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TAKE ACTION: Support Increasing the State's Earned Income Tax Credit!

Wisconsin must support improving women's economic security by increasing the state earned income tax credit. Take action now & tell your legislators to support legislation that would increase the state EITC!

Ask your elected leaders to support legislation that would increase the state EITC, such as policies that would restore budget cuts to the state EITC, creation of a refundable state EITC for lower-wage workers who do not have children, and allow an individual to claim the state EITC for a child who does not have the same principal place of residence as the tax claimant.

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Please Support Increasing Wisconsin's Earned Income Tax Credit!

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Subject: Please Support Increasing the State EITC

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Dear Official:

Wisconsin should support legislation that would expand the state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and follow in Congress’s footsteps, as Congress has both extended the eligibility for the federal EITC and increased the amount of EITC for families with three or more children. Wisconsin could implement legislation that would increase the state EITC by restoring budget cuts that were made to the EITC, creating a refundable state EITC for lower-wage workers who do not have children, and allow an individual to claim the state EITC for a child who does not have the same principal place of residence as the tax claimant. The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), as a “refundable” tax credit, is designed to help move low-income families out of poverty by providing an incentive to work. There is both a federal and state EITC; however, an issue is that both EITCs do not provide much benefit to low-income workers who do not have dependent children. Workers without dependent children are completely ineligible for the Wisconsin EITC. Even more so, Wisconsin cut the state EITC as part of the 2011-2013 state budget, which increased the amount of taxes that lower-income families paid to the state between 2011-2015 by approximately $114 million. The federal EITC has been an incredibly successful tool for lifting women, especially women of color, out of poverty. In 2014, the federal EITC lifted the incomes of more than 5.6 million people above the poverty line, including almost 1.6 million adult women, nearly 3.1 million children, nearly 1.2 million African Americans, and more than 2.3 million Latinos. Many lower-income working mothers cannot afford basic costs like child care and reliable transportation that are necessary in order to obtain and maintain stable employment. Increasing the state EITC will help make the costs of these necessities within the reach of more lower-income working mothers. Please support increasing the state earned income tax credit to help improve Wisconsin women’s economic security. Thank you!

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TAKE ACTION: Support Increasing the State's Earned Income Tax Credit!

Wisconsin must support improving women's economic security by increasing the state earned income tax credit. Take action now & tell your legislators to support legislation that would increase the state EITC!

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Please Support Increasing Wisconsin's Earned Income Tax Credit!

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