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Have questions about the Federal Adoption Tax Credit?<\/h2>\n

NEW:<\/span> The Federal Adoption Tax Credit will now be partially refundable, up to $5,000 starting in 2025.\u00a0 View this Families Rising article<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, signed into law on January 2, 2013, included a provision that made the adoption tax credit permanent. Learn more below.<\/p>\n

The North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC)<\/a><\/strong> has a section on its website devoted to this topic.<\/p>\n

Adoption Tax Credit<\/strong><\/a>
\nA free online course offered by Adoption Learning Partners<\/em>
\nThe adoption tax credit provides a very valuable benefit to adoptive families; it is also among one of the most complicated tax law provisions. This course will help you determine eligibility, create record-keeping systems and prepare for year-end tax planning.<\/p>\n

FAQs on the adoption tax credit<\/strong><\/a>
\nSave the Adoption Tax Credit is an effort of the Adoption Tax Credit Working Group\u2014a collaboration of 139 adoption and child welfare organizations.<\/p>\n

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Please note: The Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) does not promote or endorse any websites, organizations or individuals that may be linked from this site. The AAP does not guarantee the accuracy of the information or the appropriateness of advice for a particular situation. It is our intent to assist users in their search for reliable and useful sources of information pertaining to adoption, legal guardianship, and parenting.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have questions about the Federal Adoption Tax Credit? NEW: The Federal Adoption Tax Credit will now be partially refundable, up to $5,000 starting in 2025.\u00a0 View this Families Rising article to learn more. The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, signed into law on January 2, 2013, included a provision that made the adoption tax […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"parent":675,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 15:07:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/692"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2444,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/692\/revisions\/2444"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/adoption-assistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}