So I've read dozens of posts/responses on this topic on this Forum as well as the links provided to the pertinent IRS documentation. The prevailing direction here -- and on the IRS site as well -- seems to be that a taxpayer who died in 2020 (after 1/1/20) is eligible for the two stimulus payments or the credits for them if they were not received. The only thing that gives me pause is the IRS guidance posted midyear 2020 -- and which is still on the IRS site -- re: returning the initial $1,200 stimulus payment if it was deposited after the taxpayer's death. That is what happened with my mother-in-law's situation. She passed in late March and the check showed up in her [product key removed]e checking account a few weeks later. Per the prevailing advice at the time, as the POA for her estate, I returned the $1,200 via a check to the IRS, which they cashed. Now I'm trying to finish up her taxes for 2020, and Turbo Tax, the Community Forum responses and the IRS (at least most of its support documentation) seem to be suggesting that she is not only is eligible for a credit for the $1,200 stimulus payment in early 2020, but also the $600 stimulus amount that was approved in late 2020. Just asking one last time, is this correct? Thanks in advance for any help.
