my father died,his will stated that myself and my sister split whatever is left in his bank,savings etc accounts.My sister is shady she is overseeing the will through his attorney.I received 8,000 dollars,she now "claims" she turned my information into the IRS and that i must pay taxes on the money.She is in Cali where the will was drawn & where he died,I am in Texas.Also,he sent me 7,000 dollars about 3 weeks before he died in the form of a wire transfer from his bank to mine.She also has claimed to turn it into the irs so i will have to pay taxes on it.Can she legally do this and can the IRS make me pay taxes on it? The 7000 was a gift from him.so in total she wants me to pay taxes on 15,000 dollars.Can this be done?
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t/y everyone for the feedback.It's a long story with reguards to his death.My sister claims she has hired his attorney as her own to handle the estate.it went to probate court on aug 22 but have heard nothing.my sister wont tell me anymore information and this attorney is a complete d*ck,cause my sister told him i'm a crack ho,which is untrue,so when I do call to ask about the estate,he reguards me as a money hungry idiot.My father died under foul play which his body was held at the morgue for 20 days due to police investigation,my mother died 6 weeks prior to this due to a suicide which was also put into investigation,my sister was their "caretaker".This 8 thousand is from his bank accounts.The house,cars and other items somehow got transfer into her name,all the titles etc,before he died.The lawyer sent me copies of the titles,which show just his sig on it not hers.When he died the attorney said the cars etc were to be sold and split,now he claims my father gave them to her.fishy!!!