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IRS Delays Basis Reporting for Decedent’s Estates

31 March 2011

The IRS has announced that federal form 8939, Allocation of Increase in Basis for Property Acquired from a Decedent, is not due on April 18, 2011 and should not be filed with the final federal form 1040 of persons who died in 2010. Of course, if you’ve tried to file a federal form 8939, you [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Forms 1099 and Estates

31 July 2008

Taxpayer asks: My father my grandmother and (unofficially) I, are administers of a simple (non trust) estate for my recently deceased Uncle. the estate has hired an attorney, a funeral home, a grave tending service, and a guy to help clean the house he lived alone in, and sell personal property contained in the house. [...]

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Taxgirl Goes to the Movies: Ratatouille

10 July 2007

On July 4th, my husband and I did what hardly any parents I know do anymore: we went to the movies. That’s right. We braved the holiday crowds to see a movie. We figured that the early morning show would be empty – we were wrong. This movie (tops at the box office right now) [...]

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