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Form 8936, Clean Vehicle Credit

Form 8936 figures the clean vehicle credits for new, previously owned, and commercial clean vehicles you placed in service during the year. Complete the official IRS PDF online and download it for your return.

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What is 8936?

Form 8936, Clean Vehicle Credit, is used to claim the federal credits for qualifying clean vehicles, including the new clean vehicle credit, the previously owned clean vehicle credit, and the qualified commercial clean vehicle credit. A separate Schedule A (Form 8936) is completed for each vehicle, and the main form totals the credits and applies the applicable limits.

Eligibility depends on factors like the vehicle, its price, where it was assembled or sourced, and your income, and buyers who transferred the credit to the dealer at the point of sale still generally need to file the form to reconcile that transfer. Recent legislation ended these credits for vehicles acquired after a cutoff date, so check the current instructions for which purchase dates still qualify.

Who files 8936?

Individuals who bought a qualifying new or previously owned clean vehicle and want to claim the credit
Buyers who transferred their credit to the dealer at purchase and must reconcile it on their return
Businesses claiming the qualified commercial clean vehicle credit for vehicles placed in service
Partnerships and S corporations passing the credit through to their owners

How to fill out 8936

Complete a Schedule A (Form 8936) for each vehicle, including its VIN, placed-in-service date, and credit amount.
Work through the modified adjusted gross income lines to confirm you are under the limit for your credit type.
Carry the Schedule A totals to the parts of Form 8936 for new, previously owned, or commercial vehicles as applicable.
If you transferred the credit to the dealer, follow the reconciliation lines so your return matches the advance you received.
Download the completed PDF and attach it and each Schedule A to your tax return.

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1a. Enter the amount from line 11a of your 2025 Form 1040, 1040-S R, or 1040-N R. Estates and trusts, Form 1041, see instructions.

1b. Enter any income from Puerto Rico you excluded.

1c. Enter any amount from Form 2555, line 45.

1d. Enter any amount from Form 2555, line 50.

1e. Enter any amount from Form 4563, line 15.

2. Add lines 1a through 1e.

3a. Enter the amount from line 11 of your 2024 Form 1040, 1040-S R, or 1040-N R. Estates and trusts, Form 1041, see instructions.

3b. Enter any income from Puerto Rico you excluded.

3c. Enter any amount from Form 2555, line 45.

3d. Enter any amount from Form 2555, line 50.

3e. Enter any amount from Form 4563, line 15.

4. Add lines 3a through 3e.

5. Enter your 2024 filing status (S, M F S, etc., see chart below).

6. Enter the total credit amount figured in Part I I of Schedule(s) A (Form 8936).

7. New clean vehicle credit from partnerships and S corporations (see instructions).

8. Business/investment use part of credit. Add lines 6 and 7. Partnerships and S corporations, stop here and report this amount on Schedule

9. Enter the total credit amount figured in Part I I I of Schedule(s) A (Form 8936).

10. Enter the amount from Form 1040, 1040-S R, or 1040-N R, line 18.

11. Personal credits from Form 1040, 1040-S R, or 1040-N R (see instructions).

12. Subtract line 11 from line 10. If zero or less, enter 0 and stop here. You can't claim the personal use part of the credit.

13. Personal use part of credit. Enter the smaller of line 9 or line 12 here and on Schedule 3 (Form 1040), line 6f. If line 12 is smaller

Part I V. Credit for Previously Owned Clean Vehicles. 14. Enter the total credit amount figured in Part I V of Schedule(s) A (Form 8936).

15. Enter the amount from Form 1040, 1040-S R, or 1040-N R, line 18.

16. Personal credits from Form 1040, 1040-S R, or 1040-N R (see instructions).

17. Subtract line 16 from line 15. If zero or less, enter 0 and stop here. You can’t claim the Part I V credit.

18. Enter the smaller of line 14 or line 17 here and on Schedule 3 (Form 1040), line 6m. If line 17 is smaller than line 14, see

Part V. Credit for Qualified Commercial Clean Vehicles. 19. Enter the total credit amount figured in Part V of Schedule(s) A (Form 8936).

20. Qualified commercial clean vehicle credit from partnerships and S corporations (see instructions).

21. Add lines 19 and 20. Partnerships and S corporations, stop here and report this amount on Schedule K. All others, report this amount on

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Frequently asked questions

I got the credit as a discount at the dealership. Do I still file Form 8936?

Generally yes. Transferring the credit to the dealer gives you the benefit up front, but you still report the vehicle and reconcile the transfer on Form 8936 with your return, and you must be under the income limits or you may have to repay it.

What information do I need for each vehicle?

At minimum the vehicle identification number, the date you placed it in service, and the credit amount, usually confirmed by the seller report the dealer gave you at purchase. Each vehicle gets its own Schedule A (Form 8936).

Is the clean vehicle credit still available?

Recent legislation ended the clean vehicle credits for vehicles acquired after a cutoff date, so whether you can claim it depends on when you acquired the vehicle. Check the current Form 8936 instructions at irs.gov for the applicable dates.

Form 8936, Clean Vehicle Credit

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