2025 Update: the expanded Child Tax Credit in 2021 that was part of the American Rescue Plan legislation passed by Democrats in Congress and signed by President Biden was …			
					
									
															
										
					
							
						
				The art and practice of personal finance has afforded Mrs. 20SF and me many wonderful things. It allowed us to pay off students loans. It allowed us to pay …			
					
									
															
										
					
							
						
				2025 Update: the below archived article is relevant to 2022 tax return filings for the Child Tax Credit in the 2021 tax year only. The 2023, 2024, and 2025 …			
					
									
															
										
					
							
						
				Update: the $50 Emergency Broadband Benefit Program detailed in this article ended December 31, 2021, though the credit continued until 3/1/2022. The program was replaced by $30 monthly internet …			
					
									
															
										
					
							
						
				Buried deep within the text of the 2nd COVID relief bill passed in December and the American Rescue Plan signed this March, without any real fanfare or press among …			
					
									
															
										
					
							
						
				2025 Update: the below archived article is relevant to 2022 tax return filings for the Child Tax Credit in the 2021 tax year only. The 2023, 2024, and 2025 …			
					
									
															
										
					
							
						
				Update: most of the the provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (e.g. economic impact checks, unemployment benefit increase, expanded Child Tax Credit, and Earned Income Tax …			
					
									
															
										
					
							
						
				When I was much younger, I had a jar of items that I had collected over the years that I thought were absolutely magical. There was a white crystal …