Instructions for Form 1040-EZ, Income Tax Return for Single and Joint Filers With No Dependents

Instructions for Form 1040-EZ

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2011 Earned Income Credit (EIC) Table Follow the two steps below to find your credit. This is not a tax table.
Step 1. Read down the "At least—But less than" columns and find the line that includes the amount you were told to look up from your EIC Worksheet, earlier.
Step 2. Then, read across the column for your filing status (Single or Married filing jointly). Enter the credit from that column on your EIC Worksheet.

If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is–		And your filing status is–
At least	But less than	Single	Married filing jointly
		Your credit is–
$1	$50	$2	$2
50	100	6	6
100	150	10	10
150	200	13	13
200	250	17	17
250	300	21	21
300	350	25	25
350	400	29	29
400	450	33	33
450	500	36	36
500	550	40	40
550	600	44	44
600	650	48	48
650	700	52	52
700	750	55	55
750	800	59	59
800	850	63	63
850	900	67	67
900	950	71	71
950	1,000	75	75
1,000	1,050	78	78
1,050	1,100	82	82
1,100	1,150	86	86
1,150	1,200	90	90
1,200	1,250	94	94
1,250	1,300	98	98
1,300	1,350	101	101
1,350	1,400	105	105
1,400	1,450	109	109
1,450	1,500	113	113
1,500	1,550	117	117
1,550	1,600	120	120
1,600	1,650	124	124
1,650	1,700	128	128
1,700	1,750	132	132
1,750	1,800	136	136
1,800	1,850	140	140
1,850	1,900	143	143
1,900	1,950	147	147
1,950	2,000	151	151
2,000	2,050	155	155
2,050	2,100	159	159
2,100	2,150	163	163
2,150	2,200	166	166
2,200	2,250	170	170
2,250	2,300	174	174
2,300	2,350	178	178
2,350	2,400	182	182
2,400	2,450	186	186
2,450	2,500	189	189
2,500	2,550	193	193
2,550	2,600	197	197
2,600	2,650	201	201
2,650	2,700	205	205
2,700	2,750	208	208
2,750	2,800	212	212
2,800	2,850	216	216
2,850	2,900	220	220
2,900	2,950	224	224
2,950	3,000	228	228
3,000	3,050	231	231
3,050	3,100	235	235
3,100	3,150	239	239
3,150	3,200	243	243
3,200	3,250	247	247
3,250	3,300	251	251
3,300	3,350	254	254
3,350	3,400	258	258
3,400	3,450	262	262
3,450	3,500	266	266
3,500	3,550	270	270
3,550	3,600	273	273
3,600	3,650	277	277
3,650	3,700	281	281
3,700	3,750	285	285
3,750	3,800	289	289
3,800	3,850	293	293
3,850	3,900	296	296
3,900	3,950	300	300
3,950	4,000	304	304
4,000	4,050	308	308
4,050	4,100	312	312
4,100	4,150	316	316
4,150	4,200	319	319
4,200	4,250	323	323
4,250	4,300	327	327
4,300	4,350	331	331
4,350	4,400	335	335
4,400	4,450	339	339
4,450	4,500	342	342
4,500	4,550	346	346
4,550	4,600	350	350
4,600	4,650	354	354
4,650	4,700	358	358
4,700	4,750	361	361
4,750	4,800	365	365
4,800	4,850	369	369
4,850	4,900	373	373
4,900	4,950	377	377
4,950	5,000	381	381
5,000	5,050	384	384
5,050	5,100	388	388
5,100	5,150	392	392
5,150	5,200	396	396
5,200	5,250	400	400
5,250	5,300	404	404
5,300	5,350	407	407
5,350	5,400	411	411
5,400	5,450	415	415
5,450	5,500	419	419
