WASHINGTON—For two weeks, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida fumed that his party rejected his efforts to steer more money to low-income families in the GOP tax plan by making a child tax credit more accessible. Mr. Rubio got something for his anger. On Friday, Republican tax-bill negotiators agreed to make more of the child tax credit refundable, or available to taxpayers even if they pay no income tax. Under their deal, such filers would be able to get $1,400 of the $2,000-per-child-credit, up from $1,100 agreed to...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 16, 2017 01:41 UTC