Hal_Al
Level 15

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The tax professional was just plan wrong or there was a miscommunication (or you haven't told us everything). For example, if the pro didn't know that you lived apart from your spouse the whole last half of the year, he is correct that you didn't qualify, but would qualify if you had a legal separation. That says the same thing, but not exactly. Tax rules are convoluted like that.