Editorial and corrections policy

Families, volunteers and caseworkers read these pages to estimate a refund that can be a large part of a year's income. A wrong rate or a wrong limit leads to a bad decision, so every figure points back to the official text it was read in, with the day it was read.

Who is responsible

Radif Partners, reachable at contact@eitcbystate.com.

What we read

• IRS revenue procedures and notices that set each year's amounts;
• IRS forms, instructions and publications, including the Earned Income Credit Table and Publication 596;
• the Internal Revenue Code, sections 24, 25B and 32;
• each state's tax department pages, forms and instructions, and the state law where the department has not published the year's rule.

Sources we refuse

News stories, advocacy summaries, tax software sites and forums never supply a figure here, even when they are right; they can only point us to the text to read. When the official figure is not yet published, the page says "not yet published" and does not estimate it.

Tax advice

We give none. The calculators apply published rules to the numbers you enter. Questions that depend on facts, such as whether a child lived with you long enough, are named as tests for you to answer, with a link to the IRS wording.

Review cycle

We re-read the sources when the IRS publishes the revenue procedure for the next year, in the autumn, when the forms for the filing season come out, and when a state legislature changes its credit, and at least every quarter.

Corrections

1. We open the official text again.
2. We correct the data file and its reading date, and add a test when the calculation is involved.
3. The site rebuilds and every page shows the new date.

Independence

No agency, state, tax preparation company, bank or advocacy group pays for or reviews what is published here. See also the method page. Version of November 1, 2026.