IRS Requests Stimulus Checks Sent To Deceased To Be Returned ASAP
The IRS isn’t playing when it comes to their money, and they’re asking for all stimulus checks that were sent to deceased individuals to be returned as soon as possible.
As we reported, when news broke that Americans would be getting stimulus payments, the IRS began to send them out as fast as possible. Some people who are deceased receive checks while others still waited.The IRS has since checked with another federal agency to get a list of the deceased, and begin to retrieve those payments.
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However, the payment must be returned, unless the deceased was married and filed tax returns jointly with a spouse who is still alive. If that is the case out of the $2,400, only $1,200 needs to be returned.
For example, Adrienne Feinberg received a check addressed to her late brother, Marvin, who passed in 2018. She wasn’t sure if she could keep the check.
“I was surprised to see that it was the stimulus check for the $1,200 like I’d seen and heard about,” Feinberg said per WSBTV. “I didn’t know what the true situation is. I just know that I didn’t feel right keeping it.”
“The information that I got online seemed to suggest that they were going to hold people accountable and you needed to send it back, but what I heard on the news was that it was similar to the stimulus that Obama sent out and they didn’t really have any language in that to return the money, they weren’t going to require you to return the money,” Feinberg added.
The IRS has offered information on its website on how to return the funds.