Even certain taxpayers with no qualifying children can receive the Earned Income Tax Credit. You may still
qualify, below are the limits for the Earned Income Tax Credit in 2016...
Earned income and
adjusted gross income must each be less than:
$14,880
- if you are filing Single, Head of Household or Widowed...with zero qualify
children
$20,430
- if you are filing Married Filing Jointly...with zero qualify children
Investment income
must be $3,450 or less for the year.
The maximum amount
of credit for Tax Year 2016 is:
- $6,269 with three or more
qualifying children
- $5,572 with two qualifying
children
- $3,373 with one qualifying
child
- $506 with no
qualifying children
For more information
on whether a child qualifies you for Earned Income Tax Credit, see:
