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U.S. inmates got virus relief checks, and IRS wants them back

By REBECCA BOONE unrelated Social Security
Associated Press Act, which bars incarcera-
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Hund- ted people from receiving
reds of thousands of dollars some types of old-age and
in coronavirus relief pay- survivor insurance bene-
ments have been sent to fit payments. “I can’t give
people behind bars across you the legal basis. All I can
the United States, and now tell you is this is the langua-
the IRS is asking state of- ge the Treasury and oursel-
ficials to help claw back ves have been using,” IRS
the cash that the federal spokesman Eric Smith said.
tax agency says was mista- “It’s just the same list as in
kenly sent. the Social Security Act.”
The legislation authorizing Tax attorney Kelly Erb,
the payments during the who’s written about the is-
pandemic doesn’t speci- sue on her website, says
fically exclude jail or pri- there’s no legal basis for
son inmates, and the IRS asking for the checks back.
has refused to say exactly “I think it’s really disinge-
what legal authority it has nuous of the IRS,” Erb said In this April 23, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump’s name is seen on a stimulus check is-
to retrieve the money. On Tuesday. sued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, in San
its website, it points to the Antonio.
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