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Who would benefit from Trump's childcare plan?
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Sep 13, 2016
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Who would benefit from Trump's childcare plan?
Will Trump's plan include paid maternity leave, tax deductions for parents? Details are expected tonight.
Kinta Cox says goodbye to Little Tykes Day Care owner Vernessa Easly on Wednesday evening, June 11. Easly will often keep Cox’s daughters into the evening if she is running late at work or stuck in traffic.
Kinta Cox says goodbye to Little Tykes Day Care owner Vernessa Easly as part of a childcare program, 2014.
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Will Trump's plan include paid maternity leave, tax deductions for parents? Details are expected tonight.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to speak this evening in Pennsylvania to announce more details about his child care proposal.

In a speech last month, Trump called for child care costs to be tax-deductible. His plan was immediately criticized as benefiting mostly wealthy families – but that criticism could shift depending on the specifics that come out tonight.

So far the broad outlines of a tax-deduction plan could be linked to state guidelines.

"You will reduce your taxable income by the average child care cost in your state and this will apply whether you are a stay-at-home parent or a working parent," said Elaine Maag, Senior Research Associate at the Urban Brookings Tax Policy Center.