Parenting can be a full-time job. Activists want the tax code to treat it that way.
A “caregiver EITC” would reward parents who stay at home.
About 11 million parents in the US don’t work for a wage. Most of those are stay-at-home moms primarily at home for caregiving reasons, but it’s a group that also includes ill or disabled parents, parents who are retired, and parents still in school.
And for full-time caretakers without a partner who’s working, the US tax code currently doesn’t offer much.
The two big tax benefits for low-income parents — the Earned... Читать дальше...