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The child tax credit under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Top plateau would be higher for more children. Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA), for the years 2018–2025 (excluding 2021, see below section Temporary Expansion in 2021) the CTC allows taxpayers to reduce their federal tax liabilities by $2,000 per qualifying child (see Eligibility).
The tax cuts enacted by this legislation were retroactive to January 1, 2003, and first applied to taxes filed for the 2003 tax year. These individual rate reductions were scheduled to sunset on January 1, 2011, along with the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 unless further legislation was enacted to extend or make ...
These acts decreased many income tax rates, reduced the capital gains tax, increased the child tax credit and eliminated the so-called "marriage penalty", and were set to expire in 2010, while increasing federal deficits by an estimated 1.5% to 2.0% GDP each year. [3]
Among the TCJA tax-law changes that could expire are a near-doubling of the standard deduction, a broad expansion of the child tax credit, and a $10,000 cap on the state and local taxes, or SALT ...
The TCJA doubled the child tax credit from $1,000 to $2,000. While this is set to expire, Harris is proposing a permanent increase of up to $3,600 per child (depending on age) and a newborn tax ...
The worsening pressure of inflation -- specifically rising food and fuel prices -- coupled with the end of pandemic relief payments brought food insecurity to a five-month high in early December,...
The rollout of funds for the expanded child tax credit began on July 15, with the IRS sending out letters to 36 million families believed to be eligible to receive them.Families can expect the ...
When a taxpayer's credit value exceeds his or her tax liability, the taxpayer is eligible for the additional child tax credit (ACTC), which is calculated as 15% of the taxpayer's AGI in excess of $2,500 (i.e. a family must make at least $2,500 to be eligible for the credit), with the refund value capped at $1,400.