Our mother passed 09, 2021

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February 4, 2022
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Executor took care of the sale and divided the money evenly. No increase in value over the two months. We live in Georgia.

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Anonymous_

Level 15

I am sorry for your loss.

Do you have a question?

Did the executor file a Form 1041 for an estate or trust?

Did you receive a K-1, 1099-S, or other tax reporting statement for the sale?

hyaduckhAuthor

Level 2

Hello tagteam and thank you for your kind words. I don't know what happened to the question but I will try to explain. Our mother has a will that left the house to the three of us to be divided equally. She died in September, 2021 and we had to wait for probate (I hope that is the correct word) to clear before we could list the house. We sold the house in November 2021. It was an inheritance and the son was named executor of the will. He listed the house with a realtor, he paid the taxes, he took care of everything. All three of us had to sign the papers to sell the house to the buyer and after the sale the son divided the money up between us evenly. I keep reading that in the state of Georgia there is no inheritance tax and you do not have to pay tax unless you make over 11.7 million dollars. We got an appraisal and sold the house for a little less than the appraisal so no profit was made on the house. We have not received any forms or anything from the IRS or state of Ga. According to what I read it talks like we do not need to report anything to the sate or the IRS but the IRS part is unclear to me. I am about to start my taxes and I want to be clear on the sale of the inherited house which sold for $272,000 and divided three ways. Thank you!

Anonymous_

Level 15

Thank you tagteam,

So if I don't receive a 1099-s does that mean I don't report it? From what I can tell only one person needs to file a 1099-s for the sale of the house and the son who was executor that handled everything will probably be the one who receives the 1099-s. Am I thinking correctly? If I do get a 1099-s I would just put down our share and list a $333.33 loss in capital gains as there was no increase in value from when we received the house and when we sold the house. Should I do that regardless of whether I get a 1099-s or not?

Thank you again for taking the time to help us.

Yes, you should report your share of the sales proceeds and your share of the basis (inherited, so it would be stepped up to fair market value).