Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) - Tax Filers Claiming Tax Credit - Connecticut

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Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) - Tax Filers Claiming Tax Credit (Percent) – TY 2010

Data Provided by: Connecticut Association for Human test

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7.9% - 8.1%
Tolland	7.9%
Middlesex	8.1%
8.2% - 11.5%
Litchfield	9.8%
Fairfield	11.5%

11.6% - 13.6%
New London	12.7%
Hartford	13.6%
13.7% - 14.9%
New Haven	14.2%
Windham	14.9%

Definitions: The percentage of tax filers who claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit by town, county, and state. The denominator for percent is the total number of tax filers for the year.

Beginning in 2009, data represent tax returns filed between January and June of the tax year

Data Source: The Brookings Institution, EITC interactive: http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/eitc

Footnotes: 2007 data. Methodology: Internal Revenue Service zip code level data (tax year 2007) were aggregated to the city/town level.

2005 data. Internal Revenue Services (IRS) Zip-Code Level Data, 2005 were aggregated to City/Town Level using ArcGIS (Geographic Information System mapping software) in combination with Excel.

2001 data. The methods used for 2001 calculations have resulted in a few instances where the estimated number of EITC eligible non-participants in a given town is zero, yet a dollar amount has been estimated for a total unclaimed EITC in that town.

Note: Maps use the natural break classification method, which reflects patterns in the data by dividing the map into naturally occurring groups. Using statistical tools, this method determines cut-off points for each group by identifying large gaps in data values.

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