Ideas From The Right: An Exclusive Interview With Brookings’s Ron Haskins July 24, 2014 This issue is the latest in our new commentary series, “Ideas From The Right: Conservative Approaches to Tax Credits for Workin... Read More
Introducing: Ideas From The Right – Conservative Approaches to Tax Credits for Working Families July 17, 2014 Today marks the launch of our new commentary series, Ideas From The Right: Conservative Approaches to Tax Credits for Working F... Read More
Thoughts from Congress on the Child Tax Credit Improvement Act July 3, 2014 On June 24th, 2014, the House Ways and Means Committee marked up HR4953, The Child Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2014. Because ... Read More
Misguided Expansion of the Child Tax Credit July 1, 2014 This post was authored by Elaine Maag of the Tax Policy Center and originally appeared on their TaxVox blog. We are re-posting ... Read More
Jenkins Opening Statement on H.R. 4935, The Child Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2014 June 30, 2014 The following is an introductory statement by Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins at the June 25 House Ways and Means Committee markup o... Read More
House Tax Bill Would Expand Child Tax Credit for Higher Earners, Allow Credit to Expire for Low-Income Families June 24, 2014 Tomorrow, the House Ways and Means Committee will mark up a controversial bill that would permanently increase the federal Chil... Read More
The Importance of Tax Policy in the Fight against Poverty April 16, 2014 This post was written by Ali Mickelson of the Colorado Fiscal Institute and first appeared as exclusive commentary for the Spot... Read More
Obama Budget Would Expand More Than Just the EITC for Childless Workers March 11, 2014 By Lauren Pescatore We’ve recently centered most of our coverage of the President’s budget for fiscal year 2015 on his major p... Read More
Chairman Camp’s Tax Code Rewrite Threatens Working Family Tax Credits February 28, 2014 By Lauren Pescatore A controversial tax plan introduced Wednesday by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp aims to... Read More
How Many Children In Your State Receive the EITC? February 18, 2014 Through the Brookings Institution’s EITC interactive website, you can download the latest tax-return data on the number of tax... Read More
