Child tax credit: Biden’s plan to slash child poverty depends on how well the IRS can deliver the aid

Child tax credit: Biden’s plan to slash child poverty depends on how well the IRS can deliver the aid

While the vast majority of eligible families will receive the monthly payments automatically, very low-income households who fall below the income threshold that requires people to file federal taxes will likely have to submit some information to the Internal Revenue Service so the agency knows where to deliver the money.

More than 3 million children live in households that could be at risk of missing out, according to separate estimates from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Propel, a private company that runs an app called Fresh EBT used by one in four recipients of the…

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