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Pilot Project to Assess Validation of EITC Eligibility with State Data

Mike Pergamit, Elaine Maag, Devlin Hanson, Caroline Ratcliffe, Sara Edelstein, Sarah Minton
June 3, 2015
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The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) annually delivers over $60 billion to low-income working families. The Office of Management and Budget identifies the EITC as having the highest improper payment rate among 13 high error programs. We explore whether state SNAP and TANF administrative data can be used by IRS to reduce erroneous payments and target outreach efforts. Too few EITC claimants receive TANF to make the TANF data useful. SNAP data are unlikely to be useful during pre-refund audits, but may be helpful in audit case selection or in flagging erroneous EITC claims for people without custodial children.

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Individual Taxes Earned income tax credit (EITC)
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  • Mike Pergamit
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  • Elaine Maag
    Senior Fellow, Research
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  • Caroline Ratcliffe
    Senior Fellow
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    Research Associate I
  • Sarah Minton
    Research Associate I
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Robert McClelland, Livia Mucciolo, Safia Sayed
March 30, 2022
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