Q: Should Supreme Court be asking parties for their SS# and EIN# to account for distribution of sale funds of property?
In Supreme Court, unprobated real estate of my father's sold by private sale in court partition action. Myself and my brother's estate are beneficiaries/Heirs At Law. Funds are ready to be distributed. The court and its transactional attorney for the sale (Referee died 1-week ago) have not asked me or my brother's fiduciary for SS# and EIN#. I was previously told that such information is needed for Court to report or account for in the distribution of these funds and the closing of the litigation. I am worried that the fiduciary of brother's estate is trying to divert funds to her personally rather than to brother's estate. Am I correct that SS# and EIN# should be requested by the court in the distribution of sale funds of my father's unprobated estate property?
A: No. There is not a requirement to report anything to the IRS and therefore, no requirement to get a tax ID number. The order will state how the checks are cut.
Bruce Alexander Minnick agrees with this answer
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