Are payments on 10999 listed to my wife for our children counted as her income?

[jerry2000 · Accepted solution]

What kind of 1099? Is it a SSA-1099?

If your children or dependents receive Social Security survivors/disability benefits, that is income to them, not to you. You do not enter it on your tax return. Look at Box 2 of the SSA-1099 and you should see the person's SSN.
If that is the only income a child/dependent has, then the child/dependent does not have to file or report it either.
If the child\dependent has enough other income to be required to file, then the child reports the SS on their own return.

If it is not a SSA-1099, then ask a new question and specify exactly what kind of 1099 it is. It is not just a 1099. It is a SSA-1099, or a 1099-R, or a 1099-INT, or a 1099-DIV, or a 1099-B, or some other kind of 1099. You must be very specific.