Definition of Head of Household

HeLLoKiDDy · #1 Aug 16, 2007, 12:10 PM

What is the proper definition of 'head of household'?

Are you the 'head of household' if you are single with no dependants and working one job?

ebaines · Aug 16, 2007, 12:23 PM

No - that makes you single.

Head of Household means that you are unmarried, paid more than half the cost of the home you live in, and and have a "qualifying person" living with you - for example, if you are divorced and your child lives with you, or a relative such as a sibling or grand parent lives with youand is your dependant, or you have a parent who is a dependant even if they aren't living with you. The full definition is here:

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p501.pdf



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