The West Virginia state legislature has created a temporary committee to look at ways to improve our tax system. Tell members of this committee that West Virginia will be a better place to live, work, and raise a family with an EITC.
West Virginia should create a state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) because it will help people who work but struggle to get by on low wages while boosting local economies across the state.  A state-EITC can only be claimed by people who work so it’s a hand up, not a handout to low-income working families.
Currently, one out of five West Virginia households receives the federal EITC, but unlike 26 other states, there is no state-level EITC to assist working families in West Virginia. Â Over 170,000 West Virginia children would be helped.
It’s time West Virginia took action and joined the other 26 states who have enacted a state EITC!