I received an inheritance of $54,000 with a 1099S and a life insurance payoff of

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    binkhong khooposted 14 years ago

    I received an inheritance of $54,000 with a 1099S and a life insurance payoff of  $2500. Where...

    do I report  these in the Federal and NJ state tax forms?

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    KeithTaxposted 14 years ago

    Sounds like a life estate. If the property was not valued at the time the life estate was set up you need to get the value of the property sold using the AFR tables. The IRS sells the book for about $200. I recommend you get a tax pro. The life insurance is probably income tax free unless it is an annuity with IRA money.

    Get a  tax pro; you need one. They will earn their fee many times over.

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    CarrieFerlandposted 13 years ago

    Inheritances and life insurance proceeds are not considered income by the IRS, and therefore, the IRS does not tax beneficiaries when they receive inheritance money. Instead, the IRS taxes the estate of the decedent -- the person who passed away and left the money to you -- before you receive the money. You do not need to pay taxes on your inheritance money, nor should you claim it anywhere on your federal income tax return.

    However, if you save the money you received from either source in an interest-bearing account, you will need to claim the actual interest as income on your federal income tax return each year you receive it, even if you never "cash out" the interest and simply leave it in your interest-bearing account. The same holds true if you invest your inheritance and you earn a return, even if you immediately deposit the dividends into an account or re-invest them.

    Some states do tax beneficiaries' inheritance money upon receipt; New Jersey does not. New Jersey taxes the estate the same way as the IRS. Therefore, you do not need to report your inheritance money on your state income tax return, either. However, the same rules for investments and interest earned that apply to federal income tax returns, also apply to state income tax returns in New Jersey.

    In a nutshell, you do not need to report your inheritance on any federal or New Jersey state tax forms right now. If you later save or invest your inheritance money, you will need to report the interest you earn and/or the dividends you receive on your income tax returns.

 
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