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Can administrative data on child support be used to improved the EITC? Evidence from Wisconsin.

Publication: National Tax Journal
Publication Date: 01-JUN-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Can administrative data on child support be used to improved the EITC? Evidence from Wisconsin.(earned income tax credit)

Article Excerpt
The EITC is the largest cash or near-cash U.S. antipoverty program, but a large fraction of its payments appear to go to taxpayers who are not eligible for the credit. The most recent study of EITC noncompliance (for tax year 1999) found that of the $31.3 billion claimed in EITC, between $8.5 and $9.9 billion, or 27.0 to 31.7 percent of the total, exceeded the amount to which taxpayers were...

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