new question. My spouse and I always filed separately for the 4 years we were married. The year he passed, (2020) I filed jointly with an injured spouse form 8379. IRS did not send me my refund. I have no idea why they did that. It was like they never looked at the 8379.
From everything i read, i had 2 choices. Either file separately or file jointly with a 8379 included. I wish I had now just filed separately like we always did instead of trying to take advantage of bigger deductions. I also got a large bill from state when I was expecting a refund. I thought maybe I did not qualify to file jointly since we always filed separate? Or maybe it is because my spouse is deceased ? They want to recover his back taxes from me? Now I have to see a tax lawyer. Any thoughts ? Did I do something wrong?
