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Make Child Tax Credit Improvements Permanent in Upcoming Recovery Legislation

June 21, 2021 | CBPP

The American Rescue Plan Act, by making a significant set of changes to the Child Tax Credit, will cut the number of children in poverty by more than 40 percent, we estimate. Permanently...

Rescue Plan’s Expansions of Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit Will Benefit Rural Residents

April 22, 2021

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The Expanded Child Tax Credit Must Be Permanent and Monthly

April 15, 2021

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Congress Should Adopt American Families Plan’s Permanent Expansions of Child Tax Credit and EITC, Make Additional Provisions Permanent

May 24, 2021

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Income Support Associated With Improved Health Outcomes for Children, Many Studies Show

May 27, 2021 | Samantha Waxman, Arloc Sherman and Kris Cox

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American Rescue Plan Act Provides Critical, Permanent Tax Relief to Puerto Rico

April 16, 2021 | Javier Balmaceda

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Expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Would Benefit Millions of Asian Americans

September 18, 2019

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Expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Would Benefit 8 Million Black Households

September 17, 2019

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Expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Would Benefit 9 Million Latino Households

September 17, 2019

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Economic Security Programs Reduce Overall Poverty, Racial and Ethnic Inequities

July 1, 2021

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Make Child Tax Credit Improvements Permanent in Upcoming Recovery Legislation

June 21, 2021

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Income Support Associated With Improved Health Outcomes for Children, Many Studies Show

May 27, 2021

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Congress Should Adopt American Families Plan’s Permanent Expansions of Child Tax Credit and EITC, Make Additional Provisions Permanent

May 24, 2021

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IRS Needs Authority to Regulate Tax Return Preparers

May 5, 2021

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Rescue Plan’s Expansions of Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit Will Benefit Rural Residents

April 22, 2021

Policy Basics

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) encourages and rewards work for low- and moderate-income working people, while the Child Tax Credit (CTC) helps working families offset the cost of raising children.

Together, the EITC and the low-income piece of the CTC benefit 30 million low-income working households, lifting 10 million people out of poverty. We work to highlight the benefits of these credits and to protect and expand them to further encourage work and reduce poverty.

The Child Tax Credit

The Earned Income Tax Credit

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House COVID Relief Bill Includes Critical Expansions of Child Tax Credit and EITC

These provisions would result in historic reductions of child poverty and provide timely income support for millions of people, including millions of essential...

Gaps in Economic Support for Non-Elderly Adults Without Children Continue to Leave Millions in Poverty, Data Show

Non-elderly adults without children, one of the largest demographic groups in the United States, are left out of many economic and health security programs that are effective at reducing poverty and...

Executive Summary: A Frayed and Fragmented System of Supports for Low-Income Adults Without Minor Children

The nation’s basic supports for low-income, non-elderly adults without children are weak, fragmented, and often highly restrictive, leaving many of these individuals without help they need to...

This Year, EITC Awareness Is Even More Essential

Tomorrow, January 29, is the 15th annual Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day, a time to bring attention to the EITC’s benefits and help more eligible people claim it. That’s all the...

Economic Security Programs Reduce Overall Poverty, Racial and Ethnic Inequities

While government programs have done much to narrow these disparities in poverty, further progress will require stronger government efforts to reduce poverty and discrimination and build opportunity...

A Frayed and Fragmented System of Supports for Low-Income Adults Without Minor Children

The nation’s basic supports for low-income, non-elderly adults without children are weak, fragmented, and often highly restrictive, leaving many of these individuals without help they need to...

Biden-Harris Child Tax Credit Expansion Would Lift 10 Million Children Above or Closer to Poverty Line

President Biden’s $1.9 trillion emergency relief plan includes a Child Tax Credit expansion that would lift 9.9 million children above or closer to the poverty line, including 2.3 million Black...

President-Elect’s Plan Includes Vital EITC Increase for Adults Not Raising Children

The emergency relief plan that President-elect Biden announced yesterday would expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for over 17 million adults not raising children at home who work hard at...

Congress Must Help Struggling Families — as It Helped Highly Indebted Companies

COVID-19 and natural disasters from wildfires to hurricanes this year have hit people in low-paying jobs especially hard, with many of them suffering massive job and wage losses. Now, many of these...

Expanding Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit Would Benefit More Than 10 Million Rural Residents, Strongly Help Rural Areas

Like the low-income portion of the Child Tax Credit, the Earned Income Tax Credit is disproportionately important to people in rural...

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