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2023 Tesla Model 3 w/ 3 Months Supercharging + $7500 Federal Tax Credit

(For Qualifying Buyers)

from $37830

$40,240

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Tesla is offering its 2023 Tesla Model 3 starting from $37830. This model now qualifies for the $7500 Federal Tax Credit (more information here and here).

Thanks to community member krispytreat007 for sharing this deal.

Note, price and availability will vary by location and may be limited. Additional fees may apply.

Additionally, this includes 3 months free unlimited Supercharging if ordered and delivered between June 14 and June 30, 2023.

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  • To qualify for the federal tax credit, one must not exceed the following adjusted gross income limits:
    • $300000 for married couples filing jointly
    • $225000 for heads of households
    • $150000 for all other filers
  • The credit is nonrefundable, so you can't get back more on the credit than you owe in taxes. You can't apply any excess credit to future tax years.
  • See the forum thread for deal discussion.
  • Get 1%-5% cash back on deals like this with a cash back credit card. Compare the available cash back credit cards here.

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Tesla is offering its 2023 Tesla Model 3 starting from $37830. This model now qualifies for the $7500 Federal Tax Credit (more information here and here).

Thanks to community member krispytreat007 for sharing this deal.

Note, price and availability will vary by location and may be limited. Additional fees may apply.

Additionally, this includes 3 months free unlimited Supercharging if ordered and delivered between June 14 and June 30, 2023.

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • To qualify for the federal tax credit, one must not exceed the following adjusted gross income limits:
    • $300000 for married couples filing jointly
    • $225000 for heads of households
    • $150000 for all other filers
  • The credit is nonrefundable, so you can't get back more on the credit than you owe in taxes. You can't apply any excess credit to future tax years.
  • See the forum thread for deal discussion.
  • Get 1%-5% cash back on deals like this with a cash back credit card. Compare the available cash back credit cards here.

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Eagles89
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You forgot to mention the $1390 destination fee, $425 for wall connector, $230 for mobile charger, $250 non-refundable order fee.
scn312
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Tesla Model 3 RWD starts at $40,240 but is now eligible for the full $7,500 federal tax credit (income limits apply). Previously, it was only eligible for $3,750. This makes the starting price $32,740 after tax credit.

https://www.tesla.com/model3/design

Deal is even sweeter if you live in a state with additional credits:

VT: $26,320
MA: $26,830
PA: $27,330
RI: $27,820
DE: $27,820
NY: $28,320
CA: $28,330
CO: $28,330
CT: $29,030
ME: $29,320

Full tax credit details below, but the following income limits apply:

$300,000 for married couples filing jointly
$225,000 for heads of households
$150,000 for all other filers

https://www.irs.gov/credits-deduc...3-or-after
Knightshade
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NO IT DOES NOT.

Withholding is totally irrelevant to qualifying for the credit.

If you're unclear on this go read a 1040.

The part where you compute tax liability is lines 16 through 24.

THAT is where the $7500 EV credit comes off.

Your withholdings aren't even looked at until after that on line 25+







This is also not correct.

The Child Tax Credit is worth a maximum of $2,000 per qualifying child. Up to $1,600 is refundable for the 2023 tax year.

Refundable credits are computed AFTER non-refundable ones-- so the CTC is only "worth" $400 off your tax burden for these purposes- the $1600 left is refundable.

Thus if you had say $7900 in tax burden and one CTC and one EV credit, your tax burden would go to $0 and you'd get a full refund of the $1600 refundable part of the CTC


Source:
https://www.nerdwallet.com/articl...tax-credit

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Knightshade
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Quote from redcashmere :
Apparently quite a few do OTAs.

https://electrek.co/2022/06/07/ov...r-compare/


If you actually read the link it mentions most car makers "OTA" is just things like map/infotainment updates.... VERY few offer any OTA capabilities beyond that.
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redcashmere
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Quote from Knightshade :
If you actually read the link it mentions most car makers "OTA" is just things like map/infotainment updates.... VERY few offer any OTA capabilities beyond that.
The person mentioned car makers offering OTAs. I responded with a link that gives some details that apparently it is common. It is also an older link so presumably more do and more will. Regardless the comment responded to the content of the post.
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Quote from cscamp20 :
Why would a M3 gas guzzler get a tax credit?
M3 = model 3.
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Quote from redcashmere :
The person mentioned car makers offering OTAs. I responded with a link that gives some details that apparently it is common. It is also an older link so presumably more do and more will. Regardless the comment responded to the content of the post.

