EITC with 3 or more children, on a joint return, 2026
This works out one number from the Earned Income Tax Credit figures published for 2026. Every amount it uses is below, with the document it was read from. What you enter is your own: this site has no way to check it, and the answer it produces is not a published figure.
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Effective 2026-01-01Source: Rev. Proc. 2025-32 (IRS)Verified 2026-09-03
How it is worked out
The published maximum credit multiplied by the share of the published earned income amount you have reached, so that the credit rises in a straight line to its maximum there; the maximum in full from that point up to the published amount where the phase-out begins; then the same share of the maximum as the share of the phase-out range your income has left to run, reaching nothing at the published amount where the credit runs out. Rounded to the nearest cent.
It uses Maximum credit, three or more children, $8,231 and Earned income amount, three or more children, $18,290 and Phaseout begins (joint return), three or more children, $31,160 and Credit reaches zero (joint return), three or more children, $70,244, published above.
Figures in this colour are computed from the amounts above. They are not published figures and no document states them.
Work it out
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Worked out for common amounts
| Your earned income for the year | Result |
|---|---|
| 0 | $0 |
| 8,000 | $3,600.22 |
| 25,000 | $8,231 |
| 45,000 | $5,316.33 |
| 70,000 | $51.39 |
How each figure was verified
Each number below was read from a stored copy of the document named beside it, and checked to occur word for word in the quoted sentence. The digest is of that stored text.
Rev. Proc. 2025-32 (IRS)
- Maximum credit, three or more children
Number of Qualifying Children Item One Two Three or More None Earned Income Amount $13,020 $18,290 $18,290 $8,680 Maximum Amount of Credit $4,427 $7,316 $8,231 $664
- Earned income amount, three or more children
Earned Income Amount $13,020 $18,290 $18,290
- Phaseout begins (joint return), three or more children
Number of Qualifying Children Item One Two Three or More None Earned Income Amount $13,020 $18,290 $18,290 $8,680 Maximum Amount of Credit $4,427 $7,316 $8,231 $664 Threshold Phaseout Amount (Married Filing Jointly) $31,160 $31,160 $31,160 $18,140
- Credit reaches zero (joint return), three or more children
Number of Qualifying Children Item One Two Three or More None Earned Income Amount $13,020 $18,290 $18,290 $8,680 Maximum Amount of Credit $4,427 $7,316 $8,231 $664 Threshold Phaseout Amount (Married Filing Jointly) $31,160 $31,160 $31,160 $18,140 Completed Phaseout Amount (Married Filing Jointly) $58,863 $65,899 $70,244 $26,820
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