CT Child Tax Rebate Checks Are In The Mail: Lamont

CONNECTICUT — The Connecticut Department of Revenue Services this week began issuing rebates to qualified households as part of the 2022 Connecticut Child Tax Rebate program.

Gov. Ned Lamont announced on Thursday that most of the rebates will be mailed by the end of this week, and recipients should begin receiving them over the next several days.

The program provides taxpayers with a state tax rebate of up to $250 per child for a maximum of three children (up to $750). Residents who claimed at least one dependent child 18 years old or younger on their 2021 federal income tax return may have been eligible.

The checks currently in the mail are those approved for 189,374 families on behalf of 317,044 children. An additional 32,808 applications remain under review by the Department of Revenue Services due to incomplete applications or issues regarding eligibility. Any rebates approved in that group are anticipated to be released by early September.

"The state budget we enacted this year provides tax relief specifically targeted for middle and lower-income families with children," Lamont said. "I am glad that we were able to get this tax relief enacted and sent to families in time for the start of the school year."