The Head of Household Filing Status typically allows for a more generous tax situation to unmarried taxpayers who maintain a home for a qualifying person, such as a child or family relative.
To qualify, you must meet certain criteria. To file as head of household, you must:
- Pay for more than half of the household expenses
- Be considered unmarried on the last day of the tax year, and
- You must have a qualifying child or dependent.
You would appear to meet the second and third parts of the test. The question is to you meet the first part of the test.
The first part is that you must have paid for more than half of the cost involved in maintaining a qualifying household during the tax year. This means that you must have paid more than half of the total household bills, including rent or mortgage, utility bills, insurance, property taxes, groceries, repairs and other common household expenses. Your post does not offer enough detail to assess if this is the case. I would strongly suggest keeping excellent records if you determine that you paid or more than half of the cost involved in maintaining a qualifying household during the tax year.
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