The finding is part of a sweeping review of the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic by the Government Accountability Office, an independent nonpartisan congressional agency. The report paints a clearer picture of what critics called a muddled rollout by the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department of more than 160 million payments worth $269 billion.
Congress passed a massive $2 trillion stimulus package, called the CARES Act, in March to soften the economic blow of theEligible Americans received checks, called Economic Impact Payments, based on their 2018 or 2019 income tax returns, or by filling out a simple tax return. Individuals making up to $75,000 a year received checks for $1,200 and couples making up to $150,000 and filing a joint tax return received $2,400, with an additional $500 per qualifying child.
GAO’s report said Treasury officials said that, to meet the CARES Act's mandate to deliver payments as"rapidly as possible," Treasury and the IRS sent out the first three batches of payments using previous operational policies and procedures for stimulus payments"which did not include using [Social Security Administration] death records as a filter to halt payments to decedents.
GAO also reported that IRS' legal counsel had"determined that the IRS did not have the legal authority to deny payments to those who filed a return for 2019, even if they were deceased at the time of payment," and had advised applying the same rules to recipients who had filed a 2018 return.Sign Up
can they fund all public schools in poor communities the same way they do the rich communities? plesse
But those people should totally have com pool let control of the Healthcare system, right?
And mail in voting is safe ?
They are going to notify dead people they need to send back their stimulus checks?
Sounds about right. 1 MILLION dead payouts. Expect 1 MILLION ballots mailed to dead people. With the gov't be more careful with sending money, or sending ballots?
America, this is why the President wanted this pandemic to increase and continue in order to loot taxpayer's dollars. There is corruption in this white house and entire administration. Transparently and accountability do not exist. Congress and Senate must now rise above politics
if its checks they would have had to been cashed or deposited. the money didnt just disappear into the void
They are probably the SilentMajority realDonaldTrump hopes will be voting for him next USelection.
Its an understatement to says America is digging itself a deepest hole w/ all the money it’s giving away while cutting taxes.
The incompetence is real and deep; all they had to do was cross reference with Social Security death records before sending out. But they had time to stop checks to put Trump’s name on them. Millions are still waiting.
Probably those same folks who will be sending in Democrat absentee ballots from the afterlife..
Had this been thought through more effectively, this could have been avoided. the question remains where did the checks go? Who cashed them?
They’re not even attempting to recoup the money.
Know what? A rush to get emergency funds to a traumatized country was more important than triple checking recently deceased tax payers on the front side. Now, sending out that stupid realDonaldTrump psycho signature is another story. But his ego stroking funded USPS so a-ok!
Cashed? Where are they now? Which grifter has hidden this information on WHO has the $$$ now?
Can the government do literally anything right
So why aren’t you investigating why there are still so many of us who have received nothing? I am retired on SS only and should have received stimulus in first round. Nothing, still.
So about the same that voted?
Fraud is everywhere! Bible blames Covid-19 on corruption. 'The rest of mankind, all those who had not been killed by those plagues,---did not stop worshipping---idols of gold---nor did they repent of their murders--their stealing' (Rev 9: 20)
Sure the Dems bagged the 💰for a last minute Biden fundraiser, just like BLM & Act Blue😑💰👌🏽
That Government Watchdog is JudicialWatch
The funniest thing is people thinking there's no voter fraud. Just proves the voter rolls need to be cleaned up, something liberals fight
Kills mail in voting
🤦🏼♀️gosh
The reds’ ineptitude knows no bounds, I’m afraid. Sure, everyone makes mistakes, but these people consistently do it, day in and day out. Why correct something if there’s no monetary gain to be had?
So voter fraud is no issue
honestly, it was a rushed process that depended on getting checks out to Soc Sec folks first. it was bound to happen. In the large scheme of things, 1.4M is chump change.
Somebody forgot to filter out “deceased” in the database.
Same thing happened when Obama sent out stimulus checks. Fake news always has a way of leaving stuff like that out
But that definitely couldn't happen with mail in ballots? That process will be smooth and accurate without a doubt. 🙄
I’ve tried everything to return my mother’s-she did pay 2019 taxes, but can’t get thru to IRSnews IRStaxpros don’t respond either. I gave up. Calling is a joke too.
Idiots....
It was my idea to use voter roles...they were all Democrats!
the government has not changed a bit
Nothing but the best in his administration. 🙄🙄🙄🙄
So what are they gonna do with that money now?
willrdupree If they're dead they can't cash the checks so then what? The money isn't taken out. But they were also sent to ppl in jail? Is this stevenmnuchin1's fault? How about a stimulus check for ppl that couldn't post bail? Hopefully they'll get their 'get out of jail free' card...
