I got married last year, but I did not change my last name or anything, basically the only people who know that im married is the people who came to the wedding. So can i continue to file single head of household?
2007-10-22 10:34:08 · 7 answers · asked by lena9029 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
visit IRS website for the answer to your tax questions:
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2007-10-22 14:53:34 · answer #1 · answered by Ms. Angel.. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are legally married, then you status can only be Married Filing Jointly or Married Filing Separately.
You should also know who qualifies as 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.
*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 does not have to live with you.
2007-10-23 03:38:51 · answer #2 · answered by MukatA 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have filled a fraudenlent return with the IRS. You should file either married filing jointly or married filing separately. The key date of the year is Dec 31st, "What is your martial status?". You are not eligible to file single or head of household. You need to correct the taxes that you have all ready filed.
2007-10-22 17:43:12 · answer #3 · answered by Gary 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have to file married, not single or head of household.
Whether you change your last name makes no difference for tax purposes. The only things that do matter are whether the marriage was legally valid under the laws of the state where it was performed and whether you and the other person are the same gender or different genders.
If the marriage was legally valid under the laws of the state where it was performed, one person was male, and the other was female, then the ONLY two circumstances in which you are not required to file married and may file as head of household are
a) if you become unmarried, through annulment, divorce, or death (of your spouse), or
b) if you meet all the following tests on the last day of the tax year:
1. You file a separate return, defined earlier under Joint Return After Separate Returns.
2. You paid more than half the cost of keeping up your home for the tax year.
3. Your spouse did not live in your home during the last 6 months of the tax year. Your spouse is considered to live in your home even if he or she is temporarily absent due to special circumstances. See Temporary absences, under Qualifying Person, later.
4. Your home was the main home of your child, stepchild, or eligible foster child for more than half the year. (See Home of qualifying person, under Qualifying Person, later, for rules applying to a child's birth, death, or temporary absence during the year.)
5. You must be able to claim an exemption for the child. However, you meet this test if you cannot claim the exemption only because the noncustodial parent can claim the child using the rules described in Children of divorced or separated parents under Qualifying Child in chapter 3, or in Support Test for Children of Divorced or Separated Parents under Qualifying Relative in chapter 3. The general rules for claiming an exemption for a dependent are explained under Exemptions for Dependents in chapter 3.
2007-10-22 17:53:13 · answer #4 · answered by StephenWeinstein 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you think you are the only one who knows, think again. Didn't you go to the courthouse to get a marriage license? I guarantee the minister or court magistrate filed with the court. If not, you never got married. You must file either married filing jointly or married filing separately in the year you were married even if it was Dec. 31. If you were abandoned, you may be able to file HOH, but it doesn't sound like that's the case.
2007-10-22 17:42:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, that would be tax fraud. You can file a joint return, or you can file as married filing separately.
If you got married in 2006, then if you filed as head of household for 2006 you did so illegally. You can fix it by filing an amended return, and paying back the additional taxes if you owe any, before the IRS catches up to you.
2007-10-22 18:12:41 · answer #6 · answered by Judy 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Assuming that you live with your husband, you can not file Head of Household. Filing as Head of Household could be considered tax fraud.
Your choices are "Married-Filing Jointly" or "Married-Filing Separately". Filing Jointly is usually better.
2007-10-22 17:39:46 · answer #7 · answered by Wayne Z 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