Economic Security for Illinois, working with the Institute in Taxation and Economic Policy, estimates that as many as 500,000 households would benefit from the expansion, including 110,000 immigrant households.
March 21, 2021
Chicago Sun-Times: A New Push to Expand the State’s Earned Income Credit Could Include Immigrants
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