TAX QUESTION
2007-01-02 06:20:12 · 15 answers · asked by Shawn 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
If you are married, you may qualify to claim head of household filing status if you meet the following:
You may also qualify for head of household status if you, though married, file a separate return, your spouse was not a member of your household during the last six months of the tax year, and you provided more than half the cost of maintaining as your home a household that was the main home for more than one half of your tax year of a qualifying person.
2007-01-02 06:28:52 · answer #1 · answered by David M 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No if you are married you CAN NOT claim head of household.
Some times you can claim your spouse as a dependent...but you can not claim head of house hold.
Check with your tax professional for more details.
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You do not qualify for the head of household filing status because you and your spouse have not lived apart for the last 6 months of the taxable year and are not considered unmarried. Your filing status for the year will either be married filing separately, or married filing jointly.
Noted from IRS website.
2007-01-02 06:22:21 · answer #2 · answered by ~Just A Girl~ 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not legally. A married person is not allowed by law to file as head of household.
There is an exception where someone can be "considered unmarried" if their spouse didn't live in the home for the last six months of the year, the person paid the expenses of keeping up the home and had a dependent child living with them - then they can probably file as head of household.
2007-01-02 07:06:27 · answer #3 · answered by Judy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I can not believe the stupid wrong answers I am seeing to this question. From the IRS web site:
Head of Household: Generally, you may claim head of household filing status on your tax return only if you are unmarried and pay more than 50% of the costs of keeping up a home for yourself and your dependent(s) or other qualifying individuals.
2007-01-02 06:29:10 · answer #4 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you lived together at any time during the last 6 months of the year: NO.
If you lived apart for the last 6 months of the year AND you have a dependent: YES.
The IRS is very strick with this. I remember reading that the IRS disallowd a Head of Household claim after the estranged husband spent one night with his wife after June 30th.
2007-01-02 06:27:03 · answer #5 · answered by Wayne Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but the only way to do it is to claim "abandoned spouse" and meet the requirements.
Otherwise, as a married person, you can only file as:
"married joint"
"married seperate"
or "surviving spouse" (if you happen to kill your significant other during the tax year)
(I noticed a lot of people saying "yes" and a lot of people saying "no". The guy who said "fraud" is correct. That's what it is. The only exception is the one I gave you.)
2007-01-02 06:22:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only if your spouse didn't live with you and you provided 50% or more of the cost of maintaining the household.
2007-01-02 06:25:50 · answer #7 · answered by Kevin K 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No.
Head of household is designed to cover single parents.
If you claim head of household and you are not a single parent that's tax fraud
2007-01-02 06:23:45 · answer #8 · answered by Larry R 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No...HOH is only for a single person (unmarried, abandoned spouse, or married to a nonresident alien) supporting others (children, parents, etc). If you are a widow your deceased spouse would have to have died prior to this year.
2007-01-02 06:25:14 · answer #9 · answered by RoRo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. If you are married, then the only legal filing statuses you can use is either "Married Filing Joint" or "Married Filing Separate".
2007-01-02 06:25:49 · answer #10 · answered by jseah114 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