Independent Analysis and Information on Iowa Tax and Budget Issues

Almost 100,000 Iowa children would benefit in 2008 from House-passed changes in the Child Tax Credit.
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Putting Fairness First
Questions for Financing Public Services in Iowa

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)

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