Tuesday March 15, 2011

Computer Glitch Leads to Mistaken Mega-Tax Refunds

I don't care if it is a computer mistake, I want my $200 million damn it!

Most U.S. residents would be happy to get a few thousand dollars back from the Internal Revenue Service at tax time. But a snafu in some Intuit software recently resulted in a number of Ohio residents receiving letters indicating that eye-popping sums were en route -- in one reported case, a cool US$200 million.

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