IRS starts monthly advance Child Tax Credit payments
The Internal Revenue Service sent the first monthly advance Child Tax Credit payments to families on 15 July 2021. The payments were authorised by the American Rescue Plan, which expanded the credit and allowed part of it to be paid to eligible families in monthly instalments during the year.
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The Internal Revenue Service sent the first monthly advance Child Tax Credit payments to families on 15 July 2021. The payments were authorised by the American Rescue Plan, which expanded the credit and allowed part of it to be paid to eligible families in monthly instalments during the year.
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- 1.2021 Child Tax Credit and advance Child Tax Credit payments — Topic A: General information - Internal Revenue ServiceUS Internal Revenue Service · verified
- 2.Millions of families receiving tax credit checks in effort to ‘end child poverty’The Guardian · verified
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Factrail. (2026). IRS starts monthly advance Child Tax Credit payments. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/irs-begins-advance-child-tax-credit-payments-2021-07-15
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Accessed 19 October 2026.
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