Many thanks for your quick replies. Given that this situation is a (to use a polite term), "mess", I'm going to suggest that he and someone from his family go over all his SS payments for the past two years to verify the amounts received and any possible repayments, and see if it matches the 1099 numbers. Then they need to take all this info down to the local SSA office and have them figure out how to issue corrected 1099's. He'll probably need to file an extension. I'll also have a look at the IRS publication you mentioned and see if it can help.
Again, thanks for your help and guidance.
