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How new US tax credits, rebates will work for clean energy home upgrades
US President Joe Biden signed the big climate bill – the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – earlier this week. Electrek spoke with Dan Gayer, JD, CPA, a senior manager in the tax practice at Baker Newman Noyes, about how homeowners can claim tax credits and rebates as they work to achieve energy efficiency and lower their energy bills. Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit Changes to the former Nonbusiness Energy Property credit, now renamed the Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit, will take effect on January 1, 2023. The old credit was worth 10% of the costs of installing insulation, windows, doors, roofing, and other energy-saving improvements. The old $500 lifetime limitation…
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I’m so obsessed with decorating I went to clean the loo & spray-painted the bathroom
A MUM who turned her rental property into a multicoloured home on the cheap keeps adding to it – even ripping down a wall while ‘cleaning’ the loo. Natasha McBrinn, in her 30s, posts on Instagram and TikTok about her family home in Ormskirk, West Lancs. 9 A mum has revealed how she’s turned her rental home multicoloured – despite having to strip much of it back when she leavesCredit: prettypocketprojects/Instagram 9 Natasha pictured with her toiletCredit: Instagram The blogger did her downstairs bathroom, for just £50 and in 72 hours. But now, while cleaning it, she was inspired to improve it – so TORE DOWN a wall over two…
