"2. in the event that she cant claim herself as a dependent, can i use her earned income as my own earned income since I would get more money back than her and I could give her money from that?"
NO you cannot put your child's income on your own return in order to get EIC. The IRS matches up income reported on W-2's with the Social Security numbers that they are reported on by the employer and by the tax return filer. You would be committing tax fraud if you used your daughter's income to get more EIC.
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