COMMUNITY MATTERS
		Helping Utah Families Find Financial Stability

Improving financial stability continues to be the number one community priority for United Way of Salt Lake, and the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a valuable tool for helping Utah families overcome financial challenges. Each year, the EITC raises approximately 4.4 million people out of poverty, including 2.4 million children. In Utah, more than 140,000 households claim the EITC each year, adding about $255 million to our economy.

The EITC can return as much as $4,536 to a qualifying family with two children, while families with one qualifying child can receive as much as $2,747.

Unfortunately, as many as 30,000 Utahns still do not file for the credit, either because they are not aware of it, they don’t earn enough to be required to file taxes, or because of education and language barriers. Consequently, Utahns leave as much as $60 million in federal EITC money unclaimed each year. (Read the full article)
 
 Deborah Bayle Nielsen
 President and CEO