Post by Daniel on May 15, 2015 11:53:30 GMT -5
By ACLJ.org
3 hrs. ago
Even as orphans in need face overwhelming obstacles, those loving and caring families who wish to provide them the care they so desperately need – to adopt them – are being targeted by an out-of-control federal bureaucracy.
The international orphan crisis currently affects over 153 million children around the world.
Over 153 million children who do not know the love and protection of a mother or a father.
Over 153 million children who live without the hope of a family to call their own.
In spite of these overwhelming statistics, thousands of American families have bravely chosen to face this crisis head on by welcoming orphaned children into their own families through international and domestic adoptions. But the astronomical cost of adoption today—frequently well over $40,000—coupled with the high costs of caring for a child who has experienced trauma and often has special needs creates major barriers to adoption for most poor and middle class families.
In order to encourage adoption and lessen this financial burden on families, Congress created the Adoption Tax Credit, which offers a credit for qualified adoption expenses. Since its establishment in 1997, the Adoption Tax Credit has helped thousands of American families offset the staggering expense of adoption so that they can meet the special needs of their adopted child.
Yet the very tax credit that was created to support thousands of adoptive families is now being used against them. The IRS is now targeting families who claim the adoption tax credit by subjecting them to long and burdensome audits.
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3 hrs. ago
Even as orphans in need face overwhelming obstacles, those loving and caring families who wish to provide them the care they so desperately need – to adopt them – are being targeted by an out-of-control federal bureaucracy.
The international orphan crisis currently affects over 153 million children around the world.
Over 153 million children who do not know the love and protection of a mother or a father.
Over 153 million children who live without the hope of a family to call their own.
In spite of these overwhelming statistics, thousands of American families have bravely chosen to face this crisis head on by welcoming orphaned children into their own families through international and domestic adoptions. But the astronomical cost of adoption today—frequently well over $40,000—coupled with the high costs of caring for a child who has experienced trauma and often has special needs creates major barriers to adoption for most poor and middle class families.
In order to encourage adoption and lessen this financial burden on families, Congress created the Adoption Tax Credit, which offers a credit for qualified adoption expenses. Since its establishment in 1997, the Adoption Tax Credit has helped thousands of American families offset the staggering expense of adoption so that they can meet the special needs of their adopted child.
Yet the very tax credit that was created to support thousands of adoptive families is now being used against them. The IRS is now targeting families who claim the adoption tax credit by subjecting them to long and burdensome audits.
continue reading
aclj.org/pro-life/how-the-bureaucracy-bullies-adoptive-families
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