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The Rise and Fall of the UK’s First Tax Credit: The Working Families Tax Credit 1998–2000
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Family MedicineFiscal IssueFirst Tax CreditCorporate TaxLawTax IncentiveTax CreditUk RegionEstate TaxTax PolicyTax LawEconomicsPublic PolicyTax AvoidanceFederal Income TaxFederal TaxPublic FinancePublic EconomicsBrief LifeBusinessSocial PolicyUk ’
The Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC), introduced in 1998/9, was regarded as the most important and easily the most redistributive measure introduced by the New Labour administration elected in 1997. WFTC is, however, scheduled to end, and to be replaced by another tax credit in 2003. This paper reviews the birth, brief life and “death” of WFTC in the period 1998–2000 and examines the structure of eligibility for WFTC in one UK region.