Instructions For Form 1040-A - U.s. Individual Income Tax Return - 2016 Page 50
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922017 Form 1040A—Lines 42a and 42b
Earned Income Credit (EIC) Worksheet—Lines 42a and 42b
Keep for Your Records
Part 1
1.
Enter your earned income from Step 5.
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All Filers
2.
Look up the amount on line 1 in the EIC Table to nd the credit.
2
Be sure you use the correct column for your ling status and the
number of children you have. Enter the credit here.
STOP
If line 2 is zero,
You can’t take the credit.
Enter “No” to the left of the entry space for line 42a.
3.
Enter the amount from Form 1040A, line 22.
3
4.
Are the amounts on lines 3 and 1 the same?
Yes.
Skip line 5; enter the amount from line 2 on line 6.
No.
Go to line 5.
5.
If you have:
Part 2
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No qualifying children, is the amount on line 3 less than $8,350
($13,950 if married ling jointly)?
Filers Who
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1 or more qualifying children, is the amount on line 3 less than $18,350
Answered
($23,950 if married ling jointly)?
“No” on
Yes.
Leave line 5 blank; enter the amount from line 2 on line 6.
Line 4
No. Look up the amount on line 3 in the EIC Table to nd
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the credit. Be sure you use the correct column for your ling
status and the number of children you have. Enter the credit here.
Look at the amounts on lines 5 and 2.
Then, enter the smaller amount on line 6.
Part 3
This is your earned income credit.
6.
6
Your Earned
Enter this amount on
Form 1040A, line 42a.
Income Credit
Reminder—
1040A
If you have a qualifying child, complete and attach
Schedule EIC.
EIC
If your EIC for a year after 1996 was reduced or disallowed, see
Form 8862, who must le, earlier, to nd out if you must le
Form 8862 to take the credit for 2017.
CAUTION
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