How Massachusetts parents could benefit this year if child tax credit bill passes

in Washington the house passed a $78 billion tax bill this week that could boost the child tax credit the bill would raise the maximum refundable tax break to $1,800 a child for tax year 2023 that's up from 1,600 the limit would rise again for the next 2 years parents who earn less than $200,000 a year or $400,000 for couples filing jointly and have children 17 and under qualify for the full child tax credit Congressman Richard Neil says these tax cuts will help about 37,000 children in Western Massachusetts alone and will put more money in the pocket of the average American family and I think that that's the big deal and in a time when I think there's been a disproportionate amount of uh influence on tax cuts for people at the Top This is a tax cut for people in the middle and at the bottom of the economic Spectrum the bill now goes to the Senate if the bill passes soon families filing their 2023 taxes in the coming weeks could claim the expanded credit