EITC Information for Press

The Earned Income Tax Credit or EITC is a tax credit for people who work, but don't earn high incomes. Taxpayers who qualify and claim the credit could pay less federal tax, pay no tax or even get a tax refund. Nationwide last year, over 26 million people received nearly $59 billion in EITC 

This press section offers up-to-date 2011 filling season information. It contains an overview of the EITC, EITC statistics, hot topics, information about EITC Awareness Day and IRS media relations contact information. More in-depth information is available on the EITC homepage at the IRS website.

Other EITC Resources for Taxpayers, Return Preparers and IRS Partners:

• EITC Assistant is a multi-year interactive tool for determining eligibility and calculating credit.  It is available in both English and Spanish.
• The Tax Return Preparer Toolkit is a resource for EITC information and products to help you as a tax preparer Learn about EITC, get CPE credit and assist your clients.
• The Partner Toolkit contains an array of useful general and specialized marketing tools including templates, statistics, fact sheets, how-to tips and information on all available EITC products to help partners market EITC.
• Marketing Express allows partners and preparers to customize products to help increase EITC awareness.

Last updated: 1/4/11