Expand the CalEITC!

The California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC) puts money back in working Californian's pockets every year, but immigrant workers continue to be excluded from it just because of the number they use to file their taxes.

Your representative needs to hear from you: expand the CalEITC to include all tax filers TODAY so that over 600,000 Californians can make ends meet.

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Dear [elected official],

I am writing to express my support for expanding the California Earned Income Tax Credit to ITIN filers. The California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC) puts money back in working Californian's pockets every year, but immigrant workers continue to be excluded from it just because of the number they use to file their taxes. Your representative needs to hear from you: expand the CalEITC to include all tax filers TODAY so that over 600,000 Californians can make ends meet.

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Extending the CalEITC to all workers, including ITIN tax filers, is a win for all of us. It involves a minimal investment for maximum impact, helping fight poverty and income inequality for hundreds of thousands of individuals, children, and families, while sending a powerful message to the rest of the country that California remains the leader in supporting immigrants’ rights.

Including all tax filers in the CalEITC will stimulate local economies and help stave off a potential downturn. Research shows that lower-income households who receive tax credits put that money immediately back into the local and state economy. The CalEITC also bolsters local economies by directly targeting support to low-wage workers who are often hit the hardest by economic downturns, natural disasters, and cuts from federal funding.

Working Californians who file with ITINs are eligible for other tax benefits, including California’s renter’s tax credit, the state’s dependent exemption credit, and both the state and federal child and dependent care expenses credit. Allowing these tax filers to benefit from the CalEITC and Young Child Tax Credit would bring these credits into alignment with other tax benefits.

Including all tax filers in the CalEITC is the right and fair thing to do for immigrants who contribute so much to our economy. Immigrant tax filers contribute $3.2 billion in state and local taxes every year, and represent over a third of our workforce. Yet our current economic and tax systems create vast inequities for immigrant workers. For example, a child with a working immigrant parent is twice as likely to live in poverty as a child of a working parent born in the US. And exclusions from both state and federal tax credits mean that immigrant parents who work and earn the same amount as a US-born parent end up with vastly different incomes after taxes.

We must remove these harmful exclusions. In this time where immigrant rights are under attack, I hope I can count on you to be on the right side of this important fight.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely, [Your information here]