OLGT 2023-22: Cross Programs- The 2023 Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Child Tax Credit (CTC), Child and Dependent Tax Credit (CDTC), Massachusetts Earned Income Credit (EIC), and Child Care Assistance Mailing

DTA is sending out a mailing and texts/emails to clients in March to inform them of tax credits and child care assistance. The mailing is scheduled to begin February 21, 2023.

The mailing will be sent to all active households participating in and receiving TAFDC, SNAP, combo TAFDC and SNAP programs, and former TAFDC clients whose cases closed on or after January 1. Excluded from receipt of this mailing are Bay State CAP and households where all members are receiving SSI.

The Massachusetts Earned Income Credit is 30 percent of the federal credit for the 2022 tax year. Clients have access to free tax assistance sites and information at https://irs.treasury.gov/freetaxprep and http://www.findyourfunds.org.