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Get your taxes done using TurboTax
Agree with previous comment. Here's more info.
TurboTax is wrong when it says: "Pennsylvania does not allow a joint return when the primary taxpayer is deceased and tge secondary (spouse) taxperyer is alive. Since <Taxpayer First Name> died in 2019, <Spouse First Name> can file a joint federal return, but will need to prepare separate returns for Pennsylvania".
As previous commenter said, go into Personal Info. Tip: If you try to change the name of the Taxpayer first and both parties have the same surname, TurboTax will squawk that both parties have the same first and last name. Instead:
(1) Change the first name of the Spouse to a third (placeholder) name.
(2) Change the first name of the Taxpayer to what your previously had for the Spouse.
(3) Go back to the placeholder name for the Spouse and change it to what you previously had as the first name for the Taxpayer.