The Associated Pressrelief payments have been sent to people behind bars 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.
Tax attorney Kelly Erb, who's written about the issue on her website, says there's no legal basis for asking for the checks back. The IRS doesn’t yet have numbers on how many payments went to prisoners, Smith said. But initial data from some states suggest the numbers are huge: The Kansas Department of Correction alone intercepted more than $200,000 in checks by early June. Idaho and Montana combined had seized over $90,000.
The IRS seems to have decided by itself to pull back the payments approved by Congress, said Wanda Bertram, a spokeswoman for the Prison Policy Initiative, a think tank focusing on the harm of mass incarceration. She says prison officials are accustomed to intercepting tax documents to screen for potential scams, priming them to follow this request.
Intercepting relief checks may also have a disproportionate impact on Black and Hispanic inmates, who are incarcerated at a higher rate than white Americans. Black people are imprisoned at roughly twice the rate of Hispanic residents, and more than five times the rate of whites as of last year, according to the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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Daaaaaaayyyuuuuummmm!! I knooooowwww they stocked up on ramen noodles and honey buns with the quickness!! Lolol
Good luck! That was spent at the jail on the best supplies they could find to protect themselves from the virus!!!
Typical of government, and Dems want the government to handle our health care. They can fuck up a free lunch
I don't see what the problem is. Inmates are people too. People extremely exploited and exposed to the virus. At worse, this money may be used for a proper burial. At best, it may give them a hand to re-boot their lives.
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I think Trump was trying to send checks to his buddies, they went right where they were supposed to
TheWalkerthecat
The government needs to keep better track of living, dead or incarcerated people.
Because inmates need money pay for them 'smokes'. StimulusCheck
Trump USA seems a mess these days. Is MAGA going down the drain?
This isn't the time to be handing billions in finacial aid to foreign cruise ships companies while punishing the people.
Lol this is such a mess. How do you give someone a check and then tell them they have to give it back? Did you know Ohio Unemployment wants all recipients to repay overpayment and they’re blaming their systems! Smh
More tax money go bye bye. 😝
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Why don’t they qualify?
Wait til they come after everyone else...... that’s why I opted out.
Lol
Fake news
But what about this? racistjimmykimmel
They’re already getting three hots and a cot!
And now all the bars are closed.
Alot of men and women are in there for simple things and still have families. Not agreeing with violent offenders.
I say they keep it
Wait...Do prisoners pay taxes?
Why the hell was it sent in the first place!!!!? And the Democrats want mail in voting 😄😄😂🤪🤪🤪🤪
Shouldn't have paid them , nitwits.
What a mess. This government can’t do anything right. Looters
What statute or rule did they site as justification?
Wow
The money distribution was done by first graders
The IRS can’t just take money back they have already given to them.
Why did they send it in the first place? Surely they know who is in jail and who isn't - or am I expecting too much.
That will help.
Wow...we haven't even received our tax refund.
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