Republican tax bill requires both parents to have a Social Security number to qualify for the Child Tax Credit, a policy ...

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The federal government helps defray at least some small portion of those costs with the child and dependent care credit, ...

the child tax credit will drop to a maximum of $1,000 per child starting in 2026.) Make the maximum $2,000 credit amount permanent. Before the TCJA, the child tax credit was worth up to $1,000.

As Congress continues debating the final structure of its budget, a proven anti-poverty tool hangs in the balance.

Under current law, families need upward of $30,000 a year to receive the full tax credit amount, explains Joe Hughes, senior analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.

Thanks to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the child tax credit is capped at $2,000 per eligible child – down from a maximum of $3,600 per child during the pandemic, but double that of tax year 2016.