EIC or EITC? Are they the same thing?

Yes, the EIC and the EITC are the same tax credit. Depending on where you learn about the Earned Income Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit the acronym may be slightly different. Even on the IRS website they refer to the EITC and the EIC! Don’t worry if you hear different people use different acronyms for the EIC, we are all referring to the same Earned Income Credit.