The year the wife was abandoned, she was able to claim her daughter as a dependent and also filed as HOH. The following year the daughter was only in school 4 months (not the required 5 to be a qualified child.) In this case would the wife file as Single or MFS?
ThanksWhat is the filing status of an abandoned spouse with no dependents?
She would be MFS. However, what months was the daughter in school? It doesn't have to be 5 FULL months. If she graduated in May, for example, that would be 5 months.What is the filing status of an abandoned spouse with no dependents?
Assuming that she's still legally married, her only option is MFS if her spouse is not available to file MFJ
If the daughter was under 24 AND a full time student ';for any part of five months'; then whe would be a qualifying child. If she didn't live with spouse for any part of the last six months, then she is considered unmarried and my file as Head of Household.
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