Definitions:
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) supplements the wages of low-income working families through the federal tax code. A key feature of the EITC is that if the amount of the credit exceeds a family’s income tax liability, they will receive a refund for the difference.
Years are tax years.
Numbers of claims are in thousands.
Data Source:
Tax Policy Center of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution; U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
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