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President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful” bill could make it harder to claim the earned income tax credit. Here’s who could be impacted.

Federal taxpayers who earn income not subject to withholding may need to make estimated tax payments during the year.

President Trump and his allies on Capitol Hill are creating new bureaucratic hurdles to prevent families from tapping government benefits.

That’s not even counting refundable tax credits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit or COVID-era Recovery Rebate Credits. Now that April has come and gone, those particular dollars likely are lost.

Families would also have to meet tighter standards to qualify for the earned income tax credit, a major anti-poverty program that reached 23 million tax filers in 2022.

The child and dependent care credit can help parents recoup at least some of the steep costs of child care.

The Trump administration’s efforts and the GOP’s tax bill aim to restrict benefits for families that include immigrants without permanent legal status.

Families where someone doesn’t have a Social Security number are already ineligible for the earned-income tax credit, which provides a significant boost to low-income households.

Rahm Emanuel suggests combining the earned-income tax credit and the child tax credit into a single family credit that could, for example, sharply reduce child poverty.