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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was just signed into law on February 17. ... Energy Tax Credit: Which Home Improvements Qualify? ... The Worst Way to Withdraw From Retirement ...

$15 billion: Expansion of child tax credit: A $1,000 credit to more families (even those that do not make enough money to pay income taxes). $14 billion: Expanded college credit to provide a $2,500 expanded tax credit for college tuition and related expenses for 2009 and 2010. The credit is phased out for couples making more than $160,000.

For 2009, the personal income tax exemption amount is $3,650. That's per person, not per family. That amount applies so long as your adjusted gross income (AGI) falls under the phaseout amount.

The crisis sparked the Great Recession, which, at the time, was the most severe global recession since the Great Depression. It was also followed by the European debt crisis, which began with a deficit in Greece in late 2009, and the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis, which involved the bank failure of all three of the major banks in Iceland and, relative to the size of its economy, was ...