Death benefits are never taxable as long as you never deducted the premiums on your tax return.
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A family member or other person responsible for the beneficiary's affairs should do the following:Promptly notify Social Security of the beneficiary's death by calling SSA toll-free at 1-800-772-1213. (TTY 1-800-325-0778.)If monthly benefits were being paid via direct deposit, notify the bank or other financial institution of the beneficiary's death. Request that any funds received for the month of death and later be returned to Social Security as soon as possible.If benefits were being paid by check, DO NOT CASH any checks received for the month in which the beneficiary died or thereafter. Return the checks to Social Security as soon as possible.
A one-time payment of $255 is payable to the surviving spouse if he or she was living with the beneficiary at the time of death, OR if living apart, was eligible for Social Security benefits on the beneficiary's earnings record for the month of death.If there is no surviving spouse, the payment is made to a child who was eligible for benefits on the beneficiary's earnings record in the month of death.Monthly survivors benefits can be paid to certain family members, including the beneficiary's widow or widower, dependent children and dependent parents.The following booklets contain more information about filing for benefits and can be downloaded; see related linksSurvivors Benefits (Publication No. 05-10084)Social Security: Understanding the Benefits(Publication No. 05-10024)A family member or other person responsible for the beneficiary's affairs should do the following: Promptly notify Social Security of the beneficiary's death.
If you can't ask your mother whether someone took benefits that belonged to her, you will have to figure out what benefits were due her, and who received them.
A beneficiary means one who benefits from something. The benefit may come from an estate, trust, annuity, insurance policy or some similar source.Where there is a will there is a relative. Let us say a rich Uncle likes one of his relatives he will make out his will so that when the Uncle dies the relative he likes will get his money and benefit by it. Thereby that relative becomes a "BENEFCIARY" (Beneficiary)
Yes. Anyone can get a policy on another family member.
Yes, it is very common that a member of the family be named as executor.
No, but whoever you list they have to have an insurable interest such as another family member.
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When the retirement benefits are paid out, the member and the former spouse will each receive a 1099-R for their share. That is the amount on which each will pay income tax. The member will not receive a 1099-R for 100% of the benefits paid, only for the 50% actually received. So, no, the assignment of the retirement benefits does not generate a deduction on the military member's tax return. The assigned benefits simply never appear there in the first place. More information: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/16/AR2008021602030.html
There is a distinction between money the executor receives as compensation for administering the estate and money the executor receives as an inheritance. The fees are taxable income, the inheritance is not.
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