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Low-Income Workers Without Children May Miss Out On The Coronavirus Rebates

To get the coronavirus rebates in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act this year, most people will have to file an income...

April 3, 2020Elaine Maag

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Give Sanders and Warren Credit For Leaning Away From Tax Credits

Take two tax credits, and call me in the morning. For many politicians that is the tried and true prescription for the economic and social...

December 31, 2019Janet Holtzblatt

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Tax Reform 2.0 Should Expand Childless EITC To Reduce Poverty

House Ways & Means Committee Chair Kevin Brady (R-TX) and other top House Republicans are exploring some ideas for a proposed tax reform 2.0 ,...

August 6, 2018Elaine Maag

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How the EITC favors families with children

This post is part of the Tax Policy Center’s new series, Tax Line , which digs into the data behind the day’s most pressing tax...

October 21, 2016John Iselin Philip Stallworth

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EITC Expansion Backed By Obama and Ryan Could Penalize Marriage For Many Low-Income Workers

President Barack Obama and Speaker Paul Ryan have proposed similar expansions of the earned income tax credit (EITC) for low-income workers without children. Their goal is laudable: to provide some modest additional income support for low-income workers currently excluded from the EITC. But as

April 5, 2016C. Eugene Steuerle

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A Redesigned Earned Income Tax Credit Could Encourage Work by Childless Adults

The earned income tax credit (EITC) lifts millions of working families out of poverty, but provides little support to workers without children and some low-wage workers married to other low-wage workers. Congress could fix this flaw by scaling back the EITC and creating a new worker credit that is

May 20, 2015Elaine Maag

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President Obama’s FY 2015 Budget

When President Obama proposed his 2015 budget last March, he vowed to cut taxes for working class Americans while making sure high income households pay their "fair share." New Tax Policy Center estimates show that, like it or not, Obama would do pretty much as he promised. Low-income households

July 2, 2014Roberton C. Williams

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Questions About Expanding the Childless EITC

As the idea of expanding the “childless EITC” gathers steam, it’s time to start thinking about what the next generation of worker credits should look...

February 5, 2014Elaine Maag