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Overcoming the Barriers of Claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit

Friday, November 7, 2014
Plaza Foyer (Sheraton)
Nicole Rodriguez , University of Alabama at Birmingham
Tushar Kumar , University of Alabama at Birmingham
The barriers of claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit, being a lack of financial literacy and the inability to claim the credit due to disqualifiers in the Federal Tax Code, can be overcome by increased financial education, increased EITC awareness, and removal of unnecessary disqualifiers in the Federal Tax Code.