Income Tax Address Question Part 2?

Question

In the year of 2007 I lived in a Kansas, however in the middle of that year I moved back to my hometown in Oklahoma. When I moved back I lived with a family member. I do work and I am wondering if I can put the address that I lived in Kansas before I moved back home to Oklahoma. The family member I live with is using his own household to file his own taxes. Can I use the address in Kansas, or will it raise a red flag for the IRS, b/c I live and work in Oklahoma and I put down a Kansas address? Or does it not matter at all, as long as I file faithfully?

I would also like to add that I did not work in Kansas, and that whenever I do my taxes they submit it electronically through my bank account, and not through the mail. The person I am living with I am not related to, so he is the only one that can claim that household. What about if I use P.O. Box in Oklahoma? I've seen people do it before, so I don't believe that would be a threat either, would it ?

Answer 1

You should put down the address where you are currently living. The address only really mattrers if the IRS or the state needs to get in touch with you about your return - they'll send the letter (or any refund) to the address on your return. It doesn't matter that someone else is also filing a return from that same address, so there's no need to get a po box although if you want to, you can. But you are really only supposed to use a po box as your address if the post office doesn't deliver to your home.

If the person you are living with has a dependent he's supporting and closely related to like a child, then he can file as head of household, otherwise not.