{"id":5732,"date":"2023-05-02T18:07:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T18:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/business\/?p=5732"},"modified":"2023-05-02T18:07:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T18:07:32","slug":"tax-credits-and-child-care-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/business\/tax-credits-and-child-care-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax credits and child care benefits can help with rising cost of child care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Seventy-three percent of your employees are working caregivers<\/a> for children or an adult loved one. And, 59% of parents<\/a> with children at home say they are more concerned now than ever before about the rising costs of child care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While there are some safety nets out there to support working parents, they could use more help, especially as the cost of living continues to rise<\/a>. Child tax credits help reduce the tax burden for families, but it\u2019s often not enough. Employers can help by offering child care benefits, and get tax credits of their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s important that working parents\u2014and employers\u2014know about the resources available to support the rising costs of child care in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Child Tax Credit provides some relief<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One way the government provides help for parents is the Child Tax Credit<\/a>, which offsets some of the cost of child care by providing a financial credit. The Child Tax Credit for 2023 will follow the rules established in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act<\/a>\u2014providing a tax credit of up to $2,000 per child aged 16 or younger. Also worth noting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n