BobKamman
Level 15

@TaxGuyBill "Intuit typically only does their programming based on finalized Publications, and Publication 596 was just finalized 2 days ago."

I think they use the Instructions before they look at publications.  The 1040 instructions, which I believe were released January 6, include this:

If you make the election to use your 2019 earned income to
figure your EIC, enter “PYEI” and the amount of your earned
income on the dotted line next to line 27.

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