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    States federal earned income tax credit or earned income credit (EITC or EIC) is a refundable tax credit for low- to moderate-income working individuals...
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    impose an income tax. They are determined by applying a tax rate, which may increase as income increases, to taxable income, which is the total income less...
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  • States federal child tax credit (CTC) is a partially-refundable tax credit for parents with dependent children. It provided $2,000 in tax relief per qualifying...
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    income tax collected by the United States, most individual U.S. states collect a state income tax. Some local governments also impose an income tax,...
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    started the Earned Income tax credit (EITC), which, at the time, provided an income tax credit to certain individuals. The EITC gave a tax credit to individuals...
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    negative income tax (NIT) is a system which reverses the direction in which tax is paid for incomes below a certain level; in other words, earners above...
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    Jonathan H. (1 April 2010). "Optimal tax theory: the journey from the negative income tax to the earned income tax credit". Southern Economic Journal. 76 (4):...
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  • categorized in Finnish tax law as either earned income (ansiotulo) or capital income (pääomatulo), essentially by stating that earned income is any salary paid...
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    the federal government (from child credits and the Earned Income Tax Credit). "Progressivity" as it pertains to tax is usually defined as meaning that...
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  • income tax is a tax imposed on individuals or entities (taxpayers) in respect of the income or profits earned by them (commonly called taxable income)...
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  • to claim the Making Work Pay tax credit (6.2% earned income credit, up to $400). Schedule R is used to calculate the Credit for the Elderly or the Disabled...
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    no income taxes and may actually receive a small subsidy from the federal government (from child credits and the Earned Income Tax Credit). Taxes fall...
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    the number of tax brackets and reducing the top tax rate from 50 percent to 28 percent. The act also expanded the earned income tax credit, the standard...
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  • Income taxes in Canada constitute the majority of the annual revenues of the Government of Canada, and of the governments of the Provinces of Canada. In...
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  • The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) is a federal program in the United States that awards tax credits to housing developers in exchange for agreeing...
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  • earned-income-tax-credit-and-the-child-tax-credit-history-purpose-goals-and-effectiveness/ H.R.2901 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Volunteer Income Tax...
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  • reliance on progressive income taxes rather than sales taxes for revenue or tax rebates such as the earned income tax credit loosely correlate with socio-economic...
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    payments it has made to individuals claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for the Guam income tax. This matter was successfully codified in the "American...
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    child credits and the Earned Income Tax Credit). The 2016 U.S. Gini coefficient was .59 based on market income, but was reduced to .42 after taxes and transfers...
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  • income tax credits: Earned income credit: this refundable credit is granted for a percentage of income earned by a low income individual. The credit is...
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  • social charges payable on income taxed at the scale rates against earned or pension income. Thus, where income or gains are taxed at fixed rates, no deduction...
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  • A corporate tax, also called corporation tax or company tax, is a type of direct tax levied on the income or capital of corporations and other similar...
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  • children a taxpayer has and sometimes the taxpayer's income level. For example, with the Child Tax Credit in the United States, only families making less than...
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  • disposable income, tax cuts are an example of an expansionary fiscal policy. Tax cuts also include reduction in tax in other ways, such as tax credit, deductions...
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  • methodology, with its emphasis on Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) claimants, resulted in a higher audit rate of low-income African-Americans in U.S. counties...
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    are taxed on dividends distributed by the corporation. Corporations may be subject to foreign income taxes, and may be granted a foreign tax credit for...
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    in order to receive a refund on withheld income or to receive certain credits (e.g. earned income tax credit).: 6  The form may be filed either by paper...
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  • A foreign tax credit (FTC) is generally offered by income tax systems that tax residents on worldwide income, to mitigate the potential for double taxation...
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    Claudia (21 June 2018). "High-frequency Spending Responses to the Earned Income Tax Credit". FEDS Notes. 2018 (2199). doi:10.17016/2380-7172.2199. Sahm maintains...
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  • Working Tax Credit (WTC) is a state benefit in the United Kingdom made to people who work and receive a low income. It was introduced in April 2003 and...
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