https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/i-am-raising-my-little-brother-s-kids-and-they-recieve-death-benefits-from-social-security-is-this/01/3732680#M254604 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 04:26:55 GMT dorothycstephenson72 2026-01-23T04:26:55Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/i-am-raising-my-little-brother-s-kids-and-they-recieve-death-benefits-from-social-security-is-this/01/3732680#M254604 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 04:26:55 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/i-am-raising-my-little-brother-s-kids-and-they-recieve-death-benefits-from-social-security-is-this/01/3732680#M254604 dorothycstephenson72 2026-01-23T04:26:55Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/re-i-am-raising-my-little-brother-s-kids-and-they-recieve-death-benefits-from-social-security-is/01/3732713#M254610 <P>The Social Security death benefit is not your income, even it's paid to you. It's the kids' income. (On the SSA-1099, box 2 at the top should have the child's Social Security number, not yours.) If the child has no other income, he or she is not required to file a tax return. In that case, the Social Security benefits don't get reported anywhere.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 23 Jan 2026 05:28:09 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/re-i-am-raising-my-little-brother-s-kids-and-they-recieve-death-benefits-from-social-security-is/01/3732713#M254610 rjs 2026-01-23T05:28:09Z