At the end of last year, Congress passed a tax package that made made a number of vital tax credit provisions permanent, including improvements to the EITC and the Child Tax Credit (CTC).
The legislation also created new requirements for immigrants who file their taxes with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) for income earned in 2016 and beyond. Certain ITIN holders will need to revalidate their ITINs before they submit their 2016 tax return, and if they want to claim tax credits, primarily the Child Tax Credit.
For more information – and resources in both English and Spanish – that you can pass on to your grantees, see National Council of La Raza's (NCLR) ITIN resource page.