From my understanding and reading IRS documentation, Single Filers who file with only a Schedule C are afforded the Earned Income Credit. I have a client who only cleaned houses. She’s 54 and has $10,500 earnings after deductions and everything but it’s not giving her the EIC. Only the standard half of SE Tax deduction. 

Is this a bug? Is there any way for me to force it to trigger the EIC credit?