Earned Income Tax Credit Boost

January 19, 2022

Governor Lamont announced Wednesday that nearly 200,000 low to moderate income families will receive a boost in state income tax credit. The Connecticut Department of Revenue Services is retroactively enhancing the EITC from 23% of the federal credit to 41.5%, utilizing the final portion of the State's $1.38 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund.

Households that earned up to $56,844 in 2020 and filed for that years EITC will be issued checks by the end of February. For more information click here.