In 2002 more than 18 million low-income individual taxpayers received the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Despite its size, non-participation in this program is a concern and substantial effort is devoted by the IRS, local governments and many non-profits to address it. Most of the tax returns for EITC recipients are filed electronically by paid tax preparers who often charge significant fees for their services. Using variation across states in the introduction of state electronic filing programs, we show that the introduction of electronic filing had a significant effect on participation in the EITC. Our results are robust to accounting for other welfare, EITC and IRS reforms introduced during the same period. We suggest that this effect ...
In this brief, Authors Beth Mattingly and Elizabeth Kneebone use Internal Revenue Service tax filing...
Using survey data from Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) recipients in Madison County, New York, we ev...
The Earned Income Tax Credit ( EITC ) is the largest US. welfare program, with twenty-four million l...
for helpful comments. In 2002 more than 18 million low-income individual taxpayers received the Earn...
In 2002 more than 18 million low-income individual taxpayers received the Earned Income Tax Credit (...
for helpful comments. In 2002 more than 18 million low-income individual taxpayers received the Earn...
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is meant to help low-income, working taxpayers and their familie...
Why do a significant number of households that are eligible to claim the federal Earned Income Tax C...
which is administered through the federal income tax system, is the largest cash assis-tance program...
Tax refunds are an opportunity for Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) recipients to build emergency sav...
This dissertation investigates three questions related to the Earned Income Tax Credit, the largest ...
The earned income tax credit (EITC), established in the tax code in 1975, offers cash aid to working...
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) distributes more than $60 billion to over 20 million low-income ...
The success of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has prompted numerous states to develop a...
There has been a longstanding debate in the United States about how to assist low-income families. T...
In this brief, Authors Beth Mattingly and Elizabeth Kneebone use Internal Revenue Service tax filing...
Using survey data from Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) recipients in Madison County, New York, we ev...
The Earned Income Tax Credit ( EITC ) is the largest US. welfare program, with twenty-four million l...
for helpful comments. In 2002 more than 18 million low-income individual taxpayers received the Earn...
In 2002 more than 18 million low-income individual taxpayers received the Earned Income Tax Credit (...
for helpful comments. In 2002 more than 18 million low-income individual taxpayers received the Earn...
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is meant to help low-income, working taxpayers and their familie...
Why do a significant number of households that are eligible to claim the federal Earned Income Tax C...
which is administered through the federal income tax system, is the largest cash assis-tance program...
Tax refunds are an opportunity for Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) recipients to build emergency sav...
This dissertation investigates three questions related to the Earned Income Tax Credit, the largest ...
The earned income tax credit (EITC), established in the tax code in 1975, offers cash aid to working...
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) distributes more than $60 billion to over 20 million low-income ...
The success of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has prompted numerous states to develop a...
There has been a longstanding debate in the United States about how to assist low-income families. T...
In this brief, Authors Beth Mattingly and Elizabeth Kneebone use Internal Revenue Service tax filing...
Using survey data from Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) recipients in Madison County, New York, we ev...
The Earned Income Tax Credit ( EITC ) is the largest US. welfare program, with twenty-four million l...