After you reach minimum retirement age, IRS considers the payments your pension and not earned income. Benefits such as Social Security Disability Insurance, SSI, or military disability pensions are not considered earned income and cannot be used to claim the EITC. You may qualify for the credit only if you,or your spouse, if filing a joint return, have other earned income.
Poignant: The couple have named the girl after Maya's later mother Minnie Riperton, who died aged 31, pictured here in 1978 a year before her death with her daughter Maya, son Marc and husband Richard.
When news of âGolden Girlâ star Rue McClanahanâs death rocked Twitter on June 10, users were in for a shock âsince Rue actually died five years ago. So what happened? Rue McClanahan, best known for playing Blanche Devereaux on Golden Girls, died at the age of 76 after suffering a stroke in June 2010, leaving us desolate. And for some reason, news of her death went viral again, five years later, opening old wounds all over again.