5,500	5,550	423	423
5,550	5,600	426	426
5,600	5,650	430	430
5,650	5,700	434	434
5,700	5,750	438	438
5,750	5,800	442	442
5,800	5,850	446	446
5,850	5,900	449	449
5,900	5,950	453	453
5,950	6,000	457	457
6,000	6,050	461	461
6,050	6,100	464	464
6,100	6,150	464	464
6,150	6,200	464	464
6,200	6,250	464	464
6,250	6,300	464	464
6,300	6,350	464	464
6,350	6,400	464	464
6,400	6,450	464	464
6,450	6,500	464	464
6,500	6,550	464	464
6,550	6,600	464	464
6,600	6,650	464	464
6,650	6,700	464	464
6,700	6,750	464	464
6,750	6,800	464	464
6,800	6,850	464	464
6,850	6,900	464	464
6,900	6,950	464	464
6,950	7,000	464	464
7,000	7,050	464	464
7,050	7,100	464	464
7,100	7,150	464	464
7,150	7,200	464	464
7,200	7,250	464	464
7,250	7,300	464	464
7,300	7,350	464	464
7,350	7,400	464	464
7,400	7,450	464	464
7,450	7,500	464	464
7,500	7,550	464	464
7,550	7,600	464	464
7,600	7,650	462	464
7,650	7,700	458	464
7,700	7,750	454	464
7,750	7,800	450	464
7,800	7,850	446	464
7,850	7,900	443	464
7,900	7,950	439	464
7,950	8,000	435	464
8,000	8,050	431	464
8,050	8,100	427	464
8,100	8,150	423	464
8,150	8,200	420	464
8,200	8,250	416	464
8,250	8,300	412	464
8,300	8,350	408	464
8,350	8,400	404	464
8,400	8,450	400	464
8,450	8,500	397	464
8,500	8,550	393	464
8,550	8,600	389	464
8,600	8,650	385	464
8,650	8,700	381	464
8,700	8,750	378	464
8,750	8,800	374	464
8,800	8,850	370	464
8,850	8,900	366	464
8,900	8,950	362	464
8,950	9,000	358	464
9,000	9,050	355	464
9,050	9,100	351	464
9,100	9,150	347	464
9,150	9,200	343	464
9,200	9,250	339	464
9,250	9,300	335	464
9,300	9,350	332	464
9,350	9,400	328	464
9,400	9,450	324	464
9,450	9,500	320	464
9,500	9,550	316	464
9,550	9,600	313	464
9,600	9,650	309	464
9,650	9,700	305	464
9,700	9,750	301	464
9,750	9,800	297	464
9,800	9,850	293	464
9,850	9,900	290	464
9,900	9,950	286	464
9,950	10,000	282	464
10,000	10,050	278	464
10,050	10,100	274	464
10,100	10,150	270	464
10,150	10,200	267	464
10,200	10,250	263	464
10,250	10,300	259	464
10,300	10,350	255	464
10,350	10,400	251	464
10,400	10,450	247	464
10,450	10,500	244	464
10,500	10,550	240	464
10,550	10,600	236	464
10,600	10,650	232	464
10,650	10,700	228	464
10,700	10,750	225	464
10,750	10,800	221	464
10,800	10,850	217	464
10,850	10,900	213	464
10,900	10,950	209	464
10,950	11,000	205	464
11,000	11,050	202	464
11,050	11,100	198	464
11,100	11,150	194	464
11,150	11,200	190	464
11,200	11,250	186	464
11,250	11,300	182	464
11,300	11,350	179	464
11,350	11,400	175	464
11,400	11,450	171	464
11,450	11,500	167	464
11,500	11,550	163	464
11,550	11,600	160	464
11,600	11,650	156	464
11,650	11,700	152	464
11,700	11,750	148	464
11,750	11,800	144	464
11,800	11,850	140	464
11,850	11,900	137	464
11,900	11,950	133	464
11,950	12,000	129	464
12,000	12,050	125	464
12,050	12,100	121	464
12,100	12,150	117	464
12,150	12,200	114	464
12,200	12,250	110	464
12,250	12,300	106	464
12,300	12,350	102	464
