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Originally Posted by EdFNJ
My widower father passed away in March 2018 but I did file his final 2018 tax return for him and it was marked deceased and his SS immediately stopped. Today I got a stimulus check for him with his name c/o my name & address. I understand that this happens and I did shred it but right next to his name on the check it says DECEASED (actually DECD) so they KNOW he's in tax free living now. That's the part I can't understand because any 1st year programmer could easily have added "if account marked DECEASED do not send check." I wonder how many of these get cashed. Admittedly I was tempted after reading a lot of legal posts about this online but I felt the gov't needed it more than me so it got shredded.  The Trumpster and his Mnyuchin says "we'll get the money back" so I'm sure they would have paid me a visit.  |
I read someplace where the government is not going to bother going after these, so perhaps many people will find a way to cash them and do so.
I agree with you about the incompetence of our government.