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About You

Tell us about yourself. Your responses will help us determine whether you qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).

Select the tax year you would like to check your EITC eligibility for: (Required)

2025

2024

2023

Were you a U.S. Citizen or Resident Alien for all of ?* (Required)

U.S. Citizen or Resident Alien

Yes

You don’t qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

You must be a U.S. citizen or resident alien to claim the Earned Income Tax Credit. See Publication 519, U.S. Tax Guide for Aliens, to determine if you are a U.S. resident alien for the entire year.

Note: Select Yes if you are filing a joint return with your spouse for and either you or your spouse were a U.S. citizen or resident alien for the entire year.

Do you have a valid Social Security number that was issued on or before the due date of your tax return (including extensions)?* (Required)

Valid Social Security Number

Yes

You don’t qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

You can’t claim the EITC because you don’t have a valid Social Security number issued on or before the due date of your tax return.

For more information, see Publication 596, Earned Income Credit.

Are you filing Form 2555, Foreign Earned Income?* (Required)

Foreign Earned Income excluded from Gross Income

Yes

You don’t qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

You can’t claim the earned income credit if you file Form 2555, Foreign Earned Income.

See Publication 54, Tax Guide for U.S. Citizens and Resident Aliens Abroad, for more information.

Will someone else claim you as a dependent or qualifying child for the EITC on their tax return?* (Required)

You as a Dependent or Qualifying Child

Yes

You don’t qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

You don’t qualify for the EITC if you are someone else’s qualifying child for the EITC.

For more information about whether someone can claim you as a qualifying child for the EITC, see Publication 596, Earned Income Credit, You Cannot Be a Qualifying Child of Another Taxpayer.

You don’t qualify for the EITC if you are someone else’s dependent unless you have a qualifying child for the EITC.

Please select the range that describes your age at the end of .* (Required)

24 and under

Between 25 and 64

65 and older

Tax Year

For wages and other income earned in:

2025, select 2025
2024, select 2024
2023, select 2023

U.S. Citizen or Resident Alien

If you are not a U.S. citizen, you're considered an alien.

You're considered a resident alien for the EITC if you have a green card, or you lived in the U.S. for more than a certain number of days.

For more information and important exceptions, see Publication 519, U.S. Tax Guide for Aliens.

Valid Social Security Number

You must have a valid Social Security number (SSN) that is issued by the Social Security Administration on or before the due date of your tax return (including extensions).

If your Social Security card reads “Valid for work with DHS authorization” or “Valid for work with INS authorization” on it, it is a valid SSN if the authorization is still valid.

For the EITC, we don't accept:

IRS Individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN)
Adoption taxpayer identification number (ATIN)
Social Security number issued after the due date of the return, including extensions
Social Security number issued solely to apply for or receive a federally funded benefit such as Medicaid

See Publication 596 for more information on a valid Social Security Number.

Foreign Earned Income excluded from Gross Income

This refers to income you earned outside the United States, District of Columbia, or U.S. possessions or territories which you have elected to exclude on a Form 2555, Foreign Earned Income.

You as a Dependent or Qualifying Child

In most cases you cannot be a dependent or qualifying child of another taxpayer and claim the EITC.

In most cases, if you're under age 19 or a student under age 24 and live with your parents or other relatives in the United States for more than half of the year, select Yes.

If you’re married and filing a joint return, you can’t be claimed as a dependent unless you’re filing a joint return only to claim a refund of withheld income taxes or estimated taxes paid.

For more information about whether someone can claim you as a dependent, visit Whom May I Claim as a Dependent?

For more information about whether someone can claim you as a qualifying child for the EITC, see Publication 596, Earned Income Credit, You Cannot Be a Qualifying Child of Another Taxpayer.

We'll ask about children or relatives you might claim later.

Who can I claim as a dependent?

Dependents are typically:

Children under the age of 19
Students under the age of 24 who live with their parents
Relatives or members of your household who get more than half of their financial support from you and who have a gross income under $5,050

You can’t claim your spouse as a dependent if you file jointly.

Learn more about dependents.

How do I know if I’m someone’s dependent?

If you relied on someone else (other than your spouse) for support in , they might be able to claim you as a dependent on their federal tax return.

There are a few factors that determine whether someone can claim you as a dependent, including:

Your relationship to that person
How much they supported you, financially and in other ways
If you lived with them and for how long

Review Table 5 in IRS Publication 501 to determine if someone else might be able to claim you.

Keep in mind that you aren’t someone else’s dependent if you paid for more than half of your own support (or if your spouse did).

Confirmation

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EITC Assistant

About You

You don’t qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

You don’t qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

You don’t qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

You don’t qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

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