Child Tax Credit
Monthly checks for families with kids
- “Open Letter to Congress Urging Permanent and Fuller Inclusion of Kids in CTC,” 8/30/21
55+ organizations sign letter urging Congress to support a permanent expansion of the Child Tax Credit in the budget reconciliation, including permanent full refundability and restoring eligibility for immigrant children with ITINs. - “New census data shows CTC is key to reducing poverty for families of color,” 8/25/21
Hunger fell by ⅓ among Latinx families and ¼ among Black families after receiving
second round of cash payments. - “A permanent fully refundable Child Tax Credit drives racial equity,” 8/17/21
A permanent, fully refundable CTC will reduce poverty and racial disparities. - “Data roundup: Non-filers at risk of being left out of CTC,” 8/04/21
The latest data on the non-filers at risk of missing out on expanded CTC - “Talking points: The benefits of a permanent, monthly CTC,” 7/27/21
The Child Tax Credit will help all families succeed, and helps Main Street businesses and the whole community thrive. - “FAQ: How the monthly CTC will impact your family,” 7/21/21
Answers to frequently asked questions about the new, expanded CTC - “A monthly CTC helps parents get back to work,” 6/30/21
The latest data from Groundwork Collaborative and Economic Security Project - “A permanent monthly CTC creates lasting financial security,” 6/4/21
Making CTC expansions permanent will drive a sustained recovery and promote racial equity - “Recurring cash through monthly Child Tax Credit and checks strengthens the recovery for all,” 3/29/21
Regular cash will have drastic positive impacts for families most in need of help
Implementation recommendations
- “CTC Digital Outreach strategies for nonfilers,” Oct. 2021
White House analysis of SSA digital ads and state text message campaigns - “Leveraging state and federal data to reach non-filers and help them claim the Child Tax Credit,” 7/29/21
Better coordination between state and federal tax and benefits agencies can help more families get the CTC - “Keeping the Monthly Child Tax Credit Coming, Limiting Risk of Overpayments,” 6/25/21
Recommendations from Tax Policy Center, Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, and Economic Security Project - “Permanent simplified filing is key to ensuring equitable access to tax credits,” 6/24/21
Policy recommendations to ensure all who are eligible receive critical tax credits on time - “2.3 Million Low-Income Children are at Risk of Being Left out of the Child Tax Credit,” 6/22/21
Mobile access to CTC portals will help more families get the credit - “Letter to Treasury and IRS calling for simplified filing options for non-filers,” 5/11/21
40+ organizations demand simple, easy, and straightforward online tools to guarantee all eligible families receive the monthly Child Tax Credit in July. - “Three ways to implement the CTC, EITC, and monthly checks more equitably,” 4/12/21
Policy solutions to improve implementation of the next rounds of cash relief.
Direct Stimulus Checks
Making the case for cash
- “Report: The COVID Recession and the Year of Checks,” 4/15/21
A year of data shows stimulus checks are fast, effective, and powerful - “Recurring checks are critical for a race-equitable recovery,” 2/25/21
Cash is essential to building back better and ensuring the recovery reaches everyone - “Two direct payments for the cost of one,” 2/4/21
Recurring, targeted checks to families earning up $100,000 - “Case for cash: The case for targeted, recurring direct payments,” 1/13/21
Recurring, targeted relief is the key to a strong, sustained, and equitable recovery - “Deck: Targeted checks for those who need help most,” 1/21/21
Checks targeted at the bottom 60% will drive an equitable, fast recovery - “Policy options for direct payments,” Jan. 2020
Policy considerations for direct cash payments - “ITEP modeling of $2,000 payments,” Dec. 2020
State-by-state data on $2,000 checks and the recently-passed $600 checks - Targeted $1200 checks or options including Cassidy/Romney/Rubio proposal for a faster, more equitable, and sustained recovery,” (Targeted HEROES checks or targeted CARES checks) 12/16/20
Cash for those who need it will promote consumer activity, improve racial equity, hasten the recovery, and reduce costs. - “Making the bipartisan case for cash to shorten the recession,” 11/24/20
Targeted direct payments are the simplest, most direct way to get cash into the economy - “Urban: Two payments would keep 14 million out of poverty,” 9/8/20
Extending UI boost and SNAP benefits lift that to 18 million - “Over half of jobless don’t get unemployment insurance,” 8/7/20
Data shows racial disparity in UI payments. Recurring direct payments can help - “Recurring direct payments can help close the racial wealth and income divides,” 7/2/20
How direct payments can make relief and recovery efforts more racially equitable - “Children and Families Need $2,000 a Month to Weather This Crisis,” 5/15/20
Facts and stories about helping families with children, which are disproportionately feeling the effects of this crisis. - “The EITC and direct cash payments will boost family financial security and drive the recovery,” 5/5/20
EITC modernizations deliver sustained support, complement immediate direct payments - “TALKING POINTS: Why we need cash to people along with employer-based relief,” 4/23/20
Making the case for why cash is a necessary complement to employer-based relief - “Beyond CARES: Lasting support to stabilize families,” 4/9/20
Overall case for bigger, regular, lasting direct payments
Reference documents
- “COVID Cash Stimulus Policies Side-by-Side,” 10/5/20
Comparing Congressional proposals for regular cash payments - “Letter from Organizations to Members of Congress,” 5/6/20
We urge Congressional support for bigger, regular direct payments to people until we reach full employment - “Letter to Speaker Pelosi and Leader McCarthy from Rep. Dean and Rep. Beyer,” 5/5/20
“We propose sending direct payments to American families
on a quarterly basis – beginning at $2,000 per American” - “Letter To Speaker Pelosi And Members Of Congress On Behalf Of Local Officeholders,” 4/29/20
Implementation recommendations
- “Ensure every eligible recipient gets a check by paying them automatically,” (Summary of recommendations) 2/23/21
Implementation recommendations from taxpayer advocates and national experts - “Congressional action to improve direct payment administration,” 1/29/21
How to distribute the next round of payments equitably and automatically - “Executive Actions for Immediate COVID Financial Relief,” 1/22/21
Executive actions to rapidly get money into American households - “Economic Impact Payments” 7/7/20
9 technical fixes to ensure 10 to 20 million economically vulnerable Americans access stimulus payments and the Earned Income Tax Credit
State Policy
Making the case for cash
- “Simplified filing is key to equitable access to California tax credits” 5/13/21
To fulfill the promise of the expanded CalEITC, YCTC, and GSS, policymakers must ensure all eligible families have a simple way to claim their credits. - “State and local governments can leverage federal funds to provide direct cash relief” 6/23/20
How policymakers can use state and local aid and philanthropic dollars to send direct payments to households - “How federal direct payments can help states and cities weather the crisis” 4/28/20
How cash payments to households can relieve pressure on state and local safety nets - “Beyond CARES: Next Steps for States,” 4/9/20
How states can leverage cash policies to help keep communities afloat
Relief for immigrant families
- “End the tax penalty against immigrant workers,” 4/21/20
How expanding state EITCs to ITIN filers can fill gaps in federal response
Revenue
- “State Options to Shore up Revenues and Improve Tax Codes amid Pandemic,” 4/15/20
How states can raise necessary revenue in the midst of the crisis