Sen. Sherrod Brown wants more low-income Ohioans to claim tax credits they're due

Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown is trying to spread the word about tax credits for low-income Americans. WKSU's Kabir Bhatia reports.

IRS records show that 27 million people claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit last year, close to one million of them were in Ohio, where households got an average of $2,400 each. The credit typically is available to taxpayers making less than about $53,000 a year. But Sen. Brown says one in five eligible taxpayers fails to claim the credit, and free help is available.

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