Congressman Cleaver Visits Rural Missouri to Highlight Child Tax Credit Monthly Payments for Missouri Families Set to Begin This Month
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Yesterday, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) visited Odessa, Higginsville, and Lawson, Missouri, to share important information regarding the upcoming Child Tax Credit payments that will begin on July 15th. The expanded Child Tax Credit was included in the American Rescue Plan, which was passed by Congress in March with Congressman Cleaver's support. Economists estimate that the tax relief has the potential to cut child poverty in America in half.
The advance monthly payments will provide up to $300 per child every month through the end of the year, helping hardworking families in Missouri buy essentials like groceries, childcare, school supplies, and clothes for their children.
"The historic American Rescue Plan has provided working class Missourians with life-saving vaccines, desperately needed stimulus checks, and now substantial tax relief for hardworking families," said Congressman Cleaver. "With families receiving monthly payments of up to $300, the expanded Child Tax Credit will ensure that Missouri's children have the tools needed to succeed and help stimulate local economies still recovering from the pandemic. As nearly 49,000 families in my congressional district begin to receive their monthly payments, lifting 11,000 children out of poverty, I will continue to advocate for making these tax credits permanent through the President's American Families Plan."
Nearly all families should receive their monthly payments automatically beginning July 15th with no further action required. Families who did not file a tax return for 2019 or 2020, and who did not use the IRS Non-filers tool last year to sign up for the Economic Impact Payments, should go online and use the IRS Child Tax Credit Non-filer Sign-up Tool to ensure they receive their payments.
Families will get their remaining expanded Child Tax Credit when they file their 2021 return.
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