No One Is in Charge: Leaving Federal EITC Bucks on the Table

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No One Is in Charge: Leaving Federal EITC Bucks on the Table

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Oregon is in last place nationally when it comes to the share of families qualifying for the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) who claim it.

No One Is in Charge: Leaving Federal EITC Bucks on the Table

Oregon is in last place nationally when it comes to the share of families qualifying for the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) who claim it. About a quarter of eligible Oregon working families do not claim the federal EITC.

This tax credit helps low-income households make ends meet, and enjoys bi-partisan support as an effective anti-poverty tool.

Working families missing out on these federal work-support dollars have a harder time getting by. It also means fewer federal dollars — about $124 million a year — ultimately not flowing into businesses in communities throughout Oregon.

It should be a priority of Oregon policymakers to make a state agency responsible for promoting the credit. This is costing the state’s economy millions in federal dollars and needlessly making life more difficult for families who are already hurting.

See Last in EITC Participation: Oregon Leaves Millions on the Table.

 


This post was originally published on www.blueoregon.com on November 6, 2015. The original post can be found at http://www.blueoregon.com/2015/11/eitc-oregon-federal-money-participation-rate/.

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Written by staff at the Oregon Center for Public Policy.
Chuck Sheketoff

Chuck Sheketoff

Chuck Sheketoff is a founder of the Oregon Center for Public Policy and former Executive Director. Incorporated in 1995, the Center was launched with Chuck as its first executive director after Chuck received the "public interest pioneer award" from the Stern Family Fund in September, 1997. Prior to starting the Center, Chuck lobbied the Oregon legislature on tax policies and on human services programs' policies and budgets on behalf of legal aid clients (1992 to 1996) and the low-income clients of the Oregon Law Center (1997).

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