 The updated Make Tax Time Pay Outreach Kit for 2008 is now available for order at eickit@cbpp.org. You can also click here to view the 2008 kit online.
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- Introduction/How to Use This Kit to Help Answer Your Tax Credit Outreach Questions , 2pp. PDF
- Long Distance Telephone Tax Refund in 2007, 2pp. PDF
- Facts: About Tax Credits for Working Families, 28pp. PDF
Explains the basics about who is eligible for the EIC and CTC and how to claim these credits.
- Outreach Strategies: Promoting Tax Credits for Working Families, 40pp. PDF
Presents key components of successful Tax Credit Outreach Campaigns, ideas to promote the tax credits and examples of how organizations across the country are helping communities claim the EIC and CTC
- Free Tax Help and Asset Development: How to Help Families Keep All the Money They’ve Earned, 28pp. PDF
Describes methods to connect workers to free tax filing assistance programs, asset development opportunities and information to help workers with other tax credit-related concerns
Campaign Tools:
- Updated IRS Territory Manager List, 2pp. PDF
- EIC Participation for Tax Year 2005 and 2004, 2pp. PDF
- Comparing the Eligibility Requirements for the EIC and the CTC, 1pp. PDF
Organizations may order a free copy of this kit at eickit@cbpp.org. Additional kits and color posters can be ordered for a minimal charge at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities at eickit@cbpp.org or 202-408-1080.
Translations of our EIC and Child Tax Credit flyer are available in the following 19 additional languages: Arabic, Amharic, Bosnian, Cambodian, Chinese, Farsi, French, Haitian-Creole, Hmong, Italian, Korean, Lao, Polish, Portuguese, Russian Somali, Tagalog, Ukrainian and Vietnamese. At your request, we will also mail a hard copy of any of these languages to you. Contact us at eickit@cbpp.org or 202-408-1080 for such requests. If there are other languages for which it would be important for you to have translations to distribute, please let us know.
Helpful
Interested in starting or improving a free tax preparation program in your community? Visit the National Community Tax Coalition Technical Assistance Website.
How much is the EIC worth?
The value of the EIC is based on earnings and the number of children, if any, raised by a worker. The "2007 Earned Income Tax Credit Estimator" gives you a quick way to figure how much the EIC might be worth to a family.
Education Tax Credits toolkit
This Toolkit includes resources to help increase and improve the tax filing process for low-income filers to claim the Federal Hope and Lifetime Learning Education Tax Credits
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