TreasuryDirect took 16 weeks to process transfers of electronic EE bonds where I was already a named beneficiary of a decedent who passed away in November last year. Some of those bonds matured this year (March) before TreasuryDirect transferred them to my account and because of that delay they say they'll send a 1099-INT to the decedent? They have since transferred the proceeds from decedents cash account to my own bank but I can't get them to change where they intend to send the 1099-INT. Can I somehow pay the taxes on this 1099-INT as if it was (and should have) been sent to me had they processed things in less slow way and make that clear to the IRS? It would be painful to have to deal with decedent tax records who already filed a final return and never had any assets, estate, or executor because all assets had been pre-declared prior to death with every financial institution. Gives great pause to TreasuryDirect statements about their Savings Bonds when they explicitly say “If a surviving co-owner or beneficiary is named on the savings bond, the bond goes directly to that person. It does not become part of the estate of the person who died."
