My father passed away in 2014. I received in 2017 a settlement check for unpaid wages for a previous job that my father worked. Do I need to file a return for my father ?

ace1521 — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 17:18:59 GMT

I already filed my father's final 2014 tax return in 2015.

Do you have an income tax document showing this payment?...

fanfare — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 17:19:00 GMT

Do you have an income tax document showing this payment?

IRS Pub 559 --

"If the decedent accounted for income under the cash method, only those items actually or constructively received before death are included on the final return.

Income in Respect of a Decedent

All income the decedent would have received had death not occurred that was not properly includible on the final return, discussed earlier, is income in respect of a decedent.

How To Report

Income in respect of a decedent must be included in the income of one of the following.

The decedent's estate, if the estate receives it.
The beneficiary, if the right to income is passed directly to the beneficiary and the beneficiary receives it.
Any person to whom the estate properly distributes the right to receive it."

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My father passed away in 2014. I received in 2017 a settlement check for unpaid wages for a previous job that my father worked. Do I need to file a return for my father ?

Do you have an income tax document showing this payment?...