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来源类型 | Brief |
规范类型 | 简报 |
Expanding the EITC for Workers without Resident Children | |
Elaine Maag; Kevin Werner; Laura Wheaton | |
发表日期 | 2019-05-31 |
出版年 | 2019 |
语种 | 英语 |
概述 | The federal earned income tax credit (EITC) is a refundable tax credit that provides substantial cash benefits to low-income working families with children. Working adults without children at home— including noncustodial parents, who are considered “childless” for tax purposes—also face economic challenges but receive few EITC benefits.This research brief and accompanying state fact |
摘要 | The federal earned income tax credit (EITC) is a refundable tax credit that provides substantial cash benefits to low-income working families with children. Working adults without children at home— including noncustodial parents, who are considered “childless” for tax purposes—also face economic challenges but receive few EITC benefits. This research brief and accompanying state fact sheets explore what would happen if the EITC for childless adults was expanded significantly. Through both national and state-level estimates, we show the number of workers who would become newly eligible for the EITC and the increase in EITC benefits for both currently and newly eligible workers. Using Urban’s Analysis of Transfers, Taxes, and Income Security (ATTIS) microsimulation model with 2016 American Community Survey data, we modeled the following expansion of the childless EITC:
In addition to increasing the federal EITC, this policy expansion would also result in an increase in state EITC benefits for workers in 22 states that calculate the state EITC as a percentage of the federal EITC. If states continue to conform to the federal EITC, workers in these states would qualify for an additional $1.4 billion in state EITC benefits under the expansion. In summary, this policy expansion would result in:
Learn more through our 50-state fact sheets to see how expanding the childless EITC would play out in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. |
主题 | Families ; Income and Wealth ; Poverty, Vulnerability, and the Safety Net ; Job Market and Labor Force ; Taxes and Budget |
URL | https://www.urban.org/research/publication/expanding-eitc-workers-without-resident-children |
来源智库 | Urban Institute (United States) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/480608 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Elaine Maag,Kevin Werner,Laura Wheaton. Expanding the EITC for Workers without Resident Children. 2019. |
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