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I filed for divorce on April 2018 and was effective on June 2018. I was legally married until Dec2017.How is the tax procedure in this case?

 
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I filed for divorce on April 2018 and was effective on June 2018. I was legally married until Dec2017.How is the tax procedure in this case?

"I filed for divorce on April 2018 and was effective on June 2018. "  Neither of those dates has even happened yet.  This is February 2018.

You seem to be mixed up on what years you did these things.  If you were still legally married at the end of 2017 your filing choices for 2017 are married filing jointly or married filing separately.  If you lived apart from your spouse for at least the last six months of 2017 and you have the children you could file as Head of Household.

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**
Hal_Al
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I filed for divorce on April 2018 and was effective on June 2018. I was legally married until Dec2017.How is the tax procedure in this case?

If you were legally divorced as of 12-31-17, even if you were married the other 360+ days of 2017, you file as Single or, if you qualify, Head of Household (HoH).

The main requirements for Head of Household are: a taxpayer that
1) is single or did not live with their spouse at any time during the last half of the tax year.
2) has at least one closely related dependent (usually a child) that lived with the taxpayer for more than half the year
3) pays over half of the support of the household expenses, including rent / mortgage, food,  utilities...

I filed for divorce on April 2018 and was effective on June 2018. I was legally married until Dec2017.How is the tax procedure in this case?

Thank you. Actually the the dates are to be considered 2017 instead. 😃

I filed for divorce on April 2018 and was effective on June 2018. I was legally married until Dec2017.How is the tax procedure in this case?

If your divorce was final before December 31, 2017 then you file Single for 2017--or Head of Household if you have had the kids.
 Am I Head of Household?
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**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**

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