The bill offers a loan that families would have to repay, not a new benefit, and provides no new job protection for workers seeking to take time off. Read more
Puerto Rico needs a comprehensive economic package that centers around powerful tools such as the Earned Income Tax Credit, one of the nation’s most effective anti-poverty programs. Read more
Six of the 29 states (plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) with Earned Income Tax Credits (EITCs) are expanding them this year, which ... Read more
Virginia ended its 2019 legislative session after enacting a new tax law that failed to expand the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for low-wage ... Read more
As state legislative sessions move forward, policymakers can help build an economy that works for everyone by adopting or strengthening two policy tools at their ... Read more
With Puerto Rico’s governor signing a major tax package into law today, the Commonwealth is slated to implement a local Earned Income Tax ... Read more
Update, July 31: We’ve clarified the description of Maryland’s EITC expansion. Seven states boosted — or will soon boost — their Earned Income Tax Credits ... Read more
Maryland lawmakers this month passed, and Governor Larry Hogan is expected to support, legislation to expand the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to an estimated 40,000 more low-income Marylanders by lowering the eligibility age for workers not raising children in their home from 25 to 18. That will help many young workers who are just entering the workforce and supporting themselves on very low wages. Read more
