Federal Tax Code to Recognize Married Same-Sex Couples August 30, 2013 Last month, we blogged about the Supreme Court ruling to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act and its tax credit implication... Read More
Members of Congress Seek Cosponsors for Bill that Would Extend, Strengthen and Simplify EITC August 19, 2013 The sponsors of The Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act of 2013 (H.R.2116), who introduced the bill thi... Read More
Tax Foundation Gets It Backwards: EITC Boosts Employment and Work Effort August 13, 2013 Rigorous and extensive research tells a success story we have explained about the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC): it boosts e... Read More
VITA updates create new opportunities for August advocacy August 6, 2013 (A version of this commentary also appears on WorkForward, the blog of the National Community Tax Coalition.) VITA is in seaso... Read More
State EITCs May Foster Economic Mobility July 24, 2013 We have long known that the EITC is one of the most effective ways to reduce poverty in the short run. Now a new study reports ... Read More
DOMA Struck Down; the Nation Revisits the Tax Code for Married Couples July 3, 2013 Last week’s Supreme Court ruling to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act affirmed that same-sex marriages deserve equal trea... Read More
Americans Understand That Families Need The Earned Income Tax Credit To Make Ends Meet May 20, 2013 What does it really take for a family to “get by”? Gallup has been asking Americans that question for nearly 80 years. Their mo... Read More
New Focus on Tax Reform in the Senate April 25, 2013 The discussion of tax reform was rejuvenated this week following an announcement from retiring Senate Finance Committee Chairma... Read More
How Tax Credits for Working Families Would Fare Under the President’s Proposed Budget April 15, 2013 Our analysis of President Barack Obama’s budget for 2014 released last week illustrates how challenging it can be to raise tax... Read More
Going to Court for Consumers April 10, 2013 (A version of this commentary also appears on WorkForward, the blog of the National Community Tax Coalition.) Retaining basic,... Read More
