Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

Tax Credits for Workers and Families

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Census Data Shows Importance of Refundable Tax Credits in Reducing Poverty, But Lawmakers Move to Restrict Them

September 12, 2017 • By Steve Wamhoff

The annual poverty data released by the Census Bureau today continues to show that federal refundable tax credits are the second most important anti-poverty program after Social Security. But this could change if the House Republicans have their way. The budget resolution approved by Republicans on the House Budget Committee in July would place new […]

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Avocado Toast, iPhones, Billionairesplaining and the Trump Budget

May 30, 2017 • By Jenice Robinson

A couple weeks ago, a billionaire set the Internet ablaze when on 60 Minutes Australia he chided millennials to stop buying avocado toast and fancy coffee if they wanted to buy a home. The backlash was swift and deserved. Twenty- and early thirty-something people rightly took offense to the suggestion that they haven’t purchased homes […]

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EITC Victories Await in Both Hawaii and Montana

May 4, 2017 • By Aidan Davis

Two states are on the verge of embracing a tried and tested anti-poverty policy, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). In the past two weeks, lawmakers in both Hawaii and Montana passed EITC legislation, which governors in both states are expected to sign. Once officially enacted, these states will join 26 other states and the […]

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Rewarding Work Through State Earned Income Tax Credits

February 11, 2016 • By Aidan Davis, Lisa Christensen Gee, Meg Wiehe

See the 2016 Updated Brief Here Read the brief in a PDF here.  that time, the EITC has been improved to lift and keep more working families out of poverty. The most recent improvements enhanced the credit for families with three or more children and for married couples. First enacted temporarily as part of the […]