Help working taxpayers get the EITC they've earned. Here, you will find best practices from some of our partners
On this page
- Financial institution
- Educational institution partners
- Governmental agency partners
- Volunteer and community organizations
- Large employers
Best practices from financial institution partners
- Share stories (sanitized to protect privacy) about customers who used their EITC to create assets
- Promote the EITC as part of initiatives to support low to moderate income individuals, such as low-income asset building (Individual Development Accounts), and programs to reach unbanked taxpayers and those using non-banking financial companies (NBFC)
- Electronically provide Publication 962, Life's a little easier with EITC PDF, to customers
- Offer free financial literacy classes
- Sponsor or participate in virtual or face-to-face financial fitness fairs
Best practices from educational institution partners
- Feature EITC information on school’s financial aid website
- Promote EITC to working students with children through virtual and actual bulletin boards, flyers, student newspapers, etc.
- Electronically distribute EITC flyers such as IRS Publication 962, Life's a little easier with EITC PDF, to schools in low- to moderate-income areas
- Promote EITC information at public events such as KIDS COUNT® conferences
- Promote EITC as part of initiatives to support low- to moderate-income students, such as Upward Bound and Educational Opportunity Centers programs
- Offer incentives to students volunteering at free income tax assistance sites
- Offer incentives to accounting students making community presentations about EITC and other tax benefits for low-income taxpayers
- Offer incentives to advertising and marketing students creating outreach and awareness campaigns for local EITC coalitions
Best practices from governmental agency partners
- Include EITC messages with public assistance checks or tribal payments
- Include EITC messages with Forms 1099 issued for tax refunds, unemployment compensation, miscellaneous income, etc.
- Include EITC messages in state, county and municipal employees' Forms W-2
- Coordinate EITC communication activities among state, regional, county, municipal and tribal agencies
- Collaborate with other partners to promote state and municipal earned income tax credits, where applicable, in conjunction with the federal credit
- Place EITC information on public transportation vehicles and at bus stops
- Encourage public utilities to include EITC messages in the bills for peak usage months
- Engage incumbent politicians’ first spouses in communication activities
Best practices from volunteer and community organizations
- Coordinate with local EITC coalitions
- Work with children's advocacy groups and legal services agencies to promote EITC to their clients
- Make EITC a part of asset building workshops
- Host educational events for human resources personnel
- Partner with philanthropic organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, etc.
- Coordinate informational fairs and other educational events to spread the word
- Create and place EITC doorknob hangers on homes in low-income neighborhoods
Best practices from large employers
- Post information in lunchrooms and other employee gathering places
- Include information on employee websites and in newsletters
- Enable managers as communicators to carry the EITC message
More tried and true tips
- Get started now by forming a partnership with other interested parties
- Plan to participate in EITC Awareness Day by joining interested parties nationwide in generating extensive mainstream and social media activity to spotlight EITC.
- Keep the EITC message alive through the filing season