What Social Workers Need to Know about the Earned Income Tax Credit

Social Work

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 259-266

  Beverly, Sondra G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Earned income tax credit; Poverty; Tax reform; Welfare policy

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER ADVOCACY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; REVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORK; TAX; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER ADVOCACY; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HUMANS; INCOME TAX; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036631815     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/47.3.259     Document Type: Article

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