<p>TPC Compares Proposed EITC, CTC Expansions</p>

TPC Compares Proposed EITC, CTC Expansions

Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

Proposals to expand the child tax credit tend to cost more and be less progressive because the credit reaches middle- and high-income earners, as opposed to expansions of the earned income tax credit which is targeted at lower income groups, and trade-offs between changes to the credits are inevitable, the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center said in a July 23 report comparing four policy proposals. 

<p>Proposals to expand the child tax credit tend to cost more and be less progressive because the credit reaches middle- and high-income earners, as opposed to expansions of the earned income tax credit which is targeted at lower income groups, and trade-offs between changes to the credits are inevitable, the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center said in a July 23 report comparing four policy proposals. </p>