- An audit by the Department of Treasury’s Inspector General found that the IRS sent more than $1.1 billion in child tax credit payments to the wrong people during the pandemic.
- Those payments went to 1.5 million people between July and November of 2021, the audit reported.
- The IG also said that 4.1 million taxpayers did not receive payments they should have received – a total of $3.7 billion withheld.
