You could be eligible to get more money back from the IRS – as much as $5,666. If you earned less than $48,362 from wages, self-employment, or farming last year, you may qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit[1] – or EITC.
EITC is a financial boost for working people hit by hard economic times. You may qualify for the first time if your financial, marital or parental status changed in 2010.
Eligibility is based on several factors[2], including the source and amount of your income, or combined income if married, whether you have qualifying children and how many. Workers without children also may qualify.
Four of five eligible people claim and get their EITC. Use IRS’s online EITC Assistant[3] to see if you qualify. If so, you must file to get it.
Free help is available at volunteer income tax assistance sites and IRS Taxpayer Assistance Centers[4]. Locate a volunteer site by calling your community’s 211 or 311 number for local services or call the IRS at 1-800-906-9887.
Get back even more if your state[5] also has an EITC.
EITC. You earned it. Now file, claim it and get it.