EITC and Schedule C

[EddyJ]

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?

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

Review the EITC worksheet, see why its not computing anything. 

Does she have an SSN or an ITIN?  If its an ITIN, thats why no EITC is computing.

[BobKamman]

There are some questions to answer on the Info Worksheet about whether she lived in US, is being claimed as a dependent, etc. Find those.