And I still haven't received mine.....it's fun being a business owner right now
Corruption?
Can the alive people and their families get some of that please? Or is it meant for their burials?
And they will also send them mail in ballots, but that's ok, right?
What an debacle. Our country is an absolute mess. And the worst part is that our country isn't dying because of external threats, but because of self-inflicted wounds.
Yep. My deceased mother received a check. Incompetence and negligence.
More than 1,000,000 Americans who had died received stimulus checks totaling $1,400,000,000, govt. watchdog states in report to Congress. The real question—is whether these same 1,000,000 Americans will be voting next November too? 🤔
So who cashed in ? Corrupt trump admin. These people are inept
There’s a box on the envelope that you’re supposed to check if the person is deceased and return it.
pls
Have family & friends who have not received one....govt had one job here..and messed it up😡
And then there’s me who didn’t get one and I’m alive 😒
melissacolorado Hmm, can't wait to see the plan to notify the deceased
Most of these checks went to deciest Democratic voters in Illinois, then cashed by their families or neighbors- the same way the dead casts voted in Illinois- I had a Republican uncle who after he died switched parties and now only votes Democratic.
next we will find all 1 million are registered Democrats who just voted in primaries too
How many of these 1 million are deceased Americans who've had their social security number stolen by noncitizens?
Still waiting for my IRS refund 😕
LEAVE TO FEDS - NO MATTER WHICH PARTY IN CHARGE - TO PISS TAXPAYER MONEY AWAT 😱
Hah, for some reason I’m qualified, fuck me for paying taxes
And these same 'Americans' will be 'voting' Democrat this year as well. SpeakerPelosi
Ps watch how many deceased voters realDonaldTrump will try his tiny hands at
caregiver55 Perhaps this explains their fears about voter fraud. Complete incompetence at every level of Trump's government.
ckinney And yet I, who when I last checked was still very much alive, have not received mine.
SIX TIME BUSINESS BANKRUPT not elected by voters but installed by ElectoralCollege is a DISASTER as Head of EXECUTIVE Branch. Predictable/predicted: Build BlueWave2020 everywhere. Flummox ElectoralCollege. DumpTrump DitchMitch FlipTheSenateBlue
For watch dogs they really not watching much How in the world do you send it to already dead people Or is this just a poly to avoid the ppp inquisition Makes you wonder 🤔
Can't spend it if it killed them. Could help for cremation, though?
I am more concerned about the businesses that received a great deal more, under false pretenses.
I'm alive, qualify, and never got mine....Just saying. Give me my fucking money.
My mother died right before hers arrived in the mail. My sister sent it back since she obviously wasn't going to be able to cash it.
Still a drop in the bucket compared to the $500 Billion that went to corporations that we're not allowed to know about
The government claims the public commits fraud, such as realDonaldTrump going on and on about voting by mail, but it would seem the problem lies within the very government he is responsible to administer.
Can you imagine how bad voting by mail would go?
Conforming that we need Congressional oversight. HouseDemocrats are trying hard. SenateGOP simply will not. FlipTheSenate
Urgently!!! Nobody expected this !!! (Video)
But more importantly the dead are somehow voting
🙆🏼♂️🤦🏽♂️💰...even for grave yankee they credit aza..? Naija I hail ooh🤔🤔
meh, simple records issue perhaps. ~2.9Mn died in 2019, and so far this year, ~1.2Mn. Though, for that many, why the untimely data fetch?
Shrink the government. Give money and power to the states. Decrease the fraud and waste and idiocy.
in·com·pe·tence /inˈkämpədəns/ noun def: inability to do something successfully; ineptitude.
Money that could have been sent to various Governor's to help their STATE BUDGET. Simply UNBELIEVABLE.
Now, redistribute those checks to those in the GiG economy and pay them thru 12/31/20.
in the age of massive tracking and interconnectivity how does this happen?
It won’t matter because all checks have expiration dates! The money will be returned at some point after the checks void
And they're worried about us committing fraud. They don't even verify who they sent checks to. JFC
Now if we could just get the federal government to cash the checks widows have sent the IRS for their dead husbands. IRS
Slow your roll NBC. I happen to know one of those people unfortunately and the money was returned. The bank said the check was not allowed to be deposited because he died before he received it.
That would have paid for the entire lunch program for schools this year.
Who cares?
shocking
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