After you file


@bigcwoody wrote:

I definitely had a w-2 with all of the typical withholdings in 2021.  


I still "feel" like a cadet shouldn't qualify for EIC because the government is giving you a free ride anyway.  But Congress was in such a hurry to give away money they didn't have, that they may have been too sloppy to notice what they were doing or they didn't care.  If it's legal, it's legal. Good luck.