Around 523,000 out of the estimated 112 million tax cut check refund notices sent by the IRS mistakenly informed taxpayers that they will get the maximum possible refund check. A computer program that initially failed to take into account certain tax credits was blamed as the source of the mistake. Corrected notices have been sent out. Click here for details.
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