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IRS Sends Automatic Adoption Credit Refunds To 50,000+ Families

IRS is sending automatic refunds of up to $5,000 per child to 50,000+ families with adoption tax credit carryforwards. No amended return needed. The post IRS Sends Automatic Adopti...

IRS sends automatic refunds to taxpayers claiming adoption tax credit carryforward

The IRS anticipates the refund process for most eligible taxpayers to be complete by the end of this year in the latest payout ahead of the midterms.

Administrative Shift in Adoption Tax Credit Carryforward Treatment for Tax Year 2025: IRS to Issue Refunds to Affected...

IRS Newsroom, “IRS has begun issuing automatic refunds to individuals who claimed Adoption Tax Credit carryforward from prior years,” IR-2026-123 (Oct. 16, 2026). The Intern...

Employer Provided Adoption Benefits 101: How to Ask, Word-for-Word

Employer provided adoption benefits are financial and workplace supports offered by a company to employees who are growing the family through adoption. These benefits typically inc...

New tax credit scholarships start in 2027. Could your child qualify?

If you’re raising a child with disabilities, keeping up with all the education news is important. But it can also be overwhelming, especially when there are changes to rules or fun...

Do You Get Paternity Leave for Adoption?

Yes, adoptive fathers are entitled to paternity leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the same federal protection that covers biological parents. There’s no separate...

Congress made the child tax credit permanent, but the poorest families still get $0

For most of 2025, parents braced for the child tax credit to shrink. The $2,000-per-child credit was scheduled to drop to $1,000 at the end of the year, along with a batch of other...

Exploring adoption as a single parent: Questions to ask with confidence

There are over 70,000 children waiting for adoption in the foster system every year according to federal data from NCFA and ACF. Yet, many prospective parents assume single-parent...

Raising Money for Adoption: Where to Start?

Once hopeful adoptive parents find out how much adoption costs, their next question is usually the same: where do I even start raising money for adoption? It’s a fair question. Dom...

How The $3,400 Education Freedom Tax Credit Works: A Plain-English Explainer For Donors

Starting in 2027, a K-12 scholarship gift earns a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit of up to $1,700, or $3,400 for married couples. Here’s how it works. The post How The $3,400...

Federal Scholarship Tax Credit Regulations: Comprehensive Technical Analysis of Temporary TD 10057 and Proposed REG-1171...

Federal Scholarship Tax Credit, Temporary Regulations, TD 10057, RIN 1545-BS17, 91 Fed. Reg. [page] (published Oct. 2, 2026) (codified at 26 C.F.R. pt. 1). Federal Scholarsh...

State Child Tax Credits Will Boost Financial Security for Families and Children in 2027

Sixteen states provide Child Tax Credits to reduce poverty, boost economic security, and invest in children. State lawmakers have several options to maximize the impact of Child Ta...

Treasury Finalizes Rules For School Choice Tax Credit

Treasury and the IRS released proposed rules for the $1,700 Education Freedom Tax Credit launching January 1, 2027. Joint filers get $3,400. The post Treasury Finalizes Rules For S...

Positive Effects of Adoption on the Child

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Letter of Recommendation for Adoption: Who to Ask, What to Include, and a Sample

A letter of recommendation for adoption, sometimes called an adoption reference letter, is a signed and dated note from a friend, colleague, or community member who can speak to yo...

Are Daycare Expenses Tax-Deductible? Understanding the Child and Dependent Care Credit

Raising kids or caring for a dependent isn’t cheap — especially when you’re juggling work or school on top of […] The post Are Daycare Expenses Tax-Deductible? Understanding the Ch...

Trump auto-enrolls 10s of millions in child investment accounts

WASHINGTON — Every child in the United States with a valid Social Security number is now enrolled in a tax-advantaged investment account, titled a “Trump Account,” President Donald...

Trump auto-enrolls 10s of millions in child investment accounts

WASHINGTON — Every child in the United States with a valid Social Security number is now enrolled in a tax-advantaged investment account, titled a “Trump Account,” President Donald...

No More Counting Zeros: IRS Proposed Rules Make Dependent Care FSA Testing Easier and May Open the Door to the $7,500 Li...

The Power of Love: Celebrities Who Were Adopted and Their Impact

Families come in all different forms, and adoption is one of them. Adoption is an incredibly special thing, and it impacts people from all walks of life, even celebrities and other...

State Action on Child Tax Credits and Earned Income Tax Credits Since 2021

Since 2021, there has been a flurry of new and expanded state Child Tax Credits and Earned Income Tax Credits. This continued momentum speaks to the power and popularity of these c...

New Census Data Show Importance of Refundable Tax Credits and Need for Improvements

The Child Tax Credit actually moved fewer children out of poverty in 2025 than it did in 2024 prior to Congress passing the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBBA).