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Introduction

Rethinking the Earned Income Tax Credit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2019

Michelle Lyon Drumbl
Affiliation:
Washington and Lee University, Virginia
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The Introduction explains that the EITC is a largely successful social program, but one that can be improved upon as part of a broader effort to address poverty in the United States. It provides a roadmap for the book, identifying some of the challenges taxpayers face and summarizing why the time is right for a reimagination of the EITC. It outlines potential benefits of the reimagination, such as a more coherent tax policy, a simplified structure for family benefits, a reduction in opportunities for tax return preparer fraud and tax-related identity theft, and a periodic distribution of benefits.

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Tax Credits for the Working Poor
A Call for Reform
, pp. 1 - 4
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Introduction
  • Michelle Lyon Drumbl
  • Book: Tax Credits for the Working Poor
  • Online publication: 24 July 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108227407.001
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  • Introduction
  • Michelle Lyon Drumbl
  • Book: Tax Credits for the Working Poor
  • Online publication: 24 July 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108227407.001
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  • Introduction
  • Michelle Lyon Drumbl
  • Book: Tax Credits for the Working Poor
  • Online publication: 24 July 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108227407.001
Available formats
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