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You have to have taxable income in order to receive the EIC.
Taxable earned income includes:
Preview of 2013 Tax Year for EIC
Taxable earned income includes:
- Wages, salaries, tips, and other taxable employee pay;
- Union strike benefits;
- Long-term disability benefits received prior to minimum retirement age;
- Net earnings from self-employment if:
- You own or operate a business or a farm or
- You are a minister or member of a religious order (see Special Rules page for more information);
- You are a statutory employee and have income. (See definition of statutory employee on our Helpful Definitions and Acronyms for EITC page).
Preview of 2013 Tax Year for EIC
Earned Income and adjusted gross income (AGI) must each be less than:
- $46,227 ($51,567 married filing jointly) with three or more qualifying children
- $43,038 ($48,378 married filing jointly) with two qualifying children
- $37,870 ($43,210 married filing jointly) with one qualifying child
- $14,340 ($19,680 married filing jointly) with no qualifying children
Tax Year 2013 maximum credit:
- $6,044 with three or more qualifying children
- $5,372 with two qualifying children
- $3,250 with one qualifying child
- $487 with no qualifying children
May 31, 2019
4:44 PM