The recent tax-and-spending package’s revamped child tax credit may look generous, but with 19 million children left behind—including some now worse off with the new CTC—state credit policies will ...

American citizens who have recently filed their 2024 federal tax return are in line to receive a $3,000 IRS tax refund. According to the IRS, the average refund amount is around $2,945. The IRS ...

The “Big Beautiful Bill” captured headlines earlier this year and was signed by the president on Independence Day. That would not have been possible without the leadership of our Louisiana delegation.

A fight over taxes consumers pay for cannabis products has prompted a standoff between unusual adversaries: child-care advocates and the legal weed industry. On July 1, California’s cannabis excise ...

Samantha Reyes, 5, center, plays with other children at a home day care run by Zoila Carolina Toma, left, in Lakewood in June. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) A fight over taxes consumers pay for ...

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The dozen US states that implemented a refundable child tax credit program in the wake of the pandemic held down child poverty rates relative to states that didn’t act, according to an analysis by ...

The dozen US states that implemented a refundable child tax credit program helped hold down child poverty rates relative to states that didn’t act, according to an analysis by Columbia University’s ...

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