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Model Estimate T17-0032 - Increase Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Phase-In Rates and 0 and 1 Child EITC Parameters, Baseline: Current Law, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by ECI Percentile, 2017 t17-0032.xls
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Distribution of federal tax change from increasing the EITC for 0 child workers to $6,000 and 1 child workers to $6,528 by increasing the phase-in rates. Similar increases for families with 2+ children. Estimates are shown by income percentile, 2017.
Model Estimates Type Distribution Tables by Percentile
Primary topic Individual Taxes
Topics Earned income tax credit (EITC) Income tax (individual) Low-income households Tax credits (individual)
Model Estimates from the same Simulation Run March 17, 2017
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T17-0034 - Increase Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Phase-In Rates, 0 and 1 Child EITC Parameters, and Reduce the 0 Child EITC Elig Age from 25 to 21, Baseline: Current Law, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by ECI Percentile, 2017
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T17-0033 - Increase Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Phase-In Rates, 0 and 1 Child EITC Parameters, and Reduce the 0 Child EITC Elig Age from 25 to 21, Baseline: Current Law, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by ECI Level, 2017
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T17-0028 - Increase Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Phase-In Rates, Baseline: Current Law, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by ECI Percentile, 2017
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T17-0027 - Increase Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Phase-In Rates, Baseline: Current Law, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by ECI Level, 2017
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T17-0026 - Tax Benefit of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Distribution of Federal Tax Change by ECI Percentile, 2017
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T17-0025 - Tax Benefit of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Distribution of Federal Tax Change by ECI Level, 2017
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