Instructions For Form 1040 - U.s. Individual Income Tax Return - 2017 Page 61

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2017 Form 1040—Lines 66a and 66b
B
Worksheet
—2017 EIC—Lines 66a and 66b—Continued
Keep for Your Records
Part 5
6.
6
Enter your total earned income from Part 4, line 4b.
All Filers Using
Worksheet B
7.
Look up the amount on line 6 above in the EIC Table to nd
the credit. Be sure you use the correct column for your ling status
7
and the number of children you have. Enter the credit here.
STOP
If line 7 is zero,
You can’t take the credit.
Enter “No” on the dotted line next to line 66a.
8.
Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 38.
8
9.
Are the amounts on lines 8 and 6 the same?
Yes.
Skip line 10; enter the amount from line 7 on line 11.
No.
Go to line 10.
10.
If you have:
Part 6
No qualifying children, is the amount on line 8 less than $8,350
($13,950 if married ling jointly)?
Filers Who
1 or more qualifying children, is the amount on line 8 less than $18,350
Answered
($23,950 if married ling jointly)?
“No” on
Yes.
Leave line 10 blank; enter the amount from line 7 on line 11.
Line 9
No. Look up the amount on line 8 in the EIC Table to nd the
credit. Be sure you use the correct column for your ling
status and the number of children you have. Enter the credit
10
here.
Look at the amounts on lines 10 and 7.
Then, enter the smaller amount on line 11.
This is your earned income credit.
Part 7
11.
11
Enter this amount on
Your Earned
Reminder—
Form 1040, line 66a.
Income Credit
1040
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 find out if you must file Form
8862 to take the credit for 2017.
CAUTION
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