Richard Blumenthal: “The Direct File program also helped lower income families…”

“And studies projected that a full scale permanent Direct File program would have saved Americans $11 billion annually in combined filing fees and time costs. The Direct File program also helped lower income families because they were able to access millions of dollars in unclaimed tax credit. with projections suggesting it would have delivered up to $12 billion in additional tax credits annually. That's a lot of money. Costs increase for everything. Food, housing, health care.” (02:56–03:08)

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