On the Social Security Benefits Worksheet they keep trying to get me to fix his SS benefits because they're lower than an earlier year's lump sum benefit. He died. That's why it's lower. I can't make up a number. What do I do?
I assume that you receive two forms for Social Security for 2022 and entered them as received. Please make sure that you included his DOD (Date of Death) on the tax return. If all of that is in order, then you must have a computer loop that is causing this error.
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