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CalEITC Overview

To qualify, you must:

• Be at least 18 or have a qualifying child
• Have $1–$31,950 in earned income
• Have a valid SSN or ITIN for everyone listed
• Live in CA for more than half the year
• Not be claimable as another person’s dependent or qualifying child

Additional MFS/RDP restrictions apply.

What This Screen Does

The Earned Income Credit Elections screen lets you:

• Indicate you don’t qualify for CalEITC
• Include combat pay in EIC
• Exclude Medicare waiver payments
• Adjust investment income (negative to subtract, positive to add)

Add EIC

To add the EIC:

1. Go to Federal Taxes.
2. Click Review.
3. Click I’d like to see the forms I’ve filled out or search for a form.
4. Enter Earned Income Credit in the search box and click on Earned Income Credit Elections to add and open the form.
5. Enter your information and click Save.

Add CA EIC

To add CA EIC:

1. Go to the State taxes section.
2. Select I’d like to see the forms I’ve filled out or search for a form.
3. In the drop list, select California.
4. Select the General tab.
5. Select Dependent Info for CA Earned Income Tax Credit to add and open the form.
6. Complete the form with your applicable information.
7. Click Save to apply changes.

Further Information

See the CA EIC page for more information.