I am at a loss to understand your antagonism to what is in fact a mandated responsibility on the Attorney handling the closing of the Estate. If the Estate followed a fiscal year ending in September, 2016, then a Form 1041 for the period 2015-2016 can be filed, but sounds as if assets have yet to be distributed and income continues to be received into the estate at this time. So a short year return Form 1041 will likely be filed as well. In order, legally, for the PR to distribute the assets to you, particularly where there is the need to re-register ownership of the shares, you are required by law to provide that information. As far as "pay the IRS . . ." The only way the amount of tax liability can be determined is for the dividends to be distributed to you, a K-1 then subsequently issued to you, and then you file your Form 1040 and pay your required tax.
Again, having such antipathy to the process only delays your receipt of the dividends, delays your receipt of the shares, and increases the cost to the Estate because you are causing the closing attorney to spend more time dealing with you.
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