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Tax benefits can change an investment case, but eligibility, ownership and timing must be established for the actual project. Show tax benefits separately from operating savings.
Federal credit is conditional
Section 48E starts at 6%; qualifying increased-rate cases may reach 30%, including applicable under-1-MW projects or projects meeting wage and apprenticeship conditions. Domestic-content and energy-community bonuses require separate qualification. Timing, prohibited-foreign-entity and sourcing rules also need current review. Do not treat the higher rate or adders as automatic.
Project timing matters now
IRS Notice 2025-42 addresses accelerated termination for applicable solar facilities beginning construction after July 4, 2026 and placed in service after December 31, 2027. Earlier construction, continuity and exceptions require documentation. Storage has separate rules. The calculator does not determine legal eligibility from a checkbox.
Florida sales and property taxes
F.S. 212.08(7)(hh) exempts qualifying solar systems and components; verify the equipment scope rather than promising an exemption for all standalone storage. F.S. 196.182 provides qualifying 80% tangible-personal-property treatment, subject to conditions and exceptions. F.S. 193.624 separately addresses nonresidential real-property assessment value. These are distinct rules, not an 80% reduction of the whole property tax bill.
Depreciation needs a project schedule
Do not promise universal five-year MACRS or automatic first-year expensing. Have the tax adviser identify current property classification, bonus eligibility, elections, acquisition and service dates, federal/state differences and tax capacity. The simplified basis adjustment is eligible basis minus half the credit. An 85% basis only follows a 30% credit on the same eligible basis.
Show the tax schedule explicitly
The model starts with zero applied credit and depreciation. After an adviser-reviewed schedule is entered, display credit and deduction tax value separately by year. A deduction is multiplied by the applicable tax rate; it is not a dollar-for-dollar refund. Ownership tax benefits belong to the system owner, not automatically to a PPA customer.
What could solar change for your business?
Explore a free cash-ownership scenario. Send a bill for a preliminary financial review — the estimate itself is ungated.
Utility and roof selections help route your review. Rates and roof suitability are not inferred from these selections.
View and edit scenario assumptions
Demonstration assumptions: 12 W per usable sq ft; 1.5% annual maintenance; 0.5% annual degradation; 2% annual energy/maintenance escalation. No applied credit, depreciation, demand reduction, replacement cost or export revenue. A reviewed report must include project-specific replacements and tax timing.
- Illustrative system size
- 198.0 kW DC
- Year-1 tax benefits applied
- $0
- 25-year cash NPV at 8%
- -$239,620
- Cumulative cash payback
- 20.3 years
Model assumptions & honest limits
- Illustrative cash-ownership model; not a tariff simulation or engineering proposal.
- All cost, yield and escalation defaults are demonstration assumptions, not sourced market quotes.
- Fixed charges, financing, property-tax savings and storage are excluded.
- Net operating savings are reduced by the entered effective tax rate; tax capacity and deductibility require review.
- Annual usage inferred from assumed energy-only share of spend; replace with bills.
- Export value is zero until applicable utility terms are confirmed.
- Tax benefits are zero until a project-specific schedule is confirmed.
Tax benefits start at zero pending project review. This estimate is not a quote, tariff simulation or guaranteed return.
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