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
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
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
Online Training Offers Tools for Spreading the Word About Tax Credits for Working Families November 4, 2013 Through a two-part series of online webinars, the National Women’s Law Center is working to reach out to low-income taxpayers t... Read More
Arloc Sherman: Official Poverty Measure Masks Gains Made Over Last 50 Years September 17, 2013 We chose to cross-post this report by Arloc Sherman, Senior Researcher at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, because i... Read More
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
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
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
