After she died, her employer issued a check, in my name, with her final pay, including accrued vacation time. I'm filing a joint return (for myself and deceased spouse), and after entering the 1099-Misc information, I come to the question 'Did this represent an attempt to earn money?'. How do I respond? I mean, it was her salary, so in that sense, it represented HER attempt to earn money, but we're talking about the distribution from MY perspective; I wasn't trying to make money, I was just collecting money owed her.
TIA...
