Changes to the Child Tax Credit (CTC) for 2024 are substantial. Families can now receive up to $3,600 for children under six and $3,000 for those six and older. Refundable credits help qualifying families lower their tax obligations.
CTC 2024 Update:
The CTC was intended to be raised dramatically under the “Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024.” The existing $1,600 per kid credit would have increased to $1,800.
More low-income households would be able to benefit even if they only owed small amounts of taxes since a more significant percentage of the credit would be refundable.
The purpose of the law was to give families that were previously ineligible owing to low-income access to credit. By October 30, 2024, payments are anticipated to begin, with monthly dividends.
CTC Eligibility for 2024:
The qualifying requirements as of right now, with the possibility that they won’t alter by 2024:
- Tax Filing Status: You must file a tax return jointly or separately.
- A qualified child satisfies the following criteria, and you must have one:
- By the end of 2024, younger than 17 years old.
- Your child might be your biological child, stepchild, foster child, adopted child, or a lineage from any of these.
- The youngster must reside with you for more than half of the year.
- More than half of the child’s financial assistance must come from you.
- Earned Income: It is typically a need to earn money from wages, self-employment, or other sources to qualify for the credit.
- Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI): Your ability to obtain credit is impacted by certain income thresholds. The IRS provides a graphic showing the credit’s phase-out dependent on MAGI.
- Social Security Number: You and the eligible kid must have a Social Security number.
- The goal of the CTC’s projected 2024 expansion was to give families that previously didn’t qualify owing to low-income access to the benefit.
CTC 2024 Amount:
For 2024 (filed in 2025), the CTC amount stays at $2,000 for each eligible kid under 17. But there are a few crucial points to remember:
- Refundability: Even if you don’t owe taxes, you can get your money back up to $1,600 of the credit. This implies that even if your tax is less than $1,600, you may still be eligible for a refund.
- Income Phase-Out: The amount of credit you are eligible for depends on your income level. The amount of credit you receive diminishes if your income rises over a particular level.
The following data is current as of 2023 but may vary based on future legislation:
- Complete Eligibility: You can earn the entire $2,000 credit for each qualified kid if your income is below a specific level.
- Phase-Out Scope: Your credit amount starts declining as soon as your income exceeds the cutoff.
- Higher Income Levels: You could not be eligible for any CTC if your income exceeds a certain threshold.
Factors Influencing the Amount of Your CTC Payment:
One tax benefit intended to assist in defraying the expense of having children is the Child Tax benefit (CTC). However, several circumstances can affect how much CTC you receive, and things are less clear in 2024 because of the blocked legislation.
- An increase to the credit of $1,800 per child was proposed by the Tax Relief for American Residents and Workers Act of 2024. Nevertheless, it failed.
- Present System (Probably Relevant): If the expansion is rejected, the 2023 structure will probably be used, with the CTC amount in 2024 being $2,000 for each eligible kid under 17.
- Complete Eligibility: You will receive the entire credit amount (either $2,000 under the existing system or $1,800 under the proposed) if your income is below a certain level.
- Phase-Out Range: The credit amount you receive steadily reduces as your income is above the threshold. The precise income thresholds for complete eligibility, phase-out, and ineligibility may differ based on your marital status (jointly filer, single, etc.).
- Ambiguity Regarding parameters: Due to legislative ambiguity, the precise income phase-out parameters for 2024 may vary from those for 2023.
- Suggested Growth: intended to guarantee that more low-income households benefit by making a more significant percentage of the credit refundable.
- Present System: You can return up to $1,600 of the credit even without outstanding taxes.
- Number of Eligible Children: At the end of 2024, the CTC amount is multiplied by the number of eligible children under 17.
- Type of Filing Status (Married Filing Jointly, Single, etc.): The income levels corresponding to full, partial, and ineligible statuses may differ based on your filing status.