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Simplicity: Considerations in Designing a Unified Child Credit

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Complexity plagues the tax code for low-income families, particularly with regard to child related credits. Many analysts advocate separating out the essential functions of these credits: subsidizing work, subsidizing children, and subsidizing specific activities such as child care. This paper analyzes design considerations in creating a unified child credit and offers options for reforms that range from a complete overhaul of the child and work incentives to a more minor consolidation of highly related tax incentives. Either could form the foundation for reform efforts aimed at simplifying and rationalizing the federal income tax code with respect to children.

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  • Maag, Elaine, 2010. "Simplicity: Considerations in Designing a Unified Child Credit," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 63(4), pages 765-780, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ntj:journl:v:63:y:2010:i:4:p:765-80
    DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2010.4.09
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    1. Maggie R. Jones & Amy B. O’Hara, 2016. "Do Doubled-Up Families Minimize Household-Level Tax Burden?," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 69(3), pages 613-640, September.
    2. Grottke Markus & Kittl Maximilian, 2013. "Komplexität im Steuerrecht – Zentrale politökonomische Theorien im Lichte einer empirischen Ursachenforschung mit Hilfe von Process Tracing / Tax complexity in emergence – pivotal political-economic t," ORDO. Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, De Gruyter, vol. 64(1), pages 163-194, January.

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