Single Tax Filing Status
Single You filing status is Single if you are unmarried, divorced, widowed, legally separated by court decree, or if you filed as ?Head of Household? or ?Qualifying Widow(er)? on your federal return.
Married Filing Joint Use this filing status if you and your spouse choose to file a joint return even if one spouse had no income.
Married Filing Separate With this filing status, you and your spouse must file two separate tax forms. The husband?s income is reported on one tax form, the wife?s on the other.
Married Filing Combined Separate Use this filing status to report your incomes individually but on only one tax form. This filing status usually results in a lower tax than filing status married filing joint return.









