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Arizona faith leaders are urging U.S. Sens. Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema to expand child tax credits as part of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda. If the credits aren’t at least extended by the end of December, the recurring monthly payments of up to $300 for every child under the age of six and $250 a month for children ages 6-17 would lapse in the new year. As passed by the House last month, the Build Back Better bill includes a one-year extension of the child tax credit. Tamera Zivic, the CEO of WHEAT, an anti-hunger and poverty...

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act cuts rates for most tax brackets, substantially reduces business taxes, increases the standard deduction, and eliminates many tax loopholes and deductions. Congress passed historic, far-reaching tax reform legislation this week, and President Donald Trump is expected to sign it into law soon after some technical fixes. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act cuts rates for most tax brackets, substantially reduces corporate and small business taxes, increases the standard deduction for individuals and couples, and eliminates many tax loopholes and deductions.Since Republicans first rolled out their plan to implement tax reform, liberal pundits and Democrats...

Illegal aliens across America are committing FRAUD by filing tax returns with an IRS "ITIN" number, and listing children as dependents who live in MEXICO -- or who don't exist at all!. This fraud is costing taxpayers an insane $4.2 BILLION PER YEAR. In addition, these are FELONY crimes - yet the Feds do NOTHING to stop it. And Harry Reid and his Senate Democrats just defeated an attempt to STOP this fraud, in order to save $6 billion in cuts to disabled veterans. Illegal aliens across America are committing FRAUD by filing tax returns with an IRS "ITIN" number,...

<p>WASHINGTON - Congress may extend some tax cuts that are due to diminish at year's end, including new child tax credits and a bracket expansion that lowered taxes for wage earners. But lawmakers have concluded that making all of President Bush's tax cuts permanent will have to wait until after the fall election.</p>

Tax refunds expected to jump 27% Fri Nov 14, 6:22 AM ET Add Top Stories - USATODAY.com to My Yahoo! By Barbara Hagenbaugh, USA TODAY Taxpayers' refund checks will increase nearly 27% to an average $2,500 per family early next year, according to new forecasts from tax experts and economists, who say the windfalls will aid consumers, the economy and President Bush (news - web sites)'s re-election campaign. As a result of the 2003 tax cut, about 8 million families who did not receive refunds this year will likely get them in 2004, says tax software publisher Petz Enterprises. It...

WASHINGTON - More than $118 million in tax refunds and advance child credit payments owed to more than 200,000 taxpayers went undelivered this summer, the Internal Revenue Service (news - web sites) said Monday. "All we need is a good address. As soon as we get the correct address, we can start the check on its way," IRS Commissioner Mark Everson said. Families who expected but didn't receive an advance child credit payment this summer must act by Dec. 5 to claim an undelivered refund this year. After the deadline, families must wait until they file their 2003 tax returns...

Reuters Labor Day Sales Boost U.S. Retail Outlook Tuesday September 2, 11:14 am ET By Emily Kaiser CHICAGO (Reuters) - Favorable weather and improving consumer attitudes drove strong Labor Day weekend sales, according to early indications, bolstering hopes for a good holiday shopping season, retail analysts said on Tuesday. "The way you can describe this weekend is spectacular," said Britt Beemer, head of America's Research Group, which conducts surveys to track U.S. consumer trends. "Nine out of 10 times, Labor Day is a predictor of Christmas sales," he said. "A year ago, Labor Day was one of the softest we'd...

“This will be a week from hell for Republicans!” declared House Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi in July as she led her troops into a procedural battle in Congress. The cause: to protest the pace on expansion of the child tax credit. Rep. Pelosi’s procedural motions were easily defeated by the majority, but the challenge was clear— the Left is going to war on the child tax credit. The aggressive tactics began almost immediately after Congress passed a version of President Bush’s jobs and growth tax cut package, which increases the existing $600 child tax credit to $1,000. Even better, the...

U.S. home starts hit 17-year high in July Tuesday August 19, 5:01 pm ET By Eric Burroughs (Updates with market close)NEW YORK, Aug 19 (Reuters) - U.S. home builders cranked up new construction to a 17-year high in July as quickly rising mortgage rates prompted consumers to buy sooner rather than later, a report showed on Tuesday, the latest sign of the economy's brightening outlook. In a separate report, the University of Michigan's survey showed consumer sentiment dipped during the first half of August as Americans remain worried about job security. Sentiment has essentially remained flat for three months after...

