Monthly CTC payments ended, regular CTC resumes It’s been seven months since families across the country received the last monthly Child Tax Credit (CTC) payment. Since then, households received the latter half of those payments in a lump sum as part of their tax refund this year. Much like you, we wish the monthly payments…

Tiffaney is a full-time accountant who lives with her two boys in Winter Park, Florida. Now that her family isn’t getting the monthly Child Tax Credit payments, Tiffaney and her boys, De’Juan (10) and DJ (2), are “living hand to mouth” trying to financially stay afloat. She received the latter half of the Child Tax…

Terry is an Aerospace Machinist and single father who lives with one of his kids and his mother in Ontario, CA. Even though he’s in the top five percent of his field as a government contractor and says he should be getting paid more, he makes between $35,000 and $37,000 a year. According to Terry,…

What tax credit? If you rent your home in California for at least six months of the year and make less than $43,533 (single filer) or $87,066 (filing jointly), you are eligible for the annual California renters’ credit. Today, the renters’ credit is $60 for single filers and $120 for joint filers. When the yearly…

Terri is the Office Manager of Mock & Company Jewelry, a Black-owned business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She and her boss, Anthony, are the 2021 Tax Time Story Contest winners. They both won $2,500. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, Terri was laid off from her job caring for an elderly woman. She connected with Anthony through…

As we head into February, the second stimulus bill has passed, and a third could be on its way! The second stimulus bill includes the payments that you may have already received – but also many other important changes that may impact you. There’s a lot of questions and uncertainty surrounding this topic. That’s why…