EV Charger Tax Credit Ending 30 June 2026 — Your Last-Chance Guide to the §30C Credit

By Petra Halvorsen, Energy & E-Mobility Cost Analyst · Updated 20 June 2026

There is a date you need before anything else on this page: 30 June 2026. That is the last day a home EV charger can be placed in service and still earn the federal §30C tax credit — 30% of the cost, up to $1,000 back [1][2]. After that day the credit does not shrink, taper or convert into something smaller. It terminates.

If you have been meaning to install a home charger and your address qualifies, you are reading this inside the final window, and the rest of this guide is built to help you act in it.

The credit is real money and it is widely misunderstood — partly because most of the EV-credit content online is now describing the wrong credit entirely. So we will be precise: what §30C is, who qualifies, why it is not the $7,500 car credit everyone keeps confusing it with, and exactly what to do in the days that remain.

What the §30C credit actually is

§30C is the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit. For a home install it pays 30% of the combined cost of the charger and its installation, capped at $1,000 [2].

"Charger and installation" means the unit itself plus the electrician's labour, the wiring, the breaker and the permit — the all-in cost of getting a working Level 2 (or Level 1, or even a DC fast or bidirectional V2G/V2H) charger energised at your home. You claim it on IRS Form 8911 with your federal return for the year the charger was placed in service [2].

Because it is 30% capped at $1,000, the cap only bites on expensive jobs. A typical $1,200–$2,500 home install earns $360 to $750 back; you have to spend about $3,334 before you reach the full $1,000 (our calculation from the 30% rate) [2]. For most homeowners, then, §30C is a few hundred dollars — meaningful, but not the headline grand. The chart makes the shape of it clear.

For businesses and tax-exempt entities the math is bigger — up to $100,000 per item, at a 6% base rate or 30% if prevailing-wage and apprenticeship rules are met — but the same 30 June 2026 deadline applies [3]. Commercial depot charging is outside this guide's scope, but fleet operators face the identical scramble.

"Placed in service" — the trap that will cost people their credit

Read this twice, because it is where money gets lost. The credit attaches to equipment placed in service on or before 30 June 2026 — meaning installed and operational, energised and ready to charge a car [2]. It does not attach to a charger you merely ordered, paid a deposit on, or had delivered by that date. A charger in its box on the floor of your garage on 30 June earns nothing.

Practically, that means the work has to be finished — electrician booked, circuit run, unit mounted, power on — by 30 June. Given that a home install from first quote to energised charger commonly takes one to three weeks, anyone reading this in late June is already at the edge of the window. If you want this credit, the action is not "buy a charger" — it is "get an electrician scheduled to complete and energise the install before the deadline."

Does your address even qualify? The census-tract catch

§30C is not available everywhere. The equipment must be installed at a property in an eligible census tract — broadly, a low-income community or a non-urban area as defined for the credit [3]. The IRS estimates that roughly two-thirds of U.S. addresses fall inside a qualifying tract — but a third do not, and there is no way to know which side of the line your home sits on by intuition.

Before you book anything, run your address through the eligibility lookup. The IRS publishes the tract criteria, and Rewiring America hosts a homeowner-friendly address checker that maps to the same data [3][8]. This is a thirty-second step that determines whether the credit is worth chasing at all — do it first.

The mistake almost everyone is making: §30C is not the $7,500 car credit

Here is the confusion this page exists to clear up. In 2026, three different federal EV credits have three different fates, and the internet keeps blending them into one. The vehicle credits are gone; the charger credit is the one still standing.

Credit	What it covered	Max value	Status (June 2026)
§30D	New EV purchase	$7,500	DEAD — ended for vehicles acquired after 30 Sep 2025
§25E	Used EV purchase	$4,000	DEAD — ended for vehicles acquired after 30 Sep 2025
§45W	Commercial / leased EV	$7,500	DEAD — ended for vehicles acquired after 30 Sep 2025
§30C	Home EV charger + install	$1,000 (residential)	ALIVE until 30 Jun 2026, then terminates
Car-loan interest deduction	Interest on a new-vehicle loan	$10,000/yr deduction	Active 2025–2028 (not a charger credit)

The $7,500 new-EV credit (§30D) and the $4,000 used-EV credit (§25E) — along with the §45W commercial/leasing credit — all ended for vehicles acquired after 30 September 2025, killed by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Public Law 119-21) [1].

That deadline passed nine months ago. If a guide tells you that you can still get $7,500 off a new EV in 2026, it is simply out of date.

§30C — the charger credit — is the survivor. It is a different statute, covering the equipment rather than the vehicle, and it runs until 30 June 2026 [1]. So when someone says "the EV tax credit ends June 30," they are right only about the charger credit. The car credits already died last autumn. Getting this distinction right is not pedantry — it changes what you should be doing this week. There is no point rushing to buy a car for a credit that no longer exists; there is every point rushing to finish a charger install for one that still does.

You will also see secondary sites claim the §30C credit "drops to 20% on 1 July." That is wrong. The IRS guidance is explicit that the credit "will not be allowed for any property placed in service after June 30, 2026" — it terminates, it does not step down [1].

