Code for claiming Child for Head of Household

[Norman2001]

Hello,

I have a divorced client with one 17 year old child. The child lives with her.  My client lets her ex-spouse claim the child as a dependent on his tax return every other year. For 2021, the ex-spouse will claim the child.  

My client can still claim head of household, since she is the custodial parent. My question is, what is the correct code to enter to enter for the child in the dependent section? I think it is "Q", then complete the section in the Head of Household filing status section. 

I called Proseries support. The support person said she couldn't answer the question because she is not a tax person and this is a tax question. So I asked to speak to a tax person and her response was "there is no one in the company that is tax person. 

[Terry53029 · Accepted solution]

Q would be correct

[Norman2001]

Thank you

[DEVOR711]

there is no one in the company that is tax person...very unbelievable...sad...

[sjrcpa]

Funny, too.

But @Norman2001 They are supposed to be software support. They are not supposed to help with tax questions.

[IRonMaN]

That's why they pay us the big bucks - to answer both tax and software questions.  Ok, we get paid diddly, but they should be paying us the big bucks ------------------ at least a few of the little bucks --------------------- hey, maybe they can spare a dime once in awhile.  Someone remind me once again, why we do we do this?

[Norman2001]

It just seems odd to me that a company that writes software that is compliant with the tax code doesn't have a tax person in the company.

[TaxGuyBill]

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@Norman2001 wrote:

 that writes software that is compliant with the tax code

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What makes you think Intuit's software is compliant with tax code?  LOL.