1040 Ez Instructions 2015 Page 13
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442015 Form 1040EZ—Lines 8a and 8b
If you take the EIC even though you aren't eligible
and it is determined that your error is due to reckless
!
6. Are you filing a joint return for 2015?
or intentional disregard of the EIC rules, you won't be
Yes. Skip questions 7
No. Go to question 7.
CAUTION
allowed to take the credit for 2 years even if you are
and 8; go to Step 2.
otherwise eligible to do so. If you fraudulently take the EIC, you
won't be allowed to take the credit for 10 years. See
Form 8862,
7. Look at the qualifying child conditions next. Could you be
who must file
under Definitions and Special Rules, later. You al-
a qualifying child of another person in 2015? (Check “No”
so may have to pay penalties.
if the other person isn't required to file, and isn't filing, a
2015 return or is filing a 2015 return only as a
claim for
All Filers
refund
(defined under Definitions and Special Rules,
Step 1
later.))
Yes.
No. Go to question 8.
STOP
1. Is the amount on Form 1040EZ, line 4, less than $14,820
($20,330 if married filing jointly)?
You cannot take the
credit. Enter “No” in
Yes. Go to question 2.
No.
STOP
the space to the left of
line 8a.
You cannot take the
credit.
2. Do you, and your spouse if filing a joint return, have a
social security number that allows you to work and is valid
for EIC purposes (explained later in
Social security number
(SSN)
under Definitions and Special Rules)?
Yes. Go to question 3.
No.
STOP
You cannot take the
credit. Enter “No” in the
space to the left of
line 8a.
3. Did you have $3,400 or less of taxable and tax-exempt
interest?
Yes. Go to question 4.
No.
STOP
You cannot take the
credit.
4. Were you, or your spouse if filing a joint return, at least age
25 but under age 65 at the end of 2015? (Check “Yes” if
you, or your spouse if filing a joint return, were born after
December 31, 1950, and before January 2, 1991). If your
spouse died in 2015 (or if you are preparing a return for
someone who died in 2015), see Pub. 596 before you
answer.
Yes. Go to question 5.
No.
STOP
You cannot take the
credit.
5. Was your main home, and your spouse's if filing a joint
return, in the United States for more than half of 2015?
Members of the military stationed outside the United
States, see
Members of the military
under Definitions and
Special Rules, later, before you answer.
Yes. Go to question 6.
No.
STOP
You cannot take the
credit. Enter “No” in the
space to the left of
line 8a.
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Instructions for Form 1040EZ
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