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T17-0033 - Increase Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Phase-In Rates, 0 and 1 Child EITC Parameters, and Reduce the 0 Child EITC Elig Age from 25 to 21, Baseline: Current Law, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by ECI Level, 2017

Distribution of federal tax change from increasing the EITC for 0 child workers to $6,000 and 1 child workers to $6,528 by increasing the phase-in rates, similar increases for families with 2+ children, and reducing the age eligibility of the 0 child EITC from 25 to 21. Estimates are shown by income levels, 2017.

March 17, 2017