Reports

California
California Budget Project "Who Pays Taxes in California?”

California Budget Project "Refundable Tax Credit Available for Families with Child Care Expenses"

Connecticut
CT Voices for Children, "The Earned Income Tax Credit: Still Lagging Behind in Connecticut"

Center for Economic Policy, Roosevelt Institution at Yale College, "The Effect of an Earned Income Tax Credit in Connecticut"

Delaware
The Hatcher Group, "Education, Leadership and Persistence Pay Off in Delaware" Fall 2005.

Georgia
Center for a Better South, "Doing Better: Progressive Tax Reform for the American South - Idea 4: Enact a State EITC"

Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, "Fair Taxes for Low-Income Working Families: A Georgia Earned Income Tax Credit"

Hawaii
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities "The Impact of Hawai’i’s Income Tax on Low-Income Families: An Update" May 2006

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities “Reducing Hawaii's Income Tax on Working-Poor Families: Three Options” Bob Zahradnik, March 2004

Illinois
The Hatcher Group, Supporting Working Families when State Coffers are Empty, 2003.

Iowa
Quality Jobs for Quality Communities “Iowa’s Working Poor”

Kentucky
Kentucky Still a Low-Income State: Analysis of Federal Tax Returns

The Federal Earned Income Tax Credit: What it Meant for Kentucky and the Nation in Tax Year 2001

Maine
Maine’s Center for Economic Policy’s “Taxes and the Working Poor”

Maryland
Maryland Budget and Tax Policy Institute The Impact of Increasing Maryland's Refundable Earned Income Credit (The Distribution of Increased Tax Refunds by Each Maryland Jurisdiction) March 2001

Maryland Budget and Tax Policy Institute The Earned Income Credit: Does it work? February 2000

Michigan
Michigan League for Human Services “Money Back in Michigan, 2008”

Michigan League for Human Services “Rewarding Work and Helping Families: Why a State Earned Income Credit Makes Sense for Michigan”

Michigan Catholic Conference “Executive Summary of A Hand Up: Creating a Michigan EITC”

Michigan Catholic Conference “A Hand Up for Michigan Workers: Creating a State Earned Income Tax Credit” October 2002 and letter announcing the report

Minnesota
Poverty Research News "Minnesota: Expansion of state tax credit makes work pay for welfare families," Winter 1999

Missouri
CBPP “A Missouri Earned Income Tax Credit Would Build on the Strengths of the Federal Credit” March 22, 1999

New Jersey
"Look Out Below: Steep "Cliff" Means Many Working Poor Lose Tax Credit" New Jersey Policy Perspectives, January 2007.

New Jersey Policy Perspective “Half a Leg Up: New Jersey Still Trails in Crucial Help for Working Poor” August 2002

“Getting Real About Poverty in New Jersey” ACNJ, March 2004. Provides information on poverty and self-sufficiency including the net tax burden on families with children.

“Families in Need” ACNJ 2002. Provides information on child poverty, including: welfare, food stamps, school lunch programs, WIC and Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).

New York
Low-Income Tax Policy: Increased in Tax Credits for Tax Year 2003 are Good News for Working Familes

North Carolina
North Carolina Budget and Tax Center "Making Work Pay for North Carolina’s Low- and Moderate-Income Working Families: A State Earned Income Tax Credit for North Carolina" January 2007

NC Justice Center "A State Earned Income Tax Credit: Rebuilding the Economy and Tax Fairly" April 2005

Ohio
Policy Matters Ohio "Who Takes Credit: the Earned Income Tax Credit and Free Tax Preparation in Ohio" January 2008

Policy Matters Ohio "Dollars that Make Sense" April 2007

Policy Matters Ohio "Credit Where It's Due: The Earned Income Tax Credit in Ohio" March 2006

Policy Matters Ohio "Who Take Credit? Earned Income Tax Credit Recipients in Cleveland" November 2005

Policy Matters Ohio “An Ohio Earned Income Tax Credit: Costs and Benefits” March 2003

Oregon
Oregon Center for Public Policy: "Working, Poor and Taxed: Improving Oregon's Earned Income Tax Credit" 2007

Oregon Center for Public Policy: "Investing in Working Families: Improving Oregon's Earned Income Credit" Michael Leachman, February 25, 2005

Oregon Center for Public Policy “Making Ends Meet: Improving Oregon’s Earned Income Credit” February 2003

Wisconsin
Refund Anticipation Loans" in Wisconsin: Little Gained and Much Lost for Low-Income Workers and Local Economies

UW’s Family Living Program’s Outreach Impact Report “EITC Education Helps Working Wisconsin Families”