No, you do not need to pay back what you get for EIC if you chose to use 2019 earned income. This is supposed to be a temporary relief provided through the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020.
If your earned income was higher in 2019 than in 2020, you can use the 2019 amount to calculate your EITC for 2020. For more information, click here: EIC
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