I'm trying to figure out our taxes & I don't know if my husband qualifies or not. We do not have children. Thanks in advance.
2007-01-21 04:43:17 · 6 answers · asked by curefly 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ Other - Taxes
No, if you are married and living together, then by definition neither he nor you qualifies for head of household. File jointly - the rates are better than head of household anyway.
Head of household status is for somone not married, or who hasn't lived with their spouse at any time during the last half of the tax year. In addition the person must have a dependent from a specific list - not all dependents qualify a person for h of h status.
As usual, this question has drawn many wrong answers from people who don't know what they're talking about, but feel obliged for some reason to answer anyway. I'd suggest that you download Publication 17 or the instructions for 1040 at irs.gov, and read the section on head of household to get he "official" version.
2007-01-21 05:22:20 · answer #1 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To claim head of household you have to be either married filing jointly OR claim you provided residence for some other qualified person for more than 6 months in that calendar year and of course there must be nobody else claiming that same person on their taxes.
Qualified persons are usually your own children, step-children, and in some instances disabled parents or other disabled relatives. You can get a complete list of qualified persons and exceptions to the rule by searching the IRS archives and Q&A areas of WWW. IRS.GOV
2007-01-21 04:52:32 · answer #2 · answered by t5377537 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To qualify as head of household, all three of the following requirements must be met:
1. Taxpayer must be unmarried on the last day of the year.
2. Taxpayer paid more than half the cost of keeping up a home for the year.
3. The "qualifying person" must have lived with the taxpayer more than half the year.
Hope this helps !
2007-01-21 04:53:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Head of household generally applies to a single parent, who lives with a child(ren). See pg 24 in IRS pub 17 linked below for a further explanation.
2007-01-21 04:51:47 · answer #4 · answered by nickfromct 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess its the one that provides for the family the most, traditionally i believe its the man, but if your pulling down the big bucks you should list yourself. Of course im not a tax guy and i have no idea what I'm talking about. Why not go down to H&R Block or one of the other tax places and let them do the whole thing for you.
2007-01-21 04:47:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, you are married so he will not qualify as a HOH unless you abandon him (or divorce) for more than a year AND he is taking care of a dependent (child, parent, sibling).
2007-01-21 04:52:00 · answer #6 · answered by RoRo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