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T18-0018 - Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC): Option 4; Baseline: Current Law (post Tax Cuts and Jobs Act); Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Expanded Cash Income Level, 2018

Table shows the distributional effects by expanded cash income level of expanding the EITC for all workers by increasing phase-in rate to: 14.69 percent for childless workers; 65.28 percent for those with one child; 76.8 percent for those with two children; and 86.4 percent for those with three or more children.

January 26, 2018