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Flame 2010 Nonbusiness Energy Tax Credit

The 2009 Economic Stimulus (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act)legislation signed into law by President Obama includes a 30% tax credit (up to $1,500) for the purchase in 2009 and 2010 of a 75%-efficient biomass-burning stove as measured using a lower heating value. The tax credit provisions are extended improvements of the legislation that passed in October 2008. The major changes are an extension of the credit to 2010 and the increase on the credit from $300 to 30% of the total cost.

While the new tax credit takes effect immediately, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has not issued the guidelines for determining what stoves meet the efficiency requirements to qualify for the credit or how a manufacturer will qualify their products. These guidelines are expected to be developed more specifically throughout 2009; however, the credit applies to all qualifying stoves sold in 2009. Once the IRS guidelines are formally issued, wood and pellet stove manufacturers will test their stoves and will notify their retailers about their models that qualify.

All Flame biomass-burning stoves and fireplaces listed Here have a thermal efficiency rating of at least 75 percent.