Vice President Harris believes that our tax code should work
for working Americans. She supported the first increase in
three decades to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for
workers who aren’t raising a child in their home. The Earned
Income Tax Credit is a federal tax cut that boosts the incomes
of and lowers taxes for low-to-moderate income workers. Vice
President Harris’s expansion tripled the maximum tax cut for
these workers to more than $1,500 for 2021.
She also expanded the age range of eligible workers who
could claim the credit—including for older workers who were
excluded before this reform. This expansion cut taxes for
17 million American workers—including 1.1 million cashiers,
670,000 retail salespeople, 658,000 cooks, 529,000 janitors,
and millions of other workers.22