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That's not quite right. Click the link in the first sentence you're referring to for context: > Americans who receive the earned income tax credit, one of the
by timwis 7y ago
That's not quite right. Click the link in the first sentence you're referring to for context:
> Americans who receive the earned income tax credit, one of the country’s largest anti-poverty programs, are audited at a higher rate than all but the richest taxpayers. The new data shows that the trend has only grown stronger.
- papreclip 7y agoYou're both right. The EITC only requires you to have earned $1 in income. When he quotes the statistic about the "working poor", they are probably counting people who work full time EITC often results in the individual paying negative taxes. I know this was the case for me one year that I mostly spent unemployed. It's not the craziest thing in the world to pay extra attention when you're handing out checks, if for no other reason than to keep the program honest and protect its existence