The first stimulus check was received and returned to the IRS as the recipient had already passed. How do we reflect this in Turbo Tax?

[carbars123]

My father-in-law passed on 3/23/2020, before the first stimulus checks were issued.  When we received his check, we returned it to the IRS.  How do we report this in Turbo Tax?

[Opus 17]

Report that you received zero for round 1, since it was returned.  Turbotax will give him the recovery rebate of $1200 for round 1 plus $600 for round 2.  This is correct--under the law, any "taxpayer" is entitled to the rebate, and your father-in-law is a taxpayer for 2020 if he had income and you are filing his final return.  Yes, this is different than what the IRS said last year, but that's bureaucracy for you.