signing tax return
Does a parent sign the return of a deceased minor child as
Son Smith by Mom Smith, parent for minor child
or
Son Smith by Mom Smith, Personal Representative
Diagnostics say one way. Instructions say the other way.
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02/13/10 5:03pm PST
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PhoebeRoberts
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02/13/10 5:41pm PST
I'd vote for "personal rep," on the grounds that dead trumps minor.
If you e-file, it doesn't matter, because the IRS doesn't see the 8879. ;)
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IRS doesn't see the 8879 unless they happen to audit the preparer as to their 8879's.
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Somehow, I suspect that the IRS will be indifferent to the form in which the proper person signed either the 8879 or the 1040.
As an unrelated tangent, a person's legal signature is "the way they normally sign their name," not "a signature the letters of which match the name printed on the return."
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