Tax Credits for MD Families
@mdfamilycredits.bsky.social
Tax Credits for Maryland Families is a coalition of organizations committed to educating policymakers & the public about the state’s working family tax credits.
OBBB’s cuts to food assistance through SNAP will affect all of the 40 million-plus people the program benefits, 16 million of them children.
What it’s all for? To pay, in part, for tax cuts highly skewed to the wealthy.
Credit: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
What it’s all for? To pay, in part, for tax cuts highly skewed to the wealthy.
Credit: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
September 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
OBBB’s cuts to food assistance through SNAP will affect all of the 40 million-plus people the program benefits, 16 million of them children.
What it’s all for? To pay, in part, for tax cuts highly skewed to the wealthy.
Credit: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
What it’s all for? To pay, in part, for tax cuts highly skewed to the wealthy.
Credit: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
MUST READ: The One Big, Beautiful Bill (OBBB) FAILS our Children
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Millions of Children Left Behind: The Truth About the Latest Child Tax Credit
Don’t Be Fooled: The One Big Beautiful Bill Fails Our Children
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September 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
MUST READ: The One Big, Beautiful Bill (OBBB) FAILS our Children
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Congress increased the maximum federal CTC by $200, but eligibility for the CTC got harder.
Under new rules, less families qualify for the full credit because their income isn't high enough. We're grateful Maryland's CTC helps those who need it most. Visit marylandtaxcredits.gov/EarnedIt
Under new rules, less families qualify for the full credit because their income isn't high enough. We're grateful Maryland's CTC helps those who need it most. Visit marylandtaxcredits.gov/EarnedIt
September 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Congress increased the maximum federal CTC by $200, but eligibility for the CTC got harder.
Under new rules, less families qualify for the full credit because their income isn't high enough. We're grateful Maryland's CTC helps those who need it most. Visit marylandtaxcredits.gov/EarnedIt
Under new rules, less families qualify for the full credit because their income isn't high enough. We're grateful Maryland's CTC helps those who need it most. Visit marylandtaxcredits.gov/EarnedIt
MUST-READ: TPC Estimates Confirm the Expanded Child Care Credit Continues to Leave Out Low-Income Families
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TPC Estimates Confirm The Expanded Child Care Credit Continues To Leave Out Low-Income Families
On paper, low-income families can offset more of their taxes, but the child care credit remains nonrefundable, so almost no low-income families can actually benefit.
taxpolicycenter.org
September 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
MUST-READ: TPC Estimates Confirm the Expanded Child Care Credit Continues to Leave Out Low-Income Families
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"By targeting tax increases on high-income households while cutting taxes for most households of all racial and ethnic groups, Maryland is demonstrating that progressive tax policy can advance racial equity while generating additional state revenue."
Read on at itep.org/how-maryland...
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August 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"By targeting tax increases on high-income households while cutting taxes for most households of all racial and ethnic groups, Maryland is demonstrating that progressive tax policy can advance racial equity while generating additional state revenue."
Read on at itep.org/how-maryland...
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⚠️ Maryland renters! ⚠️ Help shape our 2026 policy agenda by taking the Renters Survey!
We need at least 50 more renters to take this survey by this Friday (8/8). Add your voice!
Take a few minutes to tell us what you need to make renting in Maryland better: bit.ly/2025RenterSurvey
We need at least 50 more renters to take this survey by this Friday (8/8). Add your voice!
Take a few minutes to tell us what you need to make renting in Maryland better: bit.ly/2025RenterSurvey
August 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
⚠️ Maryland renters! ⚠️ Help shape our 2026 policy agenda by taking the Renters Survey!
We need at least 50 more renters to take this survey by this Friday (8/8). Add your voice!
Take a few minutes to tell us what you need to make renting in Maryland better: bit.ly/2025RenterSurvey
We need at least 50 more renters to take this survey by this Friday (8/8). Add your voice!
Take a few minutes to tell us what you need to make renting in Maryland better: bit.ly/2025RenterSurvey
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Fourteen years ago today, in the midst of one of our country’s worst economic crises, Americans saw the last federal minimum wage increase. Since then, we’ve experienced another recession and inflation, housing and consumer prices that continue to rise, far outpacing the minimum wage.
July 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Fourteen years ago today, in the midst of one of our country’s worst economic crises, Americans saw the last federal minimum wage increase. Since then, we’ve experienced another recession and inflation, housing and consumer prices that continue to rise, far outpacing the minimum wage.
