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Robbins’ bill expands child tax credit but cuts working family credit for childless workers; critics say it raises taxes on low‑income Minnesotans
Summary
House File 2197 would expand the child tax credit phase‑out for married filers to extend benefits to more families but would offset the cost by eliminating the working family credit for taxpayers without dependent children; proponents framed it as middle‑class relief, opponents said it would raise taxes on low‑income workers and young adults.
Representative Robbins presented House File 2197 as a targeted way to reduce a marriage penalty and expand the child tax credit to more families while offsetting costs. She described the working family credit adjustments as a mechanism to make the proposal revenue‑neutral. “What my bill does is eliminate the marriage penalty not on the standard deduction just on the working family credit portion,” Robbins said.
Robbins said the bill increases the married filing joint phase‑out from the current threshold to $75,000 (for the married filing joint example she…
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