Marian Wright Edelman: Helping Low-Income Taxpayers Get Their Due
Mar 24, 2008 - Great news: Within the thousands of pages of tax law lies a provision called the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) that enables many working poor families to climb out of poverty. The bad news is that many low-income taxpayers are unaware of the EITC and don't know how to take advantage of it. Nevertheless, the most recent estimates show that the Earned Income Tax Credit lifts more children out of…