If you have direct deposit, $1400 will be added to your bank account without any effort on your part.

But not everybody has direct deposit.

And everyone doesn’t know if they’re eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit or the new child credit.

Legislation passed by the Congress and the Maryland General Assembly provides these benefits.

Now we need to make sure that everyone knows what they’re entitled to and receives it.

“What is the monetary impact of the American Rescue Plan, the RELIEF Act, and the legislation extending benefits to people without a Social Security number upon a typical lower-income and middle-income family of four in Baltimore City?”

I asked our budget staff that question so that I can spread that word myself.

I’ll have the answer shortly.

Tax clinics to assist people in obtaining the money they’re entitled to will be funded under House Bill 421, which I introduced.

There will be clinics at the University of Baltimore Law School, the University of Maryland Law School, and the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service.

Our job doesn’t end when the bill is passed.