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Individual Taxes

Understanding Yearly Changes in Family Structure and Income and Their Impact on Tax Credits

Benefits from the earned income tax credit (EITC) and child tax credit (CTC) play an important role in the financial lives of low- and moderate-income families. Determining how much credit a family qualifies for can be complicated, depending primarily on the number of eligible children, income,...

February 3, 2023
Elaine MaagNikhita AiriLillian Hunter
Brief
Individual Taxes

Helping New Mothers Understand the Benefits of Filing Taxes

December 23, 2022
Nikhita AiriLuisa Godinez-PuigKim S. Rueben
Brief
Individual Taxes

Trusted Messengers' Role in Helping New Mothers File Taxes

December 23, 2022
Nikhita AiriLuisa Godinez-PuigKim S. Rueben
Brief
Individual Taxes

Comparing Plans to Reduce Child Poverty: the Family Security Act 2.0 Framework and the Expanded Child Tax Credit

December 6, 2022
Kevin WernerNikhita AiriElaine Maag
Brief
Individual Taxes

Perspectives on the Impact of the Expanded Child Tax Credit and the Development of a New Research Agenda on Child and Family Economic Well-Being

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed vast social and economic inequities in the US, which prompted unprecedented relief policies that, for one year, brought child poverty to its lowest levels in decades. However, as the economy enters a new phase of robust job growth, high inflation, and ongoing...

October 17, 2022
Joseph BroadusHilary HoynesElaine MaagDanny Rose
Research report
Individual Taxes

How Well Can Limited Data Predict Annual Tax Credits

Refundable tax credits can play an important role in the financial lives of low-income families. The two that provide the most support are the earned income tax credit (EITC) and the child tax credit (CTC). Refundable tax credits differ from most programs that provide income support to low-...

October 17, 2022
Elaine MaagH. Elizabeth PetersNikhita AiriKaren E. Smith
Brief
Individual Taxes

Lessons Learned from Expanded Child Tax Credit Outreach to Immigrant Communities in Boston

The Child Tax Credit (CTC), expanded under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021, dramatically reduced child poverty across the United States in 2021, but it did not reach all eligible families equally. Immigrant families continued to face barriers in learning about and claiming their tax...

October 7, 2022
Luisa Godinez-PuigAravind BoddupalliLivia Mucciolo
Brief
Individual Taxes

Many Adults with Lower Income Prefer Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments

Families typically receive the child tax credit (CTC) as part of an annual refund after filing their tax returns. The American Rescue Plan Act changed that temporarily. From July to December 2021, the Internal Revenue Service automatically delivered up to half the anticipated annual credit to...

July 27, 2022
Elaine MaagMichael Karpman
Brief
Individual Taxes

Early Lessons on Increasing Participation in The Child Tax Credit

The American Rescue Plan temporarily increased the child tax credit (CTC) in 2021, including extending the credit to families who had not previously filed tax returns. The Internal Revenue Service automatically sent monthly payments of the CTC to families that had filed a tax return in 2019 or...

May 18, 2022
Fay WalkerElaine Maag
Research report
Individual Taxes

The Impacts of the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit on Family Employment, Nutrition, And Financial Well-Being

The 2021 temporary expansion of the child tax credit (CTC) was unprecedented in its reach, lifting 3.7 million children out of poverty as of December 2021. It provided families with up to $3,600 for every child in the household under the age of six, and up to $3,000 for every child between the...

April 19, 2022
Leah HamiltonStephen RollMathieu DespardElaine MaagYung ChunLaura BruggerMichal Grinstein-Weiss

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