IRS Is Canceling Stimulus Checks Sent out in Error: Update

President Donald Trump's name is seen on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, in San Antonio, Texas, on April 23, 2020. Eric Gay/AP Photo

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that stimulus checks that were sent out in error will be canceled.

The canceled checks include ones that were sent out to deceased people. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently said that about 1.1 million people received checks in error.