- Thanks to the tax cuts passed by the Republican House and Senate and signed into law by President Trump, millions of families are seeing lower taxes because of the doubling of the child tax credit.
- The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act doubled the child tax credit from $1,000 to $2,000 per child. This expansion also simplified the tax code by consolidating other provisions into the child tax credit as part of a net tax cut.
- According to IRS SOI data from 2015 (the most recent year available), 22,324,780 American families across the country take the child tax credit and benefit from tax reform doubling the credit.
- For instance, 431,660 families in Missouri, 514,550 families in Indiana, 1,244,430 families in Florida, and 478,000 families in Arizona benefit from the expansion of the child tax credit. Specific statewide data can be found in the chart below:
State Number of Filers
United States 22,235,600
Alabama 331,870
Alaska 65,540
Arizona 478,000
Arkansas 207,730
California 2,701,370
Colorado 400,830
Connecticut 220,450
Delaware 65,890
Florida 1,244,430
Georgia 690,130
Hawaii 104,070
Idaho 134,800
Illinois 884,790
Indiana 514,550
Iowa 246,080
Kansas 230,830
Kentucky 318,720
Louisiana 321,160
Maine 87,670
Maryland 407,120
Massachusetts 407,210
Michigan 647,610
Minnesota 412,780
Mississippi 211,210
Missouri 431,660
Montana 72,100
Nebraska 157,910
Nevada 226,030
New Hampshire 90,820
New Jersey 563,170
New Mexico 150,070
New York 1,151,020
North Carolina 708,990
North Dakota 59,230
Ohio 830,770
Oklahoma 294,920
Oregon 268,640
Pennsylvania 840,120
Rhode Island 69,950
South Carolina 338,400
South Dakota 67,410
Tennessee 466,410
Texas 2,092,560
Utah 278,420
Vermont 42,460
Virginia 571,710
Washington 529,080
West Virginia 119,890
Wisconsin 430,860
Wyoming 48,160