IRS working to recoup money
(NEWSER) - Almost 1,300 prisoners, including 241 serving life sentences, filed for the Obama administration’s First Time Homebuyer Credit on their taxes, claiming they’d bought homes while incarcerated, according to a Treasury Department report released today. The IRS paid out $9.1 million on those claims, money it now says it’s trying to recoup. “A very small number of payments were made to prisoners incorrectly,” it tells the Washington Independent . “The IRS will follow up on every instance of improper prisoner payment.” More»
