My husband passed away in 2016. can I still claim him cause he didn't work for the 2016 tax year

[VolvoGirl · Accepted solution]

You can file a Joint return the year your spouse died.  For the next two years following a husband's or wife's death, the surviving spouse can file as a qualifying widow or widower if they have a qualifying child. That basically lets you continue to use the same tax brackets that apply to married-filing-jointly returns.  After the year of death if you don't have a child you file as Single.

[SweetieJean]

You do not claim him per se, but rather file a Joint return for 2016.