TaxVox: Earned income tax credit (EITC)

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How Can We Increase EITC Participation?

February 18, 2020 –
The IRS and Census Bureau estimate that only about 78 percent of people who are eligible for the earned income tax credit (EITC) get it...

Utah: Tax Reform Doesn’t Have To Be This Hard

February 7, 2020 –
States often fail at tax reform. But few efforts flop as spectacularly as Utah’s did. Utah passed sweeping tax reform legislation in December 2019. Utah...

How Income Taxes Interact With Racial Disparities

January 30, 2020 –
Because the IRS does not ask for a tax filer’s race or ethnicity on tax forms, examining the relationship between race and the tax system...

Give Sanders and Warren Credit For Leaning Away From Tax Credits

December 31, 2019 –
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...

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...