Do you get a K-1 from the partnership? He has to have an entry in Box 14A for the amounts to count as compensation. If his self-employment business had a loss, this offsets his earned income that qualifies for the credit. There is a worksheet you can look at to see if this happened in your case. Look at Part ll of the Earned Income Wks. There are columns for you and your spouse and they both need to reflect positive totals on Line 8. @netska
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