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Share this: A Daily Yonder analysis shows that in 2018 under the pre-stimulus rules, a greater percentage of rural tax filers claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit than cities. Suburban filers were least likely to claim EITC. New rules this year will make more families eligible for the program. (Daily Yonder/IRS data) Two poverty-reduction programs that are part of the Biden administration’s March stimulus package will have a disproportionately large impact on rural families, according to policy advocates who want the temporary measures to be extended. The American Rescue Plan expanded the C...

Share Tomorrow, January 29, is the 15th annual Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day, a time to bring attention to the EITC’s benefits and help more eligible people claim it. That’s all the more important this year, as families struggle with the hardship caused by COVID-19 and the deep recession. This year, it’s especially important that tax filers understand their eligibility for the EITC. The President and Congress enacted a “look-back” provision to support economic relief as part of December’s Emergency Coronavirus Relief Act. The look-back provision protects low- and m...