{"id":84,"date":"2016-02-28T16:48:34","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T16:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/blogs\/eitc\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2016-03-09T01:36:33","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T01:36:33","slug":"how-do-i-claim-eitc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/en\/how-do-i-claim-eitc\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I claim EITC?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-363\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/183\/files\/2016\/02\/2015-02-17-taxreturns-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"2015-02-17-taxreturns-thumb\" width=\"570\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/files\/2016\/02\/2015-02-17-taxreturns-thumb.jpg 570w, https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/files\/2016\/02\/2015-02-17-taxreturns-thumb-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/files\/2016\/02\/2015-02-17-taxreturns-thumb-451x300.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In order to claim EITC for 2015,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">First, you must <strong>qualify<\/strong> (click <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/do-i-qualify-to-receive-eitc\/\">here<\/a> to find out if you qualify).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Second, you\u00a0must file your<strong> federal tax return<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can claim your EITC refund even if you do not owe taxes, or even\u00a0if you are not required to file a federal tax return.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy,\u00a0millions of people have done it, click <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/relevant-forms\/\">here<\/a> to find out how you can do it too!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to claim EITC for 2015, First, you must qualify (click here to find out if you qualify). Second, you\u00a0must file your federal tax return. You can claim your EITC refund even if you do not owe taxes, or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/en\/how-do-i-claim-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-84","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84","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=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mu.law.columbia.edu\/eitc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}