Question $14$

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Angela Bower$$s husband passed away last year. In $2024,$ Angela lives in a house with her son Jonathan $($age $8)$ in Fairfield, Connecticut. She also supports her mother, Mona $($age $67),$ who lives just down the road in a $1$ bedroom apartment. Angela earned $$175,000$ in salary as an advertising agency executive. She also had two investment assets during the year. The first was a municipal bond for the city of Fairfield that she paid $$10,000$ for on the first day of this year that earns a $2\%$ interest rate, paid out at the end of the year. The second was a U$.$S$.$ Treasury bill that she also paid with $$10,000$ on the first day of the year that earns a $3\%$ interest rate, paid out at the end of the year. Mona likes to spend her time in leisure and does not work during the year and, as a result, did not file a tax return. Angela has no itemized deductions, no AMT, no credits, and no prepayments.

What filing status does Angela use?

A$.$

Single

B$.$

Head of Household

C$.$

Married Filing Jointly

D$.$

Qualifying Widow$/$Widower

E$.$

Married Filing Separately