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Sep 1, 2020 | Report/Brief | Ashley Burnside

CLASP Principles for Federal Tax Policy

This report outlines a set of federal tax policy principles to provide a framework for policymakers and advocates that uses an economic and racial justice perspective to assess the range of proposals that they will evaluate in the next few years.

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Refundable tax credits help millions of people with low incomes avoid poverty. Chief among them are the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and refundable Child Tax Credit (CTC), which benefitted 28 million in 2018 and lifted nearly 11 million people out of poverty. Tax credits support and reward work, help families meet basic needs, improve children's outcomes, and strengthen community economies. CLASP advocates protecting and building on these supports, including expanding the EITC to workers without children.

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Elizabeth Lower-Basch

Director of Income and Work Supports

Refundable Tax Credits

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Ashley Burnside
Ashley Burnside
Policy Analyst, Income and Work Supports
Elizabeth Lower-Basch
Elizabeth Lower-Basch
Director of Income and Work Supports
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