Tax Credit Form

Form 5695
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Residential Energy Credits
Information about Form 5695 and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form5695.
Attach to Form 1040 or Form 1040NR.
OMB No. 1545-0074
2012
Attachment
Sequence No.
158
Name(s) shown on return
Your social security number
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see your tax return instructions.
Cat. No. 13540P
Form 5695 (2012)
Note. Skip lines 1 through 11 if you only have a credit carryforward from 2011.
1 Qualified solar electric property costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 Qualified solar water heating property costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3 Qualified small wind energy property costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4 Qualified geothermal heat pump property costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Add lines 1 through 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 Multiply line 5 by 30% (.30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7 a Qualified fuel cell property. Was qualified fuel cell property installed on or in connection with your
main home located in the United States? (See instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . .
7a
Yes No
Caution: If you checked the “No” box, you cannot take a credit for qualified fuel cell property. Skip
lines 7b through 11.
b Print the complete address of the main home where you installed the fuel cell property.
Number and street Unit No.
City, State, and ZIP code
8 Qualified fuel cell property costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
9 Multiply line 8 by 30% (.30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
10 Kilowatt capacity of property on line 8 above
. x $1,000 10
11 Enter the smaller of line 9 or line 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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12 Credit carryforward from 2011. Enter the amount, if any, from your 2011 Form 5695, line 32 . .
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13 Add lines 6, 11, and 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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14 Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 46, or Form 1040NR, line 44 . 14
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1040 filers: Enter the total, if any, of your credits from Form 1040,
lines 47 through 50; line 32 of this form; line 12 of the Line 11
Worksheet in Pub. 972 (see instructions); Form 8396, line 9;
Form 8839, line 12; Form 8859, line 9; Form 8834, line 23;
Form 8910, line 22; Form 8936, line 23; and Schedule R, line 22.
1040NR filers: Enter the amount, if any, from Form 1040NR,
lines 45 through 47; line 32 of this form; line 12 of the Line 11
Worksheet in Pub. 972 (see instructions); Form 8396, line 9;
Form 8839, line 12; Form 8859, line 9; Form 8834, line 23;
Form 8910, line 22; and Form 8936, line 23.
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16 Subtract line 15 from line 14. If zero or less, enter -0- here and on line 17 . . . . . . . . .
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Residential energy efficient property credit. Enter the smaller of line 13 or line 16. Also include
this amount on Form 1040, line 52, or Form 1040NR, line 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Credit carryforward to 2013. If line 17 is less than line 13, subtract
line 17 from line 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Part I Residential Energy Efficient Property Credit (See instructions before completing this part.)

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