12,350	12,400	98	464
12,400	12,450	94	464
12,450	12,500	91	464
12,500	12,550	87	464
12,550	12,600	83	464
12,600	12,650	79	464
12,650	12,700	75	464
12,700	12,750	72	460
12,750	12,800	68	456
12,800	12,850	64	452
12,850	12,900	60	449
12,900	12,950	56	445
12,950	13,000	52	441
13,000	13,050	49	437
13,050	13,100	45	433
13,100	13,150	41	430
13,150	13,200	37	426
13,200	13,250	33	422
13,250	13,300	29	418
13,300	13,350	26	414
13,350	13,400	22	410
13,400	13,450	18	407
13,450	13,500	14	403
13,500	13,550	10	399
13,550	13,600	7	395
13,600	13,650	3	391
13,650	13,700	0	387
13,700	13,750	0	384
13,750	13,800	0	380
13,800	13,850	0	376
13,850	13,900	0	372
13,900	13,950	0	368
13,950	14,000	0	365
14,000	14,050	0	361
14,050	14,100	0	357
14,100	14,150	0	353
14,150	14,200	0	349
14,200	14,250	0	345
14,250	14,300	0	342
14,300	14,350	0	338
14,350	14,400	0	334
14,400	14,450	0	330
14,450	14,500	0	326
14,500	14,550	0	322
14,550	14,600	0	319
14,600	14,650	0	315
14,650	14,700	0	311
14,700	14,750	0	307
14,750	14,800	0	303
14,800	14,850	0	299
14,850	14,900	0	296
14,900	14,950	0	292
14,950	15,000	0	288
15,000	15,050	0	284
15,050	15,100	0	280
15,100	15,150	0	277
15,150	15,200	0	273
15,200	15,250	0	269
15,250	15,300	0	265
15,300	15,350	0	261
15,350	15,400	0	257
15,400	15,450	0	254
15,450	15,500	0	250
15,500	15,550	0	246
15,550	15,600	0	242
15,600	15,650	0	238
15,650	15,700	0	234
15,700	15,750	0	231
15,750	15,800	0	227
15,800	15,850	0	223
15,850	15,900	0	219
15,900	15,950	0	215
15,950	16,000	0	212
16,000	16,050	0	208
16,050	16,100	0	204
16,100	16,150	0	200
16,150	16,200	0	196
16,200	16,250	0	192
16,250	16,300	0	189
16,300	16,350	0	185
16,350	16,400	0	181
16,400	16,450	0	177
16,450	16,500	0	173
16,500	16,550	0	169
16,550	16,600	0	166
16,600	16,650	0	162
16,650	16,700	0	158
16,700	16,750	0	154
16,750	16,800	0	150
16,800	16,850	0	146
16,850	16,900	0	143
16,900	16,950	0	139
16,950	17,000	0	135
17,000	17,050	0	131
17,050	17,100	0	127
17,100	17,150	0	124
17,150	17,200	0	120
17,200	17,250	0	116
17,250	17,300	0	112
17,300	17,350	0	108
17,350	17,400	0	104
17,400	17,450	0	101
17,450	17,500	0	97
17,500	17,550	0	93
17,550	17,600	0	89
17,600	17,650	0	85
17,650	17,700	0	81
17,700	17,750	0	78
17,750	17,800	0	74
17,800	17,850	0	70
17,850	17,900	0	66
17,900	17,950	0	62
17,950	18,000	0	59
18,000	18,050	0	55
18,050	18,100	0	51
18,100	18,150	0	47
18,150	18,200	0	43
18,200	18,250	0	39
18,250	18,300	0	36
18,300	18,350	0	32
18,350	18,400	0	28
18,400	18,450	0	24
18,450	18,500	0	20
18,500	18,550	0	16
18,550	18,600	0	13
18,600	18,650	0	9
18,650	18,700	0	5
18,700	18,750	0	*

* If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is at least $18,740, your credit is $2. If the amount you are looking up from the worksheet is $18,740 or more, you may not take the credit.

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2011 Earned Income Credit (EIC) Table