I am a student attending college and working part- time. Unearned income includes taxable interest, dividends, capital gains, and trust distributions. If you had an investment loss, your unearned income could be a negative amount.
Earned income includes wages, tips, taxable scholarship and fellowship grants, and salaries.
If you file Form 1040EZ , Income Tax Return for Single and Joint Filers With No Dependents, your total income is the same as your adjusted gross income. You qualify for the earned income credit. You qualify for the additional child tax credit. I'm single, live alone, and have no dependents. To use this filing status, you must have paid over half the cost of keeping up a home for you and a child or other qualifying person for over half the year.