EIC is based on the amount of earned income you have, your filing status, and the number of dependents you claim. It can go down if your income goes up or goes down depending on what your income was last year. It can go down if you are claiming fewer children. You can see how much EIC by using this IRS Publication starting on p. 16:<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-dft/i1040tt--dft.pdf">https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-dft/i1040tt--dft.pdf</... amounts would have been similar for 2017 so you can see how your income, filing status or number of children might have changed the amount.
