Gail in Virginia

My guess is that if the date of death is prior to the date of the check, or the date of direct deposit, it is supposed to be returned. However, I don't know who and how that will be enforced. I don't know anything that isn't in the frequently asked questions, and i don't think they have enough detail to answer your question definitively. So someone else's guess is as good as mine.

Thanks for posting this question. I have a filer whose daughter tried to claim the stimulus by using the non-filer tool, and we are now going to paper file the return for the parents. I was assuming that use of this tool was the reason they could not e-file since the daughter swore she had not filed a return (she had no income, so I don't know why she would.) However, according to her she was turned down for the stimulus payment. The interesting thing is that 2019 was the last year the parents would be able to claim the daughter. So i think that she will be entitled to the stimulus payment on her 2020 return, but the parents were entitled to claim her on their 2019 return. So had she gotten the check, there would have been no real reason for it to be returned. I think.

I try to help people that call me too BUT if I tell them that the rules say they won't get the money, and they argue that they should anyway, I don't see much choice but to direct them to someone who can do something about it. That isn't me, and it really isn't the IRS - it is Congress.

I think if you re-read the OP, you will see that while kid went to school half the year in 2018, he did not go at all in 2019 and 2019 is the year that was asked about.

Or provide the appropriate phone number for their congress person. Ot they can call the office of the President since his name is on every check, or the letter that follows up direct deposits and checks.

ProSeries is able to allow filing three years because the IRS allows filing three years.

My gut agrees, for what that is worth.

I think you are correct. The parent might be able to claim the kid if the income for the kid was low enough to qualify as an other dependent since the parent provided 100% of support. However, for head of household the kid would have to live with the parent for more than half of the year except for temporary absences such as school. Living in another state, even in a home the parent pays for, is not living with the parent. And it can't be considered a temporary absence for school since the kid wasn't in school. That would be my take on the situation.

And yet WC is not a payroll cost for purposes of the PPP? At least, that is what I understood from an earlier discussion on here.

I am not sure of a site, but I believe that you are correct. The 529 pans - Virginia 529 prePAID, Virginia 529 inVEST, College America, CollegeWealth - are the only ones that are deductible to the state.

According to the instructions for Form 1041, funeral expenses are only deductible on form 706 - not on form 1041. This is also what I have always been taught. When I did a Google search, however, there were several articles stating that funeral expenses could be deducted on the 1041. I don't think that is correct, but now I will have to do some more research to be sure.

I think I would treat this as a commission paid. And it might depend on how long the lease is as to whether I would amortize it.

Obviously that is more likely to work. On the other hand, I did not do anything to request this check, I filed a 2018 return notifying the IRS of my mother's death, they were also notified by SSA, and yet they sent this anyway and now I have to take the time to address an envelope, pay for an envelope and stamp, to send them back the check I did not want in the first place? Gotta love the guvmint.

I tried sending it back using the instructions on the envelope to mark the box and drop it in a mailbox. I got it back again today.

Of course they print it - what did you think happened to all the toilet paper? They have to print it on something....

I got the one for my mother, made it out to her name, dec'd. I checked the box and threw it in the mail at the post office. They obviously knew she was deceased - it said so right after her name!. Her estate has been closed over a year, since she passed away in 2018 and we settled everything within 12 months. The check will not clear unless someone at the IRS or USPS steals it and negotiates it; I don't want to keep up with another piece of paper indefinitely. If it actually had my name on it, like the one Tom mentioned, I would probably feel differently. But I find it a little disconcerting that this many people are getting checks for those that are deceased. We are a relatively small group, and at least 4 of us have seen this already? I guess that is what happens when you can just print money instead of having to earn it.

I think that like most tools, it depends on what you are going to use it do as to what you should buy. If I were in a business where I was primarily editing video, I might buy a MAC because I hear they are great for that. For accounting and spreadsheets, I will stick to PC for now. I do like my iPhone and my iPad, but my computers are all windows.

My first summer job was working as in "intern" at a summer enrichment program run by the United Methodist church locally. I got to do a lot of different things, and saw a whole different side of life than I had seen before. I even got to help dig an outhouse! My mother arranged this job for me but I can no longer ask if she did it because she thought it would be a good attitude adjuster for me. I know it was a good experience, and not because I learned to use a shovel.

I saw that notice 2020-23 extended the 990-T, but I must have missed the one that specifically mentioned the 990. And being paranoid, I would file the extension just in case. So thanks for the info Lynn!

Sometimes I fail to listen to those thought bubbles and these stupid calls take up way more of my day than they should.

He might want to go to the IRS site for the stimulus payment and change the infomration there so that the stimulus check doesn't also get returned to the IRS. If he is expecting a check.

I am not sure the extended due date applies to 990 returns.

Kinky!

My software has a space for dependent IP Pins, so I assume they are available.

If you live in a state where Identity protection pins are available, and the IRS ever opens back up, perhaps in future you can get IP Pins assigned to the children so that non-custodial persons can't claim the child? I think that would be easier than changing social security numbers.