PFRDA

Why won't the IRS let me claim an earned income credit, just because I am over 65?

TurboTax just told me I am too old to claim the earned income credit. I have been claiming it almost every year since it began. I have worked full time all my life, but at low income jobs. It seems like discrimination to exclude those over 65. I am not even eligible for a full Social Security payment until age 66.

Public Comments

1. The IRS does not make the rules. Congress does and that is what Congress decided many years ago.
2. Sorry, but that's how the law is written. Without a qualifying child, someone is eligible for EIC only if they're between age 25 and 64.