There are three federal tax provisions related to child care. Trump's new tax law recently expanded all of them through a ...

The child tax credit has been offered to U.S. taxpayers for nearly 30 years, but its value has varied across presidential administrations. With the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill ...

Despite increasing the child tax credit, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act leaves most parents no better off than before, offering little relief for families.

President Donald Trump signed his "big beautiful" spending bill into law on July 4.

Permanently expanded the tax credit for working parents — known as the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) for the ...

The Early Care and Education Consortium (ECEC) applauds Congress for including $16 billion in child care tax incentives in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) that passed out of both chambers on ...

The child tax credit is a partially refundable tax credit available to taxpayers with children or dependents under age 17.

Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) said she is pushing to increase the size of the child and dependent care tax credit in the Senate as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Britt, who has previously ...

The next state budget will include a new, $200 state income tax break for Connecticut’s working poor with children or other dependents. But a larger, child tax credit for middle-class families ...

The child and dependent care credit can help parents recoup at least some of the steep costs of child care.

Claiming your children as dependents also opens you up to other deductions, such as for child care. Tax filers who adopted a child in 2024 also are eligible for a tax credit of up to $16,810.