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Many people with low or modest incomes don’t realize they could receive a refund by filing taxes. Even if you weren’t required to file in 2024, you may still qualify for valuable credits like the Earned Income Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit. Filing now could put hundreds or even thousands of dollars back in your pocket.

Gig workers and freelancers often don’t realize they’re required to file taxes once they earn over $400, and filing could actually lead to a refund. Many people qualify for valuable credits like the Child Tax Credit or Earned Income Tax Credit. Setting aside part of your income and filing on time can keep you prepared and help you claim money you’re eligible for.

Direct File may be closed, but taxpayers can still claim refunds going back three years. Many families qualify for valuable credits like the CTC or EITC, often worth thousands. Even if you owe taxes, the IRS offers payment plans. Free filing options are still available, making it easier to claim what you’re owed.

If you haven’t filed your taxes yet, check out IRS Direct File! It’s a groundbreaking new service that will allow taxpayers to file their taxes online QUICKLY, EASILY, and FOR FREE. Filing taxes is an important responsibility, and also a source of critical help for many of us who get hundreds or even thousands of…

In 2023, when we shut down our pandemic era coalition, we never thought we’d open it up again just two years later. Stimulus checks were winding down and so had the philanthropic funding that had kept teams like ours going.

All families deserve the safety and stability of being able to afford the basics for their kids. The enhanced Child Tax Credit (CTC), enacted through the American Rescue Plan, has meant that 36 million families across the country were receiving additional income support to do just that.

If you have a child under age 18 you care for, but you haven’t received the monthly advance payments from the IRS, you might want to sign up using the new online portal GetCTC.org. Thousands of Illinois families are eligible. But recent surveys have suggested that many parents may not know they are eligible.

Congress recently approved a second round of checks, and the Treasury Department has started sending them out. A new set of families are eligible. Here’s what to expect from the second stimulus check and what to do if you haven’t received the first.

If you haven’t received your check yet, it’s not too late. We’ve put together the 5 most common reasons your check and payments are delayed.

Over 9 million people in the U.S. were eligible for the first stimulus check from the federal government, but needed to take action to receive one. If you haven’t received your stimulus check yet, you might still be eligible.

Millions of low-income, out-of-work Americans struggled to get access to their stimulus checks through the CARES Act while others with higher incomes and fewer barriers got theirs automatically. After helping thousands of Illinoisans, here’s what we learned about improving service delivery the next time around.