I don't see how this will be helpful to single parents with more than one child. They don't address head of household status but my guess would be standard deduction would be $18K (1.5 X single). Current Exemption $4050 per dependent up to $1000 Child Tax Credit. For each additional child in future years, you get $1000 more but lose $4K exemption resulting in net loss of $3K per child as far as deductions go. Standard Deduction is only slightly more beneficial to HoH with one child. Child Tax Credit is only applicable under age 17, when they tend to get more expensive based on my experience. Although the lower tax rates should offset difference in most cases, it looks like children will be less beneficial as tax deductions in the future.
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