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My father passed away in 2014. I received in 2017 a settlement check for unpaid wages for a previous job that my father worked. Do I need to file a return for my father ?
I already filed my father's final 2014 tax return in 2015.
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June 3, 2019
10:18 AM
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Do you have an income tax document showing this payment?
IRS Pub 559 --
"If the decedent accounted for income under the cash method, only those items actually or constructively received before death are included on the final return.
Income in Respect of a Decedent
All income the decedent would have received had death not occurred that was not properly includible on the final return, discussed earlier, is income in respect of a decedent.
How To Report
Income in respect of a decedent must be included in the income of one of the following.
- The decedent's estate, if the estate receives it.
- The beneficiary, if the right to income is passed directly to the beneficiary and the beneficiary receives it.
- Any person to whom the estate properly distributes the right to receive it."
June 3, 2019
10:19 AM