YourVoice.Now Summary
Your MoneyTransparency & AccountabilityLicensed home child care providers could get up to $5,000 back at tax time — even with no tax bill.
Your Money
It would cover startup costs — license fees, supplies, insurance, fencing, playground gear, and training the state requires. You would need a state license. You would also need at least two children in your care, not counting your own.
Most tax credits only shrink what you owe. This one would be sent to you as a refund, so a provider with a small tax bill would still get the full amount.
Transparency & Accountability
No credit could be claimed for tax years starting more than seven years after the bill becomes law. Congress would have to pass a new law to keep it going.
More about this bill
If you run a licensed child care business out of your home, you could get up to $5,000 back at tax time. The money would cover startup costs like licensing fees, fencing, playground equipment, insurance, furniture, and required training. Home repairs your state demands for a license would count too. You could claim it once, for costs paid in that tax year or the year before. To qualify, you would need a state license or registration. You would also need to care for at least two children who are not your own, mostly in your own home. The credit would be refundable, so you would get the full amount even if you owe no income tax. It would apply to costs paid after the bill becomes law. The credit would end seven years after that.
Congressional Summary
Establishes a seven-year refundable tax credit of up to $5,000 per year for individuals who establish or operate a family child care provider business.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Action Date
- 2025-02-13
- Date Added
- 2026-03-31
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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