Benefit Cliffs

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Benefit Cliffs

Updated 09/14/2023 In recent years, there has been considerable interest among both progressives and conservatives (including from state legislatures) on strategies for reducing “benefit cliffs” – the loss of public benefits due to increased earnings – also referred to as “marginal tax rates”. As the piece from CBPP below lays out, policymakers often overstate benefit Benefit Cliffs