child tax credit /tags/child-tax-credit child tax credit en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Thu, 15 Feb 2024 20:30:00 GMT Low-income families could benefit if expanded child tax credits win approval /government-politics/2024-02-15/expanded-child-tax-credit-florida Congress is considering a bill that would boost tax breaks for low-income families with children. The proposal is still awaiting action by the U.S. Senate. Thu, 15 Feb 2024 20:30:00 GMT /government-politics/2024-02-15/expanded-child-tax-credit-florida Gabriella Paul What to know about Turbo Tax before you file your taxes this year /economy/2023-03-15/what-to-know-about-turbo-tax-before-you-file-your-taxes-this-year Don’t get tricked into paying for tax prep if you don’t have to. Learn how the biggest tax preparation companies have suppressed free filling options for years. Wed, 15 Mar 2023 11:00:00 GMT /economy/2023-03-15/what-to-know-about-turbo-tax-before-you-file-your-taxes-this-year Sophia Kovatch, ProPublica The child tax credit was a lifeline. Now some families are falling back into poverty /news/2022-04-08/the-child-tax-credit-was-a-lifeline-now-some-families-are-falling-back-into-poverty 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 back into financial trouble. Fri, 08 Apr 2022 10:54:26 GMT /news/2022-04-08/the-child-tax-credit-was-a-lifeline-now-some-families-are-falling-back-into-poverty Sarah McCammon, Lauren Hodges, Sarah Handel Why America has been so stingy in fighting child poverty /2022-02-22/why-america-has-been-so-stingy-in-fighting-child-poverty The failure to renew the enhanced Child Tax Credit continues a long tradition in America: Our welfare system has long spent generously on the old, but it has consistently skimped on the young. A new paper investigates why. Tue, 22 Feb 2022 15:18:23 GMT /2022-02-22/why-america-has-been-so-stingy-in-fighting-child-poverty Greg Rosalsky 3.7 million more kids are in poverty without the monthly Child Tax Credit, study says /2022-02-18/3-7-million-more-kids-are-in-poverty-without-the-monthly-child-tax-credit-study-says In one month, the child poverty rate increased from 12.1% to 17%, the highest rate seen since Dec. 2020. Black and Latino children experienced an even higher rate of poverty. Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:06:16 GMT /2022-02-18/3-7-million-more-kids-are-in-poverty-without-the-monthly-child-tax-credit-study-says Deepa Shivaram IRS has second thoughts about selfie requirement /news/national-politics/2022-02-07/irs-has-second-thoughts-about-selfie-requirement Taxpayers seeking access to some information about their taxes were to be required to submit to facial recognition software, a move that has raised privacy concerns. Mon, 07 Feb 2022 16:50:43 GMT /news/national-politics/2022-02-07/irs-has-second-thoughts-about-selfie-requirement Brian Naylor The expanded child tax credit briefly slashed child poverty. Here's what else it did /national-politics/2022-01-27/the-expanded-child-tax-credit-briefly-slashed-child-poverty-heres-what-else-it-did The monthly cash payments reached more than 61 million kids in December alone. Most low-income families spent the money on basic needs like food, clothing and utility bills. Thu, 27 Jan 2022 10:00:00 GMT /national-politics/2022-01-27/the-expanded-child-tax-credit-briefly-slashed-child-poverty-heres-what-else-it-did Cory Turner The IRS faces backlogs from last year as a new tax filing season begins /2022-01-24/the-irs-faces-backlogs-from-last-year-as-a-new-tax-filing-season-begins The IRS is "in the roughest shape it's been in in 50 years," says former commissioner Mark Everson. The agency, he says, is understaffed, has more work than it can handle and is underfunded. Mon, 24 Jan 2022 15:31:17 GMT /2022-01-24/the-irs-faces-backlogs-from-last-year-as-a-new-tax-filing-season-begins Brian Naylor Families are in distress after the first month without the expanded child tax credit /2022-01-21/families-are-in-distress-after-the-first-month-without-the-expanded-child-tax-credit January is the first month since July 2021 that more than 36 million families in the U.S. did not receive money from the expanded child tax credit program. For some, the consequences are already dire. Fri, 21 Jan 2022 11:02:01 GMT /2022-01-21/families-are-in-distress-after-the-first-month-without-the-expanded-child-tax-credit Deepa Shivaram Parents and caregivers of young children say they've hit pandemic rock bottom /news/npr-breaking-news/2022-01-20/parents-and-caregivers-of-young-children-say-theyve-hit-pandemic-rock-bottom The people who take care of and educate children under 5 years old, who are too young to be vaccinated, are in a special kind of hell right now. Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:11:43 GMT /news/npr-breaking-news/2022-01-20/parents-and-caregivers-of-young-children-say-theyve-hit-pandemic-rock-bottom Anya Kamenetz