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I've been using TurboTax every year to do my taxes.  I've been a widow since 2017. After the first few years of being able to file as Qualifying Widow, I now file as Head of Household.  But every year for the past 4-5 yrs at least, when adding detail for my children, I get asked if I have a custody agreement with my child's other parent. And only it asks the question for my youngest the past few years. Maybe cause my oldest I can no longer claim as a dependent??  I always just answer no to the question, but I'd love to understand why it's asking me that question in the first place.  I am my child's only parent!

My question is similar to Solved: I have a schedule K-1 LLC. What do I put for carryovers for "Box 2a"? Do I put my passive activity losses from last year or leave blank as this is not "ordinary income"?, but I am not quite able to translate that to my use case.   Let's say that ABC LLC had a loss (rental activity, K-1 / 1065 box 2) last year which was not allowed to offset anything that year, and so carried over (specific row in Form 8582 Part V and contributing to 8582 Part I line 2d). Let's say the number for ACB LLC in 8582 Part V was "-500". For this year, I am struggling with how to represent that in the "I have passive activity carryovers from last year" workflow, particularly the following page "Report Carryovers - Regular Tax". Do I put the -500 in "Box 1 - Ordinary income", *or* "Box 2a - Ordinary Income", *or* somewhere else?   Some thought going in to this: - What are these box references? Should they really be "8582 Part I line 1d" and "8582 Part I line 2d"? Are they even referring to 8582? If not, what form are they referring to. - When I first entered this K-1 for current year, I think TT automatically put the -500 value in the "Box 1" box, so that might be right. - On the other hand, I have read that "Box 2a" may be the right place for real estate rental losses.   Thanks for any advice.

TURBOTAX WILL NOT CHANGE ME TO QUALIFY IN NC AND WILL NOT CHANGE NC TAX FORM FROM SINGLE BELOW IS THE NC LAW   Qualifying Surviving Spouse Filing Status Taxpayers who do not remarry in the year their spouse dies can file jointly with the deceased spouse. For the two years following the year of death, the surviving spouse may be able to use the Qualifying Surviving Spouse filing status. Tax rates for qualifying surviving spouse and for married filing jointly are the same. They are the lowest tax rates and usually result in the lowest total tax. Taxpayers can claim the qualifying surviving spouse filing status if all of the following conditions are met: You were entitled to file a joint return with your spouse for the year your spouse died. Have had a spouse who died in either of the two prior years. You must not remarry before the end of the current tax year.