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Filing taxes is not an easy task. In fact, just the words “tax season” are enough to make the average person cringe. Because of the complexity of the forms, many low- to moderate-income families are not even aware they may qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and many families miss out on the credit because they don’t earn enough to be required to file taxes. An estimated 40,000 qualifying Utah households leave $60 – $80 million in Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC) on the table each tax season. Why? Simply because they do not claim the EITC on their federal tax returns.

As a consequence, these qualifying households miss out on an average of $1,200 in EITC credits, but a qualifying family of four (earning $39,783 or less annually) could miss out on as much as $4,500 in refundable EITC tax credits—a significant sum that could drastically increase the financial stability of qualifying households. (Read the full article)
 
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