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Posted by Jim Beaver on April 25, 2007, 4:17 am
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>> Do I ignore it, since it's under her now-defunct Social
>> Security Number? Pretend it's under my Social Security
>> Number and include it in my own income? Or something else?
>> She's no longer listed on my return, so I can't figure out
>> how to process it.
> If she actually had that income and the year is 2004 or 2005
> (which doesn't seem likely based on your facts) then the
> return for that year should be amended.
>
> If she didn't have the income then YOU have nothing on your
> tax return.
>
> If it was to report a very late payment of money owed your
> late wife from before her death, then there may be an estate
> income tax return to prepare and file but the income, I
> believe, still does not go on your tax return. It would be
> simpler if it did.
>
> What other information do you have about this W-2, the
> employer or the timing of any actual payment by the
> employer?
I should have explained. The income was for 2006. It was
for residual payments. My wife was an actress. Under
normal circumstances, an actor's residual payments are
converted into payments (and W-2s) for the surviving spouse
or other beneficiary. That's what happened with the
majority of her residual payments. I get the check and the
W-2 in my name. But although I don't recall the specific
checks being in her name, clearly the W-2 from this company
had not caught the change. So my own SSN and name are
nowhere to be found on the W-2.
It makes sense though, that if I got the income, I should
consider it my own, regardless of the name on the W-2.
Thanks.
Jim Beaver
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