News Round-Up: May 6, 2019 May 6, 2019 Top story: Improving tax credits for working families is a key component of a broader policy agenda to drastically reduce the ... Read More
Bold Plan to End Child Poverty Includes Expanding Tax Credits for Working Families April 30, 2019 By Lauren Pescatore Improving tax credits for working families is a key component of a broader policy agenda to drastically... Read More
News Round-Up: April 29, 2019 April 29, 2019 Top story: A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that increasing the minimum wage and Earned Income ... Read More
The EITC Can Help Reduce “Deaths of Despair,” New Research Finds April 29, 2019 By Andrea Ruggirello Increasing the incomes of low-wage workers, through boosts to the minimum wage and Earned Income Tax Cred... Read More
Tax Time Can Help Boost Voter Registration, New Research Finds April 24, 2019 Tax time may be an especially effective opportunity to increase voter registration among low-income Americans, according to ne... Read More
News Round-Up: April 22, 2019 April 22, 2019 Top story: The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University re... Read More
New Report Makes the Case for State-Level Child Tax Credits April 18, 2019 By Lauren Pescatore State policymakers intent on reducing child poverty should look to the Child Tax Credit (CTC), accordin... Read More
New Research Shows Expanding the EITC Can Help Reduce Income Inequality April 16, 2019 By Devin Simpson A new study of expansions to the District of Columbia’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) yields promising f... Read More
News Round-Up: April 15, 2019 April 15, 2019 Here are some highlights from the past week’s news and upcoming events on family tax credit issues: Top Story: On Wednesday... Read More
This Tax Day, Don’t Forget About the EITC April 15, 2019 A letter from TCWF Director Lauren Pescatore and Caitlin Arenas Martinez, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy at United Way... Read More
