My wife passed away in 2017. I want to file my Indiana electronically, do i need include a death certificate?

[celhll]

Federal tax does not require death certificate. Does the state of Indiana? If so how do i include death certificate?

[IsabellaG · Accepted solution]

I'm very sorry for your loss. According to  this link  Indiana may ask you to send in a death certificate, but it's not a certainty. There's nothing indicating that you won't be able to file electronically, but if you have to, you can print out your return and mail it, along with the death certificate.

Included in that link is information about cashing your refund check. "If you (the surviving spouse, administrator, or executor) received a refund and can't cash the check, you'll need to fill out either a widow's affidavit or a distributee's affidavit. A new refund check will be issued to the surviving spouse, executor, or administrator of the estate once the affidavit is returned to the department of revenue."