Last tax year, your wife, Alice, died in an accident. You are raising your two children: Jeremy (age 12) and Tara (age 8). They lived with you for the entire year in the United States. You are all U.S. citizens. You pay all of the costs to maintain the home for yourself, Jeremy, and Tara. You have not remarried. Before Alice died, you used the married filing jointly filing status. You are not claimed as a dependent on anyone else's return.

It's the end of the tax year. Your Form W-2 shows that you earned $53,268 from your job. You are employed as an engineer for Center City.

Jeremy and Tara did not earn any income during the year. You provided all of the support for Jeremy and Tara. Jeremy and Tara are qualifying children and can be claimed as dependents on your tax return.

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