athaureaux6
Level 8

This is what I mean:   A client named Julia, 37 years old, divorced, worked one week in Walmart, two little children ages 1 and 3. The w-2 shows 451 dollars. She had 13355 of earned income in 2019 which was transferred to the EITC worksheet of the 2020 tax year because of the Election to use earned Income from 2019 to calculate the 2020 EITC. She will get 5350 if she elect to use the 2019 earned income amount and 190 dollars if she uses the 451 earned income from 2020. How is that possible. Even if you had 1 dollar earned income in 2020, you will be able to get the 5320 because you can elect the 2019 earned income amount to figure out the credit. I am so confused. 

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