sammie and her two children shes 8 and 10 lived with her boy

sammie and her two children, she\'s 8 and 10, lived with her boyfriend, dominick, for all 2017. the children are not dominicks children but he provided all of their support. has can claim them as dependants because ther are not qualifying children is another tax payer. sammie dod not work and had no other income In 2017. dominick made $20000 working as a cashier and has no other income. what is dominicks earned income credit?
a) 5145
b) 0
c) 5166
d) none of the above?

Solution

Answer is Option D, none of the above.

For 2017, the maximum Earned Income Tax Credit per taxpayer is:

Dominick can claim EIC of $ 5,616 since he has teo qualifying children