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“qualifying earned income” means earned income but does not include emoluments within the meaning of section 472.

(a) employee tax credit in accordance with subsection (4)(a) of section 472 and earned income tax credit under paragraph (a) of subsection (2), the aggregate of those tax credits shall not exceed €1,650, and

(b) employee tax credit in accordance with subsection (4)(b) of section 472 and earned income tax credit under paragraph (b) of subsection (2), the aggregate of those tax credits shall not exceed €1,650.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), where, for any year of assessment, a claimant proves that his or her total income for the year consists in whole or in part of qualifying earned income (including, in a case where the claimant is a married person assessed to tax in accordance with section 1017, or a civil partner assessed to tax in accordance with section 1031C, any qualifying earned income of the claimant’s spouse or civil partner deemed to be income of the claimant by either of those sections for the purposes referred to in the relevant section) the claimant shall be entitled to a tax credit (to be known as the “earned income tax credit”) of—