The child tax credit got a bump from the One Big Beautiful Bill, going from $2,000 per eligible child under 17 in tax year 2024 to $2,200 in tax year 2025. It's the first increase since the 2021 ...

As tax season nears, Americans are gearing up to file their 2024 returns. If you're a parent or guardian, filing can be more complicated than when it was just a return for yourself or a joint filing ...

Families are shrinking. Fifty years ago, shows like The Waltons depicted large families with more than half a dozen kids. According to the Pew Research Center, the average American family downsized ...

The House overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan tax package on Jan. 31 that would expand corporate tax breaks and the child tax credit. The plan, known as the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers ...

Two years after the expiration of the expanded child tax credit, a pandemic-era policy that temporarily but dramatically lowered child poverty rates, federal lawmakers are close to a bipartisan deal ...

If you’ve paid expenses for day care, preschool or another form of caregiving, there’s a tax break you may want to know about. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our ...

The child tax credit is one of the most popular credits to claim during tax season, so here's everything to know about how it works. Thomas Kika Former Writer Thomas is a native of upstate New York ...

Being an only child is a “disease in itself,” according to 19th-century psychologist Stanley G. Hall. Even though Hall’s views and scholarly research methods have been questioned and criticized, only ...

Unfortunately, the shifts weren't in the right direction for the tens of millions of parents who claim the tax credit annually: The enhanced child tax credit of 2021 is "bigger and better" no more, ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

MANCHESTER, NH - SEPTEMBER 14: New Hampshire parents and other supporters gather outside of Senator Hassan's Manchester office to thank her for child tax credit payments and demand they be made ...