Do I get a credit or deduction if my child is disabled?
If your child is older than 12 and you need to pay someone to take care of him while you work, you can say he is disabled and you can still get the childcare credit on your federal return. Or if he is 19 or older you may still be able to claim him as a qualifying child dependent on your federal return.
Aside from those things, there is no federal tax advantage to saying that your child is disabled. Your state tax laws might be different.
You have not mentioned the age of your disabled child. Is the child older than 18? Or older than 23 if not a student? You do not get "extra" EIC for saying that a qualifying child is disabled. Earned income credit is shown on line 27 of your Form 1040.
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