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Individual Taxes

US Census Bureau Request for OMB Clearance for the Collection of Data Concerning the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)

This public comment highlights the usefulness of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) for analyzing family dynamics, income support, and income changes throughout the year and over longer time periods. If the Census Bureau follows through with a proposal to reduce the SIPP...

September 19, 2023
Elaine MaagDouglas A. Wissoker
Research report
Individual Taxes

Child Tax Credit Recipients Experienced a Larger Decline in Food Insecurity and a Similar Change in Employment as Nonrecipients Between 2020 and 2021

May 9, 2022
Michael KarpmanElaine MaagStephen ZuckermanDouglas A. Wissoker
Brief
Individual Taxes

Who Has Received Advance Child Tax Credit Payments, and How Were the Payments Used?

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) temporarily increased the child tax credit (CTC), made the credit fully refundable, and authorized the IRS to issue up to half the credit as an advance monthly payment beginning in July 2021. The IRS reports that nearly 61 million children received the...

November 4, 2021
Michael KarpmanElaine MaagGenevieve M. KenneyDouglas A. Wissoker