Policy Brief - Refundable Tax Credits: A Permanent Solution for Working Families

September 2010. The Recovery Act achieved many of the reforms we supported long before the economic downturn, including the expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC), as well as the creation of new refundable tax credits. These vital credits, and the progressive nature of our tax system overall, are now at risk. This policy brief looks at the impact the ARRA / Recovery Act tax credit expansions had on low- and moderate-income taxpayers and the need to permanently expand these credits.

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