Laws.com legal forms guide Form 5695 is the United States Internal Revenue Service tax form used to apply for federal tax credits for residential energy savings measures. - The form should be used by a homeowner who is invested in green technology to improve energy efficiency, such as energy-efficient windows, wind power, or solar energy panels. - The Form 5695 can be obtained through the IRS's website or by obtaining the documents through a local tax office. - The form is to be submitted with the personal income tax 1040 return of the homeowner claiming the tax credits. - Start by entering the required information in Part 1: enter your home's address online 1b and enter the lifetime limitation amounts online 2. - You must specify the tax credits claimed each year for the past four years. If you have taken over $500 in tax credits over the past four years, you cannot apply for a new energy tax credit. - Go through lines 3a to 3h and find the energy-efficient methods you used to improve your home. - Enter the amount the materials cost, not including labor prices or installation. - Add lines 3a, 3b, 3c, and 3h, and enter the total on line 4. - Multiply this amount by 0.10 on line 5. - Go through lines 6a to 6c, identifying the energy property costs and the required additions and subtractions. - Go through lines 7 to 13, which will lead to your total energy tax credit. - Enter this amount on line 14. - If you have additional residential energy-efficient property costs, including solar and wind energy generation, go to Part 2. - Enter the total costs of these types of energy generation installed at your house on lines 15 to 18. - Add these amounts and multiply by 0.3. - If you have a qualified fuel cell property, enter the address of...