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I am sorry for your loss. In order to qualify as a qualifying widow, your spouse must have passed in 2015 or 2016 and you didn't remarry before the end of 2017.
I am sorry for your loss. In order to qualify as a qualifying widow, your spouse must have passed in 2015 or 2016 and you didn't remarry before the end of 2017.
To claim Qualifying Widow........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.
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