The post you replied to was specifically about adding new features to the car-- not just updating the maps.



For example my Tesla has actually got multiple performance increases over the air.

The ADAS/self-driving software updates often over the air.

Tesla added a bunch of safety features including cabin overheat protection, dog mode, and significant improvements to emergency braking OTA.

These (and many more) remain things most car makers simply can not do on ANY of their cars today--- and only a very few others can do some of these on a very few models.



This is a fundamental difference, because Tesla owns the entire process and writes all their own firmware and software.

Most legacy car makers farm this stuff out to a slew of different vendors with no coordination between them... so Bosch might write their ABS software, Mobileye might write their ADAS software, some other team might write their climate control software, and yet another writes their infotainment stuff, and so on.... and the car maker has direct control or ability to change almost none of it.

Some are TRYING to fix this.... But it's not a core competency and they're generally doing badly at it--- VW famously has set billions of dollars on fire trying to learn how software is actually done and utterly failed at it so far (they most recently fired almost everyone in charge of their massive money-losing software division for being years behind figuring out how to do anything... and not the first time they had to fire the people in charge for incompetence)


https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023...hip-again/


Quote :
Volkswagen Group's troubled software division Cariad is getting new leadership again. According to Reuters, later today, VW Group is expected to announce that it's replacing Cariad's current boss with Bentley's Peter Bosch. The division was created in 2019 to consolidate software development for VW's 10 different brands under one roof. But it's been anything but smooth sailing ever since, resulting in delays to new models and even the firing of former VW CEO Herbert Diess in 2022.
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dplane
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I see posters like knightshade are on their usual Tesla shilling rampage again. Some posters on SD should have tags of who they're sponsored by. Not just Tesla threads.
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msfootball2009
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Quote from aphex :
The easiest way to think about it is to first ignore how much you would get back, ignore withholding, etc. just focus on how much your tax liability was for the year.

Using your example, 130k income and 38k tax liability.

Take the 7.5k off your tax liability, so your liability drops to 30.5k for the year.

NOW look at how much tax you paid (40k), and figure out how much of a refund you will get.

"Reduce the amount owed" is talking about your tax liability for the year, nothing to do with how big or small your refund is. Ultimately how much of a refund you get back in the end takes into account how much you did or didn't pay towards your liability for the year, but it doesn't change the impact of the 7.5k.
Thank you!.. so in this event, it sounds like, yes, Bob would get in the realm of $9500 back (30.5k-40k) *assuming he doesn't have a bunch of other random contributing elements.*

With this understanding, there is no advantage to owing more money at the end. With this example, he'd still be getting the full $7,500 whether it be in the form of a check (withheld more) or a subtraction to what's owed (withheld less). The only advantage to withholding LESS that I can see, is doing quarterly filings to disperse the $7500 throughout the year.

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Quote from aphex :
The easiest way to think about it is to first ignore how much you would get back, ignore withholding, etc. just focus on how much your tax liability was for the year.

Using your example, 130k income and 38k tax liability.

Take the 7.5k off your tax liability, so your liability drops to 30.5k for the year.

NOW look at how much tax you paid (40k), and figure out how much of a refund you will get.

"Reduce the amount owed" is talking about your tax liability for the year, nothing to do with how big or small your refund is. Ultimately how much of a refund you get back in the end takes into account how much you did or didn't pay towards your liability for the year, but it doesn't change the impact of the 7.5k.
Thanks for the clear and concise explanation.

