GetCTC is back to help low-income families access the Child Tax Credit and third stimulus payment! Excited to collaborate with the White House, Treasury, and IRS on this again. Please help us get the word out and reach as many families as possible. codeforamerica.org/news/code-for-…

We are thrilled to update ChildTaxCredit.gov today with the launch of Code for America’s simplified CTC filing tool, GetCTC. 💥 🚀 The non-filer tool is for individuals who don’t normally file their taxes to help them claim the CTC, and only takes 15 mins to complete.

During the pandemic, more than $800 billion in cash was distributed to households through Economic Impact Payments (EIPs). In #RecessionRemedies, experts look at how it impacted spending and whether it was an effective way to aid those who lost income. 🧵 brook.gs/3MULpSD

Big thank you to merici Treasury Department U.S. DOGE Service The White House Gene Sperling for their partnership and leadership in helping roll out this new, free, safe, and simple way to help more families in Puerto Rico access the Child Tax Credit.

Today Code for America expanded our GetCTC tool for Puerto Rican residents, in collaboration with Treasury Department and The White House. Please help spread the word so more Puerto Rican families can access the vital Child Tax Credit codeforamerica.org/news/tax-benef…

New Child Tax Credit Sign-Up for Puerto Rico: As part of expanding sign-ups for the CTC in Puerto Rico, we’ve worked closely with Code for America on a new simplified portal. If you’re in PR, go to ChildTaxCredit.gov or straight to GetCTC.org/puertorico.

A big thank you to Ryan and the Gates Foundation for the opportunity to share this perspective.

Bureaucratic barriers to financial resources prevent many from reaching economic stability. David Newville highlights how our partners Code for America use human-centered tech to remove those barriers and help more people get benefits they’ve already earned: usprogram.gatesfoundation.org/news-and-insig…

Earlier this year, David and I had an essay in Milken Review on Saving the IRS. With the influx of IRS funding that was just approved, it's worth looking back at how "feast or famine" dynamics have hindered IRS's modernization efforts in the past: milkenreview.org/articles/savin…

.Code for America today announced that they're adding the ability for folks to claim the earned income tax credit through their simplified filing tool. fcw.com/digital-govern…

Starting today, eligible families can now claim the EITC using GetCTC.org alongside the CTC and third stimulus payment. It's not too late to claim these important credits and there are still many families to reach before the Nov. 15th deadline codeforamerica.org/news/eitc-with…

Check your mail. Nine million households could still be due significant stimulus money and for expanded child tax credit and earned-income tax credit payments. IRSnews washingtonpost.com/business/2022/…

"Some of the sensitive #data collection... appears linked to default behaviors of the #Meta Pixel, while some appears to arise from customizations made by the #tax filing services, someone acting on their behalf, or other #software installed on the site": theverge.com/2022/11/22/234…

"Filling out tax forms eats up 6.5 billion hours of work a year, for an economic cost of something like $313 billion," @ryanlcooper writes. "There’s a better way—but for depressing reasons, the United States probably won’t take it." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

.Taxpayer Advocate Service is recommending that the IRS make its own free, direct e-file tax return system. it's unclear if the IRS will act on this recommendation, but if it were to do so, the move would mark a big shift from the status quo. FCW fcw.com/digital-govern…

The IRS is currently studying what a free, direct file tax return system run by the federal government could look like. For Code for America, this is an exciting prospect to streamline and simplify tax filing. Here is what we think this could look like. codeforamerica.org/news/federal-t…

Today Code for America released important new research on the power of simplifed tax filing. The TLDR: Compared head-to-head, 5 to 8 times more families completed simplified than full filing. In 2021 & 2022, we help over 200k families claim $685 million codeforamerica.org/news/importanc…

Today Code for America released a new landing page with all our research findings from running GetYourRefund and GetCTC over the past 3 years. Learnings from helping hundreds of thousands of families claim over $1 billion. Check it out here: codeforamerica.org/news/tax-benef…

Save the date: 7/13 Learn more about the 2022 SHED release with Connecting Communities: Findings on Economic Well-Being in 2022 from the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking. Register now for the webinar: web.cvent.com/event/e8fb2ed6… (1/2)