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Title:               Individual Income Tax Filing: Earned Income Credit
Series ID:           ENINCCT
Source:              U.S. Department of the Treasury. Internal Revenue Service
Release:             SOI Tax Stats - Historical Data Tables (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Annual
Units:               Number of Returns
Date Range:          1999-01-01 to 2016-01-01
Last Updated:        2018-12-19 1:31 PM CST
Notes:               The amounts "used to offset income tax before credits" and "used to
                     offset other taxes" (that are income-related) are reflected in the
                     statistics for "total tax credits"; however, the "excess" or
                     refundable portion of the credits are reflected in the statistics for
                     tax "overpayments." The refundable portion of the credit is the amount
                     (in excess of the taxes) that could not be credited, including any
                     "advance earned income credit payments" on those returns that had such
                     an excess. ("Advance earned income credit payments" were made to
                     employees electing to receive such payments currently through their
                     paychecks. Such "payments" are included in the statistics only if the
                     employees also met the tax return filing requirements; advance
                     payments received by those not required to file are, therefore,
                     excluded). 
                     
                     For additional information about the return filing requirements, see
                     the annual reports, Statistics of Income-Individual Income Tax Returns
                     at https://www.irs.gov/uac/soi-tax-stats-historical-data-tables.

DATE           VALUE
1999-01-01  19258715
2000-01-01  19277225
2001-01-01  19593122
2002-01-01  21703187
2003-01-01  22024227
2004-01-01  22269577
2005-01-01  22751904
2006-01-01  23042200
2007-01-01  24583940
2008-01-01  24756744
2009-01-01  27041498
2010-01-01  27367757
2011-01-01  27911726
2012-01-01  27848264
2013-01-01  28821785
2014-01-01  28537908
2015-01-01  28081708
2016-01-01  27382904