Description

The state of Idaho offers taxpayers who buy new wood stoves, pellet stoves, or natural gas or propane heating units for their residences a tax deduction to replace old, uncertified wood stoves. You may deduct the cost of a new natural gas or propane heating unit, pellet stove, or EPA-certified wood stove if:

• it is in your residence,
• it replaces an old wood stove that does not meet EPA requirements,
• the purchase and replacement occurs within the same year, and
• the old wood stove is dropped off at a Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)-approved site within 30 days.

The deduction is up to 40% of the cost of purchase and professional installation in the year the wood stove is replaced. For the next three years the deduction is 20% of the total cost per year. The total annual deduction cannot exceed $5,000.

The tax deduction applies only to the replacement of uncertified wood stoves. A common hearth fireplace is not considered a wood stove. However, the tax deduction applies if an old fireplace insert is replaced with another that meets current EPA standards, or with a certified wood stove, pellet stove, a gas/propane appliance, or other eligible heating device.

You must receive proof via a receipt when you drop your old wood stove off at a DEQ-approved site to be eligible for the credit. The fire-brick lining must be removed before drop-off. For additional tax credit instructions please visit the DEQ woodstoves website.