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Expanded Child Tax Credit


The Child Tax Credit is a tax benefit to help families who are raising children that was expanded in March 2021.


The American Rescue Plan signed into law by President Biden expanded the Child Tax Credit for 2021 to get more help to more families. The American Rescue Plan:

  • Increased the credit from up to $2,000 per qualifying child in 2020 to up to $3,600 for each qualifying child under age 6.
  • Increased the credit from up to $2,000 per qualifying child in 2020 to up to $3,000 for each qualifying child ages 6 to 16.
  • Makes 17-year-olds eligible for up to $3,000 in credit.
  • To get money to families sooner, the IRS began sending the first-ever monthly payments (up to half of your total amount) this year, starting in July.
  • Advance payments went to the families of over 61 million children from July to December 2021.
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