It sounds like you may be eligible for Head of Household filing status, if you are filing single with a dependent if you meet the following requirements:
- You're not married, or you’re considered unmarried on the last day of the year.
- You paid more than half of the cost of keeping up a home, that was your home and the main home of your child for more than one-half of the year.
- Your child is your qualifying child for purposes other than the dependency exemption and the child tax credit.
See Publication 501, Dependents, Standard Deduction and Filing Information for details.
If you indicate that and include the dependent in step three, that would minimize the with holding, and should allow you a maximum take home pay.
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