A powerful bipartisan duo announced a significant tax deal Tuesday that would combine a temporary expansion of the child tax credit with long-sought provisions for the business world.
It’s a deal that faces uncertain prospects of being enacted. But if it can find its way into law quickly, it could even be felt during the upcoming tax filing season.
The pact is the culmination of months of talks that have long centered around an idea of pairing a Republican priority to renew three expired business world deductions from the 2017 Trump tax cuts with a keen Democratic focus on the pandemic-era enhanced child tax credit.
“Fifteen million kids from low-income families will be better off as a result of this plan,” said Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden in a statement Tuesday, adding, “given today’s miserable political climate, it’s a big deal to have this opportunity to pass pro-family policy.”
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