Hundreds Not Receiving Child Tax Credit Check to Surround White House; Edelman, Daschle, Pelosi Rally Hundreds Left behind 7/21/03 2:01:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor Contact: Toby Chaudhuri of the Children's Defense Fund, 202-662-3609 News Advisory: -- Edelman, Daschle, Pelosi Rally Hundreds Left behind -- Congress to Recess While Richer Families Receive Checks this Week More than 700 youths living in households denied the child tax credit check their richer friends and neighbors will receive beginning late this week will surround the White House Wednesday to demand that President George Bush not delay their families' fair share....

<p>Like millions of other parents across the country, Stephanie Wolflink and her husband are getting money back from the federal government this week, a rebate sparked by tax breaks enacted this spring.</p> <p>But Wolflink isn't happy about it. She says her child tax refund, and the rest of the government's $330 billion tax cut package, comes at the expense of social programs and other services. And rather than keeping the money, she's giving it away to charity in protest.</p>

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use.The Internal Revenue Service is putting off until next year a pilot program to require certain low-income taxpayers to provide conclusive proof of their eligibility for a special tax credit and reduce the number of people covered by the program. But it will also look more closely at other poor wage earners seeking the credit. Terry Lemons, an I.R.S. spokesman, said in an interview yesterday that the heightened scrutiny for the second group would constitute "a new area of emphasis" on poor people whom the agency suspects of having misrepresented their eligibility...

Families across the Brazos Valley will receive about 22,000 checks totaling $13.5 million as the federal government sends out advance child tax credits, officials said. About 25 million people nationwide are receiving the checks, which the U.S. Treasury Department estimates will average $623 per person. The IRS began mailing them Friday. “I’ve talked to people who have already gotten their checks, and they’re excited about having that extra money,” said Kenneth Vargas, an IRS spokesman in Austin. “They’re talking about spending it for back-to-school things they need or for last-minute vacations before school starts back up. “Judging from what I’ve...

<p>July 31, 2003 -- It's cash-back time for New York families as President Bush's $400-per-child tax-credit checks are now landing in mailboxes across the city.</p> <p>Some pleased parents have already banked - or spent - their check from Uncle Sam and hundreds of thousands more are set to get their treasury payout over the next few days.</p>

<p>The check is in the mail for most people who claimed the child tax credit last year.</p> <p>If it's not, it soon will be.</p> <p>The federal government has begun mailing the first of more than 600,000 checks to Virginia residents. The checks are part of an accelerated new law that increased the child tax credit.</p>

Some Parents Question Wisdom of Tax Cuts By DAVID CRARY For millions of middle-class families, the check is in the mail _ $400, $800, perhaps more _ courtesy of Congress. Parents benefiting from the expanded child tax credit will welcome the cash, but some question the wisdom of such payouts at a time of deficits and cutbacks. "I'd rather have the public services and the public schools have the money they need," said Jean Powers, 41, a mother of two from Beaverton, Ore. "I'm not happy with it." Even more displeased are some of the low-income parents not receiving the...

The checks are in the mailbox. Friday, the Internal Revenue Service sent out the first wave of about 25 million checks - including more than a half-million to addresses in Wisconsin - as an advance payment on the expanded child credit in the new tax law. Another wave will follow next week, with a final one washing into the nation's homes the week after that. The checks came about because the new law increased the child tax credit to $1,000 from $600. They will pump some $15 billion into the pockets of Americans in a bid to add pep to...

<p>The Treasury Department is mailing out checks worth up to $400 per child to more than 25 million middle-income households, a summertime windfall from tax cuts enacted in May.</p> <p>Jodi Mendoza, 38, of Portland, Ore., said she plans to use at least some of the money to buy school clothes and supplies for her three children.</p>

<p>PHILADELPHIA &#8212; President Bush yesterday toured a check-processing plant that will begin mailing out 25 million tax rebates today, which he said would further stimulate the recovering economy.</p> <p>"See, I think it's very important for our fellow citizens to understand: We're not just talking theory," he said after inspecting facilities that print and package the U.S. Treasury checks.</p>

<p>A television ad that began airing Tuesday tells Hispanic audiences and other poor families to expect "nada," or "nothing," in their mailboxes Friday when the government begins mailing child credit rebate checks.</p> <p>The ad is aimed at informing Hispanic families that of the 12 million children whose families won't get the tax credit, a third of them are Hispanic, Congressional Hispanic Caucus members said.</p>