The Earned Income Tax Credit and Some Fundamental Institutional Dilemmas of Tax-Transfer Integration

Anne L. Alstott

National Tax Journal, 1994, vol. 47, issue 3, 609-19

Abstract: Proposals to expand or modify tax-transfer programs should address known impediments to the EITC program (measurement of income and family units, responsiveness to changes in recipients' personal and financial circumstances, and low compliance rates). Argues that the EITC illustrates how the traditional case for tax-transfer integration has overlooked important institutional limitations.

Date: 1994
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