My father died in Sept 2003 and used to own shares in a private club which liquidated sometime in 2004. The check was made payable to him and I was able to deposit it into a checking account in the name of the estate. That was no problem. I recently received a 1099-div from the organization which reports the money in box 8 as a cash distribution. I plan to report this income on the final tax return for the estate. However, the 1099 shows my father as the recipient; also the SS# on the form is my mother's, who has been deceased since
1987! I am trying to contact the CPA who sent out the forms, but I only have an address. Is is likely that I can get him to issue a corrected 1099 with the estate as the recipient and the TIN for the estate? Assuming the worst (no corrected 1099 is issued), should I just report the income on the estate 2004 return and ignore the error or should I note this on the return? What do you think the IRS will do with a 1099 issued with the SS# of a person dead for 18 years? Bob K.
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