Federal 2010: Residential Energy Credit for two homes
Updated: 7/28/2011
Article ID: SLN48806
Certain customers, who filed Married Filing Joint and owned and lived apart in separate main homes and had residential energy property expenses on both homes, may have an incorrect tax return.
TurboTax has fixed this issue.
How to tell if you are impacted:
You may be affected if ALL of the following are true:
- You filed a 2010 federal return prior to April 7, 2011 AND
- You filed Married Filing Joint AND
- You and your spouse owned and lived apart in separate homes AND
- You incurred residential energy property expenses in both homes AND
- You received a Residential Energy Credit on Form 1040, Line 52.
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: Residential Energy Credit.
Solution
Let us do the work for you. We highly recommend this.
- Please download and print this Authorization Form.
- Complete the form and fax it to us at the number printed at the top of the form.
- Note: After we receive your completed authorization form, please allow up to 15 days to amend your return.
- 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.
- After you make the changes to your tax return, you will need to mail a copy to the IRS.
- If you need assistance, call us at the phone number in the TurboTax email.
