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    EIC and income for the qualified child

    to the best of my knowledge there is no income limit to claim a child for an exemption, child tax credit and eic. the child made 5000 and was 18 at the end of the year. correct?

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    Well, yes and no. You are correct that there is no income limit the child can earn and still be a qualified child. However, the child cannot have provided over half his/her support. So $5,000 earned by the child will probably not translate into over half his/her support. If the child earned $50,000, then I would question whether the child could be considered a qualified child. The income limit is the point at which the child earns enough income and actually uses that income to provide more than half his/her support.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Bees Knees View Post
      Well, yes and no. You are correct that there is no income limit the child can earn and still be a qualified child. However, the child cannot have provided over half his/her support. So $5,000 earned by the child will probably not translate into over half his/her support. If the child earned $50,000, then I would question whether the child could be considered a qualified child. The income limit is the point at which the child earns enough income and actually uses that income to provide more than half his/her support.
      There's no support test for EIC. A child could qualify a parent for EIC without being a qualifying child for the dependent exemption.

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