Am I responsible for my deceased fathers owed taxes

[nanee920]

My father passed in May of 24, he usually owes.  Will I be responsible for filing and paying his owed taxes?

[M-MTax]

---

@nanee920 wrote:
Will I be responsible for filing and paying his owed taxes?

---

You will to the extent you succeeded to any of his property under a theory of transferee liability.

I am sorry for your loss.

[ThomasM125]

The personal representative of the estate would be responsible for filing the final tax return. If such a person isn't legally appointed, then the individual who is in charge of the deceased individual's property would be the default personal representative. If that applies to you, you would be responsible for filing the return and paying any tax due, but just from the funds in the estate, not from your personal funds. See this excerpt from IRS tax topic 356: