A pair of glasses, a pencil, a tax form 1040, and a calculator with a tax button are placed together on the table, hinting at the work ahead for claiming the child tax credit.

What is the Child Tax Credit?

  The Child Tax Credit allows you to claim up to $1,000 for each of your “qualifying” children who are under the age of 17 – provided you meet certain income limits. When Congress passed the fiscal cliff agreement in January 2013, lawmakers put the Child Tax Credit into effect for five years, locking it […]

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