- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
Executor of estate
Hello! My father passed away in October 2023, he did not have a will, was not married and I was his only child. In may 2024 I became executor of his estate. There was some tricky family dynamics in play which is the reason it happened so far after his passing. I filed his 2023 income taxes but his house wasn’t sold until October 2024. It had fallen into foreclosure (which was still being processed by the courts) and I had to use my personal money to get it out. The house was never in my name and was sold as part of the estate although I used my personal money to pay all the bills/repairs leading up to the sale. I did not get paid to be the executor per the recommendation of my lawyer but I did receive the inheritance that was left after everything was paid. Do I file the house sale tax under my father’s name even though he was never alive in 2024? I plan to have turbo tax do the taxes but I’m confused on where to start or whose name to start under (his or mine). I don’t think it will matter but I have pretty detailed notes of all the expenses I paid toward the house leading up the the sale, I am in Ohio and the house sold for 170,000 which was the estimated value on Zillow but I did not have the house officially appraised as I wasn’t aware that I should