On what amount is Earned Income Based?

[abctax55]

Are you really asking what amount is considered in computing the earned income credit?

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

Earned income is based on what you earned, from working.

[abctax55]

Or from being married (which, can be work...) - alimony used to be considered earned income.  I'm not sure if it still is since TCJA

[Jean40 · Accepted solution]

Well that's what I thought too, but ProSeries got #3,526 EIC.

MFJ.

One child.

Joint earnings were $22,809.

AHHHHHHHHHH.  I was looking at single.  Her husband died this year and I thought of her as single, but we had that last year to file MFJ.

Thanks for not mocking me.

Jean