Earned Income
Credit Modernization
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"Policy Basics: The Earned Income Credit." The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP). April 2018.
The ITEP Microsimulation Tax Model is a tool for estimating the impact of federal, state, and local taxes by income group. It uses a very large stratified sample of federal tax returns, as well as supplementary data on the non-filing population, to derive estimates that apply to taxpayer populations at the state level. The U.S. Treasury Department, the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation, the Congressional Budget Office, and several state departments of revenue use similar models. For a more detailed explanation of the ITEP Tax Model, see http://www.itep.org/about/itep_tax_model_full.php
EITC Policy Options Modeled by ITEP by clicking on the "model features" table below
Poll Results for IL: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5acbc4bd0dbda3fb2fce2ab3/t/5c0c3100352f532c26bcfef5/1544302875942/IL_tax_credit_survey.pdf
Poll Results for Chicago:
General outreach materials/toolkit from Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:
Toolkit for maximizing EIC in local communities for municipal leaders (produced by National League of Cities with support from Annie E. Casey and Joyce Foundations)
https://www.nlc.org/sites/default/files/2016-12/maximizing-eitc-in-your-community-kit-2004.pdf
Toolkit for maximizing EIC in local communities from US Conference of Mayors
http://usmayors.org/workforce/documents/EITClessons.pdf
Resources/reports from California’s recent experience (enacted a state EIC in 2015)
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/state_admin/2018/Overview_State_EITC_Ed_Outreach_Activities_041218.pdf
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program