He really wasn't.

If you have a permanent residence I'd register here but if you are a college student going to school out of state I'd wouldn't worry about.Especially if you retain an out of state drivers license and will move back home once done with college.

A new mod went on a ban bender after instituting a new colorblind policy "thou shalt not talk about race" commandment. A lot of his replies to dissenters were unhinged and seemed like vaguely racist dog-whistles. A POC asking if a certain area was safe to live in got banned, which enraged many members (rightfully so). The aforementioned mod went mod shopping in a separate sub and brought the drama they created here to a different sub; he still managed to hire another mod, then employed some weird bots (one was meant to block hentai, weirdly). They also took down very obviously MA related posts for being unrelated to MA. And lots more besides...

Ex mod is now publicly licking their wounds and complaining they've been thrown under the bus. Refusing to admit any wrongdoing and claiming that people were exploiting a Reddit bug to edit his posts or some such nonsense.

It was a real shit show, to say the least.

>Seems pretty straightforward a system should be in service (which is when it is complete) to claim the credit.

You are telling OP to take a position that is contrary to the law. Worse, you aren't even explaining why. That is malpractice.

The law and at least five IRS documents say something consistent with "when the original installation of the item is completed." The only controversy here is whether you understand the law.

You obviously didn't even read the IRS form 5695 instructions before your first comment, you obviously didn't read the law before I pointed it out to you, you obviously haven't read any IRS guidance on IRC section 25D, and you most certainly haven't read and IRS Private letter rulings on IRC Section 25D either.

Yet, for some reason, you think you are qualified to provide an answer on what the law says. You are not qualified. Not surprisingly, you are wrong.

Conversely, I have read all of those documents and I have provided numerous quotes for which for OP may rely upon: https://www.reddit.com/r/massachusetts/comments/11x00fg/comment/jd22ymk/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

You haven't cited a single thing to support your words.

You may also want to consider my clairvoyance: "whenever I tell people about the law, someone else inevitably comes along and is quite adamant that the test is when the system is "placed in service.""

Anyone who takes advice about the law from someone like you who hasn't even read the law before posting is a fool.

Ive been a metro west/central ma resident my whole life as well. And some of these new zoning laws dont make sense in small rural communities. I wish Boston/State would figure out a way deal with the MBTA problems with funding from the communities that use it most.

Blueberry Lemon tastes like Fruity Pebbles cereal.

Pink Apple & Lemon is a close second for me, though that’s not listed as an option.

you literally can't get on a red line train unless you get on by quincy center in the morning and they want to force what now?

There's a certain irony, though, that many here in r/Massachusetts so willingly bowed to their dictatorial new ruler. And then attacked anyone who questioned the leader, his arbitrary rules, and his capricious punishments. It would be nice to think that some of them might have a moment of honest reflection, and feel some shame.

...but I very much doubt that they will.

Some days I wonder if even Boston has MBTA service…

wow, I was getting the gist of what was going on here but didn't realize how bad it was. that was quite unhinged

Characterizing this conversation as borderline malpractice seems like a pretty extreme viewpoint. Since, we are not in the same room as OP, we fill in the blanks and provide reddit advice which is inherently risky. Consider the comments, and use your own best judgment on how to proceed (decide on your own, pay for advice, etc).

My goals are to consider my audience when communicating and to help point OP in the right direction. A bunch of accurate legal jargon typically muddies the waters for the average person. The rest of this back and forth is just noise.

Getting back to OP’s question … OP wants to better understand when the credit should be claimed.

Assuming… residential, not business, new system, not substantial home construction/reconstruction. Seems pretty straightforward a system should be in service (which is when it is complete) to claim the credit.

Abbreviated (i am on my phone) IRC code sections for my feisty friend:

Allowance of a credit for an individual, qualified solar electric property expenditures IRC 25D(a)1

Applicable percentage in the case of property placed in service after 12/31/21 and before 1/1/33 is 30% IRC 25D(g)(3)

An expenditure shall be treated as made when the original installation of the item is completed 25D(e)(8)

There isn’t any real controversy here.

Democracy is beautiful.

Ky1e is getting more karma and updoots than the previous mod got in their entire tenure here. Well deserved too.

I honestly hope some of those people who were quick to support the mod were just oblivious.

Once I realized what was happening, I followed the drama as it spanned several posts and subreddits.

Due to the constant deleting and locking of comments and posts though, I don’t think a lot of people realized the scope of things. I saw several “What’s happening here?” posts that came and went within minutes.

Raspberry lime hands down

Now that you say it…

There’s a documentary on YT. He wasn’t a melancholy person at all.

I have a role in my town government, and I follow state and Boston developments. I understand the deep need for housing - there is a real crisis. That said, my town is a rural farming community. I literally live next to a vegetable and fruit farm, I raise my own chickens, and we have close to zero restrictions on keeping livestock on your property so long as you are doing normal agricultural things with them. There is no way we can support that level of dense development. It is not within our infrastructural capabilities.

This is a law that was drafted yet again with an eye on Boston, its suburbs, and Metro West. Then it gets applied to much smaller towns that happen to be adjacent to a different town with a far-flung commuter rail station. This is not about being a NIMBY for us. We do not even have the water and sewer capabilities to host such dense development. Most of us are on septic and have wells. The limited sewer and water runs we do have are not even controlled by the town, and they are at capacity.

Smart development? Yes, please! Thoughtful ways to increase the amount of housing that is affordable? I will champion that cause in my local government. Urban density development in the land of cows, vegetable fields, and sugar bushes? Our water, sewer, and schools cannot soak that kind of increase.

I am used to being ignored by Boston. I have lived in western or central Massachusetts for my entire life. I can tolerate having our needs ignored by a city that has not done enough to support itself. It is unfortunate, and frankly inappropriate, that we must now share the exact same burden for fixing Boston's housing crisis that its immediate urban neighbors do.

Silence outlander! We have police OT and DMV lawsuits to fund

Missed it by that much.

Not in the Waltham one 😢

An OP after my own heart!

I think I saw it in the Brockton one.

4th

How bout them lift ticket prices. To die for.

This day will be written in the history books