Parker and his wife Marie would have been filing a joint tax return for 2016; however, Marie died in October 2016. Parker has not remarried and continues to maintain a home for himself and his two children from 2016 through 2019. Parker’s filing statuses for those tax years are as follows.

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2016 2017 2018 2019 Qualifying widower Married filing joint Qualifying widower Head of household a. return b. Married filing joint Married filing joint Head of household Qualifying widower return return Married filing joint Qualifying widower Qualifying widower Head of household C. return d. Qualifying widower Qualifying widower Head of household Qualifying widower