topic You are eligible to file Married Filing Joint since your... in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/you-are-eligible-to-file-married-filing-joint-since-your/01/715857#M287850 <P>You are eligible to file Married Filing Joint since your spouse passed away in February, 2017.</P><P>Head of Household is generally for single filers with dependents.&nbsp; However, <B>if you do have dependents</B>, you are eligible to file as <B>Qualifying Widower </B>for two years following your spouses death.</P><P>Married filing joint and Qualifying Widower is a more favorable tax filing status.</P><P>TurboTax will walk to through the best way to file by answering the questions.</P><P>The following IRS publication describes the two filing statuses:&nbsp; (see page 5)</P><P></P><P> <A href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p17.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p17.pdf</A> </P><P></P> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:38:06 GMT LisaBr 2019-06-06T14:38:06Z Husband passed away last year in February, I filed head of house hold and got rejected and refilled married joint will this fix the problem? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/husband-passed-away-last-year-in-february-i-filed-head-of-house-hold-and-got-rejected-and-refilled/01/715854#M287848 <P>Form 8862?</P> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:38:04 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/husband-passed-away-last-year-in-february-i-filed-head-of-house-hold-and-got-rejected-and-refilled/01/715854#M287848 Jessiefrankie 2019-06-06T14:38:04Z You are eligible to file Married Filing Joint since your... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/you-are-eligible-to-file-married-filing-joint-since-your/01/715857#M287850 <P>You are eligible to file Married Filing Joint since your spouse passed away in February, 2017.</P><P>Head of Household is generally for single filers with dependents.&nbsp; However, <B>if you do have dependents</B>, you are eligible to file as <B>Qualifying Widower </B>for two years following your spouses death.</P><P>Married filing joint and Qualifying Widower is a more favorable tax filing status.</P><P>TurboTax will walk to through the best way to file by answering the questions.</P><P>The following IRS publication describes the two filing statuses:&nbsp; (see page 5)</P><P></P><P> <A href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p17.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p17.pdf</A> </P><P></P> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:38:06 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/you-are-eligible-to-file-married-filing-joint-since-your/01/715857#M287850 LisaBr 2019-06-06T14:38:06Z