Roxanna Villa, pictured in 2003, who put a down payment on a house with her EITC refund. More parents like her could benefit from a caregiver EITC. About 11 million parents in the US don’t work for a wage. Most of those are stay-at-home moms primarily at home for caregiving reasons, but it’s a group that also includes ill or disabled parents, parents who are retired, and parents still in school.
And for full-time caretakers without a partner who’s working, the US tax code currently doesn’t offer much.
The two big tax benefits for low-income parents — the Earned Income Tax […]
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