{"id":40,"date":"2009-08-12T11:58:20","date_gmt":"2009-08-12T19:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.huddlestontaxcpas.com\/?p=40"},"modified":"2009-08-12T11:58:20","modified_gmt":"2009-08-12T19:58:20","slug":"energy-efficient-home-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/blog\/energy-efficient-home-improvements\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy-Efficient Home Improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American Recovery and Reinvetment Act put in place in 2009 gives taxpayers a new credit for energy-efficient improvements made to their homes in 2009 and 2010.\u00a0 A similar credit was available in 2007, but not in 2008.\u00a0 Home improvements qualifiying for this credit include the addition of insulation, energy-efficient exteriors windows and energy-efficient heating and air-conditioning units.<\/p>\n<p>The credit is equal to 30% of the cost of the improvements, with a maximum credit available of $1,500.\u00a0 This is a non-refundable credit and is only available to the extent that you have tax due.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to contact us to find out if your home improvement qualifies for this new tax credit.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/huddlestontax.com\/\">Jessica Chisholm, CPA<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/huddlestontax.com\/\">Seattle\/Bellevue Tax Accountants<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Recovery and Reinvetment Act put in place in 2009 gives taxpayers a new credit for energy-efficient improvements made to their homes in 2009 and 2010.\u00a0 A similar credit was available in 2007, but not in 2008.\u00a0 Home improvements qualifiying for this credit include the addition of insulation, energy-efficient exteriors windows and energy-efficient heating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-40","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-real-estate","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}