Tax
| Publication | Category | Topic |
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| Are Income Tax Breaks for Seniors Good for State Economic Growth? In this brief, authors Ben Brewer, Karen Conway, and Jon Rork discuss the findings of their recently published study that investigates, directly, the impact on state economic growth of expanding income tax breaks for seniors.
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Income, Low Income, Seniors, Tax | |
| Share of Childless Adults Eligible for EITC Triples Under American Rescue Plan In this fact sheet, author Jess Carson explores how changes to the Earned Income Tax Credit in 2021 affect childless tax filers. Findings show that the share of childless adults who can claim a credit has tripled under the new provisions, and that the biggest driver… |
Center for Social Policy in Practice, COVID-19 | COVID-19, Income, Low Income, Poverty, Safety Net, Tax, Wages |
| Government Spending Across the World In this brief, authors Michael Ettlinger, Jordan Hensley, and Julia Vieira analyze how much the governments of different countries spend, and on what, to illuminate the range of fiscal policy options available and provide a basis for determining which approaches work… |
Education, Safety Net, Tax | |
| The Interaction Between the Minimum Wage and the Federal EITC Increases in the minimum wage are widely assumed to be beneficial for low-income workers, but it is important to consider the effect an increase might have on eligibility for other benefits, particularly the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). This fact sheet… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Income, Safety Net, Tax, Wages |
| Transportation and Taxes As in the United States as a whole, New Hampshire’s transportation infrastructure is in serious need of upgrading and maintenance. Addressing the problem will require substantial public investment, which will in turn require public awareness of infrastructure… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change, New Hampshire | Infrastructure, New Hampshire, Tax |
| Senior Tax Breaks on the Move—but Are Seniors Actually Moving? Every state in the United States with an income tax offers some kind of tax break to its older citizens. These breaks are often sizable, resulting in an elderly household owing substantially less in income taxes than a non-elderly household with the same income. In… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Demography, Seniors, Tax |
| State EITC Programs Provide Important Relief to Families in Need The federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is one of the largest anti-poverty programs in the nation, offering tax credits to low- and moderate-earning families.1 The amount of EITC benefits varies by earnings and the number of dependent children in a family, with… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Poverty, Safety Net, Tax |
| Federal EITC Kept 2 Percent of the Population Out of Poverty This brief documents the proportion of Americans who would have been poor absent the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), all else being equal, across 2010–2014. We examine Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) rates as well as hypothetical increases in the rates of SPM… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty, Safety Net, Tax |
| Proposed EITC Expansion Would Increase Eligibility and Dollars for Rural and Urban “Childless” Workers This brief uses data from the 2013 Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey to examine how President Obama’s proposed expanded eligibility and higher credit values might affect tax filers in both rural and urban America.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Employment, Rural, Safety Net, Tax, Urban |
| Share of Tax Filers Claiming EITC Increases Across States and Place Types Between 2007 and 2010 In this brief, Authors Beth Mattingly and Elizabeth Kneebone use Internal Revenue Service tax filing data to show that the share of tax returns claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) increased between 2007 and 2010, as did the size of the average credit claimed… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Safety Net, Tax |
