Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), or Earned Income Credit (EIC), is a tax benefit for working people with low or moderate incomes. The EITC/EIC is designed to reduce the tax burden on eligible income workers and to supplement their wages. Workers who qualify for the EIC and file a federal tax return can have some or all of the federal income tax that was taken out of their pay during the year refunded to them. Workers whose earnings are too small to have paid taxes can also obtain an EITC/EIC. The EITC/EIC also reduces any additional taxes eligible workers may owe

Connecticut Department of Revenue Service has a link on their website at www.ct.gov/drs which will give you information on the program

For a copy of the Connecticut EITC Tax Form, link to:www.ct.gov/drs/lib/drs/forms/2012forms/incometax/schedulect-eitc.pdf