Featured Video
An excerpt from an interview conducted by WSIU producer Jake Tichenor with Illinois Democratic State Representative John Bradley of Marion, discussing an increase to the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) that was approved during the recent special legislative session as part of a package of tax breaks designed to keep Chicago’s financial exchanges and Sears from leaving Illinois.
Featured Report
While the EITC is best known for boosting working families’ earnings and lifting about 6 million households from poverty every year, a new brief, “The Earned Income Tax Credit: Good for Our Families, Communities and Economy,” discusses how the credit’s values also extend to strengthening children’s education outcomes, families’ health outcomes, and local economic vitality.
Recent Updates
Weekly News Round-Up: January 27, 2012
Here are some highlights from this week’s news on family tax credit issues… Today is the IRS’ annual EITC Awareness Day. National policy and advocacy organizations gathered on Capitol Hill yesterday for a Congressional briefing to laud the many ways the Earned Income Tax Credit helps families, communities and local economies. The EITC has long enjoyed broad-based community support, and in these particularly difficult economic times, it’s crucial that all families who are eligible for the EITC actually claim it.
A New Brief Identifies The Many Strengths of the EITC – and Policy Priorities for 2012
Sean Noble, Director of Policy and Research for the National Community Tax Coalition, guest blogs about the strengths of the Earned Income Tax Credit and policy priorities for protecting the EITC in 2012.
