Earned Income Credit: Targeting to the Working Poor
GGD-95-122BR
Published: Mar 31, 1995. Publicly Released: Apr 04, 1995.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO: (1) provided information on Earned Income Credit (EIC) noncompliance and the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) actions to control EIC noncompliance; (2) reviewed the potential impacts of changes in EIC eligibility criteria; and (3) provided information on how many illegal aliens receive EIC and the Administration's proposal to exclude illegal aliens from EIC.
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Disadvantaged personsEligibility criteriaErroneous paymentsFraudImmigration enforcementIncome taxesNoncomplianceStatistical methodsTax administrationTax credit