Child Care Tax Strategies

We're working to support tax policies that help working families afford child care.

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Reports & Toolkits | 2011 Making Care Less Taxing: Improving State Child and Dependent Care Tax Provisions

April 14, 2011

The 2011 report on state child and dependent care tax provisions, Making Care Less Taxing, and the accompanying state report card, Making the Grade for Care, which grades those state provisions, cover the 34 child and dependent care tax provisions in effect in 28 states in tax year 2010. 

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Reports & Toolkits | 2011 Making the Grade for Care: Ranking State Child and Dependent Care Tax Provisions

April 14, 2011

The 2011 state-by-state Making the Grade for Care report card, a companion piece to Making Care Less Taxing, ranks the 34 child and dependent care tax provisions in effect in 28 states in tax year 2010.

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More Resources

Reports & Toolkits | State Child Care Assistance Policies Report Series

September 30, 2010

This nationwide annual analysis by the National Women's Law Center compares child care assistance policies from year to year and to and 2001 in four policy areas: income eligibility, waiting lists for assistance, copayment requirements and reimbursement rates for providers. Some states have made progress, but most states continue to be behind where they were in 2001. Read more...

Fact Sheet | Tax Credits Q&A

January 18, 2012

Get detailed information about each of the federal tax credits including the Earned Income Tax Credit,  the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and the Making Work Pay Credit.

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Reports & Toolkits | 2011 Making Care Less Taxing: Improving State Child and Dependent Care Tax Provisions

April 14, 2011

The 2011 report on state child and dependent care tax provisions, Making Care Less Taxing, and the accompanying state report card, Making the Grade for Care, which grades those state provisions, cover the 34 child and dependent care tax provisions in effect in 28 states in tax year 2010. 

 Read more...

Reports & Toolkits | 2011 Making the Grade for Care: Ranking State Child and Dependent Care Tax Provisions

April 14, 2011

The 2011 state-by-state Making the Grade for Care report card, a companion piece to Making Care Less Taxing, ranks the 34 child and dependent care tax provisions in effect in 28 states in tax year 2010.

 Read more...

Fact Sheet | Federal Credits Fact Sheets

February 01, 2011

Read one-page summaries of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and the Making Work Pay Credit.

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