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Head of Household

fredr
Level 4

Single taxpayer and 10 year old child lived in taxpayers house for first 7 months of last year. She put house up for sale in august and moved into boyfriend’s house. Can she still claim Head of household because she was for the first 7 months of the year?

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Skylane
Level 11
Level 11

If she brought her child with her when she moved in with boyfriend and can claim the child as a dependent, then yes. This assumes the boyfriend is not the child's father with a greater income than your client. 

 

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Skylane
Level 11
Level 11

If she brought her child with her when she moved in with boyfriend and can claim the child as a dependent, then yes. This assumes the boyfriend is not the child's father with a greater income than your client. 

 

If at first you don’t succeed…..find a workaround