Working Families Tax Credit
Working Families Tax Credit
The Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) is an annual cash rebate of up to $1,330 for Washington state households with low and moderate incomes. The amount you can receive varies by household size and income and increases annually with inflation.
Unlike similar programs at the federal level, the Working Families Tax Credit is available to people who file their taxes using an Individual Tax Identification Number (ITIN), which includes undocumented immigrants.
In 2025, around 300,000 households received an average cash boost of $722 from the Working Families Tax Credit. State Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC), like the WFTC, are a critical, proven tool to help families meet their basic needs and have long-lasting health, education, and employment benefits.
Learn more about the program, find out if you are eligible, and apply through the Washington Department of Revenue.
The Millionaires Tax significantly expands the Working Families Tax Credit
Washington’s Millionaires Tax funds significant expansions to the Working Families Tax Credit that will go into effect in 2029. The new expansions to the program will make the WFTC the most comprehensive and inclusive state EITC in the country. Currently, around 350,000 households in Washington are eligible for the program. Under the new expansion, 460,000 more households will benefit from the WFTC, meaning the tax credit will reach a total of 810,000 households, or over 1 in 5 households in Washington.
The impact of this expansion will be large: 352,000 more children will be eligible for the credit. This means that the program could cover about half of all kids in Washington (47%), up from 25%.
The expansion also removes an age restriction that affected younger adult workers without kids at home and working seniors, who can now qualify for the credit.
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Read more on the Working Families Tax Credit expansion funded by the Millionaires Tax in our blog post “The Millionaires Tax significantly expands the Working Families Tax Credit.”
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