OBRA93 also—for the first time—extended the credit to childless workers. Unlike the expansion of the credit to workers with more than one child, the main rationale for this "childless EITC" was not poverty reduction. The childless EITC was also only available to adults aged 25 to 64 who were not claimed as dependents on anyone's tax return. Some policymakers attributed the increasing cost of the program to the significant legislative expansions that had occurred earlier in the decade and the expansion of EITC eligibility to childless workers.
Ultimately, PRWORA addressed these concerns by "tighten[ing] compliance tax rules and mak[ing] it harder for some people to qualify for the credit. According to the JCT, these new penalties were enacted because "Congress believed that taxpayers who fraudulently claim the EITC or recklessly or intentionally disregard EITC rules or regulations should be penalized for doing so.
Finally, TRA97 expanded the definition of income used in phasing out the credit, by including additional categories of passive i. The rationale for this change, according to the JCT, was that "Congress believed that the definition of AGI used currently [prior to TRA97] in phasing out the credit [was] too narrow and disregard[ed] other components of ability-to-pay. These legislative changes expanded the credit for certain recipients—namely married couples and larger families.
At the beginning of , there was bipartisan congressional interest in reducing tax burdens of married couples generally although the means by which they intended to achieve this goal varied. Marriage bonuses also arise in the U. As the JCT stated in , Because the [earned income credit] EIC increases over one range of income and then is phased out over another range of income, the aggregation of incomes that occurs when two individuals marry may reduce the amount of EIC for which they are eligible.
This problem is particularly acute because the EIC does not feature a higher phase out range for married taxpayers than for heads of households. Marriage may reduce the size of a couple's EIC not only because their incomes are aggregated, but also because the number of qualifying children is aggregated. Because the amount of EIC does not increase when a taxpayer has more than two qualifying children, marriages that result in families of more than two qualifying children will provide a smaller EIC per child than when their parents were unmarried.
Even when each unmarried individual brings just one qualifying child into the marriage there is a reduction in the amount of EIC per child, because the maximum credit for two children is generally less than twice the maximum credit for one child.
There was debate surrounding whether these temporary modifications should be further extended. After these changes were enacted in , the Obama Administration proposed making these provisions permanent as part of its budget proposals. Additional changes were made to the administration of the EITC with the intention of reducing improper payments of the credit. Improper payments are an annual fiscal year measure 47 of the amount of the credit that is erroneously claimed and not recovered by the IRS.
Improper payments can be due to honest mistakes made by taxpayers as well as fraudulent claims of the credit. The law stated that the credit will be denied to a taxpayer if the SSNs of the taxpayer, their spouse if married , and any qualifying children were issued after the due date of the tax return for a given taxable year.
For example, if a family had SSNs issued in June , the family could if otherwise eligible claim the EITC on its income tax return which is due in April , but could not amend its income tax return and claim the credit on its return which is due in April These legislative changes were made "to help prevent revenue loss due to identity theft and refund fraud related to fabricated wages and withholdings.
Previous research by the IRS has indicated that the most frequent EITC error was incorrectly reporting income, and the largest error in dollars was incorrectly claiming a child for the credit.
Appendix A. There are eight formulas currently in effect to calculate the EITC four for unmarried individuals and four for married couples, depending on the number of children they have , illustrated in Table A Table A For any of the eight formulas, the credit has three value ranges similar to those illustrated in Figure A-1 , for an unmarried taxpayer with one child. First, the credit increases to its maximum value from the first dollar of earnings until earnings reach the "earned income amount.
When earnings are between the "earned income amount" and the "phaseout threshold"—referred to as the "plateau"—the credit amount remains constant at its maximum level. For each dollar over the "phaseout threshold," the credit is reduced by the phaseout rate until the credit equals zero. This final range of income over which the credit falls in value is referred to as the "phaseout range.
Figure A EITC Schedules, The original title of the law, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, was stricken before final passage because it violated what is known as the Byrd rule, a procedural rule that can be raised in the Senate when bills, like the tax bill, are considered under the process of reconciliation.
The actual title of the law is "To provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year For more information on the changes made to the tax code by P. Sherlock and Donald J.
According to Ventry, "In , before President Johnson deployed his forces for a war on poverty, 3. California uses different income levels and phase out calculations than the federal EITC. Create Account. Earned Income Tax Credit Overview. C: IRS, May American Rescue Plan Act of The American Rescue Plan Act of temporarily expands eligibility and increases the maximum credit for individuals that qualify as childless.
State Earned Income Tax Credits State earned income tax credits provide an additional benefit to the federal credit for low-income taxpayers by reducing their state income tax liability. This website uses cookies to analyze traffic and for other purposes. You consent to the use of cookies if you use this website.
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