Center for Law and Social Policy: The Earned Income Tax Credit Should be Expanded for Workers Without Children

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a federal tax credit for workers with low and moderate incomes. The EITC helps to bolster their incomes and offset taxes owed; it is effective at reducing poverty and has traditionally received bipartisan support. But the EITC available to workers without dependent children in the household is small and not available to younger and older workers without children. Lawmakers should permanently expand the EITC available to this population of workers.

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