The IRS sent a letter to Deceased again. What do I do?

Question

This is year two. The first year, it took six months and contact by a law firm to get the IRS to acknowledge that my father was indeed, dead. Now, please realize that the IRS has now placed it as part of his name. So the IRS is sending to DECEASED. Please send in your Tax Return or we will penalize you. IRS, hear me, He DIED. Four YEARS ago. His Ashes are interred. How stupid can you be?

Answer 1

Whoever was the executor of his estate didn't do their job correctly.

Answer 2

Okay, your dad died 4 years ago.

Either the IRS is asking for a tax return for a year of death or a year before he died.  In which case, the executor or personal representative didn't do their job.  Have them get the income statements and get the missing tax returns filed.  (The IRS doesn't pursue tax returns unless there is possibly tax to be paid.)

If you are saying the IRS is asking for tax returns for years AFTER he died, the problem is most likely because a substantial amount of income is STILL being reported under his SSN.  This is either income to the estate or income to someone else.

Whatever the case, you need to find the item generating the income and retitle it.

Sit down with your mother (if she is still alive) and go over every bank statement she has.  Check the SSN.  Is it hers or is it his?  If it's his, find it and get it changed.

The law firm should have advised you that this might the problem.

Answer 3

Just because your father is dead does NOT mean he does not owe any tax.

Say your father died in 2004 but made $100,000 in that year.

The executor of the will should have filled out a tax return for your father and paid the taxes.

Just because he is dead DOES NOT mean he does not have to pay income tax for the year that he died.

Sorry:-(