TaxGuyBill
Level 15

@athaureaux6 wrote:

This is my question: if somebody did not have any earned income at all, can they use the 2019 earned income anyway. 


 

Maybe I'm misunderstanding this conversation, but if a person had $0 of Earned Income in 2020, and SOME Earned Income in 2019, YES, they can choose to use the 2019 Earned Income.

Is that what you are asking?

However, keep in mind that AGI may affect the credit, so just because they had Earned Income in 2019 doesn't necessarily mean they will qualify for a credit.