California Earned Income Tax Credit Filings by County and Preparer Type

Year-end tabulations from the California Economic & Statistical Research Bureau detail Earned Income Tax Credit, Young Child Tax Credit, and Foster Youth Tax Credit usage. The dataset provides credit use by county, preparer type, credit amount allowed, and number of dependents.

Use Cases

• Analyze credit amount allowed and number of dependents by county to identify regional economic support patterns.
• Compare Earned Income Tax Credit usage by preparer type to understand filing assistance trends.
• Examine Young Child Tax Credit and Foster Youth Tax Credit distributions across California counties.

Strengths

• Produced by the authoritative California Economic & Statistical Research Bureau.
• Includes cross-sections for three major tax credits: EITC, YCTC, and FYTC.
• Data is current, with a last update recorded in March 2026.

Limitations

• Data is provided only in PDF format, requiring extraction for computational analysis.
• Specific row counts, column definitions, and file sizes are unknown.
• Limited to California residents, offering no direct comparison to other states.

Provenance

Source

State of California, Economic & Statistical Research Bureau

Collection Method

Year-end tabulations of tax filing statistics.

Time Range

2025

Freshness

Updated in March 2026.

Geography

California, United States, by county