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Tax policy colloquium, week 12: Day Manoli's "The Effects of EITC Correspondence Audits on Low-Income Earners"

Today at the colloquium, Day Manoli presented the above-named paper, which can't be posted yet for IRS clearance reasons. But it promises to be of considerable interest when it comes out. It looks at the data around IRS documentation requests … Continue reading

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Increasing EITC Take-up in the Age of TurboTax

Jacob Goldin, Tax Benefit Complexity and Take-Up: Lessons From the Earned Income-Tax Credit, available at SSRN. Kathleen DeLaney Thomas One dilemma for policymakers is how to get people to take advantage of social welfare programs. In the case of the … Continue reading

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