117th Congress H. Bill 1319

Make Covid Relief Child Tax Credits Permanent

Behn Sorbi

President Biden’s Covid-19 relief package increases the maximum child tax credit for 2021 from $2,000 for children under 17 to $3,600 for children under 6 and $3,000 for children ages 6 through 17. The expanded tax credit will help to substantially reduce child poverty, and the monthly payments will help families cover important expenses as they occur. The former child tax credits were insufficient for economically disadvantaged families, as are these increases if they simply expire and revert to normal rates. Biden and the Democratic Congress should work to make these increases permanent.