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Child Care Tax Strategies

Paying for child care can be a major burden for many families. But federal and state tax credits can help some working parents offset their child care expenses.

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Balancing Acts: Stories of Women at the Crossroads of Working and Caregiving

The 2025 Tax Fight: Expand the Refundable Tax Credits to Support Women and Families

The Child Tax Credit Is Great – But It Won’t Solve the Child Care Crisis

Fatima Goss Graves in Senate Finance Hearing: “Billionaires Don’t Need More Tax Cuts, But Families Need Child Care”

By the Numbers: Data on Key Programs for the Well-Being of Women, LGBTQ+ People, and Their Families

What Child Care Advocates Need to Know about the Upcoming Tax Debate

States Can Make Care Less Taxing: Tax Credits Related to Child Care, Tax Year 2023

Women of Color, Disabled Women, and LGBT Adults Struggle to Afford Food and Housing Costs

State Child Care and Early Education Updates 2023: Continuing Progress

Restoring the Child Tax Credit Expansion Will Help Women and Children

Precarious Progress: State Child Care Assistance Policies 2022

You Could Save Thousands of Dollars This 2024 Tax Season

Our Last Chance to Expand the Child Tax Credit for Families Before the New Year

Refundable Tax Credit Expansions Will Help Build Long-Term Economic Prosperity for Women and Families

Fight for Women Sign-on Letter

Testimony, “Tackling the Tax Code: Evaluating Fairness, Efficiency & Potential to Spur Inclusive Economic Growth”

At the Crossroads: State Child Care Assistance Policies 2021

Tax the Patriarchy

Gender and the Tax Code

Making Care Less Taxing: State and Dependent Care Tax Provisions, Tax Year 2021

Child Care, Universal Pre-K, and Paid Leave are Good for Economic Growth

Families Can Receive Bigger State Benefits for Child Care Costs in 2021

Claim Your Money: The Child and Dependent Care Credit in 2021

Women and Families Need the Expanded Child Tax Credit to Be Extended

5 Things You Should Know About the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit This Year