The impact of Louisiana’s Earned Income Tax Credit by State House District

May 29, 2018

Thousands of low and moderate-income households in each Louisiana state house district benefit from the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Currently, Louisiana has one of the lowest state EITCs in the country at 3.5 percent of the federal EITC. A modest increase in the state EITC would help to offset a partial sales tax renewal and increase the earnings of working families across the state.

Click the links below to see how an increase in the state EITC would benefit families in the district of each member of the House Ways & Means Committee:

House District 1 – Rep. James “Jim” Morris