What replaced the car credits — and why it isn't a charger credit

For completeness, because people ask: the OBBBA did create one new federal support, but it is not an EV incentive and not a charger credit. It is an above-the-line deduction for interest on a new-vehicle loan, up to $10,000 a year for tax years 2025 through 2028 [5]. It applies to any qualifying U.S.-assembled new vehicle — petrol, hybrid or electric — and because it is a deduction rather than a credit, its cash value is your marginal tax rate times the interest, usually a few hundred dollars, not thousands. It has nothing to do with installing a charger. We mention it only so you can cross it off your §30C checklist. Our full breakdown of the post-credit landscape lives in what replaced the EV tax credit in 2026.

What to do in the days you have left

The playbook is short and time-critical:

1. Check your census tract today using the IRS criteria or Rewiring America's lookup [3][8]. If your address doesn't qualify, stop here — the federal credit isn't available to you, and your utility rebate becomes the move instead.
2. If you qualify, book an electrician to complete and energise the install before 30 June — not just to order parts. Confirm in writing that the job will be placed in service by the deadline.
3. Keep every receipt — charger, parts, labour, permit. The credit is 30% of the combined cost, and you claim it on Form 8911 with your return [2].
4. Stack your utility rebate where one exists; it often exceeds the federal credit and usually isn't tied to 30 June [8]. Our home charger installation cost by state guide maps the notable utility rebates state by state.
5. California / SCE customers: your big rebate (Charge Ready Home, up to $4,200) also closes 30 June 2026 — see our SCE Charge Ready Home deadline guide. For SCE customers this is a double deadline, not a fallback.

Before you commit to a charger and an electrician, it's worth knowing what the unit will actually cost you to run once it's on the wall — the running cost, not just the install. Put your own mileage and electricity rate into the calculator below to see the monthly number.

The bottom line

The §30C home-charger credit is the last federal EV incentive still standing in 2026, and it is standing on a deadline. Up to $1,000 back, 30% of your install cost, for an eligible address, on a charger placed in service by 30 June 2026 [1][2]. It is not the $7,500 car credit — that died last September — and it does not taper into July; it stops. If your tract qualifies and you've been on the fence, the fence is on fire. Check your address, book the install to finish before the deadline, and keep the receipts. After 30 June, home-charger help is a state-and-utility story, and we've mapped that one too.

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Common questions

When exactly does the federal EV charger tax credit end? The §30C credit ends for any charging equipment placed in service after 30 June 2026 [1]. "Placed in service" means installed and operational — energised and ready to charge — not merely ordered or paid for [2].

How much is the §30C home charger credit worth? 30% of the combined cost of the charger and its installation, capped at $1,000 for a home install [2]. A $1,200 job earns $360; a $2,500 job earns $750; you reach the full $1,000 only above about $3,334 (our calculation) [2].

Is the §30C charger credit the same as the $7,500 EV tax credit? No. The $7,500 new-car credit (§30D) and the $4,000 used-car credit (§25E) ended on 30 September 2025 [1]. §30C is a separate credit for the charging equipment and runs until 30 June 2026.

Does my address qualify for the §30C credit? Only if it sits in an eligible low-income or non-urban census tract. The IRS estimates roughly two-thirds of U.S. addresses qualify — check yours with the IRS criteria or Rewiring America's lookup before booking [3][8].

I'll miss 30 June. Is there any home-charger help left after that? Yes, via your state and utility, which aren't tied to the federal deadline [8]. But SCE's Charge Ready Home (up to $4,200) also closes 30 June 2026, so it isn't a fallback for SCE customers.

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About the author

Petra Halvorsen — Energy & E-Mobility Cost Analyst. Petra analyses EV running and ownership costs for ChargeCostLab, reconciling federal statute, utility tariffs and installer pricing into figures buyers can act on. She does not accept payment from automakers, charging networks or energy suppliers, and every figure here is traceable to the primary source listed below.

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Sources

1. IRS — FAQs for modification of §§25C, 25D, 25E, 30C, 30D, 45L, 45W and 179D under Public Law 119-21 (OBBB). https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/faqs-for-modification-of-sections-25c-25d-25e-30c-30d-45l-45w-and-179d-under-public-law-119-21-139-stat-72-july-4-2025-commonly-known-as-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-obbb
2. IRS — Instructions for Form 8911, Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit. https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i8911
3. IRS — Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit for Individuals (eligible census tracts). https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/alternative-fuel-vehicle-refueling-property-credit-for-individuals
4. Plug In America — Federal Tax Credits for EV Charging Infrastructure (30C). https://pluginamerica.org/learn/federal-ev-tax-credits/ev-charging-infrastructure-30c/
5. Congressional Research Service — Clean Vehicle Tax Credits (IF12600). https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12600
6. Qmerit — Understanding Your EV Home Charging Station Costs for Installation. https://qmerit.com/blog/understanding-your-ev-home-charging-station-costs-for-installation/
7. HomeGuide — How Much Does It Cost to Install an EV Charger at Home?. https://www.homeguide.com/costs/ev-charging-station-installation-cost
8. Rewiring America — 30C EV charger tax credit: a guide for homeowners. https://homes.rewiringamerica.org/federal-incentives/30c-ev-charger-tax-credit

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