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Estate Planning Pro Tips

Death and Taxes: What Tax Returns Need to be Filed when Someone Dies?

By Tim Crisafulli
Published November 2, 2026 at 4:46 PM EST

This episode details the key tax obligations following an individual's passing, focusing on the executor's responsibility to file both the decedent's final personal income tax return and the separate income tax returns required for the estate.

Estate Planning Pro Tips
Tim Crisafulli
Attorney Tim Crisafulli, of the Crisafulli Estate Planning & Elder Law, P.C., helps listeners understand essential aspects of estate planning, probate, and elder law. As a former middle school and high school teacher, Tim makes complex legal concepts easy to understand. The Crisafulli Estate Planning & Elder Law, P.C. serves clients throughout central New York.
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