News Round Up: January 28, 2019
Here are some highlights from the past week’s news and upcoming events on family tax credit issues:
Top Story: On February 7, join TCWF and Prosperity Now on Capitol Hill to discuss what’s ahead for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in 2019 – from the challenges posed by the government shutdown and IRS budget cuts, to opportunities for Congress to expand the credit for workers without dependent children. Register here.
- Delaware State Representative Paul Baumbach (D-Newark) introduced legislation to make the state’s EITC refundable and reduce the value of the credit from 20 to 5.9 percent in 2020. (Delaware General Assembly)
- Hawaii State Senator Laura Thielen (D-Kailua) introduced legislation to make the state’s EITC refundable. (Hawaii State Legislature)
- Nebraska State Senator Patty Pansing Brooks (D-Lincoln) introduced legislation to increase the state’s EITC from 10 percent to 13 percent of the federal credit by 2020, and 20 percent of the federal credit by 2022. (Nebraska Legislature)
- New York Senator José M. Serrano (D-New York) proposed legislation to increase the state’s EITC from 5 to 15 percent of the federal credit starting in 2020. (New York State Assembly)
- The Oregon House Committee on Revenue is reviewing two separate bills to renew the state’s EITC until 2026 and increase the credit from 8 to 16 percent of the federal credit. (Oregon House Bills 2139 & 2120)
- J.D. Scholten, former candidate for Iowa’s 4th congressional district, and Joe Sanberg, founder of CalEITC4Me, have teamed up to start a new nonprofit to help ensure low-income Iowans receive the EITC. (The Huffington Post)
- Last week, TCWF joined thousands of other organizations, advocates and policymakers across the country to celebrate EITC Awareness Day by sharing the top 10 reasons why we love the EITC. (TCWF)