Report: Child-Related Tax Expenditures at $178 Billion in 2018

Report: Child-Related Tax Expenditures at $178 Billion in 2018

Urban Institute

Federal expenditures on tax provisions benefitting children totaled $178 billion in 2018, with $74 billion going toward the child tax credit, $59 billion toward the earned income tax credit, and $25 billion toward the exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance for dependent children, the Urban Institute said in a report.

Federal expenditures on tax provisions benefitting children totaled $178 billion in 2018, with $74 billion going toward the child tax credit, $59 billion toward the earned income tax credit, and $25 billion toward the exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance for dependent children, the Urban Institute said in a report.

Federal expenditures on tax provisions benefitting children totaled $178 billion in 2018, with $74 billion going toward the child tax credit, $59 billion toward the earned income tax credit, and $25 billion toward the exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance for dependent children, the Urban Institute said in a September report examining public spending on children.

Federal expenditures on tax provisions benefitting children totaled $178 billion in 2018, with $74 billion going toward the child tax credit, $59 billion toward the earned income tax credit, and $25 billion toward the exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance for dependent children, the Urban Institute said in a September report examining public spending on children.