You will receive a SSA1099 for the Social Security benefit that is paid to you, and you will enter it on your 2025 tax return.
Go to Federal> Wages & Income>>Retirement Plans and Social Security (SSA1099 and 1099RRB) to enter your SSA1099.
This sounds like it will be a one-time payment. The payment might be a monthly amount that was payable to the deceased or maybe is the $255 death benefit payable to a spouse or surviving child---any questions about the payment itself should be asked of Social Security.
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