INA Governmental Affairs

Letter for INA Members to send to Congress

by Bob King, Esq.
Legally Nanny

Sample Letter

[Date]

Congressman [Name]
Address 1
Address 2

Re:       Increase in Federal Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit

Dear Congressman [Name]:

As a resident of your district and a voter, I wanted to contact you to support H.R. 460, H.R. 1500, and S. 210 to increase the federal Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC).

Currently the CDCTC provides a minimum credit to working families of 20% of the first $3,000 spent on childcare for each of the family's first two children per year.  The CDCTC has not been increased in years, and thus it does not even begin to cover a family's childcare costs.

H.R. 460, H.R. 1500, and S. 210 would raise the amount of eligible expenses to $6,000 per child with a credit of anywhere from 35% to 50%.  Obviously, this would be a significant improvement and provide much needed relief for working families trying to pay for the costs of childcare.

I urge you to support these worthwhile bills to lower taxes for families and enable them to work and provide quality childcare for their children.  Thank you in advance for your support.

Sincerely,

[Name]