<human>: I'm looking at a scenario where I may have goofed on something.  Looking to seek clarification on whether or not I have shot myself in the foot here.

The government is offering 30% tax credit on solar panel installs.  So, I ponied up and got the install done.  I also have a reservation in for a Tesla Model 3.  In reviewing posts on /r/teslamotors a lot of folks are mentioning that the tax credits are based on tax liability, and as such not everyone will qualify for the tax credits.

Being that I now have a 10k incentive on the line, I dug into it more to gain a better understanding.  In doing some searching online I was able to find the following:

Which states which line on your tax return from the previous year indicates your tax liability, and what I presume is what the tax credit will refund from.  Problem is that when I look at line 39 from my 1040A tax return from last year, it says that my "total tax" is about 1500.

Based on that information, am I correct in assuming that I will not see the 10k credit from the solar install?  Additionally, that I would not qualify for the full $7500 from buying the Model 3?

If I'm reading this correctly, the education tax credit I qualify for since I'm in school, and the child credits I get for having kids basically ate up the bulk of my liability.

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<bot>: Line 39 of my 1040A says my total tax was around $1500 last year, does that mean I can receive a max of $1500 in tax credits?