and it s literally giving me cold sweats, i don t know. in the frenzy to get these things done, we overlook deductions. let s start with the earned income tax credit. 6 million people are missing this credit. it s a credit, not a deduction which is considerably more valuable. on average worth about $2200. sea for op - s wortmore tnth, thatn it tidd eeno ritnece woke economy, more people fall into that bracket. so you have to make sure, if you re eligible for it, that you re grabbing it. and i didn t know this, 14 million people out of work and job-hunting costs are deductible? right. in a particular classification of job hunting class. you have to be looking for a job in a field that you re already in. you also have to be itemizing those deductions. and they have to account for 2% of your income. they come under the heading of