Thursday, July 8, 2010

Over 3 Million Low-Income Children in Rural Areas Face Cut in Child Tax Credit if Recovery Act Improvement Expires

By Arloc Sherman and Marybeth J. Mattingly

These nearly 3.3 million low-income children live in rural areas all across America. More than 10,000 rural children will face reductions in the tax credit in each of the 44 states for which we have reliable rural data. In 11 states, more than 100,000 rural children will face a reduction. Moreover, rural children (i.e., those who live in non-metropolitan areas) will be over 20 percent more likely than children in urban and suburban areas to be affected — because their families are more likely to have modest incomes.  Read more...



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