99,000 MDers left $ on the table! Eligible taxpayers get an avg of $1,100 for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)+ $500/kid for the Child Tax Credit (CTC).
We applaud @brookelierman.bsky.social for her work to ensure ALL eligible MDers get these needed credits!
Read more in @marylandmatters.org
We applaud @brookelierman.bsky.social for her work to ensure ALL eligible MDers get these needed credits!
Read more in @marylandmatters.org
July 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
99,000 MDers left $ on the table! Eligible taxpayers get an avg of $1,100 for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)+ $500/kid for the Child Tax Credit (CTC).
We applaud @brookelierman.bsky.social for her work to ensure ALL eligible MDers get these needed credits!
Read more in @marylandmatters.org
We applaud @brookelierman.bsky.social for her work to ensure ALL eligible MDers get these needed credits!
Read more in @marylandmatters.org
This is big! Our state just made it easier for folks to apply for government benefits! This new website will make eliminate the need for people to repeatedly share their personal and financial information in order to access aid. 'Maryland Benefits' is now live at marylandbenefits.org!
July 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This is big! Our state just made it easier for folks to apply for government benefits! This new website will make eliminate the need for people to repeatedly share their personal and financial information in order to access aid. 'Maryland Benefits' is now live at marylandbenefits.org!
The MAGA Republican budget plan will make healthcare + groceries more expensive for us by slashing $ for Medicaid and food assistance to finance more tax breaks for the very rich + big corporations.
This bill, along with Trump's tariffs, will make things even worse for us. This can't happen!
This bill, along with Trump's tariffs, will make things even worse for us. This can't happen!
July 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The MAGA Republican budget plan will make healthcare + groceries more expensive for us by slashing $ for Medicaid and food assistance to finance more tax breaks for the very rich + big corporations.
This bill, along with Trump's tariffs, will make things even worse for us. This can't happen!
This bill, along with Trump's tariffs, will make things even worse for us. This can't happen!
The Senate GOP Reconciliation Bill = HUGE tax breaks for the wealthiest Marylanders, and very little for the rest of us. Check out the chart below ⬇️
June 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The Senate GOP Reconciliation Bill = HUGE tax breaks for the wealthiest Marylanders, and very little for the rest of us. Check out the chart below ⬇️
Cutting SNAP is bad for families, but it’s bad for Maryland businesses, too - marylandmatters.org/2025/06/24/c...
June 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Cutting SNAP is bad for families, but it’s bad for Maryland businesses, too - marylandmatters.org/2025/06/24/c...
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SNAP Cuts Leave Families Hungry in Maryland: See how 👇👇
June 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
SNAP Cuts Leave Families Hungry in Maryland: See how 👇👇
Strong families deserve strong support. On International Day of Families, we’re celebrating the resources that help families thrive, like the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
💵 The EITC puts real money back into the hands of working families: helping with groceries, rent, child care, and more.
💵 The EITC puts real money back into the hands of working families: helping with groceries, rent, child care, and more.
May 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Strong families deserve strong support. On International Day of Families, we’re celebrating the resources that help families thrive, like the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
💵 The EITC puts real money back into the hands of working families: helping with groceries, rent, child care, and more.
💵 The EITC puts real money back into the hands of working families: helping with groceries, rent, child care, and more.
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As this piece explains, the CTC expansion the House Ways & Means Cmte proposes would provide no CTC increase to millions of kids in low-income working families, with families in the bottom 20% by income getting just 2% of the new CTC benefits and families in top 20% getting nearly 10 times as much
Congress is facing a choice on the Child Tax Credit, @bobgreensteindc.bsky.social writes: Will they adopt lower-cost CTC changes that benefit children in low-income working families, or higher-cost changes that largely exclude them?
Will the reconciliation bill’s Child Tax Credit changes leave out children in low-income working families? - The Hamilton Project
Lawmakers are considering a Child Tax Credit expansion that would primarily benefit higher-income families while continuing to exclude millions of children from the poorest working families.
www.hamiltonproject.org
May 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
As this piece explains, the CTC expansion the House Ways & Means Cmte proposes would provide no CTC increase to millions of kids in low-income working families, with families in the bottom 20% by income getting just 2% of the new CTC benefits and families in top 20% getting nearly 10 times as much
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House Republicans have proposed the largest SNAP cut in history.
These funding cuts will not root out waste or fraud as they claim, but they will take away food from hungry families in need.
