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The federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has a significant economic impact in Arkansas. Twenty-two percent of all Arkansas tax filers, or almost 300,000 families, claimed the EITC in 2007. The EITC brought $629 million directly to the Arkansas economy—an average of $2,213 per family.