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
Federal EITC Expansion Would Benefit Thousands of Workers in Every Major Metro Area March 19, 2014 By Lauren Pescatore We blogged last week about how President Obama isn’t alone in wanting to expand the federal Earned Income ... 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
Guest Commentary: Understanding Improper Payments in the EITC March 10, 2014 By Elaine Maag, Senior Research Associate at the Tax Policy Center and the Urban Institute The President’s budget proposes inc... 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
Unfortunate Ruling as Appeals Court Upholds Decision to Overturn IRS Paid Preparer Regs February 27, 2014 This post was written by Holden Weisman, Senior Policy Analyst at the National Community Tax Coalition, and first appeared on t... Read More
Striking New Studies Show EITC Boosts College Enrollment February 24, 2014 This post was written by Chye-Ching Huang, tax policy analyst with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ Federal Fiscal P... 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
