The government wants the money back.
, known as the CARES Act, that is designed to help the economy recover from the catastrophic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.Nina Olson, the founder of the Center for Taxpayer Rights and a former taxpayer advocate for the IRS, questioned whether the Treasury Department had the power to compel people to return the payments, which are technically a tax credit.
"It may be the IRS made a mistake by making the payment to a deceased person. It can certainly ask folks to give the money back. I don’t see the legal authority for adjusting it on the 2020 return," she told USA TODAY.Trump's name to be printed on $1,200 coronavirus stimulus checks going out to Americans
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