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

IRENEJ
Level 1

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

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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IRENEJ
Level 1

Thank you.  The reply did answer my question.   

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