topic My EIC qualifying stepchild is 17 and when trying to file it says it doesn't due to she is over 17, in your instructions and the 1040 instructions states under 19 yrs in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-eic-qualifying-stepchild-is-17-and-when-trying-to-file-it-says-it-doesn-t-due-to-she-is-over-17/01/375731#M155848 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:15:05 GMT MORENOJF 2019-06-04T00:15:05Z My EIC qualifying stepchild is 17 and when trying to file it says it doesn't due to she is over 17, in your instructions and the 1040 instructions states under 19 yrs https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-eic-qualifying-stepchild-is-17-and-when-trying-to-file-it-says-it-doesn-t-due-to-she-is-over-17/01/375731#M155848 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:15:05 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-eic-qualifying-stepchild-is-17-and-when-trying-to-file-it-says-it-doesn-t-due-to-she-is-over-17/01/375731#M155848 MORENOJF 2019-06-04T00:15:05Z I think you are misreading what you see. A 17 year old do... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/i-think-you-are-misreading-what-you-see-a-17-year-old-do/01/375735#M155849 I think you are misreading what you see. A 17 year old does qualify for the EIC, but a 17 year old does not qualify for the Child Tax Credit which is a completely separate thing. Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:15:07 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/i-think-you-are-misreading-what-you-see-a-17-year-old-do/01/375735#M155849 jerry2000 2019-06-04T00:15:07Z thank you! yes I was misreading. thanks again for the exp... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/thank-you-yes-i-was-misreading-thanks-again-for-the-exp/01/375743#M155850 thank you! yes I was misreading. thanks again for the explanation Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:15:08 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/thank-you-yes-i-was-misreading-thanks-again-for-the-exp/01/375743#M155850 MORENOJF 2019-06-04T00:15:08Z