Can I use TurboTax to prepare a 1099-MISC for money I received as nominee?

[inphilips]

I received a 1099-MISC from Okla Unclaimed Propery Div with $495 in box 3 for royalties held in the name of a deceased relative.  I paid the money to a trust with a separate federal ID (I am trustee).

[JohnB5677]

Did this relative pass in 2022?  If so, it should be posted to their final tax return.

If the relative passed prior to 2022 they would not have to file a tax return for $495 received in 2022.

You were right to deposit the money in the trust.

[inphilips]

The relative passed in 2020.  The trust is the living trust that had been created by the relative.

[AmyC]

You can create the form needed for free, just log in with the same user name and password as for TurboTax. Must be using Business or Home and Business.

I am assuming you are using Business for the trust anyway.

The bigger question is do you need to make the form? It is less than $600 so you should not need to make the form. Also, the IRS knows the person is deceased and would expect the monies to go into the trust.

[inphilips]

The 1099-MISC received from the state showed my name and social as recipient.  But it is not my income.  The money was paid by me to the trust.  So I am thinking of preparing a 1099-MISC with me as payer and the trust as recipient.  I found the QEF area but I am uncertain it is the right place.

[JulieS · Accepted solution]

Yes, QEF is the correct place to prepare a 1099-MISC.