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Individual Taxes

T22-0256 - Tax Benefit of the Child Tax Credit, Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, and Earned Income Tax Credit, Baseline: Current Law, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Expanded Cash Income Percentile, 2026

December 28, 2022
Individual Taxes

T22-0255 - Tax Benefit of the Child Tax Credit, Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, Earned Income Tax Credit, Baseline: Current Law, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Expanded Cash Income Level, 2026

December 28, 2022
Individual Taxes

T22-0253 - Tax Benefit of the Child Tax Credit, Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, Earned Income Tax Credit, Baseline: Current Law, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Expanded Cash Income Level, 2022

December 28, 2022
Individual Taxes

T22-0252 - Tax Benefit of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Baseline: Current Law, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Expanded Cash Income Percentile, 2026

December 28, 2022
Individual Taxes

T22-0251 - Tax Benefit of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Baseline: Current Law, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Expanded Cash Income Level, 2026

December 28, 2022
Individual Taxes

T22-0250 - Tax Benefit of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Baseline: Current Law, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Expanded Cash Income Percentile, 2022

December 28, 2022
Individual Taxes

T22-0249 - Tax Benefit of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Baseline: Current Law, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Expanded Cash Income Level, 2022

December 28, 2022
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

T22-0196 - Distribution of Tax Units and Qualifying Children by Amount of Child Tax Credit (CTC) under Proposal to Expand Refundability of the CTC, 2022

December 14, 2022
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T22-0195 - Repeal Child Tax Credit (CTC) Earned Income Threshold and the Refundability Limit Enacted by the 2017 Tax Act, and Increase Refundability Rate from 15 to 30 Percent, by ECI Level, 2023

December 14, 2022
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

T22-0194 - Repeal Child Tax Credit (CTC) Earned Income Threshold and the Refundability Limit Enacted by the 2017 Tax Act, and Increase Refundability Rate from 15 to 30 Percent, by ECI Level, 2023

December 14, 2022

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From the Briefing Book

How do taxes affect income inequality?

December 6, 2018 by tpc-admin

Q.

How do taxes affect income inequality?

A.

Because high-income households pay a larger share of their income in total federal taxes than low-income households, federal taxes reduce income inequality. But federal taxes have done little to offset increasing income inequality over the past 40 years.

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Why do low-income families use tax preparers?

December 21, 2015 by tpc-admin

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Why do low-income families use tax preparers?

A.

Many low-income families owe no income tax but still must file a tax return to receive refundable tax credits, including the earned income tax credit. Those who do file often seek help, which nearly always comes from a paid preparer. The cost of that help erodes the net value of refundable credits. That cost might be worth bearing if preparers helped their clients claim tax benefits that otherwise might be missed, but many don’t.

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How do IRS audits affect low-income families?

December 21, 2015 by tpc-admin

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How do IRS audits affect low-income families?

A.

The IRS audits a disproportionate (but still small) share of tax returns that include EITC claims. The agency has found that average discrepancies between taxes owed and taxes paid are smaller on EITC returns than on all returns.

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