Resources on Multiple Credits and Broader Credit-Related Issues

Pro-work Tax Credits Help 2 Million Veteran and Military Households, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, June 2015

14 Million Millennials Benefit from Pro-Work Tax Credits, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, June 2015

13 Million Fathers Benefit from Tax Credits for Lower-Income Working Families, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, May 2015

21 Million Mothers Benefit From Tax Credits for Lower-Income Working Families, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, May 2015

Interview with Professor Kathryn Edin, Author of “It’s Not Like I’m Poor,” Earned Credits Family Handbook, January 2015

Chart Book: The Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, January 2015

Ideas from the Right: Conservative Approaches to Working Family Tax Credits, Earned Credits Family Handbook, November 2014

State Income Taxes on the Working Poor Vary By Thousands of Dollars, National Center for Children in Poverty, November 2014

Creating Opportunity for Families: a two-generation approach, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, November 2014

Letting Key Provisions of Working-Family Tax Credits Expire Would Push 16 Million People Into or Deeper Into Poverty, Chuck Marr, Bryann DaSilva and Arloc Sherman, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, November 2014

Virtual VITA: Promising Practices, Center for Economic Progress, July 2014

Is Smoking Inferior? Evidence from Variation in the Earned Income Tax Credit, Donald S. Kenkel, Maximilian D. Schmeiser, Carly J. Urban, The National Bureau of Economic Research, May 2014

PAID TAX RETURN PREPARERS: In a Limited Study, Preparers Made Significant Errors, United States Government Accountability Office, April 2014

Tax Units that Pay No Individual Income Tax, Tax Policy Center, August 2013

The Economic Impacts of Tax Expenditures: Evidence From Spatial Variation Across the U.S., Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren; Harvard University and NBER, and Patrick Kline and Emmanuel Saez; UC Berkeley and NBER, July 2013

Undocumented Immigrants’ State and Local Tax Contributions, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, July 2013

Working-Family Tax Credits Help Over 1 Million Military Families, Arloc Sherman, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, July 2013

The Distribution of Major Tax Expenditures in the Individual Income Tax System, Congressional Budget Office, May 2013

Tax Credits for Lower-Income Working Families Help 21 Million Mothers, The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, May 2013

The Earned Income Tax Credit and Refundable Child Tax Credit in Rural America, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, April 2013

Important Improvements to Two Key Tax Credits, Explained, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, February 2013

Achieving Further Deficit Reduction Solely Through Spending Cuts Entails Cutting Entitlements That Benefit the Poor and Middle Class While Shielding the Biggest Entitlements for the Wealthy, Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, January 2013

State-by-State Community VITA Data Map, National Community Tax Coalition, October 2012

Tax Provisions in the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA),  Jim Nunns and Jeff Rohaly, The Tax Policy Center, January 2013

Women Suffer Two-Thirds of Losses if Congress Ends Improved Working Family Tax Credits, National Women’s Law Center, November 2012

VITA Helps Improve Taxpayers’ Understanding of Their Taxes, National Community Tax Coalition, October 2012

Major Tax Proposals by President Obama and Governor Romney, Tax Policy Center, October 2012

A Roadmap to the Upcoming Federal Budget Debates, National Women’s Law Center, October 2012

State-Level Estimates Show Stark Contrasts Under Proposals To Extend Cut in Estate Tax While Failing to Extend Improvements in Working Family Tax Credits, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, October 2012

State Tax Codes As Poverty Fighting Tools: 2012 Update on Four Key Policies in All 50 States, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, September 2012

2 Steps Toward Tax Fairness for Working Families & Meaningful Deficit Reduction, National Community Tax Coalition, August 2012

On the Distributional Effects of Base-Broadening Income Tax Reform, Samuel Brown, William Gale, and Adam Looney, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, August 2012

The President’s Proposal to Extend the Middle Class Tax Cuts, The National Economic Council, July 2012

The Debate over Tax Cuts: It’s Not Just About the Rich, Citizens for Tax Justice, July 2012

Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means: Work Disincentives and the Safety Net, Jared Bernstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, June 2012

Misconceptions and Realities About Who Pays Taxes, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, April 2012

The Impact of State Income Taxes on Low-Income Families in 2011, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, April 2012

State Tax Codes As Poverty Fighting Tools: 2011 Update on Four Key Policies in All 50 States, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, September 2011

Why Some Tax Units Pay No Income Tax, Tax Policy Center, July 2011

The Assets Report 2011: An Assessment of Federal Policies and Proposals to Promote Asset-Building Opportunities, New America Foundation, June 2011

The ITEP Guide to Fair State and Local Taxes, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, 2011

Credit Where Credit is (Over) Due: Four State Tax Policies Could Lessen the Effect that State Tax Systems Have in Exacerbating Poverty, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, September 2010