TRNS Correspondent Dheeraj Chand asks Elaine Maag of Brookings about complications in the Earned Income Tax Credit

Posted by Staff on January 2, 2007 |

TRNS Correspondent Dheeraj Chand asks Elaine Maag of The Brookings Institute about ask about what percentage of Earned Income Tax Credit/Child Tax Credit dollars go unclaimed
and how her proposals could help enhance the efficacy of the tax
credit. She claims that estimates indicate 86% of EITC dollars are
claimed, and simplifying the system would include starting CTC at
first dollar of earnings, publicizing the tax credits, and combine
them into one. Dheeraj Chand

 
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January 2, 2007
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