2015/2016 tax credit for "residential biomass heating purchases"

[iron]

i was perusing the blaze king site and saw that they had an article about a tax credit.
(broken link removed to http://www.blazeking.com/EN/tax.php)

essentially, if you install one of their qualified units in 2015, you get a $300 tax credit for your 2015 taxes.

i checked some other sites to see what other info was out there. seems there are plenty of stoves and fireplaces that would seemingly meet this tax credit.
http://www.hpba.org/government-affairs/25c-tax-credit-1
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/25C
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i5695.pdf

is my understanding of the tax credit accurate? we installed a northstar (EPA certified, washington state certified) in november 2015. i looked around and it seemed that heat n glow (manufacturer of the northstar) was on the list of qualified manufacturers: http://www.hpba.org/hpba-member-locator

 

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

i was perusing the blaze king site and saw that they had an article about a tax credit.
(broken link removed to http://www.blazeking.com/EN/tax.php)

essentially, if you install one of their qualified units in 2015, you get a $300 tax credit for your 2015 taxes.

i checked some other sites to see what other info was out there. seems there are plenty of stoves and fireplaces that would seemingly meet this tax credit.
http://www.hpba.org/government-affairs/25c-tax-credit-1
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/25C
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i5695.pdf

is my understanding of the tax credit accurate? we installed a northstar (EPA certified, washington state certified) in november 2015. i looked around and it seemed that heat n glow (manufacturer of the northstar) was on the list of qualified manufacturers: http://www.hpba.org/hpba-member-locator

I'll be including the new stove on my 2015 tax return for the $300 credit.

 

[Heftiger]

Thanks for this. I was looking into it earlier this week and couldn't find the 2015 info.

 

[MiserableOldFart]

This is just part of an old tax credit thing, right? I believe I used that up about four years ago when I had new windows and doors installed. It's not separate from that, is it?

 

[iron]

This is just part of an old tax credit thing, right? I believe I used that up about four years ago when I had new windows and doors installed. It's not separate from that, is it?

i don't know the code. i think congress extended it through 2016, so it might have just been an extension of the previous credits.

 

[Cdh9400t]

My understanding is that they extended the credit to get $300 for a stove over 75% efficient. But if you have done other energy tax credits on your home the gov will only give a combined lifetime total of $500. That's how this was explained to me.

 

[KpR]

My understanding is that they extended the credit to get $300 for a stove over 75% efficient. But if you have done other energy tax credits on your home the gov will only give a combined lifetime total of $500. That's how this was explained to me.

That's my understanding as well.
I was also told that a certificate of efficiency is required from your stove manufacturer. Some already have the certificates on their sites to download, others you have to request them.