At least 259,000 taxpayers in Arkansas claimed the federal earned income tax for tax year 2023 (taxes filed in 2024). The IRS delivered an average of $779 million in EITC checks last year ...

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Living paycheck to paycheck is tough, but it is increasingly the situation for families in Denver and across Colorado.

The Senate is beginning to consider Republican leadership’s tax and budget reconciliation legislation. Follow this space for ...

In 2025, the U.S. government has released updated income benchmarks that determine eligibility for various federal aid ...

President Trump and his allies on Capitol Hill are creating new bureaucratic hurdles to prevent families from tapping ...

The state credit is worth 41.5% of the federal EITC’s value, meaning it adds an average of $1,061 to a qualifying household’s Connecticut income tax refund, according to nonpartisan analysts.

A child is born to a 17-year-old mother in a small south Arkansas town. There is a healthy 14 -month-old sibling. Mom is not ...

Senate Republicans’ tax and spending cut bill makes many of the core elements of their 2017 tax cuts permanent but scales back additional cuts from what the House passed. The Senate Finance ...

That credit is worth 41.5% of the federal EITC’s value, meaning it adds an average of $1,061 to a qualifying household’s Connecticut income tax refund, according to nonpartisan analysts.