Barbara is age 57 and was widowed in 2021. She owns her own home and provided all the cost of keeping up her home for the entire year. Her only income for 2021 was $36,000 in W-2 wages. Jenny, age 24, and her daughter Marie, age 3, moved in with her mother, Barbara, after she separated from her spouse in April of 2021. Jenny’s only income for 2021 was $15,000 in wages. Jenny provided over half of her own support. Marie

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  • Barbara is age 57 and was widowed in 2021. She owns her own home and provided
    all the cost of keeping up her home for the entire year. Her only income for 2021 was
    $36,000 in W-2 wages.
  • Jenny, age 24, and her daughter Marie, age 3, moved in with her mother, Barbara,
    after she separated from her spouse in April of 2021. Jenny’s only income for 2021
    was $15,000 in wages. Jenny provided over half of her own support. Marie did not
    provide more than half of her own support.
  • Jenny will not file a joint return with her spouse. She did not receive advance child
    tax credit payments for 2021.
  • All individuals in the household are U.S. citizens with valid Social Security numbers.
    No one has a disability. They lived in the United States all year but not in a community
    property state.
10. Which of the following statements is true?
 
     
 
 
     
  A. Jenny is eligible to claim Marie for the EIC even though her filing status is married filing separate  
     
 
     
  B. Jenny is not eligible to claim the EIC for Marie because she is under age 25  
     
 
     
  C. Jenny is not eligible to claim Marie for the EIC because her income is too high.  
     
 
     
  D. None of the above statements are true.  
     
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