There is discussion about this issue from 2016 and clarification of instruction for 2022 on this forum. However all the guidance assumes the TP has received a W-2 (or 1099). There is a subset of these individuals that do NOT receive a W-2 because their payments are not only exempt from income tax but are also exempt from FUTA and FICA because they care for family members. These individuals do NOT receive a W-2 because they have no withholding and IRS does not require issuance of a W-2 if there are no wothholdings. However, the payments qualify as earned income for EITC, under the same rulings as those who DO receive W-2s. How are these payments to be handled in TT? Entering as "Other Income" then deducting under 2014-7 does NOT result in payments counting as earned income for EITC. Creating a substitute W-2 would, but since there is no W-2 issued won't IRS reject this filing?
