Britt’s child care tax credit win draws bipartisan, nationwide praise while helping families

U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) is receiving broad praise for leading a historic overhaul of federal child care tax credits, reforms that she championed in President Trump’s Working Family Tax Cuts legislation.

Britt secured permanent updates to the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC), the Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP), and the Employer-Provided Child Care Tax Credit (45F) — the first such changes in decades. The reforms come as child care costs have risen 263% since the last permanent updates in 2001 for CDCTC and 45F, and 1986 for DCAP.

The updates mean nearly 4 million working families will receive tax cuts. Parents can now set aside up to $7,500 in pre-tax flexible spending accounts — a 50% increase from the 1986 cap — while employers, including small busin