Think of yield as the return provided by a fixed income investment. The yield of a bond is based on both the purchase price of the bond and the interest (or coupon) payments received each year. Yield is often the term used to describe long-term interest rates.
The child tax credit (CTC) provides a credit of up to $1,000 per child under age 17. If the CTC exceeds taxes owed, families may receive some or all of the credit as a refund, known as the additional child tax credit (ACTC) or refundable CTC. Taxpayers can claim a tax credit of up to $1,000 for each child under age 17.
Create new $1,500 young child tax credit for children under three years old. The young child tax credit is calculated separately from the child tax credit, using the same rules as. specified for the child tax credit under the proposal.