California Budget & Policy Center: This Tax Day, Celebrating a Tax Credit That Broadens Prosperity

With Tax Day — the deadline for filing personal income taxes — coming up next Tuesday, it’s a good time to reflect on the purpose of our tax system. As we pointed out in Who Pays Taxes in California?, tax policy is not only a means to an end, allowing us to collectively generate the resources needed to create strong and vibrant communities, it also can be an end in itself, serving as a tool for broadening economic prosperity.

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