Stimulus checks are going out to people who have died, what that means for relatives

USA TODAY reports that some stimulus checks are going out to people who died during 2018.  Nina Olsen, the founder of the Center for Taxpayer Rights and the former Taxpayer Advocate for the IRS, states she believes the family of the deceased can keep the funds.

The mistakes probably occurred because of timing differences in social security and IRS records.  The IRS ha not formally released guidelines about what to do with the payments.

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