We qualifed for the EICC for our 6 year old son which will not allow of us to receive our return until the end of February. Should we ammend the EICC & wait til 2017?

[ownership15]

We could use our return this year as soon as possible & what if any options can we do?

[Opus 17]

You can't take it off without taking off your child dependent, because turbotax is required by IRS regulations to prepare an accurate return, and because if you leave off EIC but you qualify, the IRS will give it to you anyway.

If you take the child off you will lose many other tax benefits besides EIC.  Then when you file your amended return to claim the EIC and other benefits, it will take 6 months to get paid.

[jerry2000]

Just let it go. If you amend, you have to file the amended return by mail and it takes the IRS 4 MONTHS to process an amended return, so amending will not get your money any sooner than just waiting on what you have already done.