DanaB27
Employee Tax Expert

Get your taxes done using TurboTax

Your 2019 earned income is only used to calculate the Child Tax Credit (or Earned Income Credit if you select it in that section) but it is not used to calculate your 2020 tax. Your 2020 tax is still calculated with your 2020 taxable income.

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