The earned income tax credit credit was created years ago to reduce tax burdens on the poor and to provide an incentive for working. A household must have some wage and salary income in order to receive the credit. However, because the credit is administered on a calendar-year basis and is phased out with calendar-year wages and salaries, it is disproportionately received by people unemployed after a layoff.
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