Question

Which of the following filing statuses is different for tax year 2017? Single. Married filing separately. Head of household. Qualifying widow(er).

Answer 1

Answer = Qualifying widow(er)

Explanation:

Before it was:

Qualifying Widow(er) is a filing status that allows you to retain the benefits of the Married Filing Jointly status for two years after the year of your spouse's death.

You must have a dependent child in order to file as a Qualifying Widow(er). In fact, the full name of this filing status was actually "Qualifying Widow(er) with a Dependent Child".

Changes in 2017,

A qualifying child no longer must be a dependent, and the name must be provided if not a dependent.

B) Name has changed to "Qualifying widow(er)" instead of "Qualifying widow(er) with a dependent child"

C)The Qualifying Widow(er) filing status will work like Head of Household.

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