The Empire State Child Credit (ESCC) has been expanded for families in New York, Governor Kathy Hochul has announced. The changes, approved by the state legislature, target families with young ...

Millions of students transfer between colleges each year, hoping to build on their previous work. Instead, many find themselves starting over. One major reason is that many students lose credits when ...

Washington, D.C., will become the first city with a local child tax credit. The credit is part of a strategy aimed at fighting child poverty, after evidence showed significant impacts from a temporary ...

All of Connecticut’s neighbors except for Rhode Island offer a state income tax-based credit to offset the costs of raising children, and Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee proposed his state’s first ...

Fri, January 23, 2026 at 10:33 PM UTC The child tax credit is a valuable federal tax break for families, aimed at helping defray the costs of raising children. Taxpayers who qualify can cut their tax ...

As of the 2025 tax year, 16 states and the District of Columbia offer some form of child tax credit, ranging from nonrefundable deductions to fully refundable credits that can generate refunds even if ...

Tax Day is today, which means you're running out of time to claim your child tax credit money. Here's how the credit works this year. Katie covered all things how-to at CNET, with a focus on Social ...