Federal 2010: Residential Energy Savings Credit

You may be affected if ALL of the following are true:

1. You filed a federal tax return before February 12, 2011, AND
2. You initially indicated that you and your spouse lived in separate homes and you entered residential energy improvements in both homes AND
3. You returned to the residential energy step-by-step interview and said that you only had one home and didn’t remove the improvements that you entered for the second home AND
4. You had an amount greater than $1,500 on Form 5695, Line 11.

If you are affected, you may have underpaid your federal tax. You will need to amend your federal tax return.

If you need to contact us, please use the phone number in the email from TurboTax and tell the representative you’re calling about the Federal 2010: Residential Energy Savings Credit.

Let us do the work for you. We highly recommend this.

1. Please download and print this Authorization Form.
2. Complete the form and fax it to us at the number printed at the top of the form.
3. A TurboTax representative will contact you (within 15 days) when your corrected return is ready to be securely emailed back to you.
4. You can print, sign and mail the corrected return to the IRS.

Or you can make the corrections yourself. However, the amend process can be complex.

• To do it yourself, please follow these step-by-step instructions.
• If you need assistance, call us at the phone number in the TurboTax email.