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Level 15
Level 15

After you file

you say your father died during 2015, so your mother should have filed Married Filing Joint for 2015, widowed/ single  for 2016 --- and are you saying that her  total world income is only $367 capital gains, $xxxx total dividends, $116 Q-dividends and $17 interest income ?  How does she live  -- did she have social security, IRA or pension from your father ?    Do you supprot her  or what ?