No. If you are still legally married, you must file jointly or separately, unless you qualify as Head of Household. Head of HouseholdYou may be able to file as head of household if you meet all the following requirements. You are unmarried or considered unmarried on the last day of the year. See Marital Status , earlier, and Considered Unmarried , later. You paid more than half the cost of keeping up a home for the year. A qualifying person lived with you in the home for more than half the year (except for temporary absences, such as school). However, if the qualifying person is your dependent parent, he or she doesn't have to live with you. See Special rule for parent , later, under Qualifying Person.Qualifying PersonSee Table 4 to see who is a qualifying person. Any person not described in Table 4 isn't a qualifying person.

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I am filing MFS but cant get income info from my ex. Can I file single instead?

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No. If you are still legally married, you must file jointly or separately, unless you qualify as Head of Household.

Head of Household

You may be able to file as head of household if you meet all the following requirements.

You are unmarried or considered unmarried on the last day of the year. See Marital Status , earlier, and Considered Unmarried , later.
You paid more than half the cost of keeping up a home for the year.
A qualifying person lived with you in the home for more than half the year (except for temporary absences, such as school). However, if the qualifying person is your dependent parent, he or she doesn't have to live with you. See Special rule for parent , later, under Qualifying Person.