My father died on February 29, 2020. He filed his taxes on February 20th. Will I still be able to get his income tax check? There were a few mistakes he made when he filed and I corrected the errors but still havent gotten it yet. When I check the Wheres My Refund tool online it says it's still being processed. I am his power of attorney and the only trustee and beneficiary in his will. I don't want to pay for a lawyer. He's already taken so much from my dad. When I go back on turbo tax it says the refund was expected on the 4th of April. Do you think I'm going to have to wait. I did contact Social Security when he died. But I didn't know how to do the IRS because they say you can't call them right now. Everything has to be done online. Thanks if you could maybe give me some advice on what to do next to at least get some answers.
The refund will come and most likely it will be direct deposited or if it is a check it will come to the address. (checks will take longer than direct deposit)
There's another possibility: did you correct the errors he made after he died, and if so, did you sign as his Trustee? If so, that may trigger the need for file the Form 1041 for Trusts, as well as the form 1310 to request a refund on behalf of a deceased person.
I think I'd step back a bit and give the IRS at least another few weeks if not a month or so.
One thing that I know for a certainty, your status as of December 31 is all they care about. Living, deceased, married, single, dependents what it was on 12/31 is the determining factor for how they respond.
Sending in a corrected return does add another step to the process, especially if you benefit from the corrections.
Be patient and find something to occupy your time during this difficult time. Double whammy for you making it even more challenging. You will get through this, we all will. Patience is the key and the hardest to have when dealing with the IRS, they are so unpredictable.
We have the postal service send us an email that has a picture of mail we are supposed to get today and it is very common that we don't see it for days. Kinda shoots the point of the emails in the foot. We signed up to know if our mail was being stolen and we still can't keep track of it.
I am sorry for your loss. I pray that you are granted grieving mercies and strength during this difficult time. Great big warm hug!
You reside where I grew up and most of my family still lives there.
I suspect also that they're overwhelmed and aren't going to be nit picking returns, so, as you write, just live your life and sooner or later the return will be processed.
I notice that mail delivery seems to be slowing as well; postal workers may have contracted CV and delivery is slowed down.
Periodically I only get mail delivery 3x weekly, and that's started again...although I would gladly not receive those annoying "I wanna buy your house!" postcards.
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