EARNED INCOME CREDIT, POVERTY LEVEL CREDIT and REFUNDABLE EARNED INCOME CREDIT WORKSHEET (19A)
PART I – Earned Income Credit
1. Maryland tax (from line 33 of Form 515) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ______________
2. Federal earned income credit _________ x 50% (.50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ______________
3. Multiply line 2 by the Maryland income factor
(from line 9 of Form 505NR).
Enter this amount here and on line 34 of Form 515 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ______________
4. Subtract line 3 from line 1. If less than zero (0) enter zero (0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 ______________
If line 4 is greater than zero (0), you may qualify for the Poverty Level Credit. Go to Part II.
If line 4 is zero (0), you may qualify for the Refundable Earned Income Credit. Go to Part III.
POVERTY INCOME GUIDELINES
PART II – Poverty Level Credit
If you checked filing status 6 on your Maryland return, you are not eligible for this credit.
NUMBER OF
INCOME
EXEMPTIONS
LEVEL
1. Enter the amount from line 21, of Form 515. If you checked filing status 3
ON FEDERAL
(married filing separately) and you filed a joint federal return enter your
RETURN
joint federal adjusted gross income plus any Maryland additions . . . . . . . . . . 1 _________________
1
$11,670
2. Enter the total of your salary, wages, tips and other employee compensation
and net profit from self-employment. (Do not include a farm or business loss.)
2
$15,730
Also include your distributive share of pass-through entity income . . . . . . . . . 2 _________________
3
$19,790
3. Find the number of exemptions in the chart that is the same as the number
of exemptions entered on your federal tax return. Enter the income level
4
$23,850
that corresponds to the exemption number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 _________________
5
$27,910
4. Enter the amount from line 1 or 2, whichever is larger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 _________________
Compare lines 3 and 4. If line 4 is greater than or equal to line 3, STOP HERE.
6
$31,970
You do not qualify for this credit.
7
$36,030
If line 3 is greater than line 4, continue to line 5.
8
$40,090
5. Multiply line 2 of Part II by 5% (.05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 __________________
If
you
have
more
than
8
6. Multiply line 5 by the Maryland income factor
(from
exemptions, add $4,060 to the last
line 9 of Form 505NR) Enter that amount here and on line 35 of Form 515 . . . . 6 __________________
income level for each additional
exemption.
PART III – Refundable Earned Income Credit
COMPUTE THIS CREDIT ONLY IF LINE 4 IN PART I IS ZERO.
1. Multiply your federal earned income credit
by the Maryland income factor
(from line 9
of Form 505NR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 _______________
2. Multiply line 1 x 25% (.25) and enter the result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 _______________
3. Enter your Maryland tax from Part I, line 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 _______________
4. Subtract line 3 from line 2. If less than zero (0) enter zero (0). This is your refundable earned income credit.
If line 4 is greater than zero (0), enter the amount on line 52 of Form 515 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 _______________
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