,Families Helped by the Child Tax Credit Expansion Work Hard in Low-Paying Jobs: Nursing Home Aides, Cooks, Pre-School Teachers, and Construction Workers Would Get a Boost

Families Helped by the Child Tax Credit Expansion Work Hard in Low-Paying Jobs: Nursing Home Aides, Cooks, Pre-School Teachers, and Construction Workers Would Get a Boost


 

Publication Date: May 2008

Publisher: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Sharon Parrott; Arloc Sherman

Research Area: Banking and finance

Keywords: Economic projections; Federal budget; Income diversity; Tax code

Type: Report

Abstract:

The tax "extenders" bill adopted last week in the House Ways and Means Committee (H.R. 6049) would temporarily expand the Child Tax Credit by lowering the earnings threshold that families must meet to qualify for the refundable portion of the credit.Â