But he said if that proves to be a problem, a future Legislature could enact something similar to the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, under which people making less than a certain figure can ...

In other words, it shows that programs like food stamps, housing assistance, the federal Earned Income Tax Credit for working families and other social interventions are working.

That was not happening previously.” Among the highlights was a tax rebate of $250 for working families who already qualify for the federal earned income tax credit.

Households in these states received a larger Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) last year.

Vermont’s earned income tax credit — linked to the federal initiative of the same name — would also expand under the bill for workers without children.

As a major element of the federal government’s antipoverty efforts, the earned income tax credit has come a long way in its half-century.

Montanans also receive a state-level earned income tax credit that equates to 10% of the federal earned income tax credit. HB 337 raises that ratio to 20%.

Importantly, Congress also expanded the federal earned income tax credit (EITC) around this time, providing increased assistance to working families through that program rather than cash welfare.

Working families tax credit — 20 percent of federal Earned Income Tax Credit, worth up to $1,600 Child Tax Credit — Up to $300 for family of four ...

Washington workers and their families can get an additional tax refund, if they qualify, through the state's Working Families Tax Credit.

The tax cut plan also calls for repealing Missouri's Working Family Tax Credit Act, a credit equal to a certain percentage of a worker's federal earned income credit.