More than 1 million federal aid ‘checks’ were sent by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to Dead people, according to a report released this Thursday by the government oversight office Government Accountability Office (GAO).
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In total they were $ 1.4 billion incorrectly shipped amid government efforts to get people to quickly receive aid money amid the pandemic crisis.
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The IRS had already reported this error and asked that the money be returned, but had not specified the magnitude of the amount sent in error.
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“The IRS and the Treasury Department moved quickly to disburse 160.4 million payments worth $ 269 billion. The agencies faced difficulties in delivering payments to some individuals, as well as additional risks related to improper delivery of payments to individuals. they weren’t eligible, like the deceased, “GAO said in your report.
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“For example, according to the Inspector General for the Treasury Tax Administration, until April 30, nearly 1.1 million payments totaling $ 1.4 billion were sent to the deceased “he added.
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The independently operating accountability office has recommended to the IRS that it consider cost-effective options to adequately explain how to repay those payments.
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This was one of a series of flaws detected since the IRS began sending the millions of ‘checks’ following the approval of the massive economic stimulus package in late March.
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Some people also wrote to Univision News because, when entering one of the tools while online From the IRS, it appeared that his $ 1,200 had been deposited into a wrong bank account. Some saw their Social Security number on the screen instead of the bank account codes.
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The specific error of the ‘checks’ sent to deceased people occurred because the IRS used the information from the 2018 and 2019 tax returns to calculate the ‘economic impact payments’.
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As the deadline for filing the 2019 returns was postponed until July 15, some people have not yet sent them, so the IRS then used those from 2018. That is when the error may have occurred, explained the tax entity.
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“Return the payment in full unless it has been made to jointly declared marriages and a spouse has not died before receiving the payment. In that case, you should only return the portion of the payment made in the name of the deceased. That amount will be $ 1,200 unless the gross adjusted income exceeds $ 150,000, “said the IRS.
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In this note We explain what process to follow if you must return an ‘economic impact payment’ made incorrectly by the IRS.
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