You may not be working outside the home due to any number of reasons, though, including the high cost of childcare and the challenges of finding a job with a flexible schedule. If you're not working outside the home, you may get some help when you file your taxes.
Jobless parents can still claim kids as dependents. Doing so can help cut your tax bill. If you have no income, can you get a tax refund? Even if you have no earned income for the year, the Internal Revenue Service may still want you to file a return. For the tax year and beyond, you can no longer claim a personal exemption for yourself, your spouse, or your dependents. EITC, the Earned Income Tax Credit is a tax benefit designed primarily to help low- to moderate-income individuals and families whose earned income falls below a certain limit.
Only people who work and pay taxes can claim it; creating an incentive for them, including many who are poor, to leave welfare for work. In general, the IRS will process your refunds and issue payments within 21 days. For paper filers, this can take much longer.
The IRS has eliminated the guesswork of waiting for your tax refund by creating IRS2Go , an app that allows you to track the status of your return. Twenty six 26 states and the District of Columbia, as well as New York City, offer their own version of Earned Income Tax Credits to complement the federal credits — applying a percentage match to the federal allocation.
If your child or children under the age of 17, claimed as dependents and are US citizens with Social Security number, there is a good chance you qualify for the Child Tax Credit. The IRS limits how much you can claim with various deductions and credits. For example, you can't claim a home office deduction so large that it would put your business into the red. Instead, you claim zero business income for the year, and carry any leftover deduction into the next year. If you've reported your information accurately, in most cases they can only go back three years.
However, the clock only starts for a given year when you actually file your tax return. Remember, with TurboTax , we'll ask you simple questions about your life and help you fill out all the right tax forms. With TurboTax you can be confident your taxes are done right, from simple to complex tax returns, no matter what your situation.
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