
Subtract line 2 from line 1. Also
enter this amount on Form 5695,
line 29. If zero or less, enter -0- on
Form 5695, lines 29 and 30 . . . .

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