child care credit

How The Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Reduced The Value Of The Child Care Credit

While the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) did not directly change the rules for the child and dependent care tax credit (CDCTC), other provisions...

November 27, 2018Elaine Maag

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Trump’s Childcare Tax Breaks Would Mostly Benefit Families Who Need Them the Least

With great fanfare, Donald Trump has proposed a new plan to help families pay for child care . However, the proposal, which is a revised...

September 21, 2016Elaine Maag

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Trump’s Child Care Tax Break Unlikely to Help Most Families

Lest you’re worried that Donald Trump doesn’t like babies, he’s come out with a proposal he says will reduce the cost of their care.

August 8, 2016Elaine Maag

Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

The White House Quietly Rolls Out Its Last Tax and Budget Plan

If the White House wanted to attract attention to its final budget , it could not have picked a worse day to make it public. With official Washington obsessed with today’s New Hampshire primary, the 2017 budget barely caused a ripple. In case there was any question about its fate on Capitol Hill,

February 8, 2016Howard Gleckman

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To Build a Better Tax Code, You Could Follow the Money

Death and taxes: Inevitable, but not always paired. President Obama wants to change that. In a wide-ranging tax plan he’ll highlight at tonight’s State of the Union address, he’d close “arguably the biggest loophole in the tax code for high-wealth households,” says TPC’s Len Burman. Len explains

January 20, 2015Renu Zaretsky