An Anti-Poverty Policy that Works for Working Families February 12, 2014 This post was written by Jane Williams and Elizabeth Kneebone of the Metropolitan Policy Program at The Brookings Institution a... Read More
Court Tells IRS It Can’t Regulate Commercial Tax Preparers February 11, 2014 By Debbie Stein For some time we’ve been reporting on the IRS effort to institute regulations that would improve the quality o... Read More
The Earned Income Tax Credit Is a Critical Anti-Poverty Program February 3, 2014 This post was written by the National Community Tax Coalition and first appeared on their WorkForward blog. We are cross-postin... Read More
The President’s EITC Proposal Would Cover All Childless Workers January 31, 2014 On Tuesday night, in his State of the Union speech, President Obama proposed an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) expansion to go... Read More
EITC Awareness Day January 31, 2014 The IRS has announced that this year EITC Awareness day will be Friday, January 31, 2014. The IRS is asking community organizat... Read More
Testing Innovations Locally to Change the Way We Fight Poverty January 8, 2014 This post was written by Kristin Morse and Carson Hicks of the New York City Center for Economic Opportunity and first appeared... Read More
Webinar on SaveYourRefund, a New Savings Promotion for Tax Credit Recipients January 6, 2014 Because the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC) are refundable, they offer significant tax refun... Read More
Three Steps to Estimating the Cost of a State EITC December 20, 2013 This post was written by Michael Leachman of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and first appeared on their Off the Cha... Read More
Revamped Website Helps Working Families Claim Tax Credits December 17, 2013 This post was written by Roxy Caines of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and first appeared on their Off the Charts b... Read More
Webinar Monday, Dec 16: A Guide to Effective EITC Advocacy – Lessons from the States December 9, 2013 On Monday, December 16 at 3:30 EST, Tax Credits for Working Families will offer a webinar for advocates on the lessons learned ... Read More