It's time for you to email your senators! We're at over 2,000 signatures now, which means that if every single one of you emailed both senators from your state, we will have sent over 4,000 emails to congress! Emailing your senator will take less than five minutes. Please follow the instructions below!
Find Your Senators!
To find which two senators represent your state, please go to the link that I attached to this update. Once there, you can select your state from the drop down that says, "Choose a State." This will display your two senators, as well as the websites to contact them at.
Send The Email!
I have written up a short email that you can copy and paste to your senators. All you have to do is fill in your name and send it!
Dear Senator ______,
My name is ______, and I am a resident of the state you represent. I am writing to you because I, along with over 2,000 others, have signed a petition for congress to pass a bill which provides financial relief to young adults who are claimed as a dependent.
Congress recently passed H.R. 748. This will provide $1,200 for taxpayers who make under $75,000 per year, and cannot be claimed as a dependent on someone else's taxes.
Many young adults will be claimed as a dependent on their parents’ 2018 or 2019 taxes, making them ineligible to receive financial relief. This is especially devastating for college students who are losing their on campus jobs and need to cover a large number of their expenses such as books, housing, and tuition costs.
H.R. 748 also fails to provide any additional relief for parents claiming the young adult as a dependent. H.R. 748 states taxpayers with children will receive "an amount equal to the product of $500 multiplied by the number of qualifying children (within the meaning of section 24(c)) of the taxpayer."
The referenced section 24(c), which regards the child tax credit, states, "The term 'qualifying child' means a qualifying child of the taxpayer (as defined in section 152(c)) who has not attained age 17."
This means anyone claimed as a dependent who is between 17-years-old and 24-years-old will receive no form of financial relief.
This is financially devastating to young adults, college students, and their families.
I urge you to demand that future COVID-19 relief bills provide $1,200 to taxpayers who are between the ages of 17-years old and 24-years-old, regardless of if they were claimed as a dependent. This will provide adequate financial relief to young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, and further stimulate the economy.
Petition: https://www.change.org/college_covid19
Regards,
_________