Family First Act
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Summary
The Family First Act overhauls federal tax benefits for families. On the benefit side, it permanently expands the child tax credit to $4,200 per child under 6 and $3,000 per child ages 6-16, makes it fully refundable, creates a new $2,800 tax credit for pregnant mothers after 20 weeks of gestation, and simplifies the earned income tax credit by collapsing the 2-child and 3-child tiers into a single tier with higher caps. To pay for these expansions, the bill eliminates the head of household filing status (forcing single parents into either single or married filing jointly brackets), permanently eliminates the state and local tax (SALT) deduction for individuals (except for business-related taxes and foreign taxes), removes children from eligibility for the dependent care credit (Section 21), and sets the additional exemption for dependents to zero after 2025. The credit phases in starting at $20,000 of income (100% at $20,000+) and phases out above $400,000 for joint filers. The number of qualifying children is capped at 6. Both the child and taxpayer must have Social Security numbers. All changes take effect for taxable years after December 31, 2025.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Restructures the federal tax code to dramatically expand the child tax credit, create a new credit for pregnant mothers, simplify the earned income credit, and eliminate the head of household filing status, SALT deduction for individuals, dependent care credit for children, and the additional exemption for dependents
Who Benefits
- Families with children (expanded CTC)
- Pregnant women (new ,800 credit)
- Lower-income families with children (simplified EITC)
Who Bears Costs
- Head of household filers (filing status eliminated)
- High-SALT-state taxpayers (full SALT deduction elimination for individuals)
- Parents using dependent care services for children under 17 (credit restricted)
Key Policy Areas
Tax Policy, Family Policy
Primary Purpose
Restructures the federal tax code to dramatically expand the child tax credit, create a new credit for pregnant mothers, simplify the earned income credit, and eliminate the head of household filing status, SALT deduction for individuals, dependent care credit for children, and the additional exemption for dependents
Policy Domains
Legislative Strategy
"Expand family tax benefits (CTC to ,200/,000, new pregnancy credit) and offset the cost by eliminating head of household status, SALT deduction, dependent care credit for children, and dependent exemption"
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Banks introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
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Families with children under 17, Individual taxpayers in high-tax states (NY, NJ, CA, CT, IL), Lower-income families (AGI $20K+)
Positive-direction: Families with children under 17, Lower-income families (AGI $20K+), Lower-income taxpayers with 1 or more qualifying children, Lower-income taxpayers without children, Pregnant women (20+ weeks gestation), Puerto Rico residents
Negative-direction: Individual taxpayers in high-tax states (NY, NJ, CA, CT, IL), Parents using childcare for children under 17, Single parents and head of household filers, Taxpayers claiming dependent exemptions
Federal revenue, State and local governments (reduced tax competitiveness)
Federal revenue faces effects in multiple directions
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
An unborn child whose gestational age is 20 weeks or greater, as certified by a physician
A qualifying child of the taxpayer under section 152(c) who has not attained age 17
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