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By Admin on December 29, 2009
The IRS estimates that 70 percent of all taxpayers (about 98 million taxpayers) will be eligible to file taxes online for free this year!
Only 4.8 million tax returns were filed through Free File last year, an increase of 24 percent over the previous year’s total of nearly 3.9 million returns, but still way below the number of people who are eligible to file taxes online for free!
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By Admin on December 28, 2009
You may claim the EIC if you answer “Yes” to all the following questions.
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By Admin on December 22, 2009
A qualifying child for the EIC is a child who is your…
Son, daughter, stepchild, foster child, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, or a descendant of any of them (for example, your grandchild, niece, or nephew)
AND…
Posted in Earned Income Credit, Tax News | Tagged Earned Income Credit, EIC, qualifying child, schedule eic, W-5 |
By Admin on November 17, 2009
New for tax year 2009, is the additional EITC and income thresholds for a Third Qualifying Child and Changes to the Uniform Definition of a Child The change in the Uniform Definition of a Child adds two new rules to the definition of a “qualifying child.”
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By Admin on December 18, 2008
Here are the changes to the Earned Income Credit for 2008. The maximum amount of the Earned Income Credit (EIC) has increased. The most you can get is: $2,917 if you have one qualifying child $4,824 if you have more than one qualifying child or $438 if you do not have a qualifying child. The [...]
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