Hal_Al
Level 15

Deductions & credits

@jtalley22  said "TurboTax is only giving me $1,983 in EITC, which is the amount for a person with no children"

 

That's not correct.  Th maximum a person with no children can get is $649.  

The fact that TT is giving you $1983 may indicate your issue is not with your child qualifying but with adjustments to your income  or how you entered it. 

 

What makes you think you should be getting $4000?

The earned income credit is first calculated (actually looked up in a table) on your earned income then it is calculated on your total income (AGI). You get the lesser of the two calculated EIC numbers. See the 2025 EIC table at page 49 at:

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf

 

Also see Schedule EIC and the EIC worksheet in TurboTax.