These funding cuts will not root out waste or fraud as they claim, but they will take away food from hungry families in need.
The House Republican SNAP Cuts Would Take Food From Hungry Families
The U.S. House Agriculture Committee’s budget proposal would cut assistance for all SNAP recipients—not “waste, fraud, and abuse.”
www.americanprogress.org
May 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
House Republicans have proposed the largest SNAP cut in history.
These funding cuts will not root out waste or fraud as they claim, but they will take away food from hungry families in need.
These funding cuts will not root out waste or fraud as they claim, but they will take away food from hungry families in need.
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Despite the pro-family talk, the Republican proposal for the Child Tax Credit does NOTHING for 17 million working families and even strips eligibility from another 4.5 million kids. Disgraceful.
House W&M bill does nothing for the ~17M kids currently left out of the $2,000 max credit b/c their families’ earnings are too low. Temp. raising the max to $2,500 gives them $0 or zilch, but delivers an additional $500-per-kid to higher-income families.
www.cbpp.org/blog/policym...
www.cbpp.org/blog/policym...
Policymakers Should Expand the Child Tax Credit for the 17 Million Children Currently Left Out of the Full Credit | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Congressional Republicans may soon release a budget resolution that will set the terms of the tax debate, and which is expected to extend the 2017 tax law, including its changes to the Child Tax...
www.cbpp.org
May 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Despite the pro-family talk, the Republican proposal for the Child Tax Credit does NOTHING for 17 million working families and even strips eligibility from another 4.5 million kids. Disgraceful.
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House Republican plan would harm 4.5 million U.S. citizen children by stripping away their access to the Child Tax Credit if either of their parents file taxes w/o an SSN: cmsny.org/publications...
New Estimates of the Number of United States Citizen and Legal Permanent Resident Children Who May Lose Eligibility for the Child Tax Credit - The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS)
This fact sheet provides new estimates of the number of American citizen and legal permanent resident children who could lose eligibility for the federal Child Tax Credit if proposals currently consid...
cmsny.org
May 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
House Republican plan would harm 4.5 million U.S. citizen children by stripping away their access to the Child Tax Credit if either of their parents file taxes w/o an SSN: cmsny.org/publications...
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House W&M bill does nothing for the ~17M kids currently left out of the $2,000 max credit b/c their families’ earnings are too low. Temp. raising the max to $2,500 gives them $0 or zilch, but delivers an additional $500-per-kid to higher-income families.
www.cbpp.org/blog/policym...
www.cbpp.org/blog/policym...
Policymakers Should Expand the Child Tax Credit for the 17 Million Children Currently Left Out of the Full Credit | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Congressional Republicans may soon release a budget resolution that will set the terms of the tax debate, and which is expected to extend the 2017 tax law, including its changes to the Child Tax...
www.cbpp.org
May 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
House W&M bill does nothing for the ~17M kids currently left out of the $2,000 max credit b/c their families’ earnings are too low. Temp. raising the max to $2,500 gives them $0 or zilch, but delivers an additional $500-per-kid to higher-income families.
www.cbpp.org/blog/policym...
www.cbpp.org/blog/policym...
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Today, we celebrate the incredible strength, resilience, and multitasking abilities of all working moms. 👩👧👦💼 The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC) are designed to provide financial relief, making it easier for moms to balance work, family, and everything in between.
March 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Today, we celebrate the incredible strength, resilience, and multitasking abilities of all working moms. 👩👧👦💼 The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC) are designed to provide financial relief, making it easier for moms to balance work, family, and everything in between.
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February 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We 🩷 expanding the Earned Income and Child Tax Credits! Thank you to the MGA – esp. Chairs Guzzone and @jheanellew.bsky.social – for 2 great hearings this week on EITC expansion! #MDGA25 @mdeconomy.bsky.social
Tell your legislators you 💜 tax credits for working MDers, too: bit.ly/taxcreditsmd
Tell your legislators you 💜 tax credits for working MDers, too: bit.ly/taxcreditsmd
February 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We 🩷 expanding the Earned Income and Child Tax Credits! Thank you to the MGA – esp. Chairs Guzzone and @jheanellew.bsky.social – for 2 great hearings this week on EITC expansion! #MDGA25 @mdeconomy.bsky.social
Tell your legislators you 💜 tax credits for working MDers, too: bit.ly/taxcreditsmd
Tell your legislators you 💜 tax credits for working MDers, too: bit.ly/taxcreditsmd