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April 1, 2024

Are royalties received by surviving spouse from articles written by professor husband subject to social security tax?

  • April 1, 2024
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Surviving spouse is receiving royalties from  several articles written by professor husband.  He died in 2022.  Are these royalties subject to social security tax?

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    qbteachmt
    Level 15
    April 2, 2024

    I googled for you:

    tax reporting author royalties

    You can, too. Read this:

    https://www.thetaxadviser.com/issues/2013/dec/kelley-dec2013.html

    For the section on Inherited Intellectual Property, as a place to start.

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    IRENEJAuthor
    Level 2
    April 5, 2024

    Thank you.  The reply did answer my question.