Below are guidelines to see if you are eligible to receive the Earned Income Tax Credit: 

·                     EITC up to $2,853

If you lived with one child in 2007 and your family earned less that $33,241 (or less than $345,241 for married workers), then you can get up to $2,853.

·                     EITC up to $4,716

If you lived with two or more children in 2007 and your family earned less than $37,783 (or less than $39,783 for married workers), then you can get up to $4,716.

·                     EITC up to $428

If you had no children living with you in 2007 and you earned less than $12,590 (or less than $14,590 for married workers), and you were between the ages 25 and 64, you can get up to $428.

EITC Qualifying Child Definition

§          Daughter, son, stepchild, grandchild, adopted child, sibling, or descendents of such relatives if cared for as your child.  Foster children can be claimed only if they were placed with you by an authorized foster placement agency, and they were living with you for more than 6 months in 2007.

§         Child must be under age 19 at the end of 2007, or under age 24 if a full-time student, or any age if totally or permanently disabled.

§         A qualifying child does not have to be your dependent but must have lived with you in the United States for more than 6 months in 2007.