Child tax credits, long a liberal priority, find favor in Republican states

Britt pitches fellow Republicans on new child care agenda

The ScoopRepublicans are still in search of ways to add tangible benefits for President Donald Trump’s working-class supporters to their tax plan.Katie Britt is offering a solution.The Alabama Republican is pushing to include significant new child care benefits in the Republican tax cut legislation that’s due later this year. Britt’s pitch stems from a bipartisan bill she’s offered with Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., that would boost child and dependent…

Ohio Republican lawmakers reject proposed cigarette tax increase to pay for child tax credit

Child tax credits, long a liberal priority, find favor in Republican states

Cash would flow directly into the hands of Ohio parents under a proposal from Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. Read more...

Professor Michael Hussey highlights importance of Earned Income Tax Credit in testimony before State House Finance Committee

Professor Michael Hussey, an expert in tax law and former dean of Widener Law Commonwealth, testified before the Pennsylvania House Finance Committee recently, emphasizing the critical role of the Earned Income Tax Credit, known also as EITC, in improving financial stability for working Pennsylvanians. Hussey, also a dedicated volunteer with the United Way of the Capital Region’s Money in Your Pocket, better known as MIYP and Volunteer Income Ta…

Child tax credits, long a liberal priority, find favor in Republican states

David Plasterer, with the anti-poverty advocacy group RESULTS, holds his son, Lewis, during a January news conference in Indianapolis, during which advocates urged Indiana lawmakers to approve an infant child tax credit. More states across the country are looking to create or expand child tax credits. (Leslie Bonilla Muñiz/Indiana Capital Chronicle)Cash would flow directly into the hands of Ohio parents under a proposal from Republican Gov. Mike…

Stateline: Child Tax Credits, Long a Liberal Priority, Find Favor In Republican States

Cash would flow directly into the hands of Ohio parents under a proposal from Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. As part of multibillion-dollar budget negotiations this session, Ohio lawmakers will consider the new refundable tax credit worth up to $1,000 per young child, to be paid for by an increase in tobacco taxes.