{"id":1439,"date":"2021-08-25T09:27:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T14:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyp-il.local\/tax-credits\/earned-income-tax-credit-eitc\/"},"modified":"2022-05-09T12:48:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T17:48:17","slug":"earned-income-tax-credit-eitc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/getmypaymentil.org\/tax-credits\/earned-income-tax-credit-eitc\/","title":{"rendered":"Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/getmypaymentil.org\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/getmypaymentil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/state-of-illinois-with-dollar-sign-in-cirlce.svg\" alt=\"State of Illinois illustration with a dollar sign on top\" \/>\n\t\t\t<h2>Get My Payment Illinois<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/a>\n<h1>\n\t\tEarned Income Tax Credit (EITC)\n\t<\/h1>\n<h2>\n\t\tThe EITC was increased for the 2021 tax season!\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>No children? You may still qualify for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/credits-deductions\/individuals\/earned-income-tax-credit\/use-the-eitc-assistant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EITC<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t<ul>\n<li>You can still be eligible even if you don&#8217;t normally file taxes.<\/li>\n<li>Eligible workers can qualify for a credit worth up to $1,502-$6,728 for 2021, claimed in 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Even if you have no children, you may be eligible. In fact, the EITC was expanded for 2021 to include more workers not claiming children.<\/li>\n<li>You can also receive the state Earned Income Credit when you file your Illinois state tax return. The Illinois credit is worth 18% of the Federal EITC. Beginning in 2022, the Illinois credit will be worth 20% of the Federal EITC.<\/li>\n<li>Use this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxoutreach.org\/tax-credits\/earned-income-tax-credit\/eligibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EITC Eligibility Checker<\/a> and check this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxoutreach.org\/tax-credits\/earned-income-tax-credit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EITC webpage<\/a> to learn more about who is eligible.<\/li>\n<li>If you were eligible for the EITC for 2019, 2020, and\/or 2021, it&#8217;s not too late to file your taxes to claim those credits.\n<ul>\n<li>You have 3 years to claim a refund. Now that the filing deadline of April 18, 2022, has passed, you can no longer claim a refund from a 2018 return.<\/li>\n<li>Learn more about filing prior-year tax returns <a href=\"https:\/\/getmypaymentil.org\/tax-credits\/#recovery-rebate-credit-extras-2\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you earned less money in 2020 or 2021 than you did in 2019, you are allowed to use your 2019 earnings to calculate your 2020 or 2021 EITC. <strong>Be sure to have your 2019 earnings total available when you file your 2020 or 2021 return<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve already filed taxes but didn&#8217;t claim the correct amount contact us for help.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get My Payment Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) The EITC was increased for the 2021 tax season! No children? You may still qualify for EITC. You can still be<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/getmypaymentil.org\/tax-credits\/earned-income-tax-credit-eitc\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":120,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Dave Schmidt","author_link":"https:\/\/getmypaymentil.org\/author\/dave-schmidt\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getmypaymentil.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getmypaymentil.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getmypaymentil.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getmypaymentil.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getmypaymentil.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1439"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/getmypaymentil.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1599,"href":"https:\/\/getmypaymentil.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1439\/revisions\/1599"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getmypaymentil.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getmypaymentil.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}