Tax lady missed the residential energy credit

You would think the professionals would be hip to this. I even tipped her off but I think she only applied the state sales tax I paid.

If anybody wants the "proof" in a quick link from the IRS....

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f5695.pdf

It's line 24a and can include installation labor and site upgrades. Get your 300$!

$300?

More like 30%. For me that was almost $4000. Line 1 on that form, though it looks different in Turdbo Tax.

I used to prepare taxes for 21 years before I quite for my coaching gig...but honestly if you are not from the country where she does a lot of these not hard to miss...however the fact that you told her and she still screwed up??? find a new tax person!

yup and 500 lifetime energy credit

My tax guy claimed the woodstove tax credit with my prompting. Unfortunately, the IRS wasn't accepting that particular form for over a month after the taxes were otherwise done - should be able to file it soon, though & get my refund. I had no idea that there was such an intricate schedule of what forms can be filed when - always changing, too. My accountant said it's real difficult to keep up with.

I don't think the IRS is the problem. Congress keeps re-writing the tax code at the last minute and the IRS is supposed to rewrite all its software, re-train its staff, and publish new instructions, without any lead time.

It's like being in the printing business...the client wants to make changes up until the day before the stuff is supposed to be mailed, without allowing any time for printing, folding, binding, and stuffing envelopes. Sheeeesh!