TaxVox: Earned income tax credit (EITC)

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The TCJA Didn’t Change Child Benefits For Most Families With Children By Very Much

October 8, 2019 –
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) significantly changed how families with children were treated under the individual income tax, but for many - changed...
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Working Families Tax Relief Act Provides Substantial Benefits - And Misses Opportunity

September 26, 2019 –
Democrats are focused on passing the Working Families Tax Relief Act (WFTRA), and for good reason. If passed, the WFTRA would provide about $ 85...
Individual Taxes

The Economic Security Project Proposes A Simpler And More Generous Tax Credit For Low-Income Workers And Caregivers

July 2, 2019 –
Expanding the earned income tax credit (EITC) has support from a wide range of policy experts. Yet the expansion ideas come in many different forms...

New Tax Credit Could End Poverty For US Workers And Boost the Middle Class

May 21, 2019 –
In a new paper , I propose a universal earned income tax credit (UEITC)—a one-for-one match on the first $10,000 of earnings delivered through a...

The Senate Democrats’ Plan To Expand Refundable Tax Credits For Working Families Builds On Existing Ideas

April 22, 2019 –
Senate Democrats have rallied around the Working Families Tax Relief Act (WFTRA) that would significantly expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and more modestly...
Individual Taxes

The Lowest-Income Families Could Receive Larger Child Tax Credits With A Few Changes To The Tax Code

April 5, 2019 –
The child tax credit (CTC) provides a credit of up to $2,000 per child for families with children under 17. But low-income families often get...

To Help Close The Tax Gap The IRS Should Focus On Small Business Compliance, Not EITC Claimants

March 14, 2019 –
Although overall IRS audit rates are remarkably low (less than one percent), returns claiming an EITC are twice as likely to be audited as those...
Individual Taxes

District of Columbia Shows How to Expand the EITC For Childless Workers

February 26, 2019 –
Federal lawmakers ranging from Sherrod Brown to Paul Ryan have proposed expanding the earned income tax credit (EITC) for childless workers for years without enacting...

How To Choose Among Tax Credits That Aim To Support Work, Children, And Poverty Reduction

January 28, 2019 –
High-profile Democrats are floating ambitious proposals to reduce economic pressure on working Americans by expanding or supplementing tax credits for low- and middle-income families. These...
Individual Taxes

If Tax Refunds And Benefits Are Delayed By Shutdown, That Would Hurt Vulnerable Americans

January 14, 2019 –
For many US households, the ongoing partial government shutdown is inconvenient. But for low-income households, it may become a severe hardship. If the shutdown goes...