State EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit) Claims (2013–2020)

Definition

State tax returns including claim for state Earned Income Tax Credit.

Number – of tax filers who claim the state EITC.

Percent – of total tax filers who claim the state EITC.

S – Data suppressed due to confidentiality rules at the Mass. Dept. of Revenue.

Data Source

Statistics on Earned Income Tax Credit: Claims by Town, Mass. Department of Revenue.

Data updated April 2022.

Notes

City and town totals include full-time as well as non-resident or part-year resident tax filers.

Massachusetts totals include filers from Devens and Hanscom military bases, as well as non-resident or part-year out-of-state filers who are not included in the city/town totals. Additionally, the total count for all small towns where numbers are suppressed is taken into account.

These totals are:

Military

2013: 435

2014: 471

2015: 511

2016: 528

2017: 579

2018: 554

2019: 568

Out of state

2013: 37,569

2014: 36,625

2015: 35,513

2016: 36,482

2017: 10,289

2018: 10,259

2019: 10,501

Small towns where numbers are suppressed

2017: 15

2018: 6

2019: 5

Last Updated

2022-09