Software Delay Said to Cost IRS $318 Million in Overpaid Refunds
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| The Internal Revenue Service gave away $318 million in improper refunds
| this year because a computer program that screens tax returns for fraud
| was not working, according to a report released yesterday.
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| The IRS had contracted with Computer Sciences Corp. to update the program,
| but the contractor could not produce a working program by the deadline. The
| old program could not be put back into operation in time for the spring
| 2006 tax-filing deadline.
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