Tax Credits for the People: Successful State Simplified Filing Pilots

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Filing for tax credits doesn’t have to be intimidating and two successful state programs are proving it. Join New America Chicago and the New Practice Lab to learn more about two exciting initiatives that are transforming the conversation about access to state tax credits for struggling families.

Originally started in 2020, an Illinois pilot program successfully increased access to the state Earned Income Tax Credit with a seamless approach for consumers that reaches out to them proactively with pre-populated returns. A partnership between New Practice Lab and New York led to additional findings that could move the needle on access to much needed tax credits. These efforts show that a simplified filing approach like the one used in many countries and for last year’s Child Tax Credit could greatly improve taxpayers’ experiences, while increasing access to valuable tax credits for low-income people. Expanding state simplified filing through creative cross-departmental partnerships would allow thousands more low-income residents to receive tax credits they deserve but rarely receive. Learn more about how the program was designed, challenges faced along the way, and how to use the lessons learned to increase the number of low-income people receiving needed cash through Earned Income Tax Credits and Child Tax Credits.

The program will include recommendations for additional steps states can take to ensure recent state Earned Income Tax Credit expansions make it to newly eligible community members.

Speakers include: Whitney Elders and Jason Poling (Illinois Department of Revenue), Tara Dawson McGuiness (The New Practice Lab), Meegan Dugan Adell and Vanessa Rangel (New America Chicago), Alberto Rodriguez-Alvarez (New America) and Ianna Kachoris (The Chicago Community Trust).

This briefing is co-hosted by The Chicago Community Trust, United Way of Illinois, Economic Security for Illinois (an affiliate of Economic Security Project), Shriver Center on Poverty Law, Children’s Home + Aid, and Illinois Families for Public Schools.

Key Topics:

What agile event programs are and why they're essential

Strategies and tools for building agile event marketing

How to scale agile event programs without losing brand integrity or valuable data

Steps you can take right now to introduce agile event marketing into your business

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Filing for tax credits doesn’t have to be intimidating and two successful state programs are proving it. Join New America Chicago and the New Practice Lab to learn more about two exciting initiatives that are transforming the conversation about access to state tax credits for struggling families.

Originally started in 2020, an Illinois pilot program successfully increased access to the state Earned Income Tax Credit with a seamless approach for consumers that reaches out to them proactively with pre-populated returns. A partnership between New Practice Lab and New York led to additional findings that could move the needle on access to much needed tax credits. These efforts show that a simplified filing approach like the one used in many countries and for last year’s Child Tax Credit could greatly improve taxpayers’ experiences, while increasing access to valuable tax credits for low-income people. Expanding state simplified filing through creative cross-departmental partnerships would allow thousands more low-income residents to receive tax credits they deserve but rarely receive. Learn more about how the program was designed, challenges faced along the way, and how to use the lessons learned to increase the number of low-income people receiving needed cash through Earned Income Tax Credits and Child Tax Credits.

The program will include recommendations for additional steps states can take to ensure recent state Earned Income Tax Credit expansions make it to newly eligible community members.

Speakers include: Whitney Elders and Jason Poling (Illinois Department of Revenue), Tara Dawson McGuiness (The New Practice Lab), Meegan Dugan Adell and Vanessa Rangel (New America Chicago), Alberto Rodriguez-Alvarez (New America) and Ianna Kachoris (The Chicago Community Trust).

This briefing is co-hosted by The Chicago Community Trust, United Way of Illinois, Economic Security for Illinois (an affiliate of Economic Security Project), Shriver Center on Poverty Law, Children’s Home + Aid, and Illinois Families for Public Schools.

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Lucy Hernandez

Chief Creative Officer

Openform

Lucy Hernandez is senior director of product marketing at Openform, where her goal is to help people unlock the power of in-person events.

Leo Di Salvo

Sr. Technology Consultant

Openform

Leo Di Salvo is the Senior Technology Consultant at Openform, where his goal is to help people unlock the power of in-person events.

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Resource List

01

A Guide to Agile Event Programs that Can Survive Anything

Explore why the most dynamic leaders are building strategies for agile event marketing with a focus on scaling in-person and virtual events that are fast, flexible, and hyper-effective at driving meaningful connections.

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Crisis Mode: Ideas for Managing Events in Challenging Situations

Learn strategies, experiences and lessons learned from top event marketing leaders who have walked through the fire more than once and lived to talk about it.

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03

How to Build a Rock Solid Agile Events Program

The old way of doing event marketing—a large, inflexible investment in a small number of tentpole events—doesn't fit into a business world that demands adaptability and speed.

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