Boosting the Earned Income Tax Credit for SinglesBy providing a refundable credit at tax time, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is widely viewed as a successful public policy that is both antipoverty and pro-work. But most of its benefits have gone to workers with children.
Paycheck Plus is a test of a more generous credit for low-income...
Publication Date: September 1, 2018
Topic: Tax filing and benefits
Author: Adam Isen, Caroline Schultz, Cynthia Miller, Gilda Azurdia, Kali Aloisi, Lawrence F. Katz
Publisher: MDRC
Content Type: Research
Format Type: Report
Tag: Asset building, Employment, Families, Financial vulnerability, Income security, Labour market, Lone adults, Low income, Program development, Research, Tax benefits, Tax credits, Tax filing, United States, Urban
Location: New York, United States
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