Reducing Overpayments in the Earned Income Tax Credit
February 20, 2018
February 20, 2018
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The Center on Budget & Policy Priorities issued the following news release:
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for low- and moderate-income workers has been shown to increase work, reduce poverty, lower welfare receipt, and improve children's educational attachment.(1) University of California economist Hilary Hoynes, a leading researcher on the EITC, has written that it "may ultimately be judged one of the most successful labor market innovatio . . .
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for low- and moderate-income workers has been shown to increase work, reduce poverty, lower welfare receipt, and improve children's educational attachment.(1) University of California economist Hilary Hoynes, a leading researcher on the EITC, has written that it "may ultimately be judged one of the most successful labor market innovatio . . .