topic Re: CA EITC in State tax filing

CA EITC

mjm8 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 11:12:28 GMT

I cant seem to find an answer as to why turbo tax is saying my son doesn't qualify for the CA EITC when his income is less than 30K and he qualified for it the last two years. According to the list of qualifications, he should qualify. the income is from a W2 and he has lived in CA his whole life.

Re: CA EITC

Bsch4477 — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 01:54:21 GMT

AGI limit is $21,430 if single with no children.

Re: CA EITC

mjm8 — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 04:03:46 GMT

ok. I was just going by the basic requirements when you check the franchise tax board info on CA.GOV site which says 30k max but his income is less than 21K as well. If I use the chart on the FTB CA.gov site, he should qualify. I'm thinking there is something turbo tax is missing or a glitch in their program. His tax info is very basic. just the W2 from the job he has had for a few years. nothing else.

Re: CA EITC

MayaD — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 13:04:36 GMT

Are you claiming your son as a dependent?

If you are claiming him, he does not qualify for the credit.

Re: CA EITC

mjm8 — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 01:37:12 GMT

I'm not claiming him as dependent. I file his taxes for him. he is disabled.

Re: CA EITC

JohnW152 — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 14:34:52 GMT

There could be any number of reasons that a particular taxpayer might not qualify for the California Earned Income Tax Credit.

Did your son possibly have investment income of more than $4,053 during the year? That would disqualify him.

Please see the Specific Instructions in 2021 Instructions for Form FTB 3514 California Earned Income Tax CreditRevised: 02/2022 for specific requirements.

You can also use the EITC Calculator on the California Earned Income Tax Credit and Young Child Tax Credit page to verify whether or not your son qualifies and, if so, for how much.

Re: CA EITC

mjm8 — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 17:05:46 GMT

Thank you for the replies but I'm still not able to resolve this. He has no investments to add. I looked at both links provided and went through the instructions but still don't see anything that would preclude him from the credit for 2021. I might have to try another tax program or file his manually this year. Kind of a bummer as I have always used turbo tax without issue in the past.