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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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Expanding Refundable Tax Credits in Response to COVID-19

Testimony, Tax Relief to Support Workers and Families During the COVID-19 Recession

A Tax Code for the Rest of Us Fact Sheet

A Tax Code for the Rest of Us Framework Fact Sheet

The Faulty Foundations of the Tax Code Fact Sheet

Paid Leave in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act: How Child Care Providers Are Left Behind

COVID-19 Response: Getting Cash to Lower-Income Families

Making Care Less Taxing: Improving State Child and Dependent Care Tax Provisions, Tax Year 2019

The Faulty Foundations of the Tax Code: Gender and Racial Bias in Our Tax Laws

A Tax Code for the Rest of Us: A Framework & Recommendations for Advancing Gender & Racial Equity Through Tax Credits

Principles for Child Care: A Vision for Investing in High-Quality, Affordable Child Care

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Maryland Improves Its Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit to Help More Families

Making Care Less Taxing: 2018 Legislative Changes to State Child and Dependent Care Tax Credits

Making Care Less Taxing: Improving State Child and Dependent Care Tax Provisions, Tax Year 2018

2018 Making Care Less Taxing: Improving State Child and Dependent Care Tax Provisions

Webinar – Making Care Less Taxing: State Child and Dependent Care Tax Provisions

Improving the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Would Help Working Families with the High Cost of Child Care

Stepping Up: New Policies and Strategies Supporting Parents in Low-Wage Jobs and Their Children

State Child And Dependent Care Tax Provisions, Tax Year 2017

Every Baby Has a Story—Child Care Policy Helps Shape It

The EITC and the Refundable Child Tax Credit Are Critical to Women’s Economic Security

Family Tax Credits

4 Months Later, Trump’s Tax Bill Is Still Bad for Basically Everyone (with Two Exceptions: Millionaires and Corporations)

State Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Update: 2017 Legislative Changes