U.S. President Donald Trump has not laid out a new law banning parents who receive child support payments from claiming child tax benefits, contrary to social media posts.

U.S. President Donald Trump posted on TruthSocial that a woman who receives child support from a man can no longer claim the child on her taxes. We found no evidence of such a post on TruthSocial or X. Trump has said he would expand the child tax credit during his second term in office.

Social media posts say a planned overhaul by US President Donald Trump would prevent parents from listing a child as a dependent and receiving dependents' allowance on annual tax returns if they already receive child support.

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Donald Trump and his administration need to make a decision whether to expand, cancel, or extend the Child Tax Credit, and Americans want to find out.

Rumor that Donald Trump was signing a bill barring child support recipients from claiming the child on their tax returns is false.

If HB 316 passes, the child tax credit will expand to include children both younger and older than were previously eligible.