Me and my boyfriend live together (we are not married) we have 2 children together,and we are filing separately..i am claiming one child and he is claiming the other..Can we both claim head of household in this situation?
2007-01-29 03:03:21 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
Yes, since you are not married. With claiming one dependent each, each of you can claim head of household. The IRS doesn't look at address, they look at household, and in your case, you have two households sharing the same address.
2007-01-29 03:33:43 · answer #1 · answered by jseah114 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Head of household requires not only a dependent child, but also that the person filing that way has paid MORE THAN half of the cost of maintaining the household for the tax year. You can't EACH have paid MORE THAN half.
So no, you can't.
2007-01-29 08:43:04 · answer #2 · answered by Judy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only one head of household per address.
2007-01-29 03:11:46 · answer #3 · answered by TCM 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
are you getting married? do you live in a community property state? you can read my questions that i have been asking as i did the same thing - not sure if you both can do that or not.....i'm just as confused as you.....i would get married to him and file together so you don't have to worry about it....and enjoy each other as a married couple......
don't let your boyfriend ruin your life because he won't marry you as mine is trying to do.....
2007-01-29 22:18:24 · answer #4 · answered by regis 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No.
The one who pays most of the bills is Head of Household.
If you share equally, then neither of you qualifies because the law says "more than 50%".
2007-01-29 03:22:14 · answer #5 · answered by Wayne Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