Policy Briefs

Alabama
Alabama Arise “The Arise Plan for Income Tax Fairness”

Arkansas Arkansas
Advocates for Children and Families "A State EITC for Arkansas's Working Families: Giving Credit Where It's Long Overdue" March 2008

Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families "Tax Relief for Low-Income Arkansans: What are the options?" January 2007

“Is it time for an Arkansas Earned Income Tax Credit?"

California
California Budget Project “How Can a State Earned Income Tax Credit Help California’s Working Poor Make Ends Meet?” March 2001

Colorado
The Bell Policy Center "The Earned Income Tax Credit in Colorado: An Overview" Febuary, 2005

Connecticut
Connecticut Association for Human Services, "Making Ends Meet: Low-Wage Worker and the State Earned Income Tax Credit" 2008

Connecticut Association for Human Services "Making Ends Meet: Low-Wage Workers and the State Earned Income tax Credit"

Advocate’s for Connecticut’s Children and Youth “An Earned Income Tax Credit for CT”

CT Voices for Children “The Connecticut “Working Poor Family (EITC) Credit”: Key Facts” February 2001

CT Voices for Children “A State Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Key Background” March 1999

DC
DC Fiscal Policy Institute “The District Earned Income Tax Credit: Helping Working Families Escape Poverty” November 2002

Georgia
Georgia Budget and Policy Institute "Fair Taxes for Low-Income Working Families: A Georgia Earned Income Tax Credit" December 2005

Hawaii
3 Point Consulting "Point by Point: State Tax Relief in Hawai'i" February 2006

3 Point Consulting "An Evaluation of Proposals to Provide Tax Relief to Low-Income Families in Hawai'i" February 2005

Idaho
Idaho Center on Budget and Tax Policy "Briefing Book" January 2003

Illinois
Make Work Pay in Illinois State Law that Supports Working Families will Expire in 2003

Voices for Illinois Children’s Budget and Tax Policy Initiative Special Report & Policy Briefing “How much is enough? Assessing the level of state services in Illinois” November 2002

Make Work Pay in Illinois “State Law that Supports Working Family will expire in 2003: Legislatures must preserve and improve the Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit”

Indiana
Indiana Coalition on Housing and Homeless Issues, Inc. “Earned Income Tax Credit Policy Brief" 2004

Iowa
Iowa Fiscal Partnership "How the EITC Hits Home" 2007

Iowa Fiscal Partnership "Next Piece of the Puzzle: After Minimum Wage, Iowa Looks at Earned Income Tax Credit" 2007

Child and Family Policy Center "Updating and Improving Iowa's Earned Income Tax Credit" 2006

Kentucky
Kentucky Youth Advocates "A State Earned Income Tax Credit Would Help Kentucky's Working Families" January 2008

Kentucky Youth Advocates “Eleven Paths to Tax Fairness: Comprehensive Tax Reform and an Earned Income Tax Credit for Kentucky” March 2001

Kentucky Youth Advocates “An Earned Income Tax Credit for Kentucky” 1999

Louisiana
"A tax credit that works for Louisiana's Working Families" Louisiana Budget Project, June 2007

Maryland
Maryland Budget and Tax Policy Institute “A Primer on Earned Income Credits in Maryland Tax Year 2001” 2001

Minnesota
Minnesota House of Representatives Research Department "The Federal Earned Income Tax Credit and Minnesota Working Family Credit," December 2003

New Jersey
Association for Children of New Jersey Policy Brief “A Great Idea”

New Mexico
NM Advocates for Children and Families “Policy Brief #1: Expanding the Low Income Comprehensive Tax Rebate (LICTR): A Cost Effective Strategy to Lift Children Out of Poverty in New Mexico” June 2000

Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Institute of Child Advocacy “The Earned Income Tax Credit is a refundable tax credit that helps lift low-income working families out of poverty”

Oregon
Oregon Center for Public Policy: "Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: How to Pay for an Improvement in the Earned Income Credit" April 2007

Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, "A Hand Up: An Earned Income Credit Will Help Working Families" 2007

Utah
Utah Issues “Position Paper: A Proposal for a State Earned Income Tax Credit”

Washington
Washington State Budget & Policy Center "A Working Families Credit for Washington State" 2008

Wisconsin
Wisconsin Budget Project “The Use of Earned Income Tax Credits in Wisconsin” December 1, 2000