nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2|||Nearly $1.4 Billion In Coronavirus Relief Payments Sent To Dead People||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The improper payments happened due to confusion over whether dead people should receive the payments from the IRS, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.


Nearly $1.4 Billion In Coronavirus Relief Payments Sent To Dead People

The Government Accountability Office says the IRS did not use death records for the first three batches of coronavirus relief payments — which account for 72% of the nearly $270 billion in payments dispensed so far.

Eric Gay/AP


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Nearly $1.4 Billion In Coronavirus Relief Payments Sent To Dead People



The improper payments happened due to confusion over whether dead people should receive the payments from the IRS, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.


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