Which filing status is available ONLY to a taxpayer who is legally married on the last day of the tax year or whose spouse died during the tax year?

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AHead of Household
BQualifying Surviving Spouse
CMarried Filing Jointly
DSingle

✓ Correct answer: C. Married Filing Jointly Married Filing Jointly requires the taxpayers to be married as of December 31 of the tax year (or for one spouse to have died during the year without remarriage), making it the status exclusively tied to legal marital status at year-end.

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