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Child Tax Credit in Vermont

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 $33,000 for a household of four in Vermont, unless the program uses its own dollar table.

Vermont has no metro in the top 100 population ranking, so this page stays on statewide rules.

Vermont taxes wages at rates up to 8.75%. Combined state and local sales tax is 6.4%. The ACS effective property tax rate is 1.42%.

A household of four with $48,000 of income is about 145 percent of the $33,000 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 Vermont
Household100%138%185%
1$15,960$22,025$29,526
2$21,640$29,863$40,034
3$27,320$37,702$50,542
4$33,000$45,540$61,050

An illustrative household

Two adults, ages 34 and 32, filing jointly, plus children ages 8 and 3. Gross income $48,000 a year, about 145 percent of the poverty guideline in Vermont. 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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