12.16.2015 CFPA submitted a letter to Congress urging them to make permanent the improvements to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC), that were enacted in 2009 and scheduled to expire after 2017, in any tax extenders bill before Congress adjourns. In addition, the letter urged Congress to extend the EITC to childless workers, many of whom are non-custodial parents or future parents, and include indexing of the CTC for inflation.
The EITC and CTC help lift hard-working Californians out of poverty, enabling them to effectively meet their most basic needs such as putting food on the table. The improvements to the EITC and CTC that were enacted in 2009 but scheduled to expire after 2017 are extremely important to households in California and across the country.
Roughly 3 million children in 1.4 million California families will lose some or all of their working-family tax credits if the EITC and CTC improvements expire. Households cannot afford to lose this critical help to support themselves through work.
Learn more about EITC and CTC in California. PDF
Read CFPA’s letter to Congress. PDF
Questions? Contact Anna Colby at 213.482.8200 ext. 204
