Discussion:Filing Status

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Casper (talk|edits) said:

7 January 2006
Facts: Two single people live together (in California). One has little or no income and lives in the home/household of the other for the entire year and qualfies as a dependent.

Question: Does the taxpayer providing the home qualify for Head of Household Status?

DZCPA (talk|edits) said:

7 January 2006
No. Not related.

HAPPY TAX (talk|edits) said:

7 January 2006
Their problem is Footnote 6 in Table 2-1 on page 22 of Pub 17 (TY05). I agree with DZCPA. Under the specific circumstances you provided, the TP would not qualify as HOH.

Solomon (talk|edits) said:

7 January 2006
However, if one provided over half the cost of keeping up the home then HOH should apply.

DZCPA (talk|edits) said:

7 January 2006
Solomon, Only if related.

Casper (talk|edits) said:

7 January 2006
So, would it be correct to say, Anyone (meeting the 5 tests for dependency exemption can be a dependent) but for the dependent to qualify the taxpayer for Head of Household status, the dependent MUST be RELATED to the taxpayer? Forgive me if I seem "hung" up on this but, the dependent had no income and the taxpayer provided more than 1/2 the cost of keeping up a home in which the dependent lived for the entire year.

DZCPA (talk|edits) said:

7 January 2006
HOH tax status must be related. A taxpayer can deduct his live in girlfriend and child as a dependent (they have zero income) but must file as SINGLE....not HOH.

Casper (talk|edits) said:

7 January 2006
DZCPA, Thank you!
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