Experts say it happens to thousands of Americans every year and can take years to resolve
Credit: ksdk Published: 10:21 PM CDT July 26, 2021 Updated: 10:21 PM CDT July 26, 2021
BELLEVILLE, Ill. Plenty of Americans eagerly await their tax return checks every year. Bill Bittle’s check came with an unpleasant and heartbreaking surprise.
“Pulled it out of the mailbox and it was, ‘Pay to the order of Bill Bittle, deceased, and Catherine C. Bittle.’ So, no bank will touch that check,” he said.
Bill Bittle, of Belleville, Illinois, is definitely alive. A paperwork error by the Internal Revenue Service set into motion months of difficulty for Bittle that he first learned about when he saw himself listed as “deceased” on that tax return check.
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