amy matsui, we are talking about fiscal year 2021.e are not talking about beyond -- we are talking about the tax year of 2021. why are we not talking about beyond 2021 yet? guest: so, we do definitely need to make this important expansion to the child tax credit permanent and that is some of the policy discussion that is happening right now, it is how to do that. so right now, this is a really important policy to help kind of provide a cushion for people, help them build back emergency savings as they are kind of getting back on their feet after the recession. one thing that we know about refundable tax credits like the child tax credit as they have long-term benefits for the health and well-being of children. studies over decades have shown that children who get boosts in income from refundable tax credits at the child tax credit or income tax credits have better health outcomes. they have better educational outcomes. they actually do better in employment later on in their life. so, this is really something that is important for the

host: amy matsui?st: one of the important things to recognize is that none of our families are standing on our own. there are a lot of different ways that the government is here to invest in all of us. whether it is the roads that we share or the investments in education, those are things that we all contribute to each other's families, to each other's children so we can all succeed. i think another thing to remember is that if we make this proposal permanent in the way that the biden administration has proposed, no one under $400,000 is going to be getting a tax increase. we are looking at kind of rolling back the trump tax cuts so that high earners are paying what they were before when 17, increasing the tax rate -- before wendy 17, increasing that corporate tax rate prior to 2017. it is making sure that the investments are there and that they are paid for by those who can afford the most, paying their fair share of taxes. we are all in this together. and we support -- can support each other and supp

a discussion on enhanced child tax credit payments that go out today, we are joined via zoom by amy matsuidirector of income security at the national women's law center. good morning to you. start by expanding with the payments are exactly and where they came from. guest: absolutely and thank you for having me on this program. it is such an exciting development that the first advanced child tax credit payments are going out today. the american rescue plan increases and expanded the child tax credit, which is a tax credit which basically helps families with a cost of raising children, which are significant. the american rescue plan and increased the amount of the child tasks credit so that it is worth $3000 per child for a ages six to 17 and it is worth $3600 for children aged newborn to age six. so, for 2021, under the american rescue plan, half of the child tax credit amount that a family can get is available through advanced payments in the first of those is going out today. so, every month, a payment is going to go to eligible families. that is it worth a total of up to half of the chil

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