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EITC Outreach Guide for Advocates

To help advocates and community tax assistance sites in working with elected officials, the National Community Tax Coalition and The Hatcher Group put together a toolkit that includes EITC outreach ideas for engaging elected officials and template materials such as site visit invitations, press releases and opinion-editorials....Show more

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EITC blog: A forum on federal and state Earned Income Tax Credits

We have launched a new online forum for advocates, policymakers, business leaders, researchers and journalists interested in the federal and state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). ...Show more

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Obama adviser warns against tax cuts for wealthy

(Reuters) - Temporarily extending tax cuts for the rich opens the door to permanent tax cuts and that is something the United States cannot afford, an economic advisor to President Barack Obama said on Tuesday.

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The FY 2011 Budget Report Card: GOV. CHRISTIE, LEGISLATURE GET AN ‘F’

(Better Choices for NJ) - Among other things, the FY2011 budget will reduce the EITC credit for New Jersey residents from 25% of the federal EITC award to 20%, raising taxes and violating a key campaign pledge by the Governor.

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Unchanged since 1991, sales tax now part of the deficit equation

(Connecticut Mirror) - Proposals to modify Connecticut's sales tax exemptions or rate include using some of the revenue to offer a new EITC program.

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“The earned income tax credit serves as an offset to social security and income taxes and provides work incentives for many low-income families with dependents.”
- President Ronald Reagan