My friends husband passed away last july,Is she able to file his taxes?

Answer 1

She would file as married filing jointly for 2006.
if there are dependent children she can file married filing jointly for 2007 and 2008 also. After that she would either be single or head of household.
She would sign the joint return as surviving spouse and as such no form 1310 is required.

Answer 2

for 2006 she would file as "married filing jointly" for the last time.

assuming she doesnt remarry, she can file "qualifying widow" for the next two years, 2007 and 2008, if she has a dependent child that lived with her and she provided more than half the cost of maintaining a household for the entire year.

if she has no dependents, she would file as "single" going forward.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Yes she should file Married Filing Joint claiming his exemption, she would need to put Final Return on the top of thereturn, she would also need to include form 1310 with the return
http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc356.html

Answer 5

She should check with the executor of the estate. If they normally would have filed Married-Joint, she can do that now the same as before. Instead of a signature from him she should write the word "deceased" in that space. Next year she cannot file as Married, joint or separate (unless she remarries)

Answer 6

Yes, and for this year she can file a joint return. The return will be marked "final return" for him.