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How to unclaim the Earned Income Credit

TurboTax provides me with Earned Income Credit which I do not want to claim. 

 

In TurboTax, there is no option to unclaim this credit in an appropriate way. I read other discussion posts, but none of them works

 

Here is what I tried: 

(1) For the TurboTax online, I deleted 8862 form in the Tax Tools -> Tools -> Delete a form. I cleared the cache and refreshed the page, however, it does not work

 

(2) I also deleted "Earned Income Worksheet" and "Earned Income Credit Worksheet" in the section of "Delete a form" page.  However,  even if I clicked on "delete" button to remove them, these two forms are still there. I tried it many many times.  very very tired ....

 

(3) From other discussion posts, I did not find any other related form that I should delete 

 

(4) One post said we could answer an interview question by choosing " I got an IRS notice saying that I can’t claim the Earned Income Credit in 2021".  However, is it ok if I did not get the letter actually? Will it trigger some negative consequences? 

 

 

So, are there anything I should do to unclaim this credit?  Appreciate it if someone could help 

 

I really hope TurboTax could add an option for our users to directly unclaim the credit in the interview questions of the EIC part. 

 

Thanks!