Hal_Al
Level 15

Get your taxes done using TurboTax

TurboTax is doing it correctly.

The earned income credit is first calculated (actually looked up in a table) on your earned income; then it is calculated on your total income (AGI)*. You get the lesser of the two calculated EIC numbers. See the 2018 EIC table at:

https://taxmap.irs.gov/taxmap/instr/i1040gi-015.htm

*your earned income + your unemployment + any other income


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