Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- +26
- Latest action
- Apr 10, 2025
What it does
The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2025 would increase the maximum credit amounts from $3,000 to $8,000 for one qualifying individual and from $6,000 to $16,000 for two or more, while raising the applicable percentage to 50% for lower-income taxpayers and phasing it down based on income. It would make the credit fully refundable for taxpayers with a principal place of abode in the U.S. for more than half the year, adjust income thresholds and dollar limits for inflation starting in 2026, and modify rules for married couples filing separately to prevent disadvantage. The changes would apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.
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Where it stands
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Tina Smith
- Adam Schiff
- Amy Klobuchar
- Angus King
- Ben Luján
- Brian Schatz
- Charles Schumer
- Chris Van Hollen
- Christopher Murphy
- Cory Booker
- Elissa Slotkin
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Jeff Merkley
- John Fetterman
- John Reed
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Maria Cantwell
- Martin Heinrich
- Mazie Hirono
- Michael Bennet
- Patty Murray
- Peter Welch
- Raphael Warnock
- Richard Blumenthal
- Richard Durbin
- Ron Wyden
- Ruben Gallego
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Tammy Baldwin
- Tammy Duckworth
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Where it goes next
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