I am in the same situation as my wife passed in 2019. I just submitted my federal & state returns and both got rejected. I was thinking of trying my idea below to override turbo tax and get it accepted.
Do not report my spouse's death in turbo tax when asked in the Personal Info section. I see nothing in the forms reporting my spouses death except "Filing as surviving spouse" is input under the spouses signature on form 1040. Before submitting, go into Forms and enter "Filing as surviving spouse" under the spouses signature. Turbo tax will still prompt me for both e-filing Pins and the return is still "married filing jointly", which is what I want as next year would be qualifying widow. Going to think this through more and give it a try before I use the post office.
