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Child Tax Credit in Hawaii

The 2026 Child Tax Credit maximum is $2,200 per child, and the refundable amount in the statute we cite is $1,700. Those figures are in IRS Revenue Procedure 2025-32. The revenue procedure does not restate the phase-out, so a high income is not a firm denial here. This site does not approve or deny benefits.

Who can claim the 2026 Child Tax Credit? Figures below use the 2026 poverty guideline of $37,950 for a household of four in Hawaii, unless the program uses its own dollar table.

Urban Honolulu is the ranked metro in Hawaii, with a FY 2027 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent of $2,542.

Hawaii taxes wages at rates up to 11.00%. Combined state and local sales tax is 4.5%. The ACS effective property tax rate is 0.27%.

A household of four with $48,000 of income is about 126 percent of the $37,950 poverty guideline and is likely eligible for Child Tax Credit. Likely — up to $4,400 before phase-out.

Limits behind the page

2026 poverty guideline in Hawaii
Household100%138%185%
1$18,360$25,337$33,966
2$24,890$34,348$46,047
3$31,420$43,360$58,127
4$37,950$52,371$70,208

An illustrative household

Two adults, ages 34 and 32, filing jointly, plus children ages 8 and 3. Gross income $48,000 a year, about 126 percent of the poverty guideline in Hawaii. They rent. Nobody is marked disabled or pregnant.

Child Tax Credit

Likely eligible

Likely — up to $4,400 before phase-out

  • 2 children are under 17. The 2026 maximum is $2,200 per child, and up to $1,700 per child can be refundable.
  • The unindexed statutory phase-out starts at $400,000 for this filing status. Revenue Procedure 2025-32 confirms the credit amount and does not restate that threshold.
Child Tax Credit at the IRS

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Last checked: October 15, 2026

Sources

What changed
  • October 15, 2026. The benefit rules file was checked against the sources listed here.
  • January 15, 2026. HHS published the 2026 poverty guidelines in the Federal Register.

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