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Answer the following multiple-choice and true/false questions about the earned income credit by clicking on the correct answers. To assess your answers, click the Check My Answers button at the bottom of the page.
- Which taxpayer can claim the earned income credit if all other requirements are met?
- Which person cannot be claimed as a qualifying child?
- The taxpayer can receive the earned income credit even if the taxpayer's tax is zero.
- For the earned income credit, there is no adjusted gross income limit.
- If adjusted gross income is the same, the highest earned income credit is for a taxpayer without a qualifying child.
- The earned income credit reduces the income subject to tax.
Answer the following multiple-choice question about qualifying children by clicking on the correct answers. To assess your answers, click the Check My Answers button at the bottom of the page.
- Tonya and Keenan were married and lived together in Alabama with their six-year-old son, Timothy, until August. In August, Keenan moved out. The couple divorced in December. Both Tonya and Keenan have jobs. Tonya's earned income and adjusted gross income for the year were $13,000, and Keenan's earned income and adjusted gross income were $14,000. Who can claim Timothy as a qualifying child for the earned income credit using the tiebreaker rules?
