The IRS sent more than $1 billion in stimulus checks to dead people
(From Marketwatch)
The Internal Revenue Service sent out 1.1 million stimulus checks to dead people totaling $1.4 billion, according to a new report from a government watchdog agency.
As the IRS hurried to process direct payments to Americans reeling from the coronavirus outbreak, the Government Accountability Office said the tax agency didn’t use Social Security death records to filter out payments to the deceased.
Reprinted from: https://www.ac2news.com/2020/06/the-irs-sent-more-than-1-billion-in-stimulus-checks-to-dead-people/
