Watching AEI conversation with Sen. @MittRomney on the future of conservative family policy. Child policy, including the Child Tax Credit, should be about the best interests of children and child well-being and NOT a focus for social engineering by conservative think tanks. (1)

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's Family Security Act 2.0 would extend monthly payments to families - an element that seems to be in-line with what people want. Monthly payments can support family budgets, delivering bfits when people need them.

As a #VITA tax preparer, I heard parents tell me the payments were a "lifeline". And plenty of research shows the monthly payments reduced food insecurity.

taxpolicycenter.org

Child Tax Credit Recipients Experienced a Larger Decline in Food

From July to December, the #IRS delivered monthly #CTC #ChildTaxCredit payments. Analysis from the

@urbaninstitute

's Well-Being and Basic Needs survey with Michael Karpman shows that these payments were popular - esp. among lower income families. taxpolicycenter.org/publications/m

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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) sits down with AEI’s Scott Winship to discuss Sen. Romney’s recently proposed Family Security Act 2.0, which aims to reform the safety net to better support working families.

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Jul 15

Today marks the one-year anniversary of when the first monthly #ChildTaxCredit payment reached families' bank accounts across the country. 1/6

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Jul 14

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Today

expanded our GetCTC tool for Puerto Rican residents, in collaboration with

@USTreasury

and

@WhiteHouse

. Please help spread the word so more Puerto Rican families can access the vital Child Tax Credit

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Making Tax Benefits More Accessible by Bringing GetCTC to Puerto Rico — Code for America

Now the vast majority of families in Puerto Rico can claim the CTC using our online tool in just 10 to 15 minutes

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Good news - lots of time to make this bfit work for the lowest income families. We learned with the #CTC expansion in 2021 that we can deliver a meaningful monthly benefit and reduce food insecurity w/o reducing employment.

taxpolicycenter.org

Child Tax Credit Recipients Experienced a Larger Decline in Food

Also-in BBB, we began to recognize that families live complex lives. Children move, income changes year-over-year (more research coming). Romney's plan would base benefits on the prior year. Makes delivering bfits easier - but less connected to how families actually live.

Will the other dependent tax credit also be based on last year's income? Will it still be available? Will it cover the children who have SSNs that no longer qualify for the Romney benefit because their parents are ITIN holders? As noted in previous analysis with

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I'm a bit concerned about some missing information. What happens to the so-called "other dependent tax credit". The ODTC is part of the CTC in the tax law (the two phase out simultaneously) but appears on a separate line on the tax form.

I was away on vacation when Senator Romney released his Family Security Act 2.0. Good to see monthly payments, higher bfit for young kids, and more support going to some very low-income families with the fast phase-in. But...

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A stunning text exchange between former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale and former campaign official Katrina Pierson

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shares key considerations for future research, development, and implementation of #employment programs for young people with histories of #fostercare. buff.ly/3y6QQI2

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Jul 8

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Jul 7

Let the Child Tax Credit Work: tpc.io/3Aygkkk via

@TaxPolicyCenter

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Let the Child Tax Credit Work

Congress has a chance to reduce child poverty by about one-third by making permanent the Child Tax Credit (CTC) that was in effect during 2021...

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Economic Security Project

@EconomicSecProj

Jul 6

“If members of Congress begin to see delivering payments to particularly very young children as an investment, they might change their thinking about tax policy.” –

@ElaineMaag

gives us a thorough picture as to why the #ChildTaxCredit was such a success.

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The Advance Child Tax Credit: 2022 And Beyond

Elaine Maag of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center looks at lessons learned from the 2021 advance child tax credit and its potential political future.

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Tax Notes

@TaxNotes

Jul 4

"If members of Congress begin to see delivering payments to particularly very young children as an investment, they might change their thinking about tax policy,"

@ElaineMaag

told

@mariesapirie

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The Advance Child Tax Credit: 2022 And Beyond

Elaine Maag of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center looks at lessons learned from the 2021 advance child tax credit and its potential political future.

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@ElaineMaag

Jul 5

I'm an optimist and I remain hopeful that Congress will provide the assistance low-income families need by passing a #ChildTaxCredit that is fully refundable. Many thanks to

@mariesapirie

for including me in her podcast on this important policy.

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The Advance Child Tax Credit: 2022 And Beyond

Elaine Maag of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center looks at lessons learned from the 2021 advance child tax credit and its potential political future.

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Tax Notes

@TaxNotes

Jul 5

"But I think there's still some lingering concerns that very low-income families did not get the credit simply because they didn't know they were eligible for it." Read

@mariesapirie

's interview with

@ElaineMaag

on the #childtaxcredit: taxnotes.co/3xZQByy

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Tax Notes

@TaxNotes

Jul 2

"If members of Congress begin to see delivering payments to particularly very young children as an investment, they might change their thinking about tax policy,"

@ElaineMaag

told

@mariesapirie

forbes.com

The Advance Child Tax Credit: 2022 And Beyond

Elaine Maag of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center looks at lessons learned from the 2021 advance child tax credit and its potential political future.

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Tax Notes

@TaxNotes

Jun 27

"Historically, we've never had an expansion to the #childtaxcredit that we then walked back later." Watch

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discuss the future of the credit ⬇️ Listen to her full interview with

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on the 2021 advance child tax credit: pod.link/TaxNotesTalk

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Tax Notes

@TaxNotes

Jun 28

"If members of Congress begin to see delivering payments to particularly very young children as an investment, they might change their thinking about tax policy,"

@ElaineMaag

told

@mariesapirie

forbes.com

The Advance Child Tax Credit: 2022 And Beyond

Elaine Maag of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center looks at lessons learned from the 2021 advance child tax credit and its potential political future.

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