So according to 2023 tax brackets to be used when we file tax returns next year, as long as you make at least ~$70k (with following assumptions to make calculations easier: no other non-refundable tax credit, single filer standard deduction, no 401k contributions) you'll be able to take advantage of the full $7,500 EV tax credit, because your tax liability will be at least $7,500.
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ready2rumble
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Damn, I'm usually hovering at the income cap area, but with bonus, and if I max out the 401k, I might get under. All the tbill interest is going to get me over the cap and I wouldn't qualify for any of the rebates. Oh well, guess it's not in the cards for me.
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Quote from dplane :
I see posters like knightshade are on their usual Tesla shilling rampage again. Some posters on SD should have tags of who they're sponsored by. Not just Tesla threads.
It's balanced out by the haters, they all cancel each other and normal people ignore both.
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ViT3633
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Quote from iverticalblue :
M3 = model 3.
For car enthusiasts...

M3 = BMW M3

Maybe abbreviate Tesla Model 3 to TM3 to avoid confusion.
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redcashmere
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Quote from Knightshade :
The post you replied to was specifically about adding new features to the car-- not just updating the maps.



For example my Tesla has actually got multiple performance increases over the air.

The ADAS/self-driving software updates often over the air.

Tesla added a bunch of safety features including cabin overheat protection, dog mode, and significant improvements to emergency braking OTA.

These (and many more) remain things most car makers simply can not do on ANY of their cars today--- and only a very few others can do some of these on a very few models.



This is a fundamental difference, because Tesla owns the entire process and writes all their own firmware and software.

Most legacy car makers farm this stuff out to a slew of different vendors with no coordination between them... so Bosch might write their ABS software, Mobileye might write their ADAS software, some other team might write their climate control software, and yet another writes their infotainment stuff, and so on.... and the car maker has direct control or ability to change almost none of it.

Some are TRYING to fix this.... But it's not a core competency and they're generally doing badly at it--- VW famously has set billions of dollars on fire trying to learn how software is actually done and utterly failed at it so far (they most recently fired almost everyone in charge of their massive money-losing software division for being years behind figuring out how to do anything... and not the first time they had to fire the people in charge for incompetence)


https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023...hip-again/
Again, I responded to a specific post with information regarding that. Lots of makers do OTAs and quite a few apparently do SOFTAs. I linked to an article detailing the differences.

You are clearly very bias here. You are in the Chevy thread shilling for Tesla and here. I do not care one way or the other and have ZERO loyalty to a billion dollar company. I am glad you like your car and presumably have TSLA stock. Of you do then you should disclose that because you are giving information that as stated is clearly bias, and a lot of it in different threads. That is corporatism and problematic across the internet.

Again, I am glad you like your car. I have a car as well however I have ZERO interest in shilling for the company (it may even be a Tesla!). I strongly disagree with your posting bias information frequently and as "advice". I find it unethical and a growing problem across the internet where people personally identify with brands and feel a need to defend/advertise/infoshill for them. For those reasons I am not comfortable discussing anything with you on the matter further.
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Chris_Tian
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Title is extremely misleading.
It's 38k + delivery + fees + tax.
Rebate wont reduce the total amount of taxes you'll pay for the car. Nevermind the fact you need a wall/mobile connector and charger that is also taxed.

This is a 41k before taxes and 44.5k after taxes(not counting dmv fees). 44.5k - 7.5k = 37k.

30k + taxes is 32k. HUGE difference
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Quote from Cherub :
On one hand, WTF!!! I just bought on Monday and now $1,200 off just a few days later?! I was watching prices for two months and still missed it.

On the other hand, I would be thrilled to see the full tax credit available again on the non-Performance 3, but according to the IRS, the credit is still $3,750. See here [fueleconomy.gov]. This is current as of 6/1, so unless something changed since yesterday (and there is no news supporting this), it sounds like an error.
I feel your pain. My M3P was about 14k cheaper within a couple weeks of my delivery date. Frown

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