Trump wants his name on millions of stimulus checks, even if it delays them
The president is not an authorized signer for IRS disbursements, so his name will appear on the memo line.
Between the multiple Trump Towers, Trump Plazas, Trump International Resorts, and the now-defunct Trump Steaks, it’s clear President Donald Trump has a penchant for putting his name on things. And that predilection has now been extended to include the coronavirus stimulus checks.
The Treasury Department on Monday ordered that Trump’s name appear on the paper checks being rushed to millions of people by the IRS.
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Those checks could end up being delayed a few days in order to add the president’s name to them, according to senior IRS officials. In order to add Trump’s name — which will appear in typeface rather than as a signature given the checks are from the Treasury rather than from the president — the code in the IRS’s computers must be tweaked and subsequently tested.
“Any last minute request like this will create a downstream snarl that will result in a delay,” Chad Hooper, a quality control manager who serves as national president of the IRS’s Professional Managers Association, told the Washington Post.
Trump wants his name on millions of stimulus checks, even if it delays them
It's campaign season, you know. So if you get it a little bit late, that's why.
The president is not an authorized signer for IRS disbursements, so his name will appear on the memo line.
Between the multiple Trump Towers, Trump Plazas, Trump International Resorts, and the now-defunct Trump Steaks, it’s clear President Donald Trump has a penchant for putting his name on things. And that predilection has now been extended to include the coronavirus stimulus checks.
The Treasury Department on Monday ordered that Trump’s name appear on the paper checks being rushed to millions of people by the IRS.
...
Those checks could end up being delayed a few days in order to add the president’s name to them, according to senior IRS officials. In order to add Trump’s name — which will appear in typeface rather than as a signature given the checks are from the Treasury rather than from the president — the code in the IRS’s computers must be tweaked and subsequently tested.
“Any last minute request like this will create a downstream snarl that will result in a delay,” Chad Hooper, a quality control manager who serves as national president of the IRS’s Professional Managers Association, told the Washington Post.
Trump wants his name on millions of stimulus checks, even if it delays them
It's campaign season, you know. So if you get it a little bit late, that's why.
