Tax Policy Center

Options to Expand the Childless EITC

Individual Taxes: Earned Income Tax Credit

2008-17 Impact on individual income tax liability and revenue for three options to expand the earned income tax credit for childless workers: (1) increasing the phase-in and phase-out thresholds, (2) increasing the thresholds and extending eligibility to 21-24 year-olds, and (3) increasing the thresholds and extending eligibility to 18-24 year-olds

June 4, 2007
Individual Taxes: Alternative Minimum Tax

2008 Distribution of federal tax change by cash income class for an increase in the childless earned income tax credit (EITC) phase-in and phase-out rates to 15.3 percent combined with an increase in the phase-out threshold to $10,700, assuming no change in filing behavior results from the credit's expansion

June 21, 2007
Individual Taxes: Alternative Minimum Tax

2008 Distribution of federal tax change by cash income percentile for an increase in the childless earned income tax credit (EITC) phase-in and phase-out rates to 15.3 percent combined with an increase in the phase-out threshold to $10,700, assuming no change in filing behavior results from the credit's expansion

June 21, 2007
Individual Taxes: Alternative Minimum Tax

2008 Distribution of federal tax change by cash income class for an increase in the childless earned income tax credit (EITC) phase-in and phase-out rates to 15.3 percent combined with an increase in the phase-out threshold to $10,700, assuming all eligible tax units who do not currently file begin filing to claim the credit

June 21, 2007
Individual Taxes: Alternative Minimum Tax

2008 Distribution of federal tax change by cash income percentile for an increase in the childless earned income tax credit (EITC) phase-in and phase-out rates to 15.3 percent combined with an increase in the phase-out threshold to $10,700, assuming all eligible tax units who do not currently file begin filing to claim the credit

June 21, 2007