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The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Proposed Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion


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[PDF] Background on the California Earned Income Tax Credit

April 11, 2019 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Subcommittee 4 on State Administration and General Government

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[PDF] Options for a State Earned Income Tax Credit

December 18, 2014 - In June 2014, the Legislature directed the LAO to prepare a report analyzing the costs, benefits, and trade-offs of various options for a state earned income tax credit (EITC) that would supplement the federal credit. This report discusses considerations for adopting a state EITC and provides three options for the Legislature's consideration.

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[PDF] Governor’s Proposed California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC) Expansion

June 4, 2019 - Presented to: Budget Conference Committee

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The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—State Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion

May 14, 2018 - The 2018-19 May Revision proposes to expand the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit. In this post, we describe and comment on the proposal.

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The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Expands Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

October 17, 2019 - This post describes the 2019-20 budget actions to expand the state earned income tax credit (EITC).

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The 2018-19 Budget: California Earned Income Tax Credit Education and Outreach

May 8, 2018 - This post explains a grant program that provided funds for education and outreach related to the state earned income tax credit (EITC) and provides comments on how the Legislature might prioritize any future state-funded EITC outreach activities.

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[PDF] Options for a State Earned Income Tax Credit

February 25, 2015 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services

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[PDF] The Earned Income Tax Credit

February 19, 1997 - The Earned Income Tax Credit

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The 2018-19 Budget: California Hiring Tax Credits

March 15, 2018 - In this report, we explain how the existing credit works and why so few taxpayers are claiming it. Then we describe and comment on the administration’s California Hiring Credit proposal, which would improve upon the existing credit in some respects. We conclude with some options for making more fundamental changes to the credit.

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Tax Credit Expansions in the American Rescue Plan

April 13, 2021 - The federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) that passed on March 11 expanded a number of federal income tax credits. This piece will briefly describe the changes to three credits that apply to many lower-income and middle-income filers: the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), the Child Tax Credit (CTC), and the Child and Dependent Care Expenses Credit (“child care credit”). We also discuss changes to the dependent care exclusion which is linked to the child care credit.

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[PDF] Background on the California EITC

March 29, 2016 - Presented to: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration

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[PDF] 2022 Update on the California Earned Income Tax Credit

October 3, 2022 - Presented to: Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation