A family member passed away several days after the stimulus packaged passed in March and the wife just received a check for $2400. Logically, I would think that the wife is legally entitled to the total amount since her husband was still alive when the bill passed.

Can a family member keep the Stimulus money?

Family member died after stimulus package passed and spouse received the check. Are they allowed to keep the money? : legaladvice Family member died after stimulus package passed and spouse received the check.

Do you have to return a stimulus check to a deceased person?

The IRS says it has canceled outstanding checks from the first stimulus that were made out to the dead. If you received a payment via debit card or direct deposit for a deceased person, you must return it. You must return a canceled check, too.

Are there any stimulus payments for dead people?

Confusion about stimulus payments to dead people. My wife passed away in January 2020. In March 2020 I received two $1200 stimulus payments, one for myself and one for my deceased wife. In January 2021 I received the second stimulus payment of $600 for myself but not for my wife.

Can a stimulus check be sent to someone who has died?

The legislation that authorized the second stimulus payment to eligible recipients says that only recipients who died in 2019 or earlier must return the payments. Similarly, the legislation that authorized the third round of stimulus payments says that those who died in 2020 aren’t qualified to get a stimulus check.

Is the Stimulus money going to the dead?

“This is exactly what we would have expected as the IRS is following their consistent procedures in the case of a taxpayer death,” she said. Erin Kurinsky’s mother in Sanford, Fla., was expecting a $1,200 stimulus payment, but she didn’t expect an extra $1,200 for her husband, Brendan O’Halloran, who died in May 2019.

When did the last round of stimulus payments go out?

When the last round of stimulus payments went out in 2008, the IRS didn’t try to collect on payments made to the deceased. Still, if a dead person’s stimulus payment is in your hands or bank account, returning the payment isn’t just what the IRS wants you to do.