Publication 596 |
2000 Tax Year |
Rule 13. You Must Have Lived in the United States More Than Half of the Year
Your home (and your spouse's if filing a joint return) must have
been in the United States for more than half the year.
If it was not, put "No" directly to the right of line 60a
(Form 1040), line 38a (Form 1040A), or to the right of the word
"below" on line 8b (Form 1040EZ).
Home.
Your home can be any location where you regularly live within one
of the 50 states or the District of Columbia.
Homeless shelter.
You do not need a traditional home. If you lived in one or more
homeless shelters in the United States for more than half the year,
you meet this rule.
Military personnel stationed outside the United States.
U.S. military personnel
stationed outside the
United States on extended active duty (defined on page 14) are
considered to live in the United States during that duty period for
purposes of the EIC.
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