Ledger · 2016 campaign · № 87
New tax deductions and credits for child and elder care
Never delivered“[paraphrase] The Middle Class Tax Relief and Simplification Act will let Americans deduct childcare and elder care from their taxes and create Dependent Care Savings Accounts.”
- Promised
- , "Contract with the American Voter," Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- Stated deadline
- “within the first 100 days” → January 30, 2017
- Overdue by
- 9 years, 7 months as of September 22, 2026
- Re-promised
- 5 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- Taxes & deficit
- Era
- 2016 campaign
What happened
The December 2017 tax law did not create the promised child and elder care deduction or Dependent Care Savings Accounts, and did not increase the dependent care deduction. PolitiFact rated the promise broken on December 21, 2017.