is the path act a good thing 
the path act had several provisions that addressed issues for lower income taxpayers and created steps to protect taxpayers from fraudulent activity other provisions addressed separate tax issues that have generally been accepted as positive changes the bottom linethe path act of 2015 was an obama era law that expanded and renewed several tax credits for individuals families and businesses at the same time it implemented safeguards to prevent fraudulent claims for those credits this was a vulnerability that emerged as scammers targeted families to obtain their potential credits and individuals ineligible for them attempted to attain them the act remains in place today 