My children and husband were killed in Novemeber 2015. Does that apply to 2016 taxes?

[Hal_Al · Accepted solution]

No. You may file a joint return with your spouse, in the year he died (2015), but not the following year (2016). The same rule applies for dependents. You may claim them as a dependents, for the full year (2015) but not at all for 2016.