Unfortunately, unemployment is not earned income. The American Rescue Plan of 2021 has a “lookback” provision that allows you to use your 2019 earned income instead of your 2021 earned income to calculate the Earned Income Credit (EIC) or Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC) on your 2021 tax return if doing so makes the credit larger.
Here is a TurboTax help article with instructions to use the lookback provision.
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