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Overview
Use Form 8936 to figure your credit for clean vehicles you acquired and placed in service during your tax year. Also use a separate Schedule A (Form 8936) to figure the credit amount for each vehicle that qualifies for the credit.
Add Form 8936
To add the Form 8936:
- Go to Federal Taxes.
- Click Review.
- Click I’d like to see the forms I’ve filled out or search for a form.
- Enter 8936 in the search box and click on Form 8936 – Schedule A – Clean Vehicle Credit Amount to add and open the form.
- Enter your information and click Save.
Form 8936 – Line 3a Error
There are two parts to Form 8936; if you receive this error, you need to enter information on the second part to the form. To find Form 8936 – Clean Vehicle Credits:
- Go to Federal Taxes.
- Click Review.
- Click I’d like to see the forms I’ve filled out or search for a form.
- Enter 8936 in the search box and click on Form 8936 – Clean Vehicle Credits to add and open the form.
- Enter your information and click Save.
Form 8936 VIN Rejection
This rejection message indicates that your VIN entry on your “Form 8936 – Schedule A – Clean Vehicle Credit Amount” does not match the VIN information that the IRS has in their database. To correct this error, you will need to revisit the form and determine if the entry you have provided is correct.
If the entry you have provided is incorrect, you can change it, save the form, and refile it. If the entry is correct, however, you will need to reach out to the IRS at (800) 829-1040, to determine what information they have on file.
The entry can be found on Line 4 of Form 8936 – Schedule A – Clean Vehicle Credit Amount, in the field marked Vehicle Identification Number.
IRS Rejection Codes SA-F8936-048 and SA-F8936-047
The most common cause for this rejection is that the IRS records are not up to date, due to the dealer having not submitted the required information to IRS Energy Credits Online (ECO). You will need to communicate with your dealer to ensure the dealer uploads the vehicle purchase information to ECO.
If the dealer did not upload the information, you would want to wait to file your tax return until the IRS has the vehicle’s information to prevent the return from further rejections while trying to claim the credit.