{"id":80,"date":"2016-02-28T16:47:27","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T16:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/blogs\/eitc\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2016-03-31T22:27:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T22:27:55","slug":"do-i-qualify-to-receive-eitc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/en\/do-i-qualify-to-receive-eitc\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I qualify for EITC?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Start here:\u00a0<\/strong>Let&#8217;s find out if you qualify for EITC!<\/p>\n<p>You\u00a0have\u00a0two options:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Option 1: Use the EITC assistant provided by IRS to find out<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For English speakers, click<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.irs.gov\/app\/eitc2015\/Forward_Filing_Status.do\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.irs.gov\/app\/eitc2015\/SetLanguage.do?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>For Spanish speakers, click <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.irs.gov\/app\/eitc2015\/SetLanguage.do?lang=es\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It tells you whether you qualify, and gives you an estimate of how much cash you can get back.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Option 2: Answer the following series of questions.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>#1. Do you have<strong> earned income<\/strong>? (If you do, go to #2 below)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Earned income is money you earn from working for someone else, or from working on your farm or business. For example, money on your paycheck is earned income.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>#2. Are you a <strong>U.S. citizen<\/strong> or <strong>permanent resident<\/strong>? (If you are, go to #3 below)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You must have been a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (greencard holder) for all year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>#3. Do you have a valid <strong>Social Security Number<\/strong>? (If you do, go to #4 below)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you are married and filing a joint return, your spouse must also have a valid Social Security Number.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>#4. If you are married, are you <strong>filing a joint return<\/strong>? (If you are, go to #5 below)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you are married your filing status cannot be &#8220;married filing separately&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>#5: You cannot have <strong>foreign earned income<\/strong>.\u00a0(If you don&#8217;t, go to #6 below)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do NOT worry about this if you have not lived abroad\u00a0last year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>#6: Is your <strong>earned income<\/strong> and <strong>adjusted gross income<\/strong>\u00a0within set limits\u00a0(If it is, go to #7 below)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For more information, click <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/earned-income-and-adjusted-gross-income-agi-limits\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>#7:\u00a0You cannot\u00a0be a <strong>qualifying child<\/strong> of another\u00a0taxpayer.\u00a0(If you are not, go to #8 below)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To find out if you are a\u00a0<strong>qualifying child<\/strong>, click <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/tests-for-qualifying-child\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>#8: One final step, you must either have a\u00a0<strong>qualifying child<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">OR<\/span>\u00a0meet\u00a0these three conditions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Be age 25 but under 65 at the end of the year,<\/li>\n<li>Have lived in the U.S. for more than half the year, and<\/li>\n<li>Not qualify as a dependent of another person.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>To find out if you have a <strong>qualifying child<\/strong>, click <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/tests-for-qualifying-child\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you satisfy #1 to #8, that&#8217;s great news, click <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/relevant-forms\/\">here<\/a> for next steps.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-279\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/183\/files\/2016\/02\/happy-family-vacation-md-new.25761620_std.jpg\" alt=\"happy-family-vacation-md-new.25761620_std\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start here:\u00a0Let&#8217;s find out if you qualify for EITC! You\u00a0have\u00a0two options: &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Option 1: Use the EITC assistant provided by IRS to find out For English speakers, click\u00a0here. For Spanish speakers, click here. It tells you whether you qualify, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/en\/do-i-qualify-to-receive-eitc\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1117,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-80","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}