Thank you. We're not building now, but we have to prepay our property taxes before year end...and of course make sure we make all our contributions....and take our capital losses to offset any gains we may have taken...

This time of year, I'm always reminded of a friend whose wife was delivering their daughter on New Year's Eve....the doc asked him if he wanted the first baby of the new year or the tax deduction...he immediately opted for the tax deduction!

Remember to carefully read the tax information that applies. In some states, the credit does not apply until the items are installed, so just buying the components is not enough to get you the credit.

Annie-too funny about the baby credit! My first kiddo was Jan 2nd. She was actually the first baby at the hospital that year....I didn't have to buy newborn diapers for any of my three kiddos I had so many :). I had signed up the year before for Aflac, but it wasn't effective until Jan 1st, so my tax deduction or Aflac payment kind of countered themselves for which year to have the baby :)