American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a statement yesterday, ASG Deputy Treasury, Levi Reese, confirmed the release date this month of the first payment for the Advance Child Tax Credit or the Advance CTC, funded through the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
According to the statement, more than $...

![In the statement, ASG Treasury encourages taxpayers expecting to receive the Advance CTC to make use of its direct-deposit service as this “shall lighten traffic” in the banks, Post Office, the A.P. Lutali Executive Office Building in Utulei and funds will be deposited directly into the taxpayer’s bank account. Direct-deposit forms can be found online at [www.americansamoa.gov/tax-office] and at the Tax Office on the ground floor of the Executive Office Building. ASG govt logo](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/asg_gov_logo_57.jpg?itok=s2XLpc9m)