Taxes
New York to Send Child Tax Credit to Recipients by Mail
The checks will be delivered to families who received the Empire State Child Credit in the 2023 tax year. Filers are eligible for the credits if they have children under age 17 and qualify for the federal child tax credit.
Aug. 06, 2024
Robert Harding
The Citizen, Auburn, N.Y.
(TNS)
More than 1 million New York families will begin receiving child tax credit checks this week.
The checks will be delivered to families who received the Empire State Child Credit in the 2023 tax year. Filers are eligible for the credits if they have children under age 17 and qualify for the federal child tax credit.
A single filer or head of household will receive the credit if they earn $75,000 or less annually. For joint filers, the income limit is $110,000 a year.
The payments will be 25 to 100% of the credit. Low-income families will receive larger checks, up to $330 per child.
Gov. Kathy Hochul and state legislative leaders reached an agreement to provide $350 million in supplemental child tax credit payments this year. The assistance will go to low- and moderate-income families.
“As New Yorkers get started with back-to-school shopping for their kids, we’re putting some money back in their pockets,” Hochul said.
The process of delivering the checks begins this week, with more than 100,000 checks being sent every day.
No action is needed by families to receive the checks, according to Hochul’s office. The payments will be sent to taxpayers who received an Empire State Child Credit on their 2023 state tax returns.
The checks will be mailed over the next two weeks.
“My team is making sure these supplemental payments reach every eligible New Yorker — and I’m going to keep working every day to address the cost of living for working parents across our state,” Hochul said.
The state has provided more than $2.6 billion in assistance to low- and moderate-income New Yorkers since 2022. The payments include the homeowner tax rebate credit in 2022 and the expansion of the Empire State Child Credit to include children under age 4.
Government reporter Robert Harding can be reached at (315) 282-2220 or robert.harding@lee.net. Follow him on Twitter @robertharding.
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