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Fred's avatar

Tax credits let people earn money by filing tax returns, even when they pay no taxes. Not sure that makes sense; they’re already surviving on our tax dollars.

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robren72's avatar

I'm not sure what you mean...if you don't pay any income taxes, you cannot file an income tax return. Please clarify what you mean by "not paying any taxes"?

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G Harkness's avatar

Of course you can. If anything was withheld and you don't "owe" it, you'll file a return to get that back. If you have very low income but you worked, you'll file to get Earned Income Credit.

Note I'm not endorsing this; just saying that's what happens.

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Fred's avatar

For 2021 you could get $3600 for each child under 6 or $3000 for a child between 6 and 17 even if you had no income, did not work, paid no social security taxes. Truth. Sorry, I didn’t realize that you now have to claim earned income. Idk when that changed.

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robren72's avatar

Wow, what State is that in? Here in Texas, you can only claim child tax credits IF you actually pay taxes. Welfare and non-taxable income do not count.

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Fred's avatar

I’m also not certain if it’s an offset on earned income, or a “you tried, here’s some money.”

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