How Would a Permanently Refundable Child and Dependent Care Credit Affect Eligibility, Benefits, and Incentives?
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Keywords
Child and Dependent Care Credit; marginal tax rates; eligibility; refundability;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
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