@teamwork911 wrote:
Turbotax deleted most of my text. Here is the original question:
I am claiming my partner as a dependent. She made less than 500$ in 2021. She went to file her taxes and it showed under the EITC that she could use tax year 2019 earned income to qualify for more credit back. Her 2019 earned income was around $14000. If she does this will I still be able to claim her? Or will this disqualify her from being my dependent?
If you claim your partner as a dependent, then she can't claim any dependents and will not be eligible for EIC or the child tax credit.
If they are also your children, you may be able to claim your partner and the children and get these credits on your return. If they are not your children, you will want to not claim your partner this year and have them file their own tax return.
Note that this only applies to 2021. In 2022, unless you are married, the tax code goes back to the old rules, and if your partner doesn't work, they will get nothing or almost nothing, and it may be better for you to claim them next year. But this will have to wait until then and see if the law changes again at some point.
