Fw: An Article From Slate

Max B. Sawicky sawicky at epinet.org
Mon Apr 3 06:10:01 PDT 2000



>It means given their income and family circumstances,
>85% or so of those eligible are in the program. Take
>up means program participation.

Max, do you have any estimate of how much EITC is reduced by off the book hours logged by those working at poverty wages? The income supplement can't come in reduced taxes or tax rebates then, right? Yours, Rakesh
>>>>>>>>

No. It's true, if you're off the books you can't take the credit. Of course, if you're off the books the Gov can't do anything for you at all.

mbs



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