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You don’t have to figure out complex energy incentive rules on your own. Ask Wipfli’s energy tax advisors how to help your educational institution claim valuable incentives to fund clean energy projects or facilities upgrades.
Claim valuable tax incentives
Simplify the qualification process
Increase the value of your claims
Unlock clean energy projects or upgrades
Get a guide who knows the rules
Get support through every stage of the process
Wipfli’s energy incentive advisors will guide your educational institution through every step of the incentives process. We help you plan, qualify, document and claim incentives to lighten your own team’s load and maximize the value of any incentives you qualify for.
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Engage Wipfli’s energy team early in your project for greater support in maximizing your potential credits.
With a Wipfli feasibility study, you gain a clearer outlook on costs and the scope of your project. Our team includes both engineers and tax professionals, giving us the perspective needed to estimate the minimum and maximum tax credits available to you and identify potential hurdles that may impact your credits, such as tax-exempt financing.
We also recognize the importance of your educational institution’s project timeline and can help you plan your projects around your academic year, budget cycle and cash flow requirements.
Wipfli’s team of architects and engineers uses their deep experience in energy projects to help you dissect costs and maximize qualifying components.
We can help you prepare for certification by working with your team to navigate:
- Qualification and evaluation of costs for the investment tax credit (ITC).
- ITC adders and the necessary support, including prevailing wage and apprenticeship, domestic content requirements, energy community requirements and low-income community requirements.
- Computation of estimated value of credit, including any required reductions (if applicable).
- Preparing all the necessary tax forms to claim your credits.
As a top 25 accounting firm, Wipfli has the tax experience you need to help prepare for filing your tax credits with the IRS. We can help you file successfully with support for:
- The full documentation and study from certification.
- Preparing the necessary tax forms.
- Navigating direct pay.
- Navigating the IRS preregistration portal system.
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Let's talk about how your institution could qualify for valuable clean energy tax incentives to fund your next project or building upgrade. Our energy tax advisors will make the process simpler for your team and help you maximize your claim.
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