News Release Oregon ranked next to last in terms of the share of families qualifying for the Earned Income Tax
Family Tax Credits
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[This issue brief was updated on April 4, 2022.] Oregon families are among the least likely to benefit from the
After months of cajoling, vote wrangling and arm twisting, Congress is nearing the final lap of the legislative marathon that
In the latest episode of Policy for the People, we discuss the Build Back Better legislation before Congress with Samantha
This tax credit is targeted to low- and middle-income Oregonians. About 90 percent of the tax credit goes to families
A tax credit intended to lift up working families leaves out more than a quarter-million Oregonians, most of them U.S.
More than a quarter-million Oregonians in working households — most of them U.S. citizens and authorized immigrants — cannot claim
Oregon denies certain tax filers from benefiting from our state’s Earned Income Tax Credit based on their immigration status. My
Even good public policy can be made better. That’s the case with Oregon’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), one of
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