child tax credit

Why Congress Should Restore The Expanded Child Tax Credit In A Lame Duck Session

In 2021, Congress enacted sweeping legislation that temporarily cut child poverty nearly in half . A key feature was the expanded child tax credit (CTC),...

September 28, 2022Elaine Maag

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Immigrants Were Less Likely to Have Received Expanded CTC; Those Who Did Used It for Essentials

Immigrant parents were less likely to have heard about the 2021 expanded child tax credit (CTC) than parents who were born in the United States,...

August 29, 2022Laura Brugger Elaine Maag

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What You Need To Know About The Manchin-Schumer Climate and Tax Compromise

What You Need To Know About The Manchin-Schumer Compromise After more than a year of often-fraught negotiations, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) says he has agreed...

July 28, 2022Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Let the Child Tax Credit Work

Congress has a chance to reduce child poverty by about one-third by making permanent the Child Tax Credit (CTC) that was in effect during 2021...

July 7, 2022Ian Berlin William G. Gale

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Congress Can More Modestly Expand The Child Tax Credit And Still Help Very Low-Income Families

As President Biden and congressional Democrats make another push to reach a compromise on a social spending, climate change, and tax bill, a key issue...

April 28, 2022Elaine Maag Lillian Hunter

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Scott’s “Skin In The Game” Plan Could Raise Taxes By $100 Billion in 2022, Mostly On Low- And Moderate-Income Households

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, has proposed an 11-point plan to “Rescue America” including this : “All Americans should...

February 24, 2022Howard Gleckman

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The Profound Philosophical Disagreement Over The Refundable Child Tax Credit

Often, tax policy debates can be settled by splitting the difference. You like a tax rate of 28 percent. I prefer 20 percent. Let’s settle...

January 28, 2022Howard Gleckman

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

What If Congress Made The Child Tax Credit Taxable?

As my colleague Elaine Maag noted the other day , Democrats are squabbling again (or is it still) over how to structure the Child Tax...

January 12, 2022Howard Gleckman

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Congress Should Make A Long-Term Commitment to The Child Tax Credit

Two versions of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) are on the books for the next five years, and a third is included in the House...

December 8, 2021Elaine Maag

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The Child Tax Credit Could Be A Lifeline For Puerto Rican Families—But Only If They File

Among other changes to the child tax credit (CTC), the American Rescue Plan (ARP) made the CTC available to far more families in Puerto Rico...

October 27, 2021Richard C. Auxier