[Buttons12]

Wow. I don’t know everything but I do get paid to prepare tax returns, and it isn’t obvious to me how she got so much.
OTOH, when I have $5k to spare I can buy a whole house, a very solid, clean house in a good neighborhood. Or put a deposit on a fsbo.
Some people prefer to rent. *shrug*
Anyway her landlord now has a good opportunity...

[Old_Grouch]

OTOH, when I have $5k to spare I can buy a whole house, a very solid, clean house in a good neighborhood.

Wow, where are you that you can buy a house for $5000?

[Dave W]

$5K for a down payment? Where do you live. $5K is chump change where I live.

[wgmalabama]

You are overpaid for your deep knowledge of taxes. WOW.

[Mr Rogers]

“I do get paid to prepare tax returns, and it isn’t obvious to me how she got so much”

You get paid to do tax returns, and you haven’t seen much larger tax refunds for low income folks with kids?

Where in the heck do you work?

BTW, I cited the wrong number in my previous post. With 2 kids, max EITC is $5,616, $6,318 for 3 kids. So EITC and ACTC could hit $9318...

https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/individuals/earned-income-tax-credit/eitc-income-limits-maximum-credit-amounts-next-year