JD Vance Makes a Pitch for a $5,000 Child Tax Credit, Explained

The child tax credit is having a moment.

The credit and other tax ideas are bubbling up in the presidential campaign, highlighting that November’s winner will influence the tax code rewrite prompted by next year’s big tax battle. That’s when most of the 2017 tax law’s individual provisions expire, prompting Congress to act to avoid across-the-board tax increases.

The Democrats’ presidential convention starts in Chicago Aug. 19, where the issue also is likely to emerge.

Vice presidential hopeful Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) this week proposed more than doubling the child tax credit as he seeks to prove his pro-family bona ...