In my case, taxpayer died 4/10/2020, and I'm trying to file taxpayer's joint 2019 return. I entered date of death "4/10/2020" in Part 1 of Federal Information Worksheet (Part 1). I'm getting an error message "Taxpayer date of death should not be after 03-06-2020". After refreshing the latest software update, the update status is "current" for 2019 Form 1040.  

Based on your comment, I'm assuming I'll have to wait until the 2019 Form 1040 software is updated once again after 4/10/2020. I'm wondering how its possible that this software needs to be updated as of the date of this post (4/18/2020). I imagine millions of taxpayers have already filed 2019 Form 1040 electronically? If that is the case, the likelihood of another update for this form is probably nil. I'll have to call tech support to figure out what's going on with my software.

Thanks for your post. It was helpful.