Maine’s working families set to score an important win in the tax package scheduled for vote in the House and Senate

More than 37,000 hardworking Maine families will keep a key income boost that helps them go to work and pay for basic necessities under a new bipartisan […]

Maine workers who will lose all or part of benefits if EITC/CTC benefits expire

Allowing working family tax credits to expire will make it more difficult for these families to make ends meet

Congress has the opportunity this fall to prevent key federal working family tax credits from expiring, resulting in cuts for 50 million working Americans, 16 million of […]

Budget deal includes refundable tax credits for low- and moderate-income Mainers

“Combined with Maine’s circuit breaker property tax relief program, which was renamed and converted to a refundable income tax credit two years ago, there will now be […]

Testimony in Support of Legislation to Improve Maine’s Earned Income Tax Credit: LD 96, LD 648, and LD 963

The earned income tax credit (EITC) reduces poverty, promotes work, and, for children in low-income working families, it increases lifetime earnings. Unfortunately, Maine’s version of the credit […]

Fix Maine’s EITC to Reward Work and Reduce Poverty

“The earned income tax credit (EITC) reduces poverty, promotes work, and, for children in low-income working families, it increases lifetime earnings. Unfortunately, Maine’s version of the credit […]

EITC Awareness Day: To receive it, you have to claim it

Tomorrow, January 30th, is EITC Awareness Day, and as tens of thousands of Mainers and millions of Americans file their income tax returns, the value of the […]

A simple 1-2 punch to give working Mainers a raise

Increasing Maine’s earned income tax credit and raising the state’s minimum wage would go a long way toward making work pay for Maine’s families today and lay […]

State Policies Are Failing Maine's Working Moms

In 2012, women headed one of every three low-income working families in Maine, according to a new report released today by the Working Poor Families Project. These […]