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Publication 596 2008 Tax Year

2008 Earned Income Tax Credit Tables - Page #5

1. To find your credit, read down the “At least - But less than” columns and find the line that includes the amount you were told to look up from your EIC Worksheet. 2. Then, go to the column that includes your filing status and the number of qualifying children you have. Enter the credit from that column on your EIC Worksheet. Example. If your filing status is single, you have one qualifying child, and the amount you are looking up from your EIC Worksheet is $2,455, you would enter $842.

  And your filing status is-
If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is- Single, head of household, or qualifying widow(er) and you have-
Married filing jointly and you have-
  No children One child Two children No children One child Two children
At least But less than Your credit is- Your credit is-

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