Question about doing taxes for deceased mother.

[snyderdobes]

My mother passed away Nov 2022.  Her only income was social security roughly $15000.  She and her deceased husband had not filed in years.  She did however sell her home in Aug of 2022 and made about $24000 (it had been on a reverse mortgage for years but we were lucky enough to at least get that). Of that $24000 about $10000 went to paying her nursing home care.  There was not any other income etc.  Do I need to file taxes for her?

[DavidD66]

No, if her only income was $15,000 of Social Security, and the home that was sold had been her primary residence for two of the past five years, then a return is not required to be filed for her.  

Our condolences for your loss.  

[snyderdobes]

Thank you DavidD66, I was kind of thinking that way, So I really appreciate the answer.