State legislators make financing decisions with different consequences for Iowans at different income levels. Fairness is a basic principle of taxation. Backgrounder. (3/31/08)
Earned Income Tax Credit — Still Low
How Improving Iowa's EITC Can Improve Tax Fairness
On issues of tax fairness, Iowa's personal income-tax system falls most short in its tax treatment of low-income working families with children. Expanding Iowa's EITC can improve the lot of those families. Backgrounder. (3/28/08)