Seizing the Safety Net: Collecting Criminal Justice Debt with Tax Refund Offsets
This report looks at one little-known method of collecting criminal justice debt—seizing income tax refunds—and highlights the financial harms for justice-involved individuals and their families when the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC) are seized as part of that tax refund. This report: Summary of Recommendations: Federal and state governments…
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