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What We’ve Learned Watching Uncle Sam Disburse $2T In Stimulus Payments

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APRIL 22, 2020

Instead, said Edwards, they handed it off to the dual purviews of the IRS and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service. “By By law, [payments] like these are set up around a checks and balances system so that the IRS authorizes the payments and the Bureau of Fiscal Service distributes them.

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GAO: $1.4B In Pandemic Stimulus Checks Went To Dead People

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JUNE 25, 2020

The GAO noted that the IRS had access to the complete set of death records belonging to the Social Security Administration. However, it pointed out that the Treasury, along with the Bureau of Fiscal Service that sends out the payments, lacks that access.

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What We’ve Learned Watching Uncle Sam Disburse $2T In Stimulus Payments

GAO: $1.4B In Pandemic Stimulus Checks Went To Dead People

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