Handling payroll typically involves sending out payslips to employees. A payroll is a company's list of its employees, but the term is commonly used to refer to: 1  the total amount of money that a company pays to its employees.  a company's records of its employees' salaries and wages, bonuses, and withheld taxes.
Deceased Taxpayer. If a taxpayer died before filing the return, the. taxpayerâs spouse or personal representative. may have to file and sign a return for the person. who died. A personal representative can be. an executor, administrator, or anyone who is in. charge of the decedentâs property.
If the deceased person was married, the surviving spouse can file and sign the return. An estate executor or a personal representative, who is often a relative of the deceased, can also sign the tax return. So can an attorney, or any other person who's primarily responsible for handling the deceased's financial affairs. See page 4 of this IRS link: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p559.pdf.