The American Rescue Plan has now been signed into law. It includes an expansion of the child tax credit for 2021. That plan expands the age for qualifying children to include 17-year-olds. It increases the credit to $3,000 per child for many families (with $3,600 being the amount for children under age 6). The $2,500 earnings floor is removed and the credit will be fully refundable. Finally, half of the credit will be paid in advance by the IRS making monthly payments to families from July to December 2021.
In this episode, I touch on the child tax credit expansion and discuss the IRS role in distributing those payments of the credit in 2021. The child tax credit and the earned income credit are times that the IRS is in the role of benefits distributor. That is a change for the IRS from compliance enforcement. I look at the dichotomy as the IRS faces their pivot from one role to another. What will their approach be for the future?
Note: As of the recording, the American Rescue Plan had not passed into law yet.
Episode 60: Interviewed by Shanna McCormack
Episode 59: Revenue Officer Training
Episode 58.5: Interview with Shanna McCormack
Episode 58: Late Filing
Episode 57: Tax Protesters
Episode 56: Nina Olson and the Taxpayer Advocate Service
Episode 55: Financial Disability
Episode 54: The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel and Tax News
Episode 53: Security Barriers for Practitioners
Episode 52: First Year Retrospective
Episode 51: Taxpayer First Act (HR 3151)
Episode 50: Collection Due Process Panel at ABA May Meeting
Episode 49: Tax Court Settlement Days
Episode 48: Tax Court at the 2019 ABA Section of Taxation May Meeting
Episode 47: IRS Commissioner Rettig at the ABA May Tax Meeting
Episode 46: 2019 ABA Tax Section May Meeting Followup
Episode 45: 2019 ABA Tax Section May Meeting
Episode 44: Liens and Levies, Part Two - Levies
Episode 43: Liens and Levies, Part One - Liens
Episode 42: Recent IRS Events in Missouri
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