A COVID-era program is awash in fraud. Ending it could help Congress expand the child tax credit

A COVID-era program is awash in fraud. Ending it could help Congress expand the child tax credit

WASHINGTON — When IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel met privately with senators recently, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee asked for his assessment of a startling report: A whistleblower estimated that 95% of claims now being made by businesses for a COVID-era tax break were fraudulent. “He looked at his shoes and he basically said, … Read more