Government dataForecast cell on a published government data point.
EITC claimant returns, TY2027
How many individual income tax returns will claim the Earned Income Tax Credit for tax year 2027?
current forecast · 80% CI23.4M
21.6M23.4M25.5M
history:TY2019: 25MTY2021: 27.5MTY2023e: 23MTY2025e: 23.2M
Trend
history + forecasthistoryforecast path80% interval
static prototype estimate · seeded forecast value
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- distribution
- 201 CDF points
- ledger fact
- irs.soi.eitc_claimant_returns.ty2027
Key drivers
- Low-wage employment
- EITC parameter indexation
- Filing and take-up rates
- Dependent-child claiming patterns
Resolution
- source
- IRS Statistics of Income individual tax return data
- expected
- December 31, 2029
- rule
- Resolves to the number of TY2027 individual income tax returns claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit, in millions, using the first official IRS Statistics of Income table covering TY2027 individual returns.
- Data point
- irs.soi.eitc_claimant_returns.ty2027
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