EV charger rebates and incentives, by who actually pays them

There is no federal tax credit for an EV charger installed today — for a home or for a business. Public Law 119-21 moved the termination of the Section 30C Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit to June 30, 2026, and both halves of it ended on that date: the 30% residential credit capped at $1,000 per port, and the business credit of 6% (30% with prevailing wage and apprenticeship) capped at $100,000 per item. The separate Section 30D and 25E clean-vehicle credits ended for deliveries after September 30, 2025.

Most pages you will find on this subject still say you can claim thirty percent back, up to $1,000. That has not been true since June 30, 2026. It was also never universal: while the credit was live, a home had to sit in an eligible census tract — low-income or non-urban — so a great many suburban installs never qualified even then. If a quote you receive nets a federal credit against the price, the quote is wrong, and the difference comes out of your pocket.