Earned Income Credit is a credit given to lower income individuals.
You qualify if:
- You have income from earnings
(for example, from a job, your own business, union strike benefits,
certain long-term disability benefits).
- You did not receive more than
$3,400 in interest or dividends, or income from rentals, royalties or
stock and other asset sales during 2017.
- You are single or, if
married, do not use the Married Filing Separate status.
- You, your spouse and
children, if applicable, all have Social Security numbers.
- You and your spouse are not
being considered as a child on someone else's tax return for purposes of
the earned income credit.
- You are not excluding any
income you earned in a foreign country on your return.
- You are a citizen or resident
of the United States.
- You have dependents.
- You do not have a qualifying
child, but you and your spouse are between 25 and 65, not the dependents
of anyone else, and you have lived in the United States for more than half
of the year.
