earned income

The IRS highlights several valuable credits that many taxpayers miss out on: the Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit and American Opportunity Credit for students.

Low- to moderate-income workers may also be eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit, a refundable tax break.

Over the years, Sanberg has drawn headlines for his anti-poverty activism — including pushing to establish a California version of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, which he benefited from as a child.

They could lose out on the earned income tax credit, which subsidizes lower-wage workers.

For instance, one of our most effective poverty relief programs is the Earned Income Tax Credit, a tax break that initially increases as income does too, creating an incentive to work.