The answer is possibly "yes",
based on your situation. The Earned Income Tax Credit is a credit given for
"earned income", and cleaning houses is an example of earned income.
Note that there are a number of rules for the eligibility for the Earned
Income Credit - from the IRS
website:
"To claim EITC on your tax return, you must meet all the following
rules:
- You, your spouse (if you file
a joint return), and all others listed on Schedule EIC, must have a Social
Security number that is valid for employment
- You must have earned income from working for someone else or owning
or running a farm or business
- Your filing status cannot be
married filing separately
- You must be a U.S. citizen or
resident alien all year (If you are a nonresident alien married to a U.S.
citizen or resident alien, see Publication
519, U.S. Tax Guide for Aliens)
- You cannot
be a qualifying child of another person
- You cannot file Form 2555 or
Form 2555 EZ (related to foreign
earned income)
- You must meet the earned
income, AGI and investment income limits (income limits change each year),
see EITC Income Limits for the tax year amounts
- And you must meet one of the
following:
- Have a qualifying
child (see who is a qualifying child below)
- If you do not have a
qualifying child, you must:
- be age 25 but under
65 at the end of the year,
- live in the United
States for more than half the year, and
- not qualify as a
dependent of another person."
TurboTax
will walk you through the process and correctly determine your eligibility.
