Turbo tax made a mistake on my 2024 tax returns and I am having trouble connecting with them. I need to talk to a person from Turbo, can anyone help me?

[shelberns74]

They listed me as married although my wife passed away in 2024;it should be head of household. I must speak with a person! Thanks

[VolvoGirl]

How did it get filed?  If she passed in 2024 you can still file as Married Joint.    Do you have a dependent?  You can file a Joint return as normal the year your spouse died. For the next two years following a husband's or wife's death, the surviving spouse can file as a qualifying widow or widower if they have a qualifying child. That basically lets you continue to use the same tax brackets that apply to married-filing-jointly returns. After the year of death if you don't have a child you file as Single. 

[xmasbaby0]

Very sorry for your loss.   For the year that your spouse passed away, you can file as married filing jointly, in order to get the highest standard deduction---which for 2024 would be $29,200 + $1550 for each spouse 65 or older.

If you filed incorrectly as Head of Household---which you could only do if you have a qualifying dependent---your standard deduction would be less-- it would be $21,900 + $1950 for being 65 or older or legally blind.

So.....filing as married was correct.

[xmasbaby0]

And....if you do in fact have a dependent child, for 2025 and possibly 2026 you can file as a Qualified Surviving Spouse, and you get the same standard deduction as it would be on a joint tax return, which is still much better than filing as Head of Household.