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can a return be amended to change filing status from married filing jointly to head of household?

Leah Melton
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Terry53029
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In general, you can’t change your filing status from a joint return to separate returns after the due date of the original return. You should read the instructions for 1040X before asking simple questions that you could easily answer yourself if you read the instructions. See link:

 https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040x.pdf

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