This report analyzes 2002 IRS tax return data to determine the impact of refund anticipation loan usage among EITC recipients in communities across Illinois. The report also calculates the total amount of EITC dollars spent on high cost tax preparation and refund anticipation loan products in these same areas
This purpose of this paper is to illustrate how data can target outreach for social and economic jus...
Last tax season the IRS sent refund checks averaging $2,057 to 100 million tax filers. These cash in...
The earned income tax credit (EITC), established in the tax code in 1975, offers cash aid to working...
Community stakeholders and consumer advocates have long argued that high-cost refund anticipation lo...
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Taxpayer...
This fact sheet defines a refund anticipation loan and gives the benefits to considering other optio...
This report, prepared by the Employment and Training Institute in cooperation with The Brookings Ins...
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) provides substantial financial support to low-income workers, ye...
Many U.S. households lack savings for unexpected expenses and financial shocks, but tax refunds and ...
There has been a significant expansion of refundable credits over the past twenty years. This trend ...
This paper reveals the use of refund anticipation loans, also known as RALs, from 2004 to 2006 in No...
The success of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has prompted numerous states to develop a...
Tax refunds are an opportunity for Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) recipients to build emergency sav...
Comments address the need to provide free income tax preparation services as an alternative to high-...
The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division receives hundreds of calls and consumer complain...
This purpose of this paper is to illustrate how data can target outreach for social and economic jus...
Last tax season the IRS sent refund checks averaging $2,057 to 100 million tax filers. These cash in...
The earned income tax credit (EITC), established in the tax code in 1975, offers cash aid to working...
Community stakeholders and consumer advocates have long argued that high-cost refund anticipation lo...
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Taxpayer...
This fact sheet defines a refund anticipation loan and gives the benefits to considering other optio...
This report, prepared by the Employment and Training Institute in cooperation with The Brookings Ins...
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) provides substantial financial support to low-income workers, ye...
Many U.S. households lack savings for unexpected expenses and financial shocks, but tax refunds and ...
There has been a significant expansion of refundable credits over the past twenty years. This trend ...
This paper reveals the use of refund anticipation loans, also known as RALs, from 2004 to 2006 in No...
The success of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has prompted numerous states to develop a...
Tax refunds are an opportunity for Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) recipients to build emergency sav...
Comments address the need to provide free income tax preparation services as an alternative to high-...
The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division receives hundreds of calls and consumer complain...
This purpose of this paper is to illustrate how data can target outreach for social and economic jus...
Last tax season the IRS sent refund checks averaging $2,057 to 100 million tax filers. These cash in...
The earned income tax credit (EITC), established in the tax code in 1975, offers cash aid to working...