You have until midnight to apply for the Expanded Child Tax Credit

According to the Maine Center for Economic Policy, the new format has allowed more Maine families to benefit.

“There are a lot of benefits the government has brought to citizens and residents of this country, and in Maine in particular, over the last year in responding to the COVID crisis. And, unfortunately, if you haven’t filed your taxes, there are parts of those benefits that you’re left out of. So, the child tax credit is an opportunity for you to get a check in your bank account on a regular basis.”

If you miss Monday night’s deadline, Arthur Phillips says your best chance to get future payments is if President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Bill passes.

Click here to read the full story, first published November 15, 2021, in WABI.