Jan 14, 2022 · For the first time in half a year, families on Friday are going without a monthly deposit from the child tax credit — a program that was intended to be part of President Joe …

Jan 3, 2023 · The policy’s demise has confounded policy experts, who point to ample evidence that the increased benefit helped close gaps in the existing child tax credit.

Jan 16, 2025 · The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, or TCJA, temporarily increased the maximum child tax credit to $2,000 from $1,000. Without action from Congress, the higher benefit could …

Jan 7, 2022 · There are no more advance monthly payments, 17-year-olds no longer qualify for the credit and parents or guardians will now need to file a tax return to receive the credit next …

Jan 13, 2022 · The expanded child tax credit fell short of some of its biggest promises: It didn’t quite cut the child poverty rate in half, and millions of the most vulnerable families were still left …

Mar 10, 2022 · Payments from the child tax credit were closing the gaps on child hunger and poverty. But Congress failed to renew it. Now families who need it most have already slipped …

Feb 9, 2022 · Families who received monthly payments in the second half of last year can still get up to $1,800 for children younger than 6 and $1,500 for children ages 6 to 17 as part of their …

Jan 25, 2022 · The temporary expansion of the child tax credit expired Dec. 15 and is expected to increase childhood poverty from 12 percent to 17 percent in January, the highest since …

Jan 14, 2022 · Millions of families this weekend will stop receiving monthly child tax payments for the first time in months after Congress failed to pass an extension of the expanded credit.

Dec 30, 2021 · The expanded child tax credit expires Friday after Congress failed to renew it. The continuation of the child tax credit payments had depended on Congress passing the Build …