You can just enter all your information into the program and you will be told if you qualify.
To claim the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), you must have what qualifies as earned income and meet certain adjusted gross income (AGI) and credit limits for the current, previous and upcoming tax years.
Types of Earned Income
- Wages, salary or tips where federal income taxes are withheld on Form W-2, box 1
- Income from a job where your employer didn’t withhold tax (such as gig economy work) including:
- Driving a car for booked rides or deliveries
- Running errands or doing tasks
- Selling goods online
- Providing creative or professional services
- Providing other temporary, on-demand or freelance work
- Money made from self-employment, including if you:
- Benefits from a union strike
- Certain disability benefits you got before you were the minimum retirement age
- Nontaxable Combat Pay (Form W-2, box 12 with code Q)
Earned income does not include:
- Pay you got for work when you were an inmate in a penal institution
- Interest and dividends
- Pensions or annuities
- Social Security
- Unemployment benefits
- Alimony
- Child support
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