Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit as a Response to the COVID-19 Crisis

This blogpost suggests potential ways to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to support low-wage workers with increased income to enable them to have additional resources to weather the COVID-19 pandemic. The blogpost further notes ways that an expanded EITC might also encourage low-wage workers to file federal income tax returns and, in turn, be able to receive economic stimulus payments under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.