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Tips and Guidance for Determining Filing Status

To determine your filing status, we ask you a series of questions. Here are some tips for using this tool:

  • The results from this tool can be used to determine your EITC eligibility.
  • Allow approximately 10-15 minutes to complete this tool.
  • Please answer all questions on each page.
  • The mouse pointer turns into a Mouse cursor with question mark when it is over certain blue, underlined text (links) which can be clicked to display helpful information in pop-up windows.
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