Claim for Earned Income Credit

New York Tax Form 215: Claim for Earned Income Credit

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Claim for Earned Income Credit
1	Did you claim the federal earned income credit? If No, stop; you do not qualify for these credits						1	Yes No
2	Is your investment income (see instructions) greater than $3450? If Yes, stop; you do not qualify for these credits.						2	Yes No
3	Have you already filed your New York State income tax return? If Yes, you must file an amended NYS return						3	Yes No
4	Did you claim qualifying children on your federal Schedule EIC? If No, continue with line 5. If Yes, in the spaces below, list up to three of the same children you claimed on federal Schedule EIC If you claimed more than three, see instructions.						4	Yes No
	If you claimed more than three, see instructions.
	1st Child	First name	MI	Last name	Suffix	Relationship

		No. of months lived with you	Full-time student*	Person with disability*	Social security number	Date of birth (mmddyyyy)

	2nd Child	First name	MI	Last name	Suffix	Relationship

		No. of months lived with you	Full-time student*	Person with disability*	Social security number	Date of birth (mmddyyyy)

	3rd Child	First name	MI	Last name	Suffix	Relationship

		No. of months lived with you	Full-time student*	Person with disability*	Social security number	Date of birth (mmddyyyy)

	* Mark an X in these boxes only if you checked Yes in the same box on your federal Schedule EIC (box 4a or 4b).
5	Is the IRS figuring your federal earned income credit (EIC) for you? If Yes, complete lines 6 through 9 (also lines 21, 23, and 24 if you are a part-year New York State resident, and line 28 if you are a part-year New York City resident). The Tax Department will compute your New York State and, if applicable, your New York City earned income credit for you. If No, complete lines 6 through 17 (and lines 18 through 26 if you are a part-year New York State resident). New York City residents must complete the New York City earned income credit Worksheet C on page 3 of Form IT‑215‑I. Part‑year New York City residents must also complete line 28 on the back of this claim form.						5	Yes No
6	Wages, salaries, tips, etc., from Worksheet A line 3, on page 2 of the instructions, Form IT-215-I						6
7	Earned income adjustments (see instructions)						7
8	Business income or loss (from your federal Form 1040 line instructions, Earned Income Credit Worksheet B, lines 1e, 2c, and 3) Employer identification number (see instructions)						8
9	Enter your federal adjusted gross income (from Form IT-201, line 19, or Form IT-203, line 19, Federal amount column)						9
10	Amount of federal EIC claimed (from federal Form 1040EZ, line 8a; Form 1040A, line 42a; or Form 1040, line 66a)						10
11	New York State earned income credit (NYS EIC) rate 30% (0.3)						11
12	Tentative NYS EIC (multiply line 10 by line 11; see instructions)						12
Complete Worksheet B on the back page before continuing.
13	Enter the amount from Worksheet B, line 5, on the back of this form					13
14	New York State household credit (from Form IT-201, line 40, or Form IT-203, line 39)					14
15	Enter the smaller of line 13 or line 14						15
16	Allowable New York State earned income credit (subtract line 15 from line 12; see instructions)						16
17	If your New York State filing status is , Married filing separate return, complete line 17. The NYS EIC on line 16 above can be divided between spouses in any manner you wish. Enter on line 17 the amount of NYS EIC from line 16 you are claiming, and also enter your joint federal adjusted gross income below. Federal adjusted gross income (from federal Form 1040EZ, line 4; Form 1040A, line 22; or Form 1040, line 38)						17
Part-year New York State resident earned income credit
Lines 18 through 26 apply only to part-year New York State residents claiming the New York State earned income credit.
18	Enter your New York State earned income credit (from line 16 or line 17)						18
19	Enter the amount from Form IT-203, line 42 – If line 19 is equal to or more than line 18, stop. You do not have excess New York State earned income credit. – If line 19 is less than line 18, continue on line 20 below						19
20	Excess New York State earned income credit (subtract line 19 from line 18)						20
21	Enter the amount from Form IT-203-ATT, line 31 (If you do not have to file Form IT-203-ATT, leave blank and continue on line 22 below.) – If Form IT-215, line 21, is equal to or more than Form IT-215, line 20, stop. Do not continue with this computation. Enter the amount from line 20 above on Form IT-203-ATT, line 32. – If Form IT-215, line 21, is less than Form IT‑215, line 20, enter the amount from line 20 above on Form IT-203-ATT, line 32, and continue on line 22 below						21
22	Subtract line 21 from line 20. This is your remaining excess New York State earned income credit						22
23	Enter the amount from line 19, Column D, of the Part-year resident income allocation worksheet in your Form IT-203 instruction booklet					23
24	Enter the amount from line 19, Column A, of the Part-year resident income allocation worksheet in your Form IT-203 instruction booklet					24
25	Divide line 23 by line 24 (round the result to the fourth decimal place). This amount cannot exceed 100% (1).						25
26	Multiply line 22 by line 25. Enter the result here and on Form IT-203-ATT, line 10. This is the refundable portion of your part-year New York State resident earned income credit.						26
New York City earned income credit (full-year and part-year New York City residents)
27	From Worksheet C, New York City earned income credit, on page 3 of Form IT-215-I, Instructions for Form IT-215. Enter here and on Form IT-201, line 70, or Form IT-203-ATT, line 11 Part-year New York City residents must also complete line 28 below.						27
28	Part-year New York City adjusted gross income Enter the amounts from Worksheet C, lines 6 and 7					28A	28B
Worksheet B
1	New York State tax (from Form IT-201, line 39, or Form IT-203, line 38)						1
2	Resident credit (see instructions)					2
3	Accumulation distribution credit (see instructions)					3
4	Add lines 2 and 3						4
5	Subtract line 4 from line 1. (If line 4 is more than line 1, enter 0.) Enter here and on line 13 on the front of this form						5

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