PARENTS who share joint custody of their children are eligible for expanded child tax credits under President Biden’s COVID-19 relief package.

Under the pioneering $ 1.9 trillion America Rescue Plan, signed in March, payments will begin in July and will continue to be mailed monthly through December.

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Child tax credits begin July through DecemberPhoto credit: Getty

Any household with children that qualified for the final $ 1,400 Stimulus Check will receive the Child Balance in cash.

These households include couples earning less than $ 150,000 or individuals earning less than $ 75,000.

Families with children under the age of six are eligible for payments of up to $ 3,600 per child.

Individuals with children between the ages of six and 17 will receive $ 3,000 in credit for each eligible child.

In addition, those with loved ones between the ages of 18 and 24 enrolled full-time in college can each receive $ 500.

The temporary loan change will give families up to $ 1,600 more per child than before. This helps cover family expenses, debt repayment, and other expenses.

In previous years, you could apply for credit for as little as $ 2,000 per child and only $ 1,400 was refunded.

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Any household with children who qualified for the final $ 1,400 Stimulus Check will receive the child loan moneyPhoto credit: Getty

One question that payments will certainly raise is whether or not parents with joint custody of a child are both entitled to a payment.

With the first two rounds of stimulus payments, parents who share joint custody could get a check for the same child if they take turns collecting years to claim the child on their taxes.

However, under the America Rescue Plan, Congress has closed that loophole.

The same loophole has also been closed in temporary tax credits, Elaine Maag, a research fellow at the Tax Policy Center, told CNET.

Only one person can claim the credit for a specific child, Maag said. And if a child is mistakenly claimed this year, it can result in the parents being forced to repay all or part of the payment the next year.

Over 90 percent of families with children – from the lowest to the highest skilled income – receive an average benefit of $ 4,380, according to the Tax Policy Center.

Half of the amount will be spent on a regular basis this year, starting this summer with roughly equivalent payments, and into the second half of next year when taxes are filed for 2021. ‘

For those looking to opt out of monthly payment, they can instead claim the full amount when they file their taxes next year.

Meanwhile, the IRS is trying to return unclaimed income tax refunds worth more than $ 1.3 billion to taxpayers who never got around to filing a 2017 federal return.

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For those who have not received stimulus checks since 2017 and have not filed a federal declaration, there is a tax refund of more than 1.3 billion euros.

Approximately 1.3 million taxpayers who have met the specific requirements will be happy to know that they have money at their disposal.

“We want to help people get these refunds, but they need to file a 2017 tax return quickly,” said IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig.

Due to the pandemic, the April 17th deadline for filing a tax refund has been extended to May 17th.

“Taxpayers are running out of time,” said Rettig.