The government is canceling uncashed coronavirus-related stimulus checks that were sent to people who died
, because it did not believe the law authorizing the checks gave the agency the power to withhold them. The Treasury Department later intervened, and the government decided the checks amounted to improper payments.
“As a result of the review, IRS and the Bureau of Fiscal Service took action to prevent future payments to deceased individuals,” the IRS saidThe IRS has also asked survivors of those receiving payments to return the money.
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