U.s. Inmates ‘mistakenly’ Received Covid-19 Stimulus Checks. Now, The Irs Wants That Money Back

Rebecca Boone / AP, Time: Business
Wed, 06/24/2020 - 8:59am

(BOISE, Idaho) — Hundreds of thousands of dollars in coronavirus relief payments have been sent to people incarcerated across the United States, and now the IRS is asking state officials to help claw back the cash that the federal tax agency says was mistakenly sent. The legislation authorizing the payments during the pandemic doesn’t specifically exclude jail or prison inmates, and the IRS has refused to say exactly what legal authority it has to retrieve the money.

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U.s. Inmates ‘mistakenly’ Received Covid-19 Stimulus Checks. Now, The Irs Wants That Money Back

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