I too am in a similar situation! Firstly, I send my condolences to all of you that have lost loved ones.
I received my husband’s economic stimulus check also.
Here is my take on the whole situation! No one anticipated this error on the SSI side! I think [might be wrong] that the “tax expert” Is a programmed response system! This was an unexpected SSI glitch and IRS is not sure what to do about it! If you read carefully, it says the payout will go out to all that has an active SS# that are income qualified! No fault of our own, these SS#s were never kicked out of the SSI system—the IRS program did not read the deceased portion on the 1099s! Hoping they just say we understand the burden we have inflicted on you by having to revisit your tragic loss and not requiring a payback! It will most likely costs more $$$$$$ to hire real people (throughout the US) to go backward in time to reprogram the systems and create a payback plan! Just a speculation?
