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I am a foster parent and I think I might be able to get the Earned Income Tax Credit. How long do I have to have foster children in my home to be eligible?
There is great news for foster parents beginning in tax
year 2002. A foster child must have lived with the filer
more than half the year (the requirement used to be the
full year). Remember that the child must have been
placed in your home by a foster care agency to qualify.
Also, the child must be under age 19, or under 24 if in
school full-time, or totally disabled at any age.
For more information about the Earned Income Tax
Credit and other tax credits that can help you, see
Tax Credits for People Who Work.
Brenda Procter, M.S., Consumer and Family Economics, College